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VHAI'S HEALTHWISE SERIES
"Healthwise Series" is a set of
simple, easy-to-understand guidebooks on certain
non-communicable (mostly lifestyle-related) health
problems prevalent in the modern society. The
presentation of the text is in a question-answer format
which conveys enlightened interpretations combined with
practical applications about the disease under
discussion. The stress is on providing the reader with
sufficient information to prevent and to minimize the
adverse impacts when affected. Even though the book is
aimed at ordinary people, even medical personnel shall
find them as useful reference books.
Introduction
to HEART DISEASE
By Dr. Peeyush Jain and Pooja Jain, pp. 64, 1998, Rs.
20/-
Introduction to heart disease is an attempt to provide
basic information about a normal and a diseased heart. It
provides sufficient materials for ordinary people to
learn how to maintain good health of the heart,
precautions to be taken when some heart problem occurs
and how to avoid later complications.
The booklet addresses problems like recognizing heart
diseases, hypertension, heart failure, rhythm disorder,
acute rheumatic fever, heart valve disease, congenital
heart disease, cardiomyopathy, pericardial disease etc.
CANCER
By Dr. Shanti B. Rangwani, pp. 44, 1998, Rs.
20/-
Cancer, one of the most dreaded diseases of today, is the
second largest killer in the developed world. More than
half of all cancers occur in developing countries. Cancer
control covers a broad spectrum from primary prevention
to early detection and treatment, rehabilitation and
palliative care.
This booklet is an attempt to provide basic informations
about various types of cancer. It contains all essential
knowledge from early warning signals to detection to
treatment which a reader should necessarily know.
Other books
in the Healthwise Series are:
Diabetes
(published)
Asthma
& Respiratory Diseases (forthcoming)
Join
Pain & Arthritis (forthcoming)
Digestive
Disorders & Jaundice (forthcoming)
For copies of
the Healthwise Series write to:
Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI)
40 Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 016
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