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For Adult Patients

A Guide to Stroke Risk Factors and Treatment
Acute Brain Injury - A Guide for Family and Friends
Aging Begins at 30: A Disease in Search of a Nobel Prize
Aging Begins at 30: Abdominal Emergencies in the Elderly
Aging Begins at 30: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease
Aging Begins at 30: Balance and Falls in the Elderly
Aging Begins at 30: Brain Exercise
Aging Begins at 30: Brain White Matter Changes and Gait
Aging Begins at 30: Brain White Matter Strokes
Aging Begins at 30: British Beef and Dementia
Aging Begins at 30: Confusion, Fever, and A Stiff Neck Mean Bad Trouble
Aging Begins at 30: Daytime Sleepiness Can Have Nighttime Causes
Aging Begins at 30: Dementia in a Nutshell
Aging Begins at 30: Diabetics Don't Forget Your Feet
Aging Begins at 30: Dizziness
Aging Begins at 30: Dizziness Has Many Causes
Aging Begins at 30: Essential Tremors
Aging Begins at 30: Evaluation of the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Aging Begins at 30: From Thought to Word and Back Again
Aging Begins at 30: Harm to Alzheimer's Patients Living Alone
Aging Begins at 30: Head Injury II
Aging Begins at 30: How Is Your Brain Working Today?
Aging Begins at 30: Influenza Vaccine and Paralysis Called Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Aging Begins at 30: It Feels Great to Avoid Major Stroke
Aging Begins at 30: Living with Epilepsy
Aging Begins at 30: Lou Gehrig's Disease
Aging Begins at 30: Low Back Pain
Aging Begins at 30: M.S., A Disease in Search of a Cure
Aging Begins at 30: Mad Cow Dietary Supplement
Aging Begins at 30: Mad Cows and Englishmen, Deer, Elk, and Americans, too
Aging Begins at 30: Mad Cows, Scrapie Sheep and the Human Nervous System
Aging Begins at 30: Managing Pain: Important Part of Cancer Treatment
Aging Begins at 30: Mosquitoes and You
Aging Begins at 30: Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
Aging Begins at 30: No You're Not Losing Your Mind
Aging Begins at 30: Prevention Helps Migraine Misery
Aging Begins at 30: Progress in Treating Dementia
Aging Begins at 30: Restless Legs At Night
Aging Begins at 30: Sleep in the Elderly
Aging Begins at 30: Stroke 1: Stricken from Apparent Good Health
Aging Begins at 30: Stroke 2: Treatment And Its Results
Aging Begins at 30: Stroke 3: The Long Road to Normality
Aging Begins at 30: Study Sheds Light On Aging, Dementia, and Dependency
Aging Begins at 30: The Belt that Can Ache For Years
Aging Begins at 30: The Lopsided Smile
Aging Begins at 30: The Need for Stroke Care Units
Aging Begins at 30: The Shaking Palsy
Aging Begins at 30: The Shingles: Belt from Hell
Aging Begins at 30: TIAs as Precursors to Strokes
Aging Begins at 30: Tingling at the Wrist and Beyond
Aging Begins at 30: Undetected Strokes And Dementia
Aging Begins at 30: Weak Muscles Without Paralysis: Myasthenia Gravis
Aging Begins at 30: West Nile Virus
Aging Begins at 30: West Nile Virus Infection II
Aging Begins at 30: When Do We Lose Our Brain Power?
Aging Begins at 30: When the Brain Overfires Electrically
Alzheimer's Disease: A Caregiver's Guide
Brain and Spinal Tumors: Frequently Asked Questions (1)
Brain and Spinal Tumors: Frequently Asked Questions (2)
Brain Tumors: Frequently Asked Questions
Cancer Prevention Tips: Cellular Phones and Cancer Risk
College Health 101: Attention Deficit Disorder
College Health 101: Concussions
College Health 101: Fitting Sleep Into a College Schedule
College Health 101: The Meningitis Vaccination
Common Questions About Epilepsy
Controlling Acute Pain
Controlling Chronic Pain
Epilepsy: Frequently Asked Questions
Health Prose: Alzheimer's: Mind and Body
Health Prose: Attention-Deficit Disorder: A Child's Disorder? Think Again.
Health Prose: Bell's Palsy: Recovering From The Past
Health Prose: Chicken Pox and Shingles Are Related
Health Prose: Cluster Headaches: Do They Cause Anxiety Disorder?
Health Prose: Fall on the Ice? Here are Some Suggestions that Might Help Your Back
Health Prose: Get Your Daily Dose of Vitamin Z
Health Prose: Managing Risk Factors and Early Intervention Can Lessen Stroke Impact
Health Prose: Memory Tests and Other Cognitive Tests
Health Prose: Migraine: It's More Than a Headache
Health Prose: Ouch! What Works When it Hurts.
Health Prose: Peripheral Neuropathy: A Combination of Conditions
Health Prose: Seizures Are a Scary Reality for Many
Health Prose: Symptoms of Vertigo and Dizziness
Insomnia: Frequently Asked Questions
Medications for Chronic Pain
Multiple Sclerosis
Neurology Health Prose
Neuropsychology Test
Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Patient Controlled Analgesia
Patient Information for Nerve/Muscle Biopsy
Peripheral Neuropathy In Persons With Cancer
Sleep Disorder Study: A Guide for Patients
Sleep Hygiene
Sleep Walking: Frequently Asked Questions
Spinal Tumors: Frequently Asked Questions
Spinal Tumors: Frequently Asked Questions (2)
Stereotactic Procedure: A Guide for Patients
Stroke and Depression: Frequently Asked Questions
TCA Therapy for Chronic Pelvic Pain
The BAER Encyclopedia
The EEG: Electroencephalogram Test
The EMG: Electromyography Test
The Lumbar Puncture Test
The MSLT: Multiple Sleep Latency Test
The NCV: Nerve Condition Velocity Test
The PSG: Polysomnography Test
The SEP: Somatosensory Evoked Potential Test
The VEP: Visual Evoked Potential Test
The Video - EEG Monitoring Test
Tourette Syndrome
Treatment for Strokes: Frequently Asked Questions
Vertigo: Frequently Asked Questions

For Adult Providers

A Physicians Guide to the Management of Huntington's Disease: Second Edition
Anatomy of First Aid: Fracture of the Jaw
Anatomy of the Pelvis and Perineum: A Multimedia Textbook and Teaching Module
Anatomy Prosections: Video Dissections of the Human Body
Association Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Stroke?
Atlas of Human Anatomy
Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section
Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy: Companion to Histology and Neuroanatomy: Second Edition
Bedside Logic in Diagnostic Gastroenterology: Pain in the Abdomen
Bronchoscopy Atlas
Functional Anatomy of Basal Ganglia
Geriatric Psychiatry: The Art of Treating Patients with Dementia
GI Endoscopy Atlas
Guidelines, Education, and Testing for Procedural Sedation and Analgesia
Human Organ Systems Imaging in Medicine: Bone 2
Hypertensive Emergencies
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation
Infectious Diseases of the Central Nervous System
Joint Fluoroscopy: A Multimedia Textbook and Teaching Module on Anatomy Using Joint Fluoroscopy
Lung Anatomy
Memory in the Aging Brain
Normal Radiologic Anatomy: X-Ray,CT, MRI and Ultrasound
Radiology Resident's Case of the Week: Temporal Lobe AVM
Stroke and Brain Attack
The Human Brain: Dissections of the Real Brain
The Motility of the Gastrointestinal Tract
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Attention Deficit Disorder
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Cerebrovascular Disease
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Chronic Pelvic Pain
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: CNS Infection
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Coma
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Dementia
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Facial Nerve Paralysis
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Head Trauma
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Headache
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Low Back Pain
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Multiple Sclerosis
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Neuropathy
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Obstetric Anesthesia And Analgesia
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Obstructive Sleep Apnea
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Parkinson's Disease
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Restless Leg Syndrome
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Seizures
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Seizures
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Syncope
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Vertigo and Dizziness

For Pediatric Patients

A Map of Your Organs
Anticonvulsant Drug Therapy
Attention Problems in Down Syndrome: Is This ADHD?
Health Prose: Children's Headaches: What's the Cause?
Health Prose: Delayed Speech: Resources Are Available
Health Prose: Stuttering: Does Your Preschool Child Have a Problem?
Health Prose: Tourette's Syndrome Can Be a Social Stigma
Health Prose: West Nile Virus and Children in the Midwest
Hearing Impairment and Its Effects on the Development of Speech and Language
Helping Your Child with Pain Control
I Can Do It: Helping Children When They Hurt
Pediatric Use of Patient Controlled Analgesia
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Acute Abdominal Pain (Stomach Pain)
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD),Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Bacterial Meningitis
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Cerebral Palsy
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Chest Pain in Children
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Childhood Sleep Apnea
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Chronic Abdominal Pain (Stomach Pain)
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Epileptic Seizures
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Fainting/Lightheadedness
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Febrile Seizures
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Head Injuries
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Headaches
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Low Back Pain in Children
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Mosquito Bites
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Pain Management
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Reye Syndrome
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Shaken Baby Syndrome
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Sleep Problems
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Stuttering
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Viral Meningitis
Stuttering Therapy for Children: Frequently Asked Questions
Treating Scoliosis in Neuromuscular Conditions

For Pediatric Providers

Acute Pain Management for Pediatric Patients
Anatomy of the Unilateral and Bilateral Cleft Lip and Nose
Back Pain in Children - A Common Clinical Problem in Children
Brachial Plexus Palsy: A Perspective on Current Management
Clinical Genetics: A Self-Study Guide for Health Care Providers
Infantile Hypotonia: A Review
Intentional Head Trauma In Infants: Shaken Baby Syndrome
Iowa Neonatology Handbook: Neonatal Seizures
Iowa Neonatology Handbook: Neurology
Paediapaedia: An Imaging Encyclopedia of Pediatric Disease: Neurological Diseases
Paediapaedia: Brainstem Glioma
Paediapaedia: Cephalohematoma
Paediapaedia: Cerebellar Astrocytoma
Paediapaedia: Craniopharyngioma
Paediapaedia: Diastematomyelia
Paediapaedia: Ependymoma
Paediapaedia: Epidural Hematoma, Acute
Paediapaedia: Hydrocephalus
Paediapaedia: Lipomyelomeningocele
Paediapaedia: Medulloblastoma
Paediapaedia: Myelomeningocele
Paediapaedia: Neurofibromatosis
Paediapaedia: Subdural Hematoma, Acute
Paediapaedia: Tuberous Sclerosis
Pediatric Psychopharmacology Seminar
Pediatric Radiology Teaching Files: Adrenal Leukodystrophy (ALD)
Pediatric Radiology Teaching Files: Embryonal Cell Carcinoma of the Pineal Gland
Pediatric Radiology Teaching Files: Peripheral Neurofibromatosis
Pediatric Radiology Teaching Files: Tuberous Sclerosis - Bourneville's Disease
The Fetal and Young Child Nervous System: The Story of Development and Maldevelopment of the Brain
The Virtual Pediatric Patient: A Digital Storytelling System for Teaching Common Pediatric Problems
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Pediatric Sedation

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