The Pdr Family Guide To Nutritional Supplements

"Physicians Desk Reference(" presents this essential guide to the exciting new world of designer foods and nutraceuticals that offers information on supplements for everything from baldness to kidney disease. This guide presents information on the biochemical makeup and healing properties of each supplement, side effects, other dangers, and much more.

Mainstream medicine's first guide to safe and effective modes of alternative healing The world of natural and alternative medicine offers an amazing array of effective, inexpensive, but still controversial health-care choices. Now in this milestone book, America's most trusted provider of medical information, the Physicians' Desk Reference®, cuts through the controversy and tells you what you need to know about your healing options. - Which widely available herbs, vitamins, and minerals act like potent prescription medication - Fifty alternative therapy options--how they work, what they strive for, and potential side effects - Self-help techniques to stave off--and even reverse--chronic problems and disease - The latest findings on acupuncture, aromatherapy, chiropractic adjustment, homeopathy, and much more - How certain natural remedies interact with conventional drugs - Easy-to-use indexes that will enable you to find treatment options for hundreds of ailments, identify the most effective herbal remedies, and research natural medicines by both common and Latin names - A sixteen-page herb identification portfolio featuring more than one hundred medicinal herbs, photographed in full color

Now completely revised, and including information on more than 50 new drugs, this renowned A to Z guide comes complete with all the essential information readers need to protect their well-being. Revised reissue.

A complete guide to sensible health and nutrition, covering weight-loss, heart-health, cancer prevention, stress, energy, fitness, and more, also evaluates leading cookbooks, diet plans, exercise programs, fast food, ethnic food, and junk food.

This completely revised edition of the renowned guide doctors depend on features all-new, important sections about side effects, drug and food interactions, and much more. Includes A-Z listings of more than 1,000 brand-name and generic drugs. Original.

In plain language, presents consumer-friendly FDA-approved drug information. Twenty-three chapters cover the diagnosis and treatment of major health problems. Includes a guide to safe medication use, cautions about side effects, drug and food interactions, signs of overdosage, and much more!

10 Things You Need to Know Before You See the Doctor A Physician's Advice from More than 40 Years of Practicing Medicine Sheldon Lipshutz M.D. ISBN: 1-56343-781-3 Trade Paperback (6"x9") 286 pages.

Published by Medical Economics Data, Five Paragon Drive, Montvale, NJ 07645-1742. Lists drugs by brand name (with generic cross reference) providing Physicians' Desk Reference information--indications, counterindications, dosage, side effects, warnings--in lay language. Also includes overviews of 26 diseases and sources for further information. Appendices address safe medication use, sugar-free products, alcohol-free products, drugs that might cause a reaction to sunlight. Includes indexing by disease and disorder as well as a general index, and a color photo section for pill identification. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR