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Healthwise Handbook: A Self-Care Guide for You
Healthwise Handbook A SelfCare Guide for You Author:Donald W. Kemper Eight out of ten health problems are cared for at home, and the award-winning HealthwiseŽ Handbook helps people do a better job of managing their health concerns at home. Topics range from ear infections to heart disease, first aid to healthy eating. Now in its 17th edition, the Healthwise Handbook contains new information to help people get the... more » care they need and save money by taking an active role in their own health care. The Healthwise Handbook is the only medical self-care guide that is linked to more in-depth health information online. ?Go to Web? icons throughout the book connect people to related information in the online HealthwiseŽ Knowledgebase. Readers of the Healthwise Handbook can learn about more than 200 common health issues with clear, easy-to-understand information, full-color format, and all-new illustrations about: First aid and emergencies; Cost-saving tips for medicines; How to live better with a chronic disease; How to perform self-exams; ! Pregnancy problems; Back pain; Advance directives; and Safety.« less
Lots of information about managing many of your family's health problems
at home. Discusses Prevention, home treatment, and when to call the doctor. Information about emergencies, first aid, infant and child health, skin problems and many other subjects on dealing with everything from ear infections to diabetes to Lyme disease.