aphasia 1: 225
AVM 2: 19
blood-brain barrier 1: 229
cannabis 4: 326
cardiovascular system 2: 4
cerebral palsy 1:238–241
cerebrospinal fluid 1: 241
circle of Willis 2: 37
CJD 1:248–249
coma 1:244
concussion 1:244–245
deep brain stimulation 1: 250
delirium tremens 4: 330
dementia 1:251–252
EEG 1:253–254
encephalitis 2:322–323
encephalopathy 1:254
food cravings 4: 295
ginkgo biloba 4: 70
heart attack 2: 57
Huntington’s disease 1:256
hydrocephaly 1:256–257
hypnosis 4: 77
learning disorders 1:258–259
maldynia 1: 378
memory and memory
impairment 1:260–262
meninges 1:262–263
meningitis 2:343, 344
microinfarction 2: 84
musculoskeletal system 1: 293
nervous system 1:215, 217, 218
organic brain syndrome
1:272–273
pain and pain management
1: 361
pneumococcal pneumonia
2: 349
prion 2:349–350
psychoneuroimmunology 2: 290
rabies 2: 350
SAMe 4: 97
seizure disorders 1:281–282
smell and taste disturbances
1:52–54
stroke 2:107–108
TIA 2:111
traumatic brain injury (TBI)
1:287–289
tremor disorders 1:288–289
tuberculosis 2: 359
brain damage 1:241–242; 4:313,
369, 371, 375, 378
brain death 1:233, 244 ,253; 4: 272
brain hemorrhage 1:233–235, 234 t
brainstem 1:54, 215, 232, 235, 277
brain tumor 1:235–237, 235 t, 236 t;
3:358, 381, 383
branchial motor nerves 1:246, 247t
BRCA-1/BRCA-2 2: 364 , 369;
3:250, 253
breast 1:200; 3:249–250, 250 t
breastfeeding 3: 253
breast health 3: 254
fibroadenoma 3: 284
intraductal papilloma 3: 295
mastalgia 3: 298
mastectomy 3: 298
mastitis 3: 299
pregnancy 3: 322
prolactin 3: 157
relaxin 3: 158
breast cancer 3:250–253, 251 t–253t
adult survivors of childhood
cancer 2: 367
aging and cardiovascular
changes 2: 10
anabolic steroids and steroid
precursors 4: 322
BRCA-1/BRCA-2 2:369
breast 3: 250
breast self-examination 3: 255
cancer 2: 364
cancer risk factors 2: 370
cancer treatment options and
decisions 2: 372
cancer vaccines 2: 373
CEA 2: 374
endocrine system 3: 103
fibrocystic breast disease 3: 285
hormone-driven cancers 2: 381
mammogram 3: 298
mastectomy 3: 298
medicinal herbs and botanicals
4: 83
Paget’s disease of the breast
3: 315
sentinel lymph node dissection
2: 391
surgery for cancer 2: 394
breastfeeding 2:239, 289; 3:157,
250 , 253–254,262, 296, 300,
304; 4:89–90, 176, 179
breast health 3:157, 250, 254,
254–255,285, 295, 298
breast self-examination 3:250, 253,
254 , 255,284, 285, 298
breathing 1:4, 5, 13, 16, 39, 63;
2:193–194. See alsorespiration
aging and pulmonary changes
2: 182
anesthesia 4: 262angioedema 2: 245
apnea 2: 183
auscultation 2: 191
Cheyne-Stokes respiration
2: 199
COPD 2: 200
cystic fibrosis and the lungs
2: 201
dehydration 4: 374
diaphragm 2: 202
dyspnea 2: 203
frostbite 4: 376
Heimlich maneuver 4: 372
hyperventilation 2: 204
inhaled toxins 4: 384
injected toxins 4: 385
interstitial lung disorders 2: 205
mechanical ventilation 2: 214
motor vehicle accidents
4:378–379
multiple trauma 4: 379
narcotics 4: 344
overdose 4: 166
oxygen-carbon dioxide
exchange 2: 216
pleura 2: 218
pneumothorax 2: 223
positive airway pressure 2: 223
pulmonary fibrosis 2: 226
rescue breathing 4: 369
respiration rate 2:227
symptom assessment and care
triage 4: 359
tachypnea 2:232
tuberculosis prevention 4: 49
yoga 4: 106
breathing exercises 2: 185 , 194,
205, 207; 4: 101
breath sounds 2:194–195
brief reactive psychosis 3: 358 , 368
brittle bone disease. See
osteogenesis imperfecta
broad-spectrum antibiotics 2:307,
313, 347
broken nose 1:13
bronchi 1:182; 2:194, 199, 223,
349
bronchiectasis 2:195–196
aspergillosis 2: 186
breathing exercises 2: 194
bronchitis 2: 196
bronchus 2: 198
lung abscess 2: 208
pneumothorax 2: 223
pulmonary fibrosis 2: 226
thoracotomy 2: 232454 Index