SUBJECT INDEX:

MEDICAL:

Pneumonia by R. Heffron, Introduction by Maxwell Finland. The Biology of Pneumococcus by B. White, New Foreword by Robert Austin: Roderick Heffron; Benjamin White; Introduction by Maxwell Finland; Foreword by Robert Austin; Hardcover 1979

Epilepsy and the Family: Richard Lechtenberg; Epilepsy and the Family updates Richard Lechtenberg's classic handbook for people with seizure disorders and those closest to them. It offers coping strategies for the wide range of practical and emotional challenges that epilepsy can introduce into the family. This new guide addresses the personal questions that adults with epilepsy may be reluctant to ask their physician, and it offers chapters tailored to the special stresses of spouses, parents, and siblings who, like the patient, must live with a seizure disorder.; Hardcover 1999 / Paperback 2002

Genes, Blood, and Courage: David Nathan; This is the absorbing story of a doctor's thirty-year struggle to keep alive a patient ravaged by thalassemia, a life-threatening inherited disease of the blood. As this case illustrates, this new area of human genetic research--in which Nathan is a leading clinical investigator--promises tremendous advances in the rational diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of inherited disorders and even of acquired illnesses such as cancer and infectious disease.; Hardcover 1998

Global Burden of Disease: Christopher J. L. Murray, Editor; Alan D. Lopez, Editor; The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) provides systematic epidemiological estimates for an unprecedented 150 major health conditions. The GBD provides indispensable global and regional data for health planning, research, and education.; Hardcover 1996

Global Health Statistics: Christopher J. L. Murray, Editor; Alan D. Lopez, Editor; The encyclopedic Global Health Statistics provides, for the first time, epidemiological estimates for all major diseases and injuries. As part of the Global Burden of Disease project, over 100 disease experts analyzed these data, collected from exhaustive searches of registration data and published and unpublished studies.; Hardcover 1996

Health Dimensions of Sex and Reproduction: Christopher J. L. Murray, Editor; Alan D. Lopez, Editor; From the health risks of sexual activity to those of pregnancy, abortion, and childbirth, reproduction constitutes enormous risks to a woman's health-accounting for 25 percent of the global disease burden in adult women, twenty-five percent in infants and one percent in adult men. This volume offers comprehensive data and detailed discussions of the epidemiologies of three sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and five specific maternal conditions, as well as those of congenital anomalies and perinatal conditions.; Hardcover 1998