Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine

Index 511
kidneys 3:201
ureter 3:221
urethra 3:221
urinary system 3:172
vesicoureteral reflux 3:229
urine tests 4:314, 322, 350
urolithiasis 3:173, 184, 189, 196,
197, 227–228, 229
urticaria 1:183, 205–206; 2:241,
269, 295; 4:148
US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) 2:219, 299;
3:245, 246
alternative and complementary
approaches to conventional
medicine 4:52
antibiotic resistance 4:151
antismoking efforts 4:8
childhood obesity 4:291
fitness: exercise and health
4:212
food safety 4:24
HIV/AIDS prevention 4:33
influenza 4:36
sexually transmitted disease
prevention 4:47
US Congress 4:83, 270
US Department of Agriculture
(USDA) 4:24, 186, 194–196
US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
berylliosis 2:192
building-related illness 4:12–13
drinking water standards 4:19
heavy-metal poisoning 4:30
indoor air quality 4:34
lung cancer 2:212
omega fatty acids and
cardiovascular health 2:90
radon exposure 4:43
sick building syndrome 4:47
US Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) 2:159, 288, 368, 373;
3:264
adverse drug reaction 4:149
Alzheimer’s disease 1:222
antibiotic resistance 4:151
bioequivalence 4:153
birth defects 4:9
botulinum therapy 1:141
drinking water standards
4:19–21
drugs 4:146
food safety 4:24
generic drug 4:158
HIV/AIDS prevention 4:33
homeopathy 4:75
imported drug 4:159
IND 4:159–160
innovator drug 4:159
keratoconus 1:99
magnet therapy 4:81
medicinal herbs and botanicals
4:84
meninges 1:263
myopia 1:101
nutritional supplements 4:196
off label use 4:163
Orange Book, The 4:163
OTC drug 4:167
outdated drug 4:164
Parkinson’s disease 1:276
pharmacopeia 4:169
soy 4:98
therapeutic equivalence 4:172
yohimbe 4:107
US National Institutes of Health
(NIH) 1:141, 365; 4:56, 300
US Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) 1:30, 37;
2:183, 192, 207, 229, 230; 4:24
US Surgeon General 4:210, 282,
283, 335–336
uterine fibroids 3:277, 338, 349–350
uterine prolapse 3:338, 350–351
uterus 3:351, 351t
D&C 3:268
DUB 3:268
endometrial hyperplasia 3:275
endometriosis 3:276
hysteroscopy 3:292
pregnancy 3:322
progesterone 3:156
semen 3:337
sperm 3:342
tubal ligation 3:347
uterine fibroids 3:349
uterine prolapse 3:350
UTI. See urinary tract infection
uveitis 1:97, 120
uvula 1:5, 16
V
vaccination 1:277; 4:17, 35, 42
vaccine 2:298–299, 298t–299t
active immunity 2:239
antibody 2:245
cancer vaccines 2:373
childhood diseases 4:17
heavy-metal poisoning 4:31
HIV/AIDS prevention 4:32
immune system 2:237
immunization 2:338
immunotherapy 2:277
infectious diseases 2:304, 305
preventive medicine 4:1
VACTERL 2:37–38, 40; 3:352
VADs. See ventricular assist devices
vagina 3:352–353, 353t
Bartholin’s cyst 3:248
genital herpes 2:328
gonnorhea 2:330
HPV 2:336, 337
pelvic examination 3:316
rectal fistula 3:86
rectocele 3:87
semen 3:337
uterine prolapse 3:350
vaginal birth 3:261, 355
vaginal birth after cesarean. See
VBAC
vaginitis 2:311, 315, 347, 358;
3:248, 353
vagus nerve 1:53, 246; 3:52, 94
valerian 4:62, 89, 99, 104, 104t
valley fever. See coccidioidomycosis
valproic acid (valporate) 3:367,
377, 386
VALT. See vascular-associated
lymphoid tissue
valvular heart disease 2:51, 54, 55,
59, 60, 103, 113–114, 113t
variable pain response 1:388
variation 4:143–144
varicella disease. See chickenpox
varicella zoster 1:103, 269; 2:221,
315, 316, 332
varicocele 3:346, 353–354
varicose veins 2:48, 114–115, 115,
225
vascular-associated lymphoid tissue
(VALT) 2:284, 299
vasculitis 1:117; 2:200t, 249t,
299–302, 300t–301t
vas deferens 3:222, 277, 343, 346,
354, 354
vasectomy 3:281, 337, 354,
354–355
vasoconstrictors 2:83, 86t, 101,
230; 4:345, 353
vasodilators 2:83–84, 84t, 86t, 99
VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean)
3:261, 262, 355
vein 2:115; 4:362
AVM 2:19–20
blood vessels 2:4–5
cardiovascular system 2:6
circulation 2:5