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Index 513<br />

waterborne illnesses 2:362–363,<br />

363t; 4:2<br />

amebiasis 2:306–307<br />

cholera 2:317–318<br />

cryptosporidiosis 2:320<br />

cyclosporiasis 2:320<br />

E. coli infection 2:324–325<br />

giardiasis 2:329<br />

infectious diseases 2:303<br />

listeriosis 2:341<br />

parasite 2:348<br />

salmonellosis 2:352<br />

SARS 2:353<br />

shigellosis 2:353<br />

typhoid fever 2:360<br />

water safety 4:49–50<br />

Watson, James 4:111, 122, 132<br />

weak ankles 1:302; 4:237<br />

weight <strong>and</strong> pain 1:389<br />

weekend warrior 4:237<br />

weight loss <strong>and</strong> weight<br />

management 1:265; 2:30, 96;<br />

4:309–310, 310t<br />

abdominal adiposity 4:284<br />

bariatric surgery 4:284, 287,<br />

288<br />

BMI 4:290<br />

body fat percentage 4:288–289<br />

childhood obesity 4:291–292<br />

conditioning 4:218<br />

diet aids 4:293<br />

dieting 4:293, 294<br />

eating habits 4:295<br />

“fat burners” 4:295<br />

fitness: exercise <strong>and</strong> health<br />

4:210<br />

flat feet 4:224<br />

lifestyle variables: smoking <strong>and</strong><br />

obesity 4:283<br />

obesity 4:299, 300<br />

obesity <strong>and</strong> health 4:301, 302<br />

physical activity<br />

recommendations 4:228<br />

satiety 4:201<br />

waist circumference 4:308<br />

walking for fitness 4:235<br />

wheal 1:205–206, 209–210<br />

Whipple’s disease 3:89, 94<br />

white blood cells (WBCs). See<br />

leukocyte<br />

white matter 1:216, 283<br />

whitlow 1:210<br />

WHO. See World <strong>Health</strong><br />

Organization<br />

whooping cough (pertussis)<br />

2:348–349<br />

Wilms’s tumor 3:215, 231–232,<br />

231t; 4:135<br />

Wilson’s disease 3:134, 167–168,<br />

168t; 4:31<br />

withdrawal reflex 1:381, 382<br />

withdrawal syndrome 4:354<br />

addiction 4:315<br />

alcoholism 4:320<br />

benzodiazepines 4:324<br />

dependence 4:330<br />

depressants 4:331<br />

methadone 4:342<br />

stimulants 4:350–351<br />

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome<br />

2:39, 101, 116–117<br />

women’s health<br />

aging <strong>and</strong> cardiovascular<br />

changes 2:10<br />

cancer risk factors 2:370<br />

episcleritis 1:88<br />

fibromyalgia 1:321, 322<br />

HPV 2:336<br />

migraine headache 1:374<br />

osteoporosis 1:346<br />

pain <strong>and</strong> pain management<br />

1:362<br />

rheumatoid arthritis 2:291<br />

Sjögren’s syndrome 2:295<br />

SLE 2:295, 296<br />

smoking <strong>and</strong> cardiovascular<br />

disease 2:105<br />

trichomoniasis 2:358<br />

workplace stress 4:40, 255–256<br />

World <strong>Health</strong> Organization (WHO)<br />

1:344; 2:237, 304, 353–354;<br />

3:288<br />

wound care 1:141; 4:280–281<br />

wrinkles 1:134–135, 141, 158, 191,<br />

210–211<br />

wryneck. See torticollis<br />

X<br />

xanthelasma 1:124, 211<br />

xanthoma 1:211<br />

X-rays 1:13, 295<br />

Y<br />

yeast infection 1:57–58, 152;<br />

2:185, 308–309, 314–315, 347<br />

yoga 4:106<br />

alternative <strong>and</strong> complementary<br />

approaches to conventional<br />

medicine 4:52<br />

anger <strong>and</strong> anger management<br />

4:241<br />

conditioning 4:218<br />

cross training 4:219<br />

depression 3:372<br />

endurance 4:220<br />

flexibility 4:224<br />

headache 1:375<br />

hyperventilation 2:205<br />

IBS 3:66<br />

knee injuries 1:332<br />

living with chronic pulmonary<br />

conditions 2:208<br />

meditation 4:88<br />

yohimbe/yohimbine 4:84,<br />

106–107, 107t<br />

youth high-risk behavior 4:50,<br />

50t<br />

Z<br />

zeaxanthin 1:102; 4:79, 107–108,<br />

107t<br />

zinc 4:177, 187<br />

ziprasidone 3:367, 377<br />

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome<br />

3:94–95, 152<br />

zona fasciculata 3:108, 109<br />

zona glomerulosa 3:108, 109<br />

zygote 3:356; 4:144<br />

chromosomal disorders 4:117<br />

chromosome 4:118–119<br />

cloning 4:119<br />

ectopic pregnancy 3:271, 272<br />

embryo 3:272<br />

gamete 4:127<br />

replication error 4:139

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