Assists clinicians in quickly recognizing and avoiding potential adverse reactions and interactions that can occur between more than 150 of the most common herbal remedies and prescription/over-the-counter medications. This quick-reference is organized alphabetically and includes drug interactions, side effects, and highlighted cautionary notes for each entry.

Parents have come to depend on vaccines to protect their children from a variety of diseases. Some evidence suggests, however, that vaccination against pertussis (whooping cough) and rubella (German measles) is, in a small number of cases, associated with increased risk of serious illness. This book examines the controversy over the evidence and offers a comprehensively documented assessment of the risk of illness following immunization with vaccines against pertussis and rubella. Based on extensive review of the evidence from epidemiologic studies, case histories, studies in animals, and other sources of information, the book examines: the relation of pertussis vaccines to a number of serious adverse events, including encephalopathy and other central nervous system disorders, sudden infant death syndrome, autism, Guillain-Barre syndrome, learning disabilities, and Reye syndrome; the relation of rubella vaccines to arthritis, various neuropathies, and thrombocytopenic purpura. The volume, which includes a description of the committee's methods for evaluating evidence and directions for future research, will be important reading for public health officials, pediatricians, researchers, and concerned parents.

Abstract: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects approximately 8 to 10 million people in the United States, with an age-adjusted prevalence of 12%, which increases to 20% in persons over 70 years.1 Mortality is increased in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with PAD, when compared with those without PAD,2 primarily because of an increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

Abstract: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects approximately 8 to 10 million people in the United States, with an age-adjusted prevalence of 12%, which increases to 20% in persons over 70 years.1 Mortality is increased in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with PAD, when compared with those without PAD,2 primarily because of an increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

This book series gives a comprehensive overview of the adverse effects of botanical medicines. It provides introductory information on Botany, Chemistry, Pharmacology and Uses, followed by an Adverse Reaction Profile subdivided according to organ and function. The third contribution to the series gives important information about eighteen specific medicinal herbs and important plant constituents. The herbs and constituents have been selected for several reasons, such as a prominent place in phytotherapy, clinical expectations about therapeutic potential and recent concern about a serious adverse reaction. The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (Copenhagen) has supported the book in the form of an acknowledgement that has been prepared by this Office.

This book presents new results on metal fluxes from society to the environment, on metal speciation in water, soil and sediment, and its mobility, biological uptake and toxicity. New approaches, like the Acid Volatile Sulphide (AVS) concept to predict metal bioavailability in sediments, and the Biotic Ligand Model to calculate the toxicity of metals to aquatic organisms, are critically evaluated, with a focus on copper, nickel, zinc, and, chromium.

Injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) are increasingly common. Every year, approximately 80,000 people rupture their ACL in the United States alone. Of those, it is mostly the young and active population that suffers the injury. This book provides an overview of the psychological models of injury rehabilitation, the role of coping with ACL injury and the role of social support. Detailed discussions are included related to specific stages of rehabilitation from ACL injury. Furthermore, to investigate the subtle biomechanical changes in the knee following ACL deficiency and reconstruction, both in vitro robotic testing systems and in vivo imaging and computerised modelling techniques have been employed and are examined.

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Elevated blood lead levels in children can result in brain injury and, as a consequence, have negative effects on cognitive functioning and behavior. Risk assessment studies have focused on psychological measures, especially IQ, and also school achievement and behavioral adjustment as endpoints. Such studies, like epidemiological work in other areas, by necessity examine effects in large groups rather than in individuals. Since the peer-reviewed literature primarily describes those adverse effects noted in epidemiological studies, little or no attention has been directed to what is observed in the individual. The present review describes the presentation of individual lead-poisoned children from the perspective of the clinical neuropsychologist. The sequelae of lead poisoning typically observed in evaluation of individuals provide information in addition to that gained from risk assessment studies and has implications for the mechanisms and treatment of this disease. In addition, attention to certain aspects of individual case presentation does provide information relevant to issues of public health.