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healed my lyme
I have tried a great many things for lyme disease; I have been sick for over 6 years. This protocol was incredible. After only a few weeks most of my symptoms were gone. After six months all my symptoms were gone. Stephen Buhner's knowledge of the herbs is incredible and this protocol is the most thought out that I have seen. It has given me my life back. While it may not work for everyone the vast majority of people on the lyme internet groups report incredible success with it. Thank you Stephen Buhner.

Be Careful
I have had Lyme disease for some time now, and am always interested in treatments that could help keep it at bay.I tried andrographis, the first of the core protocol herbs that this book suggests, and after three weeks of following the recommended dosage I broke out in hives all over my body.I have never had an allergic response to anything in my life, so I was quite surprised.Even after taking benadryl, my face and hands were severely swollen the following day.I saw three physicians to determine the nature of the allergic reaction, ended up on prednisone for 9 days, and I have since returned the remaining androgaphis bottles I had purchased.The author did indicate that very rarely people have an allergic reaction, and I suppose I was one of the unfortunates.I am sure the herb works wonders for some, but please be careful.I would not have expected to fall into a very rarely category.

Good on lyme, disappointing on treatments
The first few chapters on lyme contain more information than any other source I've heard of and are impressive.That information alone makes the book worth buying, and a true "find".I've been researching lyme for a year now, and he had information I'd never heard of before, like the way lyme infests the renal system and infects the urine so it can infect grazing animals.
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Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - Contagious    5. Diseases - General    6. Diseases - Skin    7. Healing    8. Health & Fitness    9. Health/Fitness    10. Herbal Medications   

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The best book I've yet read on compulsive eating.One line touched me to the core.Do I eat to mother myself because I never got any; to nurture myself?Maybe that's why I need a dog, someone who I feel loves me totally and completely as me, not as a daughter or a wife?But this book also showed some very sick people in regards to food, some very bad binges and sneak eating.My life and thought do tend to revolve around food - buying it, cooking it, eating it.The writing is excellent.Roth should really write a novel or something more demanding.She can write well.I do wonder if the writing of other women was not polished up by her.

All the sugar and 2x the caffeine, please. No teenager should live inside an ED.
Living with an eating-disordered father all my life, it's no surprise that I started sneaking and hoarding food up in my bedroom by the age of 6. He snuck his binge foods, too, existing on diet Coke, eggbeaters, fat-free cheese, and salads of entire heads of lettuce adorned with other fat free vegetables and topped with fat-free dressing to take to work-- where he'd eat a 2lb. bag of M&M's in one shift. When I became clinically bulimic at 12, he slowly ceased restocking the pantry and fridge. I was hospitalized on an eating disorders unit twice- first merely because of the bulimia. My mother, at least, was perfect happy about the 18 extra lbs I'd lost, no matter how dangerously they'd gone. The second time I was admitted to the same unit, I had been purging every last thing I ate, and spent all of my free time either trying to mimick the detailed exercise charts of "true-life anorexic memoirs" OR bingeing and purging my brains out.
A New Way of Thinking
Geneen Roth has opened up a new path in my journey to recovery from compulsive eating.Her ideas and suggestions put my eating disorder in a different light.It is nothing to be so ashamed of that I continue my own self-sabotage. With work - getting rid of the old messages surrounding my compulsive eating - I will discover the me I was created to be. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Compulsive eating    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Eating Disorders - General    4. General    5. Health/Fitness    6. Psychology    7. Psychopathology - Eating Disorders    8. Popular medicine    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Eating Disorders   

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This book should come with diagnosis
This book is essential.I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in late 2003 and was given this book as a gift from a survivor I'd never met and still haven't to date. Because of her thoughtfulness, I was able to better understand, work with my treatment and get well again.I have given my copy away, that copy passed on by the person I gave it to again and I trust again since that time.Another friend of a friend was diagnosed in Florida (I'm in Michigan, my benefactor in California) and this was the first thing I did (after saying a prayer for her).Best Wishes for a speedy and full recovery to any/all who have need for this book.

Simonton's "Getting Well"
Book is very informative and offers hope and help.It is far too old and needs to be updated to more current situations but many of the facts remain true and it is still probably the best cancer help book out there.

An essential book for anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer
The theme of this book is that with positive expectancy of treatment and the patient's positive outlook, you CAN turn your cancer diagnosis into one of renewal of health. A patient CAN do this!Of the many books we have read, this one is outstanding.Dr. Simonton's book, Getting Well Again, is referenced in other volumes as well.The ideas are concrete, meaningful, and most of all---can be implemented. Positive expectancy is the key theme. We have read and reread its passages many times and have received renewed HOPE and OPTIMISM with every reading. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Diseases - Cancer    3. General    4. Healing    5. Imagery (Psychology)    6. Mind and body    7. Psychological aspects    8. Psychology    9. Coping with illness    10. Health & Fitness / Healing   

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One Really Good Book
This is one good book, one really good book!
Practical and easy to read
I got this to help me help my daughter with her finances. The book offered many useful tips on that subject as well as good general advice on paper, thing, and time organizing. Kathleen Nadeau is widely respected in the medical community for her knowledge and down to earth strategies for those with ADD/ADHD. The professional organizer, Judith Kolberg, has broken down everyday problems that everyone faces into easy step by step plans. I highly recommend this book for both those with and without Attention Deficit.

Just what I needed!!
I love the book; when get all the time i need, i will soon get organized.Thanks for the suggestions!!Mildred Rickett ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Attention-deficit disorder in    2. Attention-deficit disorder in adults    3. General    4. Management    5. Organization    6. Parenting - Hyperactivity    7. Personal Growth - General    8. Psychology    9. Self-Help    10. Clinical psychology    11. Self-Help & Practical Interests    12. Self-Help / General   

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REQUIRED READING!!
I just finished this book and must say it has had a profound effect on the way I look at health, nutrition and the information we are spoonfed on a daily basis.I will never again eat dairy and will always question where the latest and greatest research findings came from and who funded them!This book should be required reading for every single American person today!Why the information in this book is not front page news speaks volumes about the influence agricultural lobby groups have on government, science and the media.

You've got to read this book!
I received this book as a gift. There are quite a few books on this subject on the market and this one is the best. I too could not put it down and finished it in 3 days. It's a huge book, a great resource that is well researched and written.. I have a few friends who've purchased this book and really loved it too. I can highly recommend this book.
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Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet in disease    3. Diets - General    4. Diseases - General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Healthy Living    8. Nutrition    9. Nutrition And Diet    10. Nutrition And Public Health    11. Nutritionally induced diseases    12. Dietetics & nutrition    13. Health & Fitness / Nutrition   

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Digestive issues? Read on...
I thought this book was really helpful for those who are stuggling with their weight or have digestive issues but are unclear why.
Caveat Emptor
I read this book, and found it to pretty much be a rehash of ideas and theories that have been around the internet and "hypochondriac" community for a while (I say hypochondriac community because that's how most doctors treat us and we're left to go find our own solutions).
Easy, useful reference
The book recaps material from other authors,such as Sherry Rogers, M.D. and other experts, in a handy and straight forward way. Having read numerous more complicated books while struggling with fatigue and brain fog, this one was a breath of fresh air (pun intended). It also has significant original material that I had not read elsewhere. All in all, an excellent read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diseases - General    4. Health & Fitness / Alternative Therapies    5. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Abdominal    6. Health & Fitness / Naturopathy    7. Medical    8. Alternative Medicine    9. Diseases    10. Food Allergies    11. Gastroenterology    12. Gastrointestinal system    13. Irritable colon   

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Great information

You've got to read this book!
I received this book as a gift. There are quite a few books on this subject on the market and this one is the best. I too could not put it down and finished it in 3 days. It's a huge book, a great resource that is well researched and written.. I have a few friends who've purchased this book and really loved it too. I can highly recommend this book
Mayo Clinic - Family Health Book
The Mayo Family Health book is a "wealth of information."
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Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Encyclopedias    3. English    4. General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health - General    7. Health/Fitness    8. Medicine    9. Medicine, Popular    10. Personal Health    11. Popular Works    12. Reference    13. Medical / Reference   

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The final Armada!
As a professional neuroradiologist, I recommend this book to all radiologists, neurologists and neurosurgeons who wish to choose just one book in the field of cerebral angiography. In this era of MRA and CTA, thisbook can give readers not too much, not too little knowledge about normalanatomy and pathological findings. Figures were clearly drawn and clinicalDSA images were carefully chosen. Maybe those who wish to becomeprofessional neurointerventionists prefer those historical books edited byDr. Newton, but I suppose even such people would love this book and read itdaily. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Angiography    2. Blood-vessels    3. Brain    4. Cerebral Angiography    5. Cerebrovascular Diseases    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Neurological Examination    9. Neurology - General    10. Radiography    11. Radiology    12. Reference    13. Medical / Radiology & Nuclear Medicine    14. Medical diagnosis    15. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

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Yoga for Health Knees: What You Need to Know for Pain Prevention and Rehabilitation
Excellent Book.Well illustrated and easy to follow.Well designed for people with joint problems, who want to strenghthen their bodies through yoga.

Yoga for Healthy Knees
If you have any problem with your knee, this is the right choice of book to read.
What a steal!
Knees bees. Whatever. Just got this book a week ago, so as far as helping knees per se, don't know, but most impressed with it. These few yoga exercises limbers up the entire hip, leg area. It identifies which side is tighter. She even rightly points out to go barefoot often to strengthen feet that have been too conditioned to shoes.
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Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Physical Therapy    2. Consumer Health    3. Hatha Yoga    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Musculoskeletal Diseases    7. Pain Management    8. Physiology    9. Yoga    10. Health & Fitness / Yoga    11. Popular medicine    12. Yoga for exercise   

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Beware of CD-ROM
This series of books have been very helpful in my practice.I currently use the 6th edition.I was excited that the Spanish translation for handouts is included on the CD-ROM.However, there is one crucial difference:With the 6th edition the contents can be INSTALLED on your computer (and the CD then stored). Then topics can be searched and printed per PDF files/Acrobat reader.In the 6th edition, each topic print out is ONE page.HOWEVER, with the 7th edition, the CD-ROM MUST BE in the cd drive to work.This ties up that drive and is very inconvenient in a busy practice, if you have other uses for that drive.In the 7th edition, the printouts can be THREE pages long, consuming much more paper! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Family & General Practice    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Medicine, Popular    5. Patient education    6. Reference    7. Medical / Family & General Practice    8. Medicine: General Issues   

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Why Aren't You Reading This Book
Many days and nights I sat with little energy and read and reread chapters from this wonderful book. I have loaned or given copies to friends throughout the years who have been diagnosed with or have been care givers to cancer patients It's written in simple, short chapters which helped me because concentrating for any length of time was difficult. It was a blessing. It's not complicated. It's easy reading and it is so helpful. Please read this book. By the way, I'm cancer free!!
Selenium can help prevent and treat cancer
Nutrients can help fight cancer. The cancer-fighting nutrient most proven to date is selenium. A daily supplement of 200 microgram of selenium, has been shown in a large placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical study -- the most prestigious type of scientific study of nutrients and drugs -- to cut the death rate from cancer in half.
Huge help
This book was a huge psychological help when my son was first diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer.It gives you hope, and gives you specific ideas on how you can be pro-active. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - Cancer    5. General    6. Healing    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health/Fitness    9. Popular works    10. Treatment    11. Coping with illness    12. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Cancer   

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Occupational Therapy    2. Child development    3. Clumsiness in children    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Motor ability in children    7. Occupational therapy for child    8. Pediatrics    9. Psychology    10. Diseases & disorders    11. Medical / Allied Health Services / Occupational Therapy    12. Specific disorders & therapies   

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High quality program - and it really works!
As an adult autistic, I am always looking for ways to relax myself and to stimulate the parts of my brain that don't function as properly as they should.I have been playing a lot of ambient-type cds at home when I sleep or just hang around the house - I am very sensitive to sound from outside and have a lot of insomnia.Some of the cds I have are good, others are not so good - there are a lot of people making this kind of stuff and some of them seem to think you can just noodle around on a synthesizer over some ocean wave sounds and come up with a subliminal CD.
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Subjects:  1. CD-Miscellaneous Music    2. Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain)    3. Genres & Styles - New Age    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Unabridged Audio - Fiction/Mystery    7. Music   

Subjects:  1. Back Pain    2. Backache    3. Consumer Health    4. Diseases    5. Diseases - Heart    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health and hygiene    8. Health/Fitness    9. Medical / Nursing    10. Pain Management    11. Surgery - General    12. Treatment    13. Women    14. Women's Health - General    15. Health & Fitness / Women's Health   

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Good book for parents
A good book for parents. In the social skills intervention we developed, I recommend a range of books for parents based on their accessibility and general sensitivity to parents needs. This book is one of the ones in that basket - there aren't many. I would also recommend reading Succeeding with Interventions for Asperger Syndrome Adolescents.

Very helpful and informative!
This book is practical and helpful. I have learned more about the areas I need to be targeting with my son. It has also increased my awareness of more of the things my son faces on a daily basis and how to approach them better.
very complete reference
Offers a good background of asperger response to the real world and also gives a number of suggestions on how to support the person and or make their world more liveable.The suggestions are able to be done by family and school.Most of them do not require any special techniques or equipment, just an understanding of AS and the people if affects. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children with Special Needs    2. Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain)    3. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Life Stages - Adolescence    7. Mental Illness    8. Child care & upbringing    9. Coping with disability    10. Coping with illness   

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Wonderful; couldn't put it down
This book does a wonderful job of bringing the story of the world's first HUMAN heart-transplant to life--and for those of us who might be in the medical field--some insight, down the road, of what must have driven other heart surgeons.Remember, the University of Mississippi's James Hardy?Did you know that he used a Baboon's heart--and implanted it into a human?Later, in the 1980's, did you know Dr. Bailey (Loma Linda) used a baby baboon's heart and put it into "Baby Fae"?Remember this?Heart surgeons have been plagued by the Prima Donna syndrome for years--and justifiably; however, this book UNDOES history's fame on Christan Barnard and makes him out to be a fame-driven, and ultimately, sorrowful individual stripped of his fellowship in the American College of Surgeons--while making the American surgeons (Drs. Shumway, Lower, Stinson, Kantrowitz) the real heroes of the heart transplant.I couldn't put this book down. . .and you won't be able to either.Christian Barnard's greatest achievment to science was NOT the heart transplant:it was his discovery of the cause of intestinal atresia, and the help his work in transplantation led the American's to re-define the definition of death from "heart" death to "brain-dead."The hero of the heart transplant is Richard Lower and Norman Shumway.Simply outstanding reading.

The Great Race
For those who lived through the sixties, the space race was a thrilling and defining endeavor.Few who remember it, however, will have forgotten another race that captured people's imaginations at the same time, the race to get a human heart transplanted.Maybe, like the space race, it was overhyped and exaggerated, but like the space race, the competition was a sensation that had serious aspects and effects on the future.In _Every Second Counts: The Race to Transplant the First Human Heart_ (Putnam), Donald McRae has told an important story, the exciting tale of pioneers competing on the frontiers of medicine, with the losers making lasting contributions and the winner descending into a tragic chaos fueled by fame.
A Medical Page Turner
Many of us remember the news of the first heart transplant, done, of all places, in South Africa.But only those on the inside knew that several physicians were on the brink of reaching this medical mile stone.Donald McRae describes four physicians working diligently toward the first human heart transplant. The efforts, creativity, egos and motivations of these doctors lay the background to this fascinating medical story.It reads like a medical research timeline, interwoven with facts and factoids about the major players involved.
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Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - Heart    5. Heart    6. Heart surgeons    7. History    8. History Of Medicine    9. Medical    10. Medical - General    11. Organ Transplantation    12. Surgery - Thoracic    13. Transplant surgeons    14. Transplantation    15. Biography & Autobiography / Medical   

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Good for those who haven't had cancer too...
If you have ever had a difficult time in your life, this is a good book for you.I read this book when I was having a very depressing time, a time where I was not sure I was going to make it out.This book, though, was a gateway for me.Since I don't have cancer, this book didn't inspire me in that way, but it did inspire me.I saw people that had a harder life then I did, and I realized that I would get through, that life would improve for me, and it has. :o)

Chicken soup for the Surviving Soul
After my diagnosis with breast cancer five years ago at age 28,this book was part of my salvation.Reading stories of otherssurvival helped me to realize that cancer is beatable.I now recommend this book to other cancer patients.

Faith, hope and love but the greatest of these is love
"Malignant", to hear this word when you or someone you love is diagnosed brings feelings of despair, fear and abandonment.The "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series gives you bits of humanity andmakes you feel hopeful, trusting and accepting.The stories, poems andessays are put together to give to us encouragement.I myself am a 5 yearsurvivor of stage 2 breast cancer and find the pages filled with newbeginnings. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Case studies    3. Consolation    4. Courage    5. Diseases - Cancer    6. Inspirational    7. Inspirational - General    8. Motivational & Inspirational    9. Self-Help    10. Suffering    11. Coping with illness    12. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Cancer    13. Mind, body, spirit: mysticism & self-awareness   

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Buy it...
This is a fantastic book for learning all about the cholestrol which is the reason why I bought it.However, after I read it, I was pleasantly surprised to find this book to be better than most popular "diet" books out there.It's straight forward (with humor!), contains lots of informative facts, many handy references (web sites, phone numbers, statistics etc.,), considerate of the reader and not out to please any interest groups (i.e., honest).What more can you ask for!This book is well worth your money.

Useful
This is a book which thoroughly explores cholesterol. While user-friendly like all of the Dummies series, it is also written with grace and insight. I have found the book interesting and useful. I have completely stopped caffeine beverages, like coffee. After eliminating my coffee habit with the help of a wonderful coffee substitute made from soya beans called "Soyffee", I'm feeling so much better. My doctor recommended it to help lower my cholesterol and promote strong bones. It's available online at www.So y c o f fe e.com to find it.

Lighthearted but accurate reference for cholesterol control
As with many of the "For Dummies" series, Controlling Cholesterol is a well-executed overview of many issues relevant to cholesterol. Author Carol Rinzler's light and humorous discussion ranges from a concise description of what cholesterol is, to many of the different approaches to lowering cholesterol and why "target" values for cholesterol can differ in different people. There's an especially helpful discussion on the effects of various popular diets like Atkins', Sugar Busters, and Protein Power -- pluses and minuses of each.
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Subjects:  1. Blood cholesterol    2. Cardiology    3. Consumer Health    4. Diseases - Heart    5. General    6. Health/Fitness    7. Heart diseases    8. Hypercholesteremia    9. Life Sciences - Biochemistry    10. Lipids    11. Popular works    12. Science    13. Treatment    14. Fitness & diet    15. Health & Fitness / General    16. Popular medicine   

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Dash Diet works
Not only has the Dash Diet helped with my hypertenion, but I have also lost a few pounds which also helps.Following the suggested foods, you are automatically eating more healthy and have more energy.I would suggest it for anyone and not just those looking to help with hypertension.

Very easy diet!
This diet is very easy and I have already lost 8 pounds after only 3 weeks.My blood pressure is also dropping.The only reason I did not give this book 5 stars is that they do not offer any substitutions for foods that I do not like.

The best after the Bible!
Yes, indeed, this is a book that I will always keep.After the Bible, this is the best present I have made to myself.It changed the way I thought about lots of things, it gave me a desire to live the life that God wanted, a healthy one.If I am made with love, why shouldn't I treat myself with love?The recipes are great.Even my husband, who doesn't have hipertension, likes them!So, don't let it pass and get this book soon.You will not regret it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet therapy    3. Diets - General    4. Diets - Special Conditions    5. Diseases - Heart    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Hypertension    9. Health & Fitness / General   

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AWESOME!!
I purchased this review book and studied it along with the ACR. Most of the information in the book was on the registry except it lacked pathology and there were a few errors when you took the practice tests in the book.You really had to make sure you reviewed the answers.I got a 90 a my mammo registry!! I highly recommend this book!! I was a self study and was not able to attend any conferences so my information came from this book and the ACR.

Great Study Guide
I used this study guide and found the questions and the style of questions very helpful for the ARRT Exam.I used this Appleton and Lange Study guide along with a guide from an initial mammography training conference and had no trouble passing the exam.

Good format, watch the answers carefully.
Overall, the review questions were helpful, but there are several mistakes in this book. Some of the mistakes seemed to be poor proof reading, but many other questions/answers seem to directly contradict the text in the same book. That can be very confusing. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Radiologic & Ultrasound Technology    2. Breast    3. Cancer    4. Diagnosis    5. Diagnostic Imaging    6. Diseases - Breast Cancer    7. Examinations, questions, etc    8. Gynecology    9. Gynecology & Obstetrics    10. Imaging    11. Medical    12. Medical / Nursing    13. Radiography    14. Radiologic Diagnosis    15. Radiology    16. Study Guides    17. Medical / Allied Health Services / Radiological & Ultrasound Technology    18. Medical imaging