- 10 ways to cut 500 calories a day
- 12 healthy snacks with 200 calories or less
- A guide to clinical trials for cancer
- A guide to herbal remedies
- Abdominal girth
- Acute
- Adrenal glands
- Advance care directives
- Aerobic
- After a fall in the hospital
- After an exposure to sharps or body fluids
- Aging changes in body shape
- Aging changes in hair and nails
- Aging changes in hormone production
- Aging changes in immunity
- Aging changes in organs, tissue and cells
- Aging changes in skin
- Aging changes in sleep
- Aging changes in the bones - muscles - joints
- Aging changes in the breast
- Aging changes in the face
- Aging changes in the female reproductive system
- Aging changes in the heart and blood vessels
- Aging changes in the kidneys and bladder
- Aging changes in the lungs
- Aging changes in the nervous system
- Aging changes in the senses
- Aging changes in vital signs
- Aging spots - should you be concerned?
- Alcohol and pregnancy
- Alcohol use and safe drinking
- Alcohol use disorder - resources
- Allergen
- ALS - resources
- Alternative medicine - pain relief
- Alzheimer - resources
- Amino acids
- Amniotic fluid
- Anaerobic
- Anastomosis
- Anterior
- Antibody
- Antigen
- Aplastic
- Appropriate for gestational age (AGA)
- Are you getting too much exercise?
- Arthritis - resources
- Aspartic acid
- Aspiration
- Assisted delivery with forceps
- Asthma and allergy resources
- Asymptomatic
- Auscultation
- Autoinoculation
- Autosomal dominant
- Autosomal recessive
- Back pain - when you see the doctor
- Benefits of quitting tobacco
- Benign
- Bile
- Biliary system
- Biofeedback
- Blindness - resources
- Blood pressure monitors for home
- Bloodborne pathogens
- Body mass index
- Body temperature norms
- Bone marrow (stem cell) donation
- Bowel retraining
- Brachial plexus
- BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene testing
- Break the bonds of emotional eating
- Breast cancer screening
- Breast cancer staging
- Breast self-exam
- Breastfeeding - resources
- Breech birth
- Bug repellent safety
- Burns - resources
- Calcification
- Calcium and bones
- Calcium supplements
- Calorie count - Alcoholic beverages
- Calorie count - fast food
- Calorie count - sodas and energy drinks
- Can you boost your metabolism?
- Cancer - resources
- Cancer and lymph nodes
- Cancer prevention: take charge of your lifestyle
- Cancer treatment - early menopause
- Cancer treatment - preventing infection
- Cancer treatment: dealing with hot flashes and night sweats
- Cancer treatment: fertility and sexual side effects in women
- Cancer treatments
- Cardiovascular
- Cardioversion
- Celiac disease - resources
- Cell phones and cancer
- Cellulite
- Central line infections - hospitals
- Central nervous system
- Certified nurse-midwife
- Cervix
- Chafing
- Chapped hands
- Chapped lips
- Chemical dependence - resources
- Chemotherapy
- Chicken soup and sickness
- Chikungunya virus
- Chiropractor profession
- Choosing a primary care provider
- Choosing effective patient education materials
- Choosing the best doctor
- Choosing the right health care provider for pregnancy and childbirth
- Choroid
- Chromatography
- Chromosome
- Chronic
- Chronic fatigue syndrome - resources
- Chronic pain - resources
- Ciliary body
- Cleaning supplies and equipment
- Cleaning to prevent the spread of germs
- Cochlear implant
- Colds and flu – antibiotics
- College students and the flu
- Colon cancer screening
- Colorectal cancer - resources
- Communicating with patients
- Concomitant
- Conjunctiva
- Consumer rights and protections
- Contraindication
- COPD - managing stress and your mood
- COPD and other health problems
- Coping with cancer - finding the support you need
- Coping with cancer - hair loss
- Coping with cancer - looking and feeling your best
- Coping with cancer - managing fatigue
- Cytochrome b5 reductase
- Cytologic evaluation
- Dance your way to fitness
- DASH diet to lower high blood pressure
- Deciding about an IUD
- Deciding about hormone therapy
- Deciding about treatments that prolong life
- Delivery presentations
- Dementia - home care
- Dental care - adult
- Dental sealants
- Denture problems
- Depression - resources
- Diabetes – resources
- Dialysis - hemodialysis
- Dialysis centers - what to expect
- Diet and cancer
- Diet for rapid weight loss
- Diet myths and facts
- Diet-boosting foods
- Digestive diseases
- Dissect
- Distal
- Distracted driving
- Do you have a drinking problem?
- Doctor of medicine profession (MD)
- Doctor of osteopathic medicine
- Domestic violence
- Do-not-resuscitate order
- Duodenum
- Ear - blocked at high altitudes
- Eating disorders - resources
- E-cigarettes and E-hookahs
- Eight ways to cut your health care costs
- Elder care - resources
- Electrocauterization
- Electrolytes
- Elimination patterns
- Endemic
- Ending pregnancy with medicines
- Endocrine glands
- Endoscope
- Enterotoxin
- Enzyme
- Enzyme markers
- Epidural block - pregnancy
- Epilepsy - resources
- Epithelium
- Eschar
- Etiology
- Excessive carrying angle of the elbow
- Exercise and age
- Exercise and immunity
- Exercise clothing and shoes
- Exercising on a budget
- External incontinence devices
- Exudate
- Eye - foreign object in
- Eye floaters
- Facts about monounsaturated fats
- Facts about polyunsaturated fats
- Facts about saturated fats
- Facts about trans fats
- Family troubles - resources
- Fecal immunochemical test (FIT)
- Fetal development
- Fibrates
- Fine motor control
- First aid kit
- Fistula
- Flat bones
- Folic acid and birth defect prevention
- Food guide plate
- Food poisoning prevention
- Foods - fresh vs. frozen or canned
- Gastrointestinal disorders - resources
- Genes
- Genetic testing and your cancer risk
- Genetics
- Gestational age
- Getting a prescription filled
- Give your heart a workout
- Glucuronyl transferase
- Gross motor control
- Handling sharps and needles
- Hangover treatment
- Hazardous materials
- Health care agents
- Health screenings for women age 65 and older
- Health screenings for women ages 18 to 39
- Health screenings for women ages 40 to 64
- Healthy food trends - beans and legumes
- Healthy food trends - Brussels sprouts
- Healthy food trends -- chia seeds
- Healthy food trends -- flaxseeds
- Healthy food trends - kale
- Healthy food trends - microgreens
- Healthy food trends -- quinoa
- Healthy habits for weight loss
- Healthy living
- Hearing or speech impairment - resources
- Heart and vascular services
- Heart disease - resources
- Heart disease and women
- Heimlich maneuver on self
- Help prevent hospital errors
- Helping a loved one with a drinking problem
- Hemolysis
- Hemophilia - resources
- Hemorrhagic
- Hepatic
- Hepatitis A vaccine - what you need to know
- Hepatitis B vaccine - what you need to know
- Herpes - resources
- High blood pressure and diet
- High blood pressure medications
- HIV/AIDS - resources
- Hormone therapy for breast cancer
- Hospice care
- Hospitals as health educators
- How to choose the best hospital for surgery
- How to save money on medicines
- How to take statins
- How wounds heal
- HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine - what you need to know
- HPV vaccine
- Humidifiers and health
- Hydramnios
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Hyperthermia for treating cancer
- Hypothalamus
- Hypoventilation
- Imaging and radiology
- Immune response
- Immunotherapy: questions to ask your doctor
- Imperforate hymen
- Incidence
- Incontinence - resources
- Indoor fitness routine
- Inducing labor
- Infertility - resources
- Influenza (flu) vaccine (inactivated or recombinant) - what you need to know
- Influenza (flu) vaccine (live, intranasal) - what you need to know
- Informed consent - adults
- Insidious
- Inspection
- Insufficient cervix
- Interstitial cystitis - resources
- Intrauterine
- Intravenous
- Intrinsic factor
- Invasive
- Ions
- IQ testing
- Iris
- Isolation precautions
- IV treatment at home
- Jaundice causes
- Jet lag prevention
- Keeping your medicines organized
- Kidney disease - resources
- Kinins
- Large for gestational age (LGA)
- Laser therapy
- Laser therapy for cancer
- Lateral
- Lateral traction
- Lead and tap water
- Learn to love exercise
- Learn to manage stress
- Learning about ventilators
- Leukemia - resources
- Lipofuscin
- Liquid medication administration
- Liquid nitrogen
- Liver disease - resources
- Long bones
- Loss of a child - resources
- Loss of a spouse - resources
- Low white blood cell count and cancer
- Lower-calorie choices for alcoholic drinks
- Lung disease - resources
- Lung problems and volcanic smog
- Lupus - resources
- Lymph system
- Macroglossia
- Macrophage
- Macrosomia
- Macula lutea
- Make time to move
- Malignancy
- Mammogram - calcifications
- Maximizing your teaching moment
- Medial
- Medical marijuana
- Medicine safety - Filling your prescription
- Medicine safety during your hospital stay
- Medicines for back pain
- Medicines for sleep
- Melanin
- Meniere disease - self-care
- Meningococcal ACWY vaccine - what you need to know
- Meningococcal B vaccine - what you need to know
- Metabolism
- Metabolite
- Metastasis
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
- Migraine - resources
- MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine - what you need to know
- MRI and low back pain
- Mucopolysaccharides
- Mucosa
- Multiple sclerosis - resources
- Muscle strain treatment
- Muscular dystrophy - resources
- Myasthenia gravis - resources
- Myelin
- Nausea and acupressure
- Necrosis
- Neurologic deficit
- Neuroretinitis
- Neurosciences
- Niacin for cholesterol
- Nicotine replacement therapy
- Noninvasive
- Norovirus - hospital
- Nurse practitioner (NP)
- Oily hair
- Oily skin
- Omega-3 fats - Good for your heart
- Online health information - what can you trust?
- Orgasmic dysfunction in women
- Orthopedic services
- Ostomy - resources
- Outdoor fitness routine
- Overcoming job stress
- Overdose
- Over-the-counter medicines
- Over-the-counter pain relievers
- Pain medications - narcotics
- Palliative care - fear and anxiety
- Palliative care - shortness of breath
- Palliative care - what the final days are like
- Palpation
- Parkinson disease - resources
- Patient portals - an online tool for your health
- Pedicle
- Pelvic floor muscle training exercises
- Percussion
- Periosteum
- Peripheral
- Peripherally inserted central catheter - dressing change
- Peripherally inserted central catheter - insertion
- Peristalsis
- Personal protective equipment
- Pesticides on fruits and vegetables
- Pets and the immunocompromised person
- Photodynamic therapy for cancer
- Physical activity
- Physical exam frequency
- Physical examination
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Physician Assistant profession (PA)
- Plaque and tartar on teeth
- Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - what you need to know
- Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) - what you need to know
- Poisoning
- Polio vaccine - what you need to know
- Positive airway pressure treatment
- Potential acuity meter
- Pregnancy - health risks
- Pregnancy - identifying fertile days
- Pregnancy and the flu
- Pregnancy care
- Premature rupture of membranes
- Prenatal genetic counseling
- Preparing for surgery when you have diabetes
- Preventing food poisoning
- Preventing infections when visiting someone in the hospital
- Preventing stroke
- Preventive health care
- Proliferation
- Prosthesis
- Prosthetic graft
- Protecting yourself from cancer scams
- Protein-losing enteropathy
- Proton therapy
- Protuberance
- Proximal
- Psoriasis - resources
- Puberty in girls
- Radiation therapy
- Recognizing medical emergencies
- Recovering after stroke
- Remembering tips
- Renal
- Reportable diseases
- Resources
- Respiratory
- Retina
- Risks of tobacco
- Safe sex
- Salads and nutrients
- Savings account for health care costs
- Sclera
- Scleroderma - resources
- Sebaceous adenoma
- Secondary infections
- Serosanguineous
- Sex-linked dominant
- Sex-linked recessive
- Sexual assault - prevention
- Sexual violence
- Shared decision making
- Short bones
- Sickle cell anemia - resources
- Sitz bath
- Skin care and incontinence
- Skin sagging treatment - underarms
- Sleep and your health
- Small for gestational age (SGA)
- Smoking and COPD
- Smoking cessation medications
- Soluble vs. insoluble fiber
- Spinal injury - resources
- Splinter removal
- Spores
- Sports physical
- Staph infections in the hospital
- Stem cell research
- Sterilization surgery - making a decision
- Stimulants
- Stimulus
- Stop smoking support programs
- Stress and your heart
- Subcutaneous
- Substance use
- Substance use - amphetamines
- Substance use - cocaine
- Substance use - inhalants
- Substance use - LSD
- Substance use - marijuana
- Substance use - phencyclidine (PCP)
- Substance use - prescription drugs
- Substance use recovery and diet
- Surgical excision
- Symptomatic
- Systemic
- Taking care of your back at home
- Taking iron supplements
- Taking multiple medicines safely
- Talking with a child about a parent's terminal illness
- Targeted therapies for cancer
- Targeted therapy: questions to ask your doctor
- Td (tetanus, diphtheria) vaccine - what you need to know
- Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccine - what you need to know
- Thrombolytic drugs for heart attack
- Thrombolytic therapy
- Tibia
- Tips for labor coaches
- Tips on how to quit smoking
- Titer
- Tooth anatomy
- Toxins
- Traction
- Translocation
- Transplant services
- Traveler's guide to avoiding infectious diseases
- Tryptophan
- Tubercle
- Types of chemotherapy
- Types of health care providers
- Types of hormone therapy
- Understanding cancer staging
- Understanding cardiovascular disease
- Understanding health insurance plans
- Understanding your breast cancer risk
- Understanding your colorectal cancer risk
- Understanding your health care costs
- Understanding your hospital bill
- Urinary catheters
- Urinary incontinence products
- Use of restraints
- Using over-the-counter medicines safely
- Uvea
- Vacation health care
- Vaccines - immunizations
- Vacuum-assisted delivery
- Vagina
- Vaginal birth after C-section
- Vaginal dryness alternative treatments
- Vancomycin-resistant enterococci - hospital
- Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine - what you need to know
- Vasoconstriction
- Victim assistance - resources
- Virilization
- Visceromegaly
- Vital signs
- Vitamin C and colds
- Vulva
- Ways to burn more calories every day
- Wearing gloves in the hospital
- Weight loss and alcohol
- What causes bone loss?
- What if cancer comes back?
- What is palliative care?
- When to use the emergency room - adult
- When you feel like changing your medicine
- When you pass your due date
- When your cancer treatment stops working
- White matter of the brain
- Wine and heart health
- Women's health
- Working during cancer treatment
- Working with a personal trainer
- Wound care centers
- Yoga for health
- Your baby in the birth canal
- Your cancer survivorship care plan
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