I. EVERYDAY MEDICAL AND HEALTH CONCERNS. Taking control of your health care, or, The wisdom of 2nd and 3rd opinions
Insurance companies: organized crime or just bad policies
An apple a day: and other things to protect your health when visiting the doctor's office
Does your kid really need that shot? Protecting your children in the system
The pharmacy and prescription drugs, or, Beware of the spoonful of sugar that helps the "medicine" go down
Visiting the emergency room without feeling like a bit-player on a TV drama
II> MAJOR DISEASES AND LONG-TERM ISSUES. A real heart-to-heart about cardiac care
how to handle the big C from A to Z: coping with cancer treatment
Baby boom or bust: how to stroll through maternity, neonatal, and fertility issues
You give me fever: infection and communicable diseases
How to maintain some sanity in the mental health system
III. THE HOSPITAL AND MAJOR PROCEDURES. Hospital outpatient visits and how to make sure you actually get out! Hospital stays: as dangerous as a war zone?
Medical tests and how to avoid becoming a lab rat!
Major surgeries, or, How to make sure you still have a leg to stand on afterward!
IV. THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE. A cure for the medical system.
