Overview of the Vascular System

Detailed information on vascular conditions, including a description of the vascular system, causes and effects of vascular disease, and a full-color anatomical illustration.

Medical Care of Vascular Conditions

Detailed information on the medical management of vascular conditions. Includes a description of the vascular system, risk factors for vascular conditions, causes of vascular conditions, and medical management of risk factors.

Treatment of Obesity

Detailed information on obesity treatment, including obesity medical treatment, obesity surgical treatment, obesity gastric bypass (malabsorptive) surgery, and obesity gastric stapling (restrictive) surgery

Neurogenic Bladder

Neurogenic bladder is the loss of bladder control because of brain, spinal cord, or nerve problems. Learn more about this condition, including what causes it, what the symptoms are, and how it's diagnosed and treated.

Nephrotic Syndrome

Nephrotic syndrome causes scarring or damage to the filtering part of the kidneys (glomeruli). This causes too much protein to be lost from the blood into the urine.

Acute Bronchitis

Acute bronchitis is a common type of bronchitis. Learn about the causes, prevention, treatment, and more.

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) Nephropathy

IgA nephropathy is a chronic kidney disease. It progresses over 10 to 20 years, and can lead to end-stage renal disease. Read on to learn about causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.