The complete home medical reference, containing 96 self-diagnosis charts, this book covers 3000 medical conditions and disorders with additional articles on promoting good health, caring for the sick, first aid, the NHS, alternative medicine and a drug index. In the many new articles, topics discussed include organ transplants, post-viral fatigue operations for short sight and seasonal affective disorder. Others, including those on AIDS, genetic counselling, heart disease and toxic shock syndrome, have been substantially revised.