Product Description
This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2006. The length of the article is 833 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Medical webwatch.(Special Section)(http://www.kap.samhsa.gov/products/manuals/tips/index.htm)(http://www.painandthelaw.org/intro/index.php)(http://egeneralmedical.com/egeneralmedical/listohearmur.html )
Author: Jim Young
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 99Issue: 2Page: 194(1)

Distributed by Thomson Gale ... Read more

Product Description
Mitral Valve Prolapse is a common heart murmur that causes symptoms in some patients, while causing no symptoms in others. The condition affects the involuntary nervous system in those who do experience symptoms (dysautonomia) which results in a syndrome – “MVPS-Syndrome”.

People with this heart abnormality that some statistics state may affect up to 20% of the population, can result in symptoms such as fatigue, rapid heart rate, palpitations (i.e. skips, flutters and flip-flops), dizziness, shortness of breath and anxiety symptoms.

This 7,025 word e-book addresses all aspects of Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome, including symptoms, diagnosis and treatments.

The Chapters (chapters also contain subheadings):

How MVP-Syndrome May Manifest
Basics about Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome
More about MVP Symptoms
More about Orthostatic Hypotension
More about Treament for Mitral Valve Prolapse
Strong Association of Thyroid Disease to MVP
Book Review: MVPS-Dysautonomia Survival Guide
MVP a Medical cause of Anxiety Symptoms
Coping with MVP-caused Panic Attacks and Severe Anxiety Episodes

Author - Jim Lowrance is a veteran health writer for sites including BellaOnline Thyroid Health (former Editor & moderator) and Suite101 General Health (recipient of 3 Editor’s Choice Awards). He has written book reviews for other health writers including Mary Shomon (with honorable mention on Mary’s site) and Dr. Mark Starr. ... Read more

Product Description
This up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM provides the best collection available anywhere of official Federal government information and documents on the subject of heart valve diseases, mitral valve prolapse, and murmurs. This CD-ROM uses next-generation search technology that allows complete indexing and makes all files on the disc fully searchable. For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material.

This thoroughly researched collection presents vital information from many authoritative sources: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Food and Drug Administration, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Contents include clinical and medical information, with information on signs, symptoms, testing, diagnosis, treatment, and more.

In addition, as a bonus we have included an encyclopedic collection of general medical and health documents – thousands of pages with extensive material from the CDC and NIH on hundreds of diseases and health topics from A to Z, along with FDA drug and medical publications, government consumer healthcare tips, disease prevention programs, dietary guidelines, and travelers’ health information. Since navigating the Internet to find additional non-governmental medical information can be confusing, we've also provided our exclusive "Guide to Leading Medical Websites" with updated links to 73 of the best sites for medical information! By using weblinks on the CD-ROM, you can quickly check for the latest clinical updates directly from the government.

This CD-ROM has over 36,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software and Reader software is included. Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete full-text index. This enables the user to search all the files on the disk at one time for words or phrases using just one search command! The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable!

Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. This book-on-a-disc makes a superb reference work and educational tool for patients and their families, physicians, and other medical professionals. (Information on this CD-ROM is NOT a substitute for professional medical advice; of course, readers are urged to consult with a professional health care provider for any suspected illness.) ... Read more

Product Description
This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by Thomson Gale on September 15, 2006. The length of the article is 708 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Listen closely to distinguish between murmurs.(Clinical Rounds)
Author: Damian McNamara
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 15, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 36Issue: 18Page: 60(1)

Distributed by Thomson Gale ... Read more

Product Description
If you don't like Christmas stories, don't read this one!

And if you don't like dogs I don't know just what to advise you to do!

For I warn you perfectly frankly that I am distinctly pro-dog and distinctly pro-Christmas, and would like to bring to this little story whatever whiff of fir-balsam I can cajole from the make-believe forest in my typewriter, and every glitter of tinsel, smudge of toy candle, crackle of wrapping paper, that my particular brand of brain. ... Read more

Product Description
Rightly to appreciate Jan's character and parts you must understand his origin. For this you must go back to the greatest of modern Irish wolfhounds, Finn; and to the Lady Desdemona, of whom it was said, by no less an authority than Major Carthwaite, that she was "the most perfectly typical bloodhound of her decade." And that was in the fifteenth month of her age, just six weeks before Finn's arrival at Nuthill. ... Read more

Product Description
Nobody ever spoke of old Spot's master as "old Johnnie Green." Yet the two--boy and dog--were almost exactly the same age. Somehow Spot grew up faster than Johnnie. He had stopped being a puppy by the time his young master learned to walk. And when Johnnie was big enough to play around the farm buildings his parents felt sure that he was safe so long as "old Spot," as they called the dog, was with him.
... Read more

Product Description
This CD-ROM teaches the most fundamental, and yet most difficult, clinical skill in medicine--listening to, eliciting, and interpreting heart sounds and murmurs--a cornerstone activity in physical diagnosis and the practice of medicine. Presents approximately 70 heart sounds, murmurs, and lung sounds with accompanying echocardiograms, phonograms, phonetics, and patient positioning information. Two modes - instructional and testing - will benefit the novice and expert alike. ... Read more