Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine

446 Index
smoking and pulmonary disease
2:230
tuberculosis 2:359
Alzheimer’s disease 1:221–223;
3:358, 376, 379, 381
aging and nutrition/dietary
changes 4:176
aphasia 1:225
cognitive function and
dysfunction 1:243
dementia 1:252
Down syndrome 4:123
ginkgo biloba 4:70
memory and memory
impairment 1:262
nervous system 1:217–219
neurotransmitter 1:272
organic brain syndrome 1:273
tai chi 4:101
amblyopia 1:72–73, 100, 110, 118;
4:123
ambulatory surgery 4:260, 267,
268, 276
amebiasis 2:306–307, 350
amenorrhea 3:243, 269, 270
American Cancer Society 1:168;
2:368, 373; 4:28
American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists (ACOG)
3:278; 4:61
American Heart Association (AHA)
4:28, 212, 371
amino acid 2:64, 280; 4:97, 114,
192, 226, 229
amnesia 1:261; 4:342
amniocentesis 3:243–244, 244,
327; 4:130
amniotic fluid 3:243, 244, 320, 349
amphetamines 4:314, 321, 321t,
331, 338, 343, 350. See also
methamphetamine
ampicillin 2:341, 353, 360
ampulla of Vater 3:4, 38
amputation 1:300–301, 323, 351,
382
Amsler grid 1:70, 71, 73, 117
amygdala 1:231, 260–261
amyloidosis 2:154, 155, 160;
3:112–113, 190; 4:125
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
1:223–225
anabolic steroids and steroid
precursors 3:113, 119; 4:66,
321–322, 322t, 348
anaerobic bacteria 2:308, 312–313,
346; 4:151
anal atresia 3:10, 40, 352. See also
bowel atresia
anal fissure 3:10–11, 54, 85, 87, 88
analgesic medications 1:366–368
acute pain 1:363
aging and changes in pain
perception 1:364
anesthesia 4:261
earache 1:21
eudynia 1:372
headache 1:377
living with pain 1:378
maldynia 1:379
methadone 4:342
neural blockade 1:380
opiates 4:347
pain and pain management
1:361, 362
rebound headache 1:374–375
terminal pain 1:384
anaphylaxis 1:206; 2:240, 243,
244–245, 258, 260, 268, 270;
4:148, 369, 381
androgenic alopecia 1:137, 162
androgens 2:256, 381; 3:113, 113t;
4:321
aging and reproductive/sexual
changes 3:242
estrogens 3:126
FSH 3:127
hirsutism 3:134
hormone 3:135
ovaries 3:313
PCOS 3:320
progesterone 3:157
testosterone 3:160
uterine fibroids 3:350
andropause 3:244–245
anemia 2:124–126, 125t;
3:171–172, 192, 193, 219, 269,
371
aging and changes in
blood/lymph 2:123
blood disorders 2:121
blood doping 4:324
bone marrow donation 2:132
chemotherapy 2:376
cyanosis 2:46
EPO 2:138
erythrocytes 2:119
G6PD deficiency 4:131
hemoptysis 2:204
multiple myeloma 2:158
myelofibrosis 2:160
sickle cell disease 2:165
thalassemia 2:169
anesthesia 1:385; 4:257, 258,
260–263, 261t, 262t, 277, 344,
347
aneurysm 1:233; 2:10–11, 21
anger and anger management 4:49,
238, 240–241, 241t, 256
angina pectoris 2:11–12, 41, 44,
54–55, 70, 79, 111–112; 4:320
angioedema 1:206; 2:244, 245
angiogenesis 2:87, 253–254
angiogenesis inhibitor drugs 2:368
angiogram 2:12
angioma 1:138
angioplasty 2:12–13
angina pectoris 2:12
CABG 2:43
CAD 2:44–45
cardiac catheterization 2:28
heart attack 2:57
medications to treat
cardiovascular disease 2:79
myocardial infarction 2:87
stent 2:106
angiotensin-converting enzyme
(ACE) inhibitor 1:18, 42t; 2:77,
77t, 84t
angiotensin II 2:77, 78; 3:111, 158,
171
angiotensin II receptor blockers
(ARBs) 2:78, 78t, 84t
ankle injuries 1:301–302
ankylosing spondylitis 1:302–303
anorexia nervosa 3:94, 361, 374;
4:202
antacids 3:11–12, 11t; 4:155
anthracosis 2:183, 185, 219
anthrax 2:309–310, 310t; 4:386
anti-aging approaches 4:57–58, 70,
76, 77, 322
antianxiety medications 1:16;
3:359–360, 360t; 4:324, 331
antibiotic chemotherapy agents
2:376, 376t
antibiotic medications 2:307–308,
307t–308t
adverse drug reaction 4:148
antibiotic prophylaxis 4:7–8
antibiotic resistance 4:150
drug 4:154
ginseng 4:72
IND 4:160
preventive medicine 4:1
side effect 4:171
antibiotic ointment 4:216, 280
antibiotic prophylaxis 4:7–8, 7t,
151, 251