This book contains a selection of articles covering more than 200 topics, addressing diseases such as cystic fibrosis, HIV/AIDS, and smallpox; disorders such as diabetes, Marfan syndrome, and obsessive-compulsive disorder; and injuries from repetitive strain injuries to nosebleeds.

Title proper from title frame. Includes index.

Abrasions and cuts -- Acne -- AIDS and HIV -- Allergies -- Alzheimer's disease -- Anemia -- Anorexia and bulimia -- Antibody and antigen -- Appendicitis -- Artery -- Artery diseases and disorders -- Arthritis -- Asthma -- Athlete's foot -- Avian influenza -- Bacteria -- Bacterial diseases -- Birth defects -- Blindness -- Blood -- Blood diseases and disorders -- Body systems -- Bone -- Bone diseases and disorders -- Botulism -- Brain -- Brain damages and disorders -- Bronchitis -- Burns -- Cancer -- Carpal tunnel syndrome -- Celiac disease -- Cells and chromosomes -- Cerebral palsy -- Chicken pox -- Cholera -- Chronic fatigue syndrome -- Circulatory system -- Circulatory system diseases and disorders -- Cold -- Colon and colon diseases -- Communicable diseases -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- Crohn's disease -- Cystic fibrosis -- Deafness -- Dermatitis -- Diabetes -- Diarrhea -- Digestive system -- Digestive system diseases and disorders -- Diphtheria -- Down syndrome -- Dysentery -- Ear and hearing -- Ear diseases and disorders -- Eczema -- Edema -- Emphysema -- Encephalitis -- Endometriosis -- Epidemic -- Epilepsy -- Eye and sight -- Eye diseases and disorders -- Fibroids -- Fibromyalgia -- Fractures and dislocations -- Frostbite -- Fungal infections -- Gallbladder and gallstones -- Gangrene -- Gastroenteritis -- Genes -- Genetic diseases and disorders -- Glands -- Glaucoma -- Gonorrhea -- Gout -- Guillain-Barré syndrome -- Gum diseases -- Hair and scalp disorders -- Hamstring injuries -- Hansen's disease -- Heart -- Heart attack -- Heart diseases and disorders -- Heat sickness -- Hemochromatosis -- Hemophilia -- Hemorrhoids -- Hepatitis -- Hernia -- Herpes -- Hormones and hormonal disorders -- HPV -- Huntington's disease -- Hypertension -- Hypoglycemia -- Immune system -- Immunodeficiency -- Infectious diseases -- Infectious mononucleosis -- Influenza -- Irritable bowel syndrome -- Jaundice -- Joint disorders -- Kidney -- Kidney diseases and disorders -- Legionnaires' disease -- Leukemia -- Liver -- Liver diseases and disorders -- Lung -- Lung diseases and disorders -- Lupus erythematosus -- Lyme disease -- Lymphatic system -- Lymphoma -- Malaria -- Malnutrition -- Marfan syndrome -- Measles -- Meningitis -- Menstrual disorders -- Metabolic disorders -- Migraine -- Motor neuron disease -- Mouth -- Mouth diseases and disorders -- Multiple sclerosis -- Mumps -- Munchausen syndrome -- Muscle -- Muscle diseases and disorders -- Muscular dystrophy -- Nervous system -- Nervous system disorders -- Nonspecific urethritis -- Nosebleed -- Nutritional diseases -- Obesity -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Osteoarthritis -- Osteoporosis -- Paralysis -- Parkinson's disease -- Pelvic inflammatory disease -- Phenylketonuria -- Plague -- Pneumonia -- Poison and poisoning -- Poliomyelitis -- Premenstrual syndrome -- Rabies -- Raynaud's disease -- Repetitive strain injury -- Respiratory system -- Respiratory system diseases and disorders -- Retina and retinal disorders -- Reye's syndrome -- Rheumatic fever -- Rickets -- Rickettsial diseases -- Ringworm -- Rubella -- Salmonella -- SARS -- Sciatica -- Scoliosis -- Scurvy -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Shingles -- Sickle-cell anemia -- Skeletal system -- Skin -- Skin diseases and disorders -- Slipped disk -- Smallpox -- Spina bifida -- Spinal column -- Sports injuries -- Sprains and strains -- Staphylococcal infections -- Streptococcal infections -- Stroke -- Sty -- Sunburn -- Tennis elbow -- Tetanus -- Thalassemia -- Throat diseases and disorders -- Tourette's syndrome -- Trichomoniasis -- Tropical diseases -- Tuberculosis -- Typhoid fever -- Typhus -- Ulcers -- Urinary system -- Vein disorders -- Viruses -- West Nile virus -- Whiplash injury -- Whooping cough -- Worms -- Wounds -- Yellow fever.