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Emergency Medicine

  • Abdominal Pain
    • Abdominal Pain - over age 12
    • Abdominal Pain - under age 12
  • Allergies
    • Allergies and Hay Fever
      • Allergies
      • Allergies
    • Antihistamines, Decongestants, and Cold Remedies
    • Allergy Statistics
      • Allergy Statistics
    • Food Allergy and Intolerances
    • How to Create a Dust-Free Bedroom
    • Resources to Fight Indoor Pollution
    • Immune System
    • Allergy prevention strategies
      • Cigarette Smoke
      • Cockroaches
      • Dust Mites
      • Food
      • Grass
      • House Dust
      • Mold Spores
      • Pets and Animals
      • Ragweed
      • Trees
    • Air Pollution
    • Asthma
    • Environmental Health
    • Extreme Cold
    • Extreme Heat
    • Mold
    • Primary Immune Deficiency
    • Asthma
  • Arm/Elbow
    • Arthritis of the Elbow
    • Biceps tendinitis
    • Broken wrist
    • Colles fracture
    • Dislocated Elbow
    • Elbow Bursitis
    • Elbow Fractures in Children
    • Erb's Palsy (Brachial Plexus Injury)
    • Forearm Fractures in Children
    • Olecranon (Elbow) Fractures
    • Radial Head Fractures
    • Rupture of the biceps tendon
    • Tennis Elbow
    • Throwing injuries in the elbow
    • Ulnar nerve entrapment
  • Asthma
    • Students with Chronic Illnesses
    • NAEPP Resolution on Asthma Management at School
    • Asthma and Physical Activity in the School
    • Asthma Awareness Curriculum
    • How Asthma-Friendly Is Your School?
    • How Asthma-Friendly Is Your Child Care Setting?
    • Asthma
      • Asthma
      • Asthma
      • Asthma
    • Controlling Your Asthma
    • Exercise-Induced Asthma (EIA)
    • Occupational Asthma
    • Peak Flow Meter
    • Pediatric Asthma
    • Pregnancy and Asthma
  • Brain Injury
    • Brain Injury
    • Shaken Baby Syndrome
    • Brain Injury Association
    • Brain Trauma Foundation
    • Brain Injury
    • Head Injury
    • Tramatic Brain Injury (NIH)
    • Tramaric Brain Injury and Concussion (CDC)
    • Head Injury - Children and Teens
  • Constipation & Diarrhea
    • Constipation
    • Diarrhea
  • Ear pain
    • Earache
  • Ears
    • Cholesteatoma
    • Cochlear Implants
    • Earaches and Otitis Media
    • Ears and Altitude
    • Earwax
    • How the Ear Works
    • Perforated Eardrum
    • Plastic Surgery of the Ear
    • Swimmer's Ear
    • Acoustic Neuroma and Neurofibromatosis
      • What is an Acoustic Neuroma?
      • Neurofibromatosis Information
    • Ear Infections and Vaccines
    • Ear Infections in Children
    • Wax blockage in the ear
    • Ear anatomy
    • External Ear Anatomy
  • Fever
    • Fever - age 4 and older
    • Fever - under age 4 & babies
  • Flu Symtptoms
    • When to see the doctor for the FLU?
    • A cold or the flu...a quiz to find out!
    • Difference between a cold and the flu
  • Foot/Leg
    • Achilles tendon
    • Adult (Acquired) Flatfoot
    • Arthritis of the Foot and Ankle
    • Athletic Shoes
    • Broken Ankle
    • Bunions
    • Burning Thigh Pain (Meralgia paresthetica)
    • Chronic Lateral Ankle Pain
    • Claw Toe
    • Clubfoot
    • Corns
    • Diabetic foot
    • Flexible flatfoot in children
    • Footwear Guide
    • Fracture of the Talus
    • Fractures of the Heel
    • Hammer toe
    • Heel Pain
    • Ingrown Toenail
    • Intoeing
    • Lisfranc (Midfoot) Injury
    • Morton's Neuroma
    • Muscle Strains in the Thigh
    • Orthotic Devices
    • Pediatric Thighbone Fracture
    • Plantar fasciitis
    • Plantar Warts
    • Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Foot and Ankle
    • Sesamoiditis
    • Sprained Ankle
    • Stiff Big Toe (Hallux rigidus)
    • Thighbone Fracture
    • Toe and Forefoot Fractures
    • Common Foot Problems
    • Bunion Surgery
    • Wrong Shoes
    • Athletic Shoes: Selecting the Right Pair
    • Arthritis
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis
    • Broken Ankle
    • Bunions
    • Clubfoot
    • Claw Toe
    • Corns
    • Diabetic Foot
      • How to Care for Your Diabetic Foot
      • The Diabetic Foot and Risk
      • Shoes and Orthotics for Diabetics
    • Charcot Joints / Neuropathic Arthropathy
    • Foot Ulcers and theTotal Contact Cast
    • Foot Pain / Metatarsalgia
    • Stress Fractures
  • Hand
    • Animal Bites
    • Arthritis of the Hand
    • Baseball finger
    • Boutonniere Deformity
    • Dupuytren's contracture
    • Fingertip injuries/amputations
    • Flexor Tendon Injuries
    • Fracture of the finger
    • Ganglions (cysts) of the Wrist
    • Hand Fractures
    • Human Bites
    • Kienbock's Disease
    • Restoring Hand Function after Spinal Cord Injury
    • Scaphoid (wrist bone)Fracture
    • Sprained Thumb
    • Trigger Finger
    • Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome
    • Wrist Arthroscopy
    • Wrist Joint Replacement (Arthroplasty)
    • Wrist Sprains
    • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    • Common hand problems
    • deQuervain's tendinitis
    • Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
    • Replantation
    • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    • Thumb Fracture
    • Distal Radius Fractures (Broken Wrist)
  • Heart Attack
    • About Heart Attack
    • Heart Attacks- Medicine Net
    • Heart Attack Warning Signs
    • Life after Heart Attack
    • Testing for a Heart Attack
    • Reducing Heart Attack Risk
    • Heart Disease and Medications
    • Heart Attack FAQ
    • Heart Attack Survival Plan
    • Angina
    • Heart Attack- American Heart Association
  • Knee
    • ACL Reconstruction
    • Activities after a Knee Replacement
    • Adolescent Anterior Knee Pain
    • Cemented and Cementless Knee Replacement
    • Frequently Asked Questions about Osteoarthritis of the Knee
    • Goosefoot (Pes Anserine) bursitis of the knee
    • Knee Implants
    • Knee ligament injuries
    • Kneecap (prepatellar) bursitis
    • Meniscal tear
    • New Techniques to Restore Articular Cartilage
    • Orthopaedists research female knee problems
    • Osgood-Schlatter disease (knee pain)
    • Osteonecrosis of the Knee
    • Osteotomy and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
    • Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Tear
    • Rotating platform/mobile-bearing knees
    • Runner's knee (patellofemoral pain)
    • The Impact of Osteoarthritis of the Knee
    • The Knee
    • Unstable Kneecap
    • Viscosupplementation Treatment for Arthritis
    • Knee Arthroscopy
    • Knee Arthroscopy Exercise Guide
    • Knee Replacement Exercise Guide
    • Total Knee Replacement
    • Q & A: Knee Problems
  • Lacerations
    • Lacerations (cuts) and when to see the doctor
  • Nausea & Vomiting
    • Nausea
    • Vomiting
  • Pediatric Orthopaedics
    • Adolescent Anterior Knee Pain
    • Clubfoot
    • Elbow Fractures in Children
    • Developmental dislocation (dysplasia) of the hip
    • Flexible flatfoot in children
    • Forearm Fractures in Children
    • Growth Plate Fractures
    • Intoeing
    • Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease
    • Osgood-Schlatter disease (knee pain)
    • Osteoporosis Prevention Starts Early
    • Pediatric Thighbone Fracture
    • Scoliosis in Children and Adolescents
    • Skateboarding Safety
    • Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
    • Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
    • Throwing injuries in the elbow
    • Kids and Their Bones: A Guide for Parents
  • Pharyngitis & Laryngitis
    • Sore Throats
  • Pink Eye
    • Pink Eye
  • Prevent Falls
    • Getting Up From a Fall
    • Home Safety Checklist
    • Climb it safe!
    • Prevention of Falls
  • Prevent Injuries
    • Winter Sports Injury Prevention
    • Tennis Injury Prevention
  • Sexually Transmitted and Infectious Diseases
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Bacterial Vaginosis
    • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
    • Chlamydia
    • Genital Herpes
    • Gonorrhea
    • Hepatitis
    • Human Papillomavirus Virus and Gential Warts
    • Syphilis
    • Trichmoniasis
    • Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Sinusitis
    • Sinus Infection
  • Throat
    • Tonsils and Adenoids
    • Tips for Healthy Voices
    • Salivary Glands
    • Sore Throats
    • Dry Mouth (Xerostomia)
    • Swallowing Trouble (Dysphagia)
      • Swallowing Trouble
    • Oral Health
    • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
    • Canker Sores: What Are They and What Can You Do About Them?
  • Urinary Tract Infections
    • Children and UTIs
    • Men and UTIs
    • Women and UTIs
  • Viral Disease Topics
    • Genital Warts
    • Herpes Zoster
    • Herpes Simplex
    • Molluscum Contagiosum
    • Skin Conditions Related to AIDS
    • Warts
    • Varicella Disease (Chickenpox)
    • Hand, Foot, & Mouth Disease
    • Measles
    • Smallpox
    • Fifth Disease
    • Genital Herpes
  • Vision Loss or Changes
    • Vision Loss & Changes Overview

Internal Medicine

  • A
    • Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
    • Acne and Isotretinion: Using Isotretinoin the Right Way
    • Acne in Teens: Ways to Control It
    • Acute Bronchitis
    • ADHD
    • ADHD in Children
    • ADHD Medicines
    • ADHD: Does My Child Have It?
    • ADHD: Info and Advice for Parents
    • Adhesive Capsulitis
    • Advance Directives and Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders
    • AIDS: How to Reduce Your Risk
    • Air Travel Health Tips
    • Alcohol or Drug Abuse Recovery: Taking Medicines Safely
    • Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
    • Alcohol: What to Do If It's a Problem for You
    • Allergic Conjunctivitis
    • Allergies
    • Allergies: Tips to control indoor allergens
    • Allergy Shots
    • Amblyopia
    • Anemia
    • Anemia: When Low Iron Is the Cause
    • Angina and Heart Disease
    • Ankle Sprains: Healing and Preventing Reinjury
    • Anorexia Nervosa
    • Antibiotic Resistance: When Do I Need an Antibiotic?
    • Antibiotics
    • Antidepressants: Medicine for Depression
    • Antihistamines: Understanding your options
    • Anxiety and Panic: Symptoms
    • Arrhythmia
    • Arthritis: How to Stay Active and Independent
    • Artificial Hydration: hypodermoclysis
    • Asthma Action Plan
    • Asthma and Your Child
    • Asthma Flare-ups
    • Asthma Medications
    • Asthma: Controller and Quick-Relief Medicine
    • Asthma: Learning to Control Your Symptoms
    • Asthma: Making Your Medical Visits More Satisfying
    • Asthma: Taking Medicines Safely
    • Autism
    • Autopsy: Questions and Answers
  • Arrhythmia
    • Arrhythmia
    • Pacemakers
    • Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (AICD)
    • Coumadin
    • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Arthritis
    • Arthritis
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis
    • Arthritis Diet
  • B
    • Babesiosis
    • Bacterial Endocarditis
    • Bacterial Vaginosis
    • Bartholin Gland Cyst
    • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
    • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
    • Beta Blockers for Heart Problems
    • Bike Safety Tips
    • Bioterrorism: What you need to know
    • Bipolar Disorder
    • Birth Control: Choosing a Method That's Right for You
    • Blood Pressure Monitoring at Home
    • Botulinum Toxin Injections: A Treatment for Muscle Spasms
    • Breast Cancer
    • Breast Feeding: Hints to Help You Get Off to a Good Start
    • Breast Pain in Women
    • Breech Babies: What Can I Do if My Baby is Breech?
    • Bronchiolitis and Your Child
    • Burners
    • Burns: Preventing Burns in Your Home
    • Burns: Taking Care of Burns
  • Blood, anemia, iron, B12
    • Iron Rich Foods
    • Anemia
  • C
    • Cancer: After Treatment
    • Cancer: Are You at Risk
    • Cancer: Choosing a Treatment Program
    • Cancer: During Treatment
    • Cancer: End-of-Life Issues for the Caregiver
    • Cancer: Helping Your Family Help You
    • Cancer: Medical Vocabulary
    • Cancer: Palliative Care
    • Cancer: Preparing for Treatment
    • Cancer: When You're a Caregiver
    • Canker Sores: What Are They and What Can You Do About Them?
    • Caregiver Stress
    • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Preventing the Pain in Your Hands and Wrists
    • Cast Care
    • Cat and Dog Bites
    • Cat-Scratch Disease
    • Celiac Disease
    • Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM)
    • Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy for Cancer of the Colon or Rectum
    • Chickenpox Vaccine
    • Child Behavior: What Parents Can Do to Change Their Child's Behavior
    • Child Safety: Keeping Your Home Safe for Your Baby
    • Childhood Vaccines: What They Are and Why Your Child Needs Them
    • Chlamydial Infection
    • Cholesterol and your child
    • Cholesterol: What You Can Do to Lower Your Level
    • Chronic Bronchitis
    • Chronic Cough: Causes and Cures
    • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
    • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    • Chronic Pain Medicines
    • Chronic Pain: How to Get Relief
    • Chronic Pelvic Pain
    • Circumcision
    • Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension
    • Claudication
    • Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
    • Cluster Headaches
    • Colic: Learning How to Deal With Your Baby's Crying
    • Colorectal Cancer Screening
    • Colposcopy
    • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
    • Concussion in Sports
    • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: What It Is and How It's Treated
    • Congenital Heart Disease and Your Baby: How to Care for Your Baby
    • Congestive Heart Failure: How to Stay Well and Out of the Hospital
    • Constipation in Children
    • Constipation: Keeping Your Bowels Moving Smoothly
    • Corneal Abrasions
    • Coronary Artery Disease: How Your Diet Can Help
    • Coronary Heart Disease: Reducing Your Risk
    • Croup and Your Child
    • Cushing's Syndrome and Cushing's Disease
    • Cuts, Scrapes and Stitches: Caring for Wounds
    • Cancer--The National Cancer Institute
  • Cholesterol
    • Cholesterol
    • High Blood Cholesterol--What You Need to Know
    • Prevention and Treatment of High Cholesterol
    • Know the Fact about High Cholesterol
    • How to lower cholesterol
    • Facts About Coronary Heart Disease
  • Congestive Heart Failure
    • Congestive Heart Failure- AHA
    • Congestive Heart Failure- MedLine
    • Heart Failure- American Heart Association
  • D
    • Day Care: Choosing a Good Center
    • Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: Tips for Working With Your Doctor
    • Dementia: Caring for a Loved One
    • Dementia: Info and Advice for Caregivers
    • Dementia: What Are the Warning Signs?
    • Depo-Provera: An Injectable Contraceptive
    • Depression After Heart Attack: What Should I Know?
    • Depression and Alzheimer's
    • Depression and Older Adults: What It Is and How to Get Help
    • Depression in Children and Teens: What to Do If You Think Your Child Is Depressed
    • Depression in Women
    • Depression: Electroconvulsive Therapy
    • Depression: How Medicine Can Help
    • Depression: What It Is and How to Get Help
    • Depression: For Teens: Talking to Parents About Your Depression
    • Diabetes and Exercise
    • Diabetes and Heart Disease
    • Diabetes and Nutrition
    • Diabetes Tests and Check Ups: Your Eyes and Feet
    • Diabetes Insipidus
    • Diabetes: Assessing Your Risk
    • Diabetes: Flexible Insulin Regimens for People with Type 1 Diabetes
    • Diabetes: Foot Care
    • Diabetes: Helping a Family Member
    • Diabetes: How Do I Know if I Have It?
    • Diabetes: Insulin Lispro
    • Diabetes: Monitoring Your Blood Sugar Level
    • Diabetes: New Treatments
    • Diabetes: Preventing Diabetic Complications
    • Diabetes: Taking Charge of Your Diabetes
    • Diabetes: What You Should Know About Type 1 Diabetes
    • Diabetic Neuropathy: What It Is and What You Can Do About It
    • Diaper Rash: Tips on Prevention and Treatment
    • Diet and Exercise: Healthy Balance for a Healthy Heart
    • Dietary Fats: What's Good and What's Bad
    • Diet: Food Choices to Help Reduce Your Risk of Cancer
    • Diet: Food Habits Survey
    • Diet: Guide to Healthy Food Choices
    • Diet: Keeping a Food Diary
    • Diet: Nutrition Prescription
    • Diet: Tips for Improving Your Health
    • Digoxin: A Medicine for Heart Problems
    • Dog Bites: How to Teach Your Children to Be Safe
    • Domestic Violence: Protecting Yourself and Your Children
    • Down Syndrome in Adults: staying healthy
    • Down Syndrome: Caring for a Baby with Down Syndrome
    • Down Syndrome: Finding Out Your Child Has Down Syndrome
    • Down Syndrome: What You Need to Know When You're Pregnant
    • Drinking: It Can Spin Your World Around: Facts for Teens
    • Driving Skills in Older Adults
    • Drug Abuse: Overcoming Drug Addiction
    • Drug Reactions
    • Dust Mites in the Home
    • Dyspareunia: What It Is and Common Causes
    • Dyspepsia: What It Is and What To Do About It
    • Dysthymic Disorder: When Depression Lingers
    • Diabetes--The American Diabetes Association
    • Dementia: Alzheimer's Disease Prevention
  • Diabetes
    • Diabetes Type 1 - Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM)
    • Diabetes Type 2 - Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM)
    • Diabetes
    • Alternative Therapies for Diabetes
    • Am I at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes?
    • Complications of Diabetes
    • Control Your Diabetes. For Life.
    • Devices for Taking Insulin
    • Diabetes Diagnosis
    • Diabetes Dictionary
    • Diabetes Overview
    • Diabetic Eye Disease
    • Diabetic Neuropathies
    • Diet and Diabetes
    • Eating and Diabetes
    • End-Stage Renal Disease
    • Financial Help for Diabetes Care
    • Take Care of Your Feet
    • Gastroparesis and Diabetes
    • Gestational Diabetes
    • Hypoglycemia
    • Erectile Dysfunction
    • Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes
    • Kidney Disease of Diabetes
    • Know Your Blood Sugar Numbers
    • Medicare Coverage for Blood Sugar Testing
    • Medicines for People With Diabetes
    • Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitors
    • Nutrition and Diabetes
    • Pancreatic Islet Transplantation
    • The Power to Control Diabetes Is in Your Hands
    • Your Guide To Diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2
    • Diabetes Statistics (2014)
    • Diabetes in African Americans
    • Diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives
    • Diabetes in Hispanic Americans
    • Diabetes in America, 2nd Edition
    • National Diabetes Education Program
    • National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
    • Diabetes Dateline
    • Directory of Diabetes Organizations
    • What I need to know about Eating and Diabetes
    • Diabetes Numbers to Know
    • Diabetes and Your Heart
  • Diabetes and Your Heart
    • Diabetes and Your Heart
    • Diabetes
  • E
    • E. coli Infection
    • Ear Infection: What is Otitis Media with Effusion?
    • Ear Infections
    • Earaches In Children: A Painful Problem for Many Children
    • Eating Disorders
    • Eczema: Tips on How to Care for Your Skin
    • Ehrlichiosis: A Disease From Ticks
    • End-of-Life Care: Artificial Fluids and Nutrition
    • End-of-Life Care: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
    • Endometrial Cancer
    • Endometriosis
    • Enuresis (Bed-Wetting)
    • Enuresis: Why Does My Child Wet the Bed?
    • Epilepsy
    • Erectile Dysfunction
    • Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula
    • Excess Hair
    • Exercise-induced Urticaria (Hives)
    • Exercise: A Healthy Habit to Start and Keep
    • Exercise: How to Get Started
    • Epilepsy and Pregnancy: What You Should Know
  • F
    • Falls: How to Lower Your Risk
    • Fainting: What Causes It
      • Falls: How to Lower Your Risk
      • Falls: How to Lower Your Risk
      • Falls: How to Lower Your Risk
    • Febrile Seizures: What Every Parent Should Know
    • Fecal Incontinence
    • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Why Pregnancy and Alcohol Don't Mix
    • Fever in Children: When Your Child Has a Fever
    • Fiber: How to Increase the Amount in Your Diet
    • Fibromyalgia and Exercise
    • Fibromyalgia: What It Is and How to Manage It
    • Flat Feet in Children
    • Flu and Colds
    • Flu and Colds: Tips on Prevention and on Feeling Better
    • Food Allergies: Just the Facts
    • Fungal Infections of Fingernails and Toenails
  • Fall Prevention
    • Falls Among Older Adults: An Overview
    • Stay Independent!
    • What you can do to prevent falls
  • Fibromyalgia
    • Questions and Answers about Fibromyalgia
  • G
    • Galactorrhea
    • Gallbladder Removal: Laparoscopic Method
    • Gallstones: What Are They? How Are They Treated?
    • Gambling: When Is It a Problem?
    • Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
    • Generalized Anxiety Disorder: What You Should Know
    • Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk: What Does It Mean to Me?
    • Genetic Testing: What You Should Know
    • Genital Warts
    • Gestational Diabetes: What It Means for Me and My Baby
    • Giardiasis
    • Glaucoma
    • Gout
    • Grieving: Facing Illness, Death and Other Losses
    • Group B Strep Infection in Pregnancy
    • Guns and Your Family
    • Gynecomastia: When Breasts Form in Males
    • Gestational Diabetes
  • General Heart Information
    • On the Move to Better Heart Health for African Americans
    • Healthy-Heart Home Cooking -- African American Style
    • Platillos Latinos- Sabrosos y Saludables
    • Latino Cardiovascular Health Resources
    • Heart Disease Mortality
    • Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
    • How to Prevent Heart Diseases
    • Atlas of the Body: The Circulatory System
  • H
    • Hair Loss and Its Causes
    • Halitosis (Bad Breath)
    • Hashimoto's Disease: What It Is and How It's Treated
    • Head Injuries
    • Health Care Workers: Avoiding Infections at Work
    • Health Insurance: Understanding What It Covers
    • Healthy Living Tips
    • Healthy Living: Preventative Services
    • Hearing Problems in Children
    • Hearing: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
    • Heart Attack: Getting Back Into Your Life After a Heart Attack
    • Heart Attack: Warning Signs and Tips on Prevention
    • Heart Disease and Smoking: Why You Need to Quit
    • Heart Disease and Women
    • Heart Disease: Assessing Your Risk
    • Heart Disease: How to Reduce Your Risk
    • Heart Failure
    • Heart Murmurs in Children: What Parents Should Know
    • Heartburn: Antacids and Acid Reducers
    • Heat-Related Illness: What You Can Do to Prevent It
    • HELLP Syndrome and Your Pregnancy
    • Hemorrhoids: Reducing the Pain and Discomfort
    • Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
    • Hepatitis B
    • Hepatitis C
    • Herbal Health Products: What You Should Know
    • Herniated Disc
    • Herpes During Pregnancy -- What It Means, What to Expect
    • Herpes: What It Is and How to Deal With It
    • High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy
    • High Blood Pressure: Things You Can Do to Help Lower Yours
    • High-Altitude Illness: How to Avoid It and How to Treat It
    • Hip Problems in Infants
    • HIV and Plasma Viral Load Testing
    • HIV Infection in Women
    • HIV, Pregnancy and AZT
    • HIV/AIDS: Starting Medicines
    • HIV: Coping with the Diagnosis
    • HIV: How to Avoid Infections if You're HIV Positive
    • HIV: Medicines for People Who Are HIV Positive
    • HIV: Nutrition and Exercise When You Have HIV
    • HIV: What is Acute HIV Syndrome?
    • Homocysteine
    • Homosexuality: Facts for Teens
    • Hormone Replacement Therapy: New Information
    • Hormone Replacement: Is It Right for You?
    • Hospice Care in the Nursing Home
    • How to Get the Most from Your Medicine
    • How to Prevent Iron Deficiency Anemia in Infants and Toddlers
    • Human Papillomavirus Testing
    • Hypercoagulation: Excessive Blood Clotting
    • Hyperparathyroidism: What It Is and How It's Treated
  • Health Literacy
    • Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients
  • Heart Attack
    • About Heart Attack
    • Heart Attacks- Medicine Net
    • Heart Attack Warning Signs
    • Life after Heart Attack
    • Testing for a Heart Attack
    • Reducing Heart Attack Risk
    • Heart Disease and Medications
    • Heart Attack FAQ
    • Heart Attack Survival Plan
    • Angina
    • Heart Attack- American Heart Association
  • Heart Testing
    • Angiography/Angioplasty
    • Echocardiogram
    • Nuclear Stress Test
    • Coronary Angioplasty
  • High Blood Pressure
    • High Blood Pressure
      • High Blood Pressure
    • DASH Eating Plan
    • What is Blood Pressure?
    • Detecting High Blood Pressure
    • Preventing High Blood Pressure
    • Treating High Blood Pressure
    • High Blood Pressure and Women
    • High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
    • Preventing and Controlling High Blood Pressure
    • Stay Young at Heart Recipes
    • Hypertension
  • I
    • Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
    • Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
    • Impotence: Learning the Causes and What You Can Do
    • Incision Care
    • Indoor Racquet Sports: Preventing Injuries
    • Infant Formula
    • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    • Influenza Vaccine
    • Ingrown Toenails
    • Insomnia: How to Get a Good Night's Sleep
    • Insulin Resistance Syndrome
    • Insulin: Why You Need It and How to Use It
    • International Adoption: Health Aspects
    • International Travel: Tips for Staying Healthy
    • Interstitial Cystitis
    • Intoeing
    • Intrauterine Device, The (IUD)
    • Intrauterine Growth Restriction: When Your Baby Stops Growing Before Birth
    • Intussusception
    • Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Tips on Controlling Your Symptoms
  • J
    • Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
    • Jaw Clenching
  • K
    • Kawasaki Disease
    • Kidney Cysts
    • Knee Bracing: What Works?
  • L
    • Labor Induction
    • Latex Allergy
    • Lead and Your Health
    • Lead Poisoning in Children
    • Lichen Planus
    • Lifting Safety
    • Low Back Pain: Tips on Pain Relief and Prevention
    • Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis: A Common Cause of Back and Leg Pain
    • Lyme Disease
    • LPR (laryngopharyngeal reflux)
  • M
    • Malaria: How to Prevent It
    • Mass Psychogenic Illness
    • Mastocytosis: What It Is and How It's Diagnosed and Treated
    • Meckel's Diverticulum
    • Medical Errors: 20 Tips to Help Prevent Them
    • Medicine and Food: When They Don't Mix
    • Medicine and Your Child: How to Give the Right Dose
    • Medicine: How to Get the Most from Your Medicine
    • Melanoma Prevention
    • Melanoma: A Kind of Skin Cancer
    • Melatonin
    • Memory Loss With Aging: What's Normal, What's Not
    • Meniere's Disease
    • Menopause: What to Expect When Your Body Is Changing
    • Mental Health: Keeping Your Emotional Health
    • Mental Retardation: Learning How to Help Your Child
    • Metered-Dose Inhaler: How to Use It Correctly
    • Methothrexate
    • Microscopic Hematuria
    • Migraine Headaches: Ways to Deal With the Pain
    • Mitral Valve Prolapse: What You Should Know
    • Mononucleosis
    • Morning Sickness
    • Mouth and Teeth: How to Keep Them Healthy
    • Multiple Myeloma: What It Is and How It Is Treated
  • N
    • Naltrexone for Alcoholism
    • Nasal Sprays: How to Use Them Correctly
    • Nasopharyngeal Cancer
    • Natural Family Planning
    • Nicotine Patch
    • Nightmares and Night Terrors in Children
    • Nosebleeds: What to Do When Your Nose Bleeds
  • Neck & Back
    • Common Causes of Back Pain and Neck Pain
  • Nutrition and Weight Control
    • What I need to know about Eating and Diabetes
    • Eat Right to Feel Right on Hemodialysis
    • Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans
    • Active at Any Size
    • Binge Eating Disorder
    • Celebrate the Beauty of Youth
    • Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-Loss Program
    • Dieting and Gallstones
    • Do You Know the Health Risks of Being Overweight?
    • Energize Yourself and Your Family
    • Fit and Fabulous as You Mature
    • Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity
    • Healthy Eating: Tips for Adults
    • Healthy Eating: Tips for Older Adults
    • Healthy Eating: Tips for Parents
    • Healthy Eating: Tips for Pregnancy
    • Helping Your Overweight Child
    • Improving Your Health: Tips for African American Men and Women
    • Just Enough for You: About Food Portions
    • Medical Care for Obese Patients
    • Obesity, Physical Activity, and Weight-control Glossary
    • Physical Activity and Weight Control
    • Release of Clinical Guidelines To Identify, Evaluate, and Treat Overweight and Obesity in Adults
    • Take Charge of Your Health: A Teenager's Guide to Better Health
    • Understanding Adult Obesity
    • Very Low-Calorie Diets
    • Walking...A Step in the Right Direction
    • Weight and Waist Measurement: Tools for Adults
    • Weight Cycling
    • Weight-loss and Nutrition Myths
    • You Can Control Your Weight as You Quit Smoking
    • Statistics Related to Overweight and Obesity
    • Nutrition and Obesity Organizations
    • Weight-control Information Network
    • Hormones and Obesity
    • THE CENTER FOR MEDICAL WEIGHT LOSS
    • Nutrición
  • O
    • Obesity and Children: Helping Your Child Keep a Healthy Weight
    • Obesity and Children: Helping Your Child Lose Weight
    • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: What It Is and How to Treat It
    • Occupational Exposure to HIV: Advice for Health Care Workers
    • Occupational Respiratory Disease: Your Workplace and Your Lungs
    • Osgood-Schlatter Disease: A Cause of Knee Pain in Children
    • Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Hyaluroic Acid Injections
    • Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD)
    • Osteoporosis and Raloxifene
    • Osteoporosis in Women: Keeping Your Bones Healthy and Strong
    • Osteosarcoma
    • Otitis Externa
    • Outdoor Air Pollution: Possible Health Effects
    • Ovarian Cyst
  • Obesity and Heart Disease
    • Aim for a Healthy Weight
    • Check Your Physical Activity and Heart Disease IQ
    • Heart Disease and Women
    • Hearts N' Parks
    • Portion Distortion
    • Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator
    • NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative (OEI)
    • Obesity and Overweight
  • Osteoporosis
    • Bone Health Basics: Get the Facts
    • Detecting Osteoporosis
  • P
    • Pain Control After Surgery: Pain Medicines
    • Pain Relievers: Understanding Your Options
    • Painful Urination
    • Panic Disorder: Panic Attacks and Agoraphobia
    • Pap Smear: When Yours Is Slightly Abnormal
    • Paraphimosis: What It Is and How to Prevent It
    • Parenting Tips
    • Parkinson's Disease
    • Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
    • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
    • Peripheral Arterial Disease
    • Pessary: What It Is and How to Use One
    • Pets and Parasites
    • Peyronie's Disease
    • Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
    • Pinworms and Your Child
    • Plantar Fasciitis: A Common Cause of Heel Pain
    • PMS
    • Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: What a Parent Needs to Know
    • Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)
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    • Polycystic Kidney Diease (PKD)
    • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
    • Polymyalgia Rheumatica
    • Post-traumatic Stress After a Traffic Accident
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    • Preeclampsia
    • Pregnancy and Exercise: What You Can Do for a Healthy Pregnancy
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    • Premature Babies: Caring for Your Baby
    • Prenatal Diagnosis: Amniocentesis and CVS
    • Prescriptions: Why They're So Complicated
    • Pressure Sores
    • Preventing Heart Attacks: What Women Need to Know
    • Progestin-Only Contraceptives
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    • Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know
    • Prostatitis
    • Proteinuria in Children
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    • Puberty: What to Expect When Your Child Goes Thru Puberty
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  • Preventive Care & Screening
    • Breast Self-Exam
    • Colposcopy
    • Heart Healthy Eating
    • High Blood Cholesterol
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    • Douching
    • Screenings and Vaccines
    • Cervical Cancer: Pap Smear
    • Mammograms
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    • Rape: What to Do if You're Raped
    • Reactive Arthritis
    • Repeated Infections in Children
    • Rosacea and Its Treatment
    • Rotator Cuff Exercises
    • Running: Preventing Overuse Injuries
  • S
    • Sarcoidosis
    • Scoliosis
    • Scuba Diving Safety
    • Seasonal Affective Disorder
    • Seborrheic Dermatitis: What It Is and How to Treat It
    • Sensory Dysfunction: Problems With Smell or Taste
    • Sever's Disease: A Common Cause of Heel Pain
    • Sex: Take Time to Make the Right Decision
    • Sexual Dysfunction in Women: What Can I Do If Sex Isn't Working for Me?
    • Shingles
    • Shoulder Instability: When Your Shoulder 'Goes Out'
    • Shoulder Pain
    • Sickle Cell Disease
    • Sinusitis
    • Skin Cancer
    • Sleep Apnea
    • Sleep Changes in Older Adults
    • Sleepwalking in Children
    • Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
    • Smallpox Vaccine: What you should know
    • Smokeless Tobacco: Tips on How to Stop
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    • Smoking: 'Why Do I Smoke?' Quiz
    • Smoking: Do I Want to Quit?
    • Snakebites: Reducing Your Risk
    • Snowboarding Tips
    • Social Phobia
    • Somatoform Disorder: How to Cope With It
    • StrepThroat
    • Sore Throat: Easing the Pain of a Sore Throat
    • Speech and Language Delay: What Does This Mean for My Child?
    • Spirituality and Health
    • Spitting Up in Babies
    • Splenectomy and Risk of Infections
    • Sports and Women Athletes: The Female Athlete Triad
    • STIs
    • STIs: Learn How to Protect Yourself
    • Steroid Medicines: How to Stop Safely
    • Stool Soiling in Children
    • Strabismus (Cross-Eyes)
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    • Stress: How to Cope Better With Life's Challenges
    • Stress: Who Has Time For It?
    • Stroke Rehabilitation
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    • Substance Abuse
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  • Smoking
    • Tobacco Statistics
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    • Secondhand Smoke
    • Quit smoking
  • Sprain & Strain
    • Sprains and Strains: What's the Difference?
    • Questions and Answers about Sprains and Strains
  • Stroke
    • What is Stroke?
    • Recognizing Stroke
    • Preventing a Stroke
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    • Teenager's Emotional Health
    • Teenagers: How to Stay Healthy
    • Teeth: How to Care for Your Child's
    • Temporal Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica
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    • Testicular Cancer
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    • Toddlers: What to Do When Yours Won't Eat
    • Toilet Training Your Child
    • Total Contact Cast: What It Is and Why It's Used
    • Toxoplasmosis
    • Transient Synovitis of the Hip: A Cause of Hip Pain in Children
    • Traveler's Diarrhea
    • Tuberculosis: The Meaning of a Positive Test
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    • Tuberous Sclerosis and Your Baby
    • Twins: Taking Care of Two
    • Tick Removal
    • Toilet Training
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    • Ulcers and H. pylori Infection
    • Ulcers: What You Can Do to Heal Your Ulcer
    • Understanding your Health Plan's Rules
    • Understanding Your Insurance Coverage
    • Undescended Testicles
    • Urinary Incontinence: Embarrassing But Treatable
    • Urinary Incontinence: Kegel Exercises for Your Pelvic Muscles
    • Urinary Reflux in Children
    • Urinary Tract Infections in Children
    • Uterine Fibroid Embolization: A New Way to Treat Fibroids
    • Urinary Tract (Bladder) Infections In Adults
    • Urinary Incontinence
  • V
    • Vaccine Shortages
    • Vaginal Discharge
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    • Vasectomy: What to Expect From a Vasectomy
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    • Vulvar Cancer
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    • Warts: Removal
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    • What Are Lipomas?
    • Working Safely: Advice for Teens
  • What is Internal Medicine?
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    • Why Adults should choose an internist
    • What Internal Medicine Means to Me
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    • Yeast Infections: Prevention

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