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Author Nundy, Shantanu.

Title Stay healthy at every age : what your doctor wants you to know / Shantanu Nundy
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 378 pages)
Contents ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION: About this Book""; ""Why this Book Matters""; ""Scope""; ""Philosophy""; ""Organization""; ""How to Use this Book""; ""The Source of the recommendations""; ""What this Book Is Not""; ""PART I. Introduction to Preventive services""; ""Defining Preventive Services""; ""Shifting from “Sick Care� to “Health Care�""; ""Barriers to Preventive Health""; ""Terms and Concepts""; ""Special Section on Cardiovascular Disease""; ""Special Section on Cancer""; ""The Rationale behind These Recommendations""
""The Benefits and Harms of Preventive Health""""Planning for Prevention""; ""PART II. Healthy Checks Guidelines""; ""How to Read the Checklists""; ""Healthy Checks: Early Childhood""; ""Healthy Checks: Adolescence to Age 19""; ""Healthy Checks: Ages 20 to 29""; ""Healthy Checks: Ages 30 to 39""; ""Healthy Checks: Ages 40 to 49""; ""Healthy Checks: Ages 50 to 64""; ""Healthy Checks: Age 65 or Older""; ""Healthy Checks: Pregnancy""; ""PART III. Preventive Services Explained""; ""Chapter 1. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening 51""; ""Chapter 2. Alcohol Misuse Counseling""
""Chapter 3. Aspirin to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease""""Chapter 4. Blood Pressure Screening""; ""Chapter 5. Breast Cancer Preventive Services""; ""Chapter 6. Cervical Cancer Screening and HPV""; ""Chapter 7. Chlamydia Screening""; ""Chapter 8. Cholesterol Screening""; ""Chapter 9. Colon Cancer Screening""; ""Chapter 10. Depression Screening""; ""Chapter 11. Diabetes Screening""; ""Chapter 12. Early Childhood Preventive Health""; ""Chapter 13. Gonorrhea Screening""; ""Chapter 14. Healthy Eating Counseling""; ""Chapter 15. Hepatitis B Vaccination and Screening""; ""Chapter 16. HIV Screening""
""Chapter 17. Obesity Screening and Counseling""""Chapter 18. Osteoporosis Screening""; ""Chapter 19. Pregnancy Preventive Health""; ""Chapter 20. Sexually Transmitted Infection Counseling""; ""Chapter 21. Syphilis Screening""; ""Chapter 22. Tobacco Use Counseling""; ""Chapter 23. Vaccines for Adults""; ""APPENDIX: Immunization Schedules and Vaccine Information Sheets from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Self-care, Health -- Popular works
Medicine, Preventive -- Popular works
Self-care, Health.
Medicine, Preventive.
Self Care
Preventive Medicine
HEALTH & FITNESS.
General.
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
Medicine, Preventive
Self-care, Health
Genre/Form Popular works
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009014458
ISBN 9780801898280
0801898285