The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook
The Essential Home Medical Reference—over 4 million copies sold!People around the world reach for The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook for quick access to health information that is both authoritative and easy to understand. For over a century, The Merck Manual has been trusted by doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals.  The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook is written by more than 300 internationally respected medical experts and features up-to-date information on a broad range of medical conditions, illnesses, and situations. This comprehensive resource covers health care for newborns, older adults, and everyone in between.  It's filled with essential medical information to help you communicate more effectively with your doctor, understand a diagnosis or treatment option, or simply know more about your health and the health of those you care about.Includes summaries of causes, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments for most health issuesContains reliable, up-to-date information on a broad range of medical conditions, illnesses, and situations, including accidents and injuries, aging, cancer, diabetes, digestive problems, heart disease, mental health disorders, and many othersCovers women's, men's, pediatric, and geriatric health concernsExtensively indexed, with informative illustrations, "Did You Know?" sidebars, and lists throughout"An invaluable reference." —Boston Globe"Merck's most authoritative and easy-to-read home medical guide yet." —Publishers WeeklyToday's Merck is a global healthcare leader working to help the world be well. For more than 110 years, Merck Publishing, in cooperation with Merck Research Laboratories, has been dedicated to providing the best and most timely and relevant resources in the world.  For more information, see www.merckbooks.com.