Livro - American Heritage Stedman´s Medical Dictionary, The

This thumb-tabbed update adds about 1,300 terms to the 2002 edition relating to new medical conditions (e.g., SARS), tests (virtual colonoscopy), and treatments (Botox); alternative medicine (doula); future directions (stem-cell research); and contemporary scientists (Candace Pert). For consumers and health professionals, some 45,000 entries cover the symbol "a" to the drug Zyrtec. The sole index is a guide to common compound words. Appendices include the Recommended Daily Allowances of vitamins and minerals, and diagrams of major body systems.