A 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 and alternative medicine. The healthy body section is for periodic checks on fitness; self-diagnosis charts are to find possible causes and what to do; and the major part of the book is an explanation of all diseases and disorders. There are also sections on accidents, caring for the sick 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 revised.