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The 18th Edition of this classic, world renowned textbook, which together with Ten Teachers in Obstetrics, provides comprehensive coverage of this important specialty for undergraduates and beyond. With Ash Monga now as leading Editor, and a largely new team of contributing authors, this new edition builds on the book’s strengths, combining authoritative detail with a clear guide to essential knowledge, while incorporating the latest advances in the field. Great care will be taken to ensure structure, style and level of detail are consistent across both volumes providing the reassurance students require that they need go no further than this text. Where appropriate, chapters will be structured according to a consistent format (Overview, Definition, Prevalence, Etiology, Clinical features, Differential diagnosis, Investigations, Treatment, Key points, New developments, references), and illustrative case histories with ‘Discussion points’ will be provided throughout. In line with new cur

ANEMIA By Melanie Huff        There are over 400 types of Anemia. This condition will affect over half of the world’s population at some point during their lives. Anemia is defined as a reduction in the number or volume of circulating red blood cells or an alteration in hemoglobin. Technically Anemia is not a disease but only a symptom of numerous other disorders. The origin of Anemia is classified either as nutritional or non-nutritional.    Classification of Anemia   Nutritional Anemia is mainly caused by a lack of iron, vitamin B 12, or folic acid. Also a deficiency in the amount of vitamins such as B2, B6, C, A, D, E, and K can lead to nutritional anemia. Zinc, copper, calcium, and proteins are other causes of anemia. A lack of certain enzymes can also cause anemia. Often anemia is associated with scurvy which indicates low levels of folate and iron. Discoveries have been made that show vitamin C increases the absorption of iron but studies show that it may also increase the abso