obesity and cardiovascular
disease 2: 90
overdose 4: 166
pacemaker 2:93
PAT 2: 94
physical activity
recommendations 4: 228
respiration rate 2: 227
sports drinks and foods 4: 231
tobacco 4: 353
valvular heart disease 2: 114
walking for fitness 4: 235
heart sounds 2:55,59–60, 60, 106 ,
191 , 195
heart transplantation 2:6, 30, 39,
60–63,116, 214
heart valves 2:54, 55, 86, 103, 353.
See alsovalvular heart disease
heat exhaustion 4: 374 , 375,375,
376
heat rash. Seemiliaria
heat stroke 4: 374 , 375,375, 376
heavy-metal poisoning 1:275; 2:46,
193, 362–363; 3:71, 190; 4:30–31,
62 , 386
Heimlich maneuver 1:18; 2:187,
203; 4:372–373
Helicobacter pylori2:284, 370; 3:37,
48 , 53,81, 82, 85; 4: 74
helper T-cell (CD4 cell). SeeCD4 cell
hemapheresis 2:130, 132–133,
141–142, 141 t, 142 t, 163
hematoma 1:234; 2:142
hematopoiesis 2: 140 , 140–141,
140 t, 141 t
anemia 2: 125
blood 2: 127
blood stem cells 2: 129
bone marrow 2: 132
EPO 2: 138
erythrocyte 2: 137
leukemia 2: 146
leukocyte 2: 148
lymphocyte 2: 152
monocyte 2: 157
myelodysplasia syndrome 2: 160
reticulocyte 2: 165
thalassemia 2: 170
hematospermia 3: 277 , 290
hematuria 3:194, 194 t
Alport’s syndrome 3:176–177
bladder cancer 3: 179
ESWL 3: 189
glomerulonephritis 3: 191
nephropathy 3: 211
urolithiasis 3: 227
hemochromatosis 2:122, 129, 169;
3:133–134
hemodialysis 3:171, 217, 219
hemoglobin 2:142; 3:133, 167
aging and changes in
blood/lymph 2: 123
alkyl nitrites 4: 320
alveolus 2: 183
anemia 2: 124
blood doping 4: 324
EPO 2: 138
erythrocyte 2: 137
erythrocytes 2: 119
heavy-metal poisoning 4: 31
methemoglobinemia 2: 156
oxygen-carbon dioxide
exchange 2: 216
oxygen saturation 2: 216
porphyria 4: 138
reticulocyte 2: 165
sickle cell disease 2: 165
smoking and cardiovascular
disease 2: 105
smoking and pulmonary disease
2: 230
thalassemia 2: 169
hemolysis 2:119, 125, 141,
142–143, 143 t,167, 169, 324
hemolytic anemia 2:125, 311;
4: 207
hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
2:311, 324; 3:194–195
hemophilia 2:121, 136, 143–144;
4:110, 135, 140
hemoptysis 2:195, 197, 204, 204 ,
204,204, 204t
hemorrhage 2:19, 110
hemorrhagic fevers 2:331–332,
331 t
hemorrhagic stroke 1:234; 2:107,
110
hemorrhoids 3:11, 32, 53–54,85,
88
heparin 2:14, 15t,76, 78, 96
hepatic abscess 3:54
hepatic cyst 3:54
hepatitis 2:130, 136, 263, 315, 327,
345; 3:54–57, 55 t, 217
addiction 4: 314
blood autodonation 4: 263
cancer prevention 4: 14
heroin 4: 339
milk thistle 4: 89
substance abuse treatment 4: 351
hepatitis B 2:315, 373; 3:54, 339,
340; 4:31, 312, 325, 340hepatitis C 1:173; 2:158, 278; 3:54,
339
blood doping 4: 325
hepatitis prevention 4:31, 32
injecting drugs, risks of 4: 340
sexually transmitted disease
prevention 4: 46
substance abuse 4: 312
hepatitis prevention 4:31–32, 358
hepatocytes 3:18, 69, 70, 75; 4: 89
hepatomegaly 2:160, 164, 168;
3:57, 57 t
hepatorenal failure 3:195
hepatotoxins 3:57,72; 4: 90
her-2gene 3:250–252
HER-2/neu. See her-2gene
herbal remedies 1:26, 366; 2:76,
237, 367; 4:92, 348
hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal
cancer (HNPCC) 3:57–58
heredity and heart disease 2:63–64
hernia 1:325–326
herniated nucleus pulposus
1:326–327; 4: 211
heroin 4:338–339, 339 t
addiction 4:314, 315
buprenorphine 4: 325
dependence 4: 330
drugs 4: 145
fentanyl 4: 334
illicit drug use 4: 340
LAAM 4: 342
methadone 4: 342
opiates 4: 347
scheduled drug 4: 170
substance abuse 4:311, 313
herpes, genital. Seegenital herpes
herpes simplex 1:17–18, 74, 99,
103, 207, 210; 2:332
herpesvirus 2:315, 320–321,
323–324, 327–329, 350
herpes zoster 1:74, 99, 103, 269;
2: 316 , 332–333, 332 t
hiatal hernia 1:325; 3:58
Hib. See Haemophilus influenzae
type b
hiccup 2:204
hidradenitis suppurativa 1:164
high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
(HDL-C) 2:36, 49, 82, 90
hip fracture in older adults 1:327
hippocampus 1:231, 260
Hirschsprung’s disease 3:58–59, 93
hirsutism 3:134
histamine 1:187, 206; 2:240, 245,
247, 258, 260, 266–267, 273Index 475