Stay Healthy at Every Age : What Your Doctor Wants You to Know.

Intro -- 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.

Nundy's simple preventive health guidelines will keep your motor running longer and stronger.

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