Health Encyclopedia

Wa

• Waardenburg syndrome
  (Condition)
• Waardenburg-Shah syndrome
  (Condition)
• Wake robin poisoning
  (Poison)
• Waking at night short of breath
  (Symptoms)
• Wakix
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Wal-Fex D
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Waldenström - serum electrophoresis
  (Medical Test)
• Waldenstrom - serum globulin
  (Medical Test)
• Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
  (Condition)
• Waldenström macroglobulinemia
  (Condition)
• Waldenström macroglobulinemia - UPEP
  (Medical Test)
• Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
  (Condition)
• Walking abnormalities
  (Symptoms)
• Walking during sleep
  (Condition)
• Walking pneumonia
  (Condition)
• Walking pneumonia
  (Condition)
• Walking pneumonia - InDepth
  (In-Depth)
• Walking pneumonia - viral
  (Condition)
• Wallet sciatica
  (Self-Care)
• Walleye
  (Condition)
• Warfarin (By injection)
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Warfarin (By mouth)
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Warfarin - what to ask your doctor
  (Doctor Questions)
• Warm agglutinins
  (Medical Test)
• Warm shock
  (Condition)
• Warm water calorics
  (Medical Test)
• Warning signs and symptoms of heart disease
  (Self-Care)
• Warren shunt
  (Surgery)
• Wart - removal
  (Surgery)
• Wart -removal aftercare
  (Self-Care)
• Wart remover poisoning
  (Poison)
• Warts
  (Condition)
• Warts
  (Alt. Medicine)
• Warts - cryotherapy
  (Surgery)
• Warts - freezing
  (Surgery)
• Washing soda poisoning
  (Poison)
• Washing your hands
  (Special Topic)
• Washing your hands - COVID 19
  (Special Topic)
• Washing your hands - COVID-19
  (Special Topic)
• Wasp sting
  (Poison)
• Wasp sting
  (Poison)
• Wasp sting
  (Injury)
• Wasting
  (Symptoms)
• Water contaminated with lead
  (Special Topic)
• Water deprivation test
  (Medical Test)
• Water heater safety
  (Self-Care)
• Water imbalance
  (Condition)
• Water in diet
  (Nutrition)
• Water loading test
  (Medical Test)
• Water on the brain
  (Condition)
• Water retention
  (Alt. Medicine)
• Water safety and drowning
  (Self-Care)
• Water vapor therapy (Rezum)
  (Surgery)
• Water vapor therapy (Rezum)
  (Discharge)
• Water, sterile (By breathing)
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Watercolor paints - swallowing
  (Poison)
• Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
  (Condition)
• Watery eyes
  (Symptoms)
• Wax poisoning
  (Poison)
• Wax poisoning - paraffin
  (Poison)
• Waxy casts
  (Medical Test)
• Ways to burn more calories every day
  (Special Topic)

Wb

• WBC count
  (Medical Test)
• WBC differential
  (Medical Test)
• WBC esterase
  (Medical Test)
• WBC scan
  (Medical Test)
• WBRT
  (Surgery)
• WBS
  (Condition)

Wd

• WDHA
  (Condition)

We

• Weak bones - premature infants
  (Condition)
• Weak cervix
  (Special Topic)
• Weakness
  (Symptoms)
• Wear and tear pigment
  (Special Topic)
• Weariness
  (Symptoms)
• Wearing gloves in the hospital
  (Special Topic)
• Weaver's bottom
  (Condition)
• Web finger repair
  (Surgery)
• Web toe repair
  (Surgery)
• Webbing of the fingers or toes
  (Symptoms)
• Weber-Cockayne syndrome
  (Condition)
• Weed
  (Special Topic)
• Weed
  (Condition)
• Weed
  (Special Topic)
• Weedoff poisoning
  (Poison)
• Weedy nightshade poisoning
  (Poison)
• Wegovy
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Weight - loss - children
  (Condition)
• Weight control and diet - InDepth
  (In-Depth)
• Weight gain – unintentional
  (Symptoms)
• Weight gain - slow (child 0 - 5 years)
  (Symptoms)
• Weight gain - slow (child 0 to 5 years)
  (Symptoms)
• Weight gain after quitting smoking: What to do
  (Self-Care)
• Weight loss
  (In-Depth)
• Weight loss - 500 calories
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - activity
  (Self-Care)
• Weight loss - alcohol
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - beans and legumes
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - brussels sprouts
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - burning calories
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - calorie count - alcoholic beverages
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - calorie count - fast food
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - calorie count - sodas and energy drinks
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - Chia seeds
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - children
  (Condition)
• Weight loss - diet after banding
  (Self-Care)
• Weight loss - diet after bypass
  (Self-Care)
• Weight loss - diet busting foods
  (Self-Care)
• Weight loss - diet myths and facts
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - emotional meaning
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - exercise
  (Self-Care)
• Weight loss - Exercise
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - fast food
  (Self-Care)
• Weight loss - gastric banding
  (Surgery)
• Weight loss - gastric banding discharge
  (Discharge)
• Weight loss - gastric bypass discharge
  (Discharge)
• Weight loss - grocery shopping
  (Self-Care)
• Weight loss - healthy snacks
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - herbal remedies and supplements
  (Self-Care)
• Weight loss - InDepth
  (In-Depth)
• Weight loss - kale
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - low-calorie cocktails
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - managing your weight
  (Self-Care)
• Weight loss - managing your weight - InDepth
  (In-Depth)
• Weight loss - metabolism
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - microgreens
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - quinoa
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - quitting smoking
  (Self-Care)
• Weight loss - rapid weight loss
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - reading food labels
  (Self-Care)
• Weight loss - sweetened beverages
  (Self-Care)
• Weight loss - time to move
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss - unintentional
  (Symptoms)
• Weight loss and alcohol
  (Special Topic)
• Weight loss-rapid weight loss
  (Special Topic)
• Weight-loss - eating out
  (Self-Care)
• Weight-loss - portion size
  (Self-Care)
• Weight-loss - snacks
  (Self-Care)
• Weight-loss boost metabolism
  (Special Topic)
• Weight-loss calorie count fast food
  (Special Topic)
• Weight-loss calorie count sodas
  (Special Topic)
• Weight-loss diet myths and facts
  (Special Topic)
• Weight-loss medicines
  (Self-Care)
• Weight-loss surgery - gastric bypass
  (Surgery)
• Weight-loss surgery and children
  (Self-Care)
• Weightlifting - back pain
  (Self-Care)
• Weil disease
  (Condition)
• Weil-Felix reaction
  (Medical Test)
• Weisenberg syndrome
  (Condition)
• Welchol
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Welireg
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Well child - 12 months
  (Special Topic)
• Well child - 18 months
  (Special Topic)
• Well child - 3 to 6 years
  (Special Topic)
• Well child - 3 years
  (Special Topic)
• Well child - 4 months
  (Special Topic)
• Well child - 4 years
  (Special Topic)
• Well child - 5 years
  (Special Topic)
• Well child - 9 months
  (Special Topic)
• Well child - ages 6 to 12
  (Special Topic)
• Well child - bathroom safety
  (Self-Care)
• Well child - excessive crying
  (Symptoms)
• Well child - puberty in boys
  (Special Topic)
• Well child - puberty in girls
  (Special Topic)
• Well child care - bedtime habits
  (Special Topic)
• Well child care - discipline
  (Special Topic)
• Well child care - teething
  (Special Topic)
• Well-child visits
  (Special Topic)
• Wellbutrin
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Wellbutrin SR
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Wellbutrin XL
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Wellness - beans and legumes
  (Special Topic)
• Wellness - brussels sprouts
  (Special Topic)
• Wellness - Chia seeds
  (Special Topic)
• Wellness - dance
  (Special Topic)
• Wellness - flaxseeds
  (Special Topic)
• Wellness - healthy snacks
  (Special Topic)
• Wellness - heart smart substitutions
  (Self-Care)
• Wellness - kale
  (Special Topic)
• Wellness - learn to love exercise
  (Special Topic)
• Wellness - microgreens
  (Special Topic)
• Wellness - quinoa
  (Special Topic)
• Wellness appointment
  (Special Topic)
• Welts
  (Condition)
• Wenckebach's block
  (Condition)
• Werdnig-Hoffmann disease
  (Condition)
• Wermer syndrome
  (Condition)
• Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
  (Condition)
• Wernicke's disease
  (Condition)
• Wes-Phos 250 Neutral
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Wesmycin
  (Brief Drug Info)
• West Nile virus
  (In-Depth)
• West Nile virus - InDepth
  (In-Depth)
• West Nile virus infection
  (Condition)
• WesTab Max
  (Brief Drug Info)
• WesTab Mini
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Western blot for Lyme disease
  (Medical Test)
• Westhroid
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Wet lungs - newborns
  (Condition)
• Wet overdose
  (Poison)
• Wet prep
  (Medical Test)
• Wet prep - fungal
  (Medical Test)
• Wet prep - vaginitis
  (Medical Test)
• Wet-to-dry dressing changes
  (Self-Care)

Wh

• What causes bone loss?
  (Special Topic)
• What if cancer comes back?
  (Special Topic)
• What is palliative care?
  (Special Topic)
• What to ask your doctor - conception
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor - labor and delivery
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor - pregnancy
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about allergic rhinitis - adult
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about allergic rhinitis - child
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about anesthesia - adult
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about anesthesia - child
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about angina and heart disease
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about asthma - adult
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about asthma - child
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about cataracts
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about chemotherapy
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about cholesterol
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about colds and the flu - adult
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about colds and the flu - child
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about concussion - adult
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about concussion - child
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about constipation
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about COPD
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about dementia
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about diabetes - type 2
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about diarrhea - adult
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about diarrhea - child
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about diverticulitis
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about ear tube surgery
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about enlarged prostate
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about epilepsy - adult
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about epilepsy - child
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about febrile seizures
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about headaches
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about heart failure
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about heartburn and reflux
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about high blood pressure
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about home care for mom
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about home oxygen
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about hospital care for mom
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about ileostomy or colostomy
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about kidney stones
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about knee replacement - before
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about Lyme disease
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about mastectomy and breast reconstruction
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about newborn jaundice
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about pressure ulcers
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about preventing falls
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about radiation therapy
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about refractive eye surgery
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about spinal surgery - before
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about staying healthy during pregnancy
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about taking warfarin (Coumadin)
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about taking warfarin (Jantoven)
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about tonsil removal
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about urinary incontinence
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about varicose veins
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor about your heart attack
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor after hip or knee replacement
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor after hip or knee replacement
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor after knee replacement
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor after weight-loss surgery
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor before hip or knee replacement
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your doctor before weight-loss surgery
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your health care provider about diarrhea - adult
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your provider about diabetes - type 2
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your provider about heartburn and reflux
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your provider about Lyme disease
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to ask your provider about your heart attack
  (Doctor Questions)
• What to bring to your labor and delivery
  (Self-Care)
• What to do after exposure to COVID-19
  (Self-Care)
• What to include in your birth plan
  (Self-Care)
• Wheals
  (Condition)
• Wheeping willow
  (Alt. Medicine)
• Wheezing
  (Symptoms)
• Wheezing
  (Symptoms)
• Wheezing - asthma - adults
  (Condition)
• Wheezing - asthma - children
  (Condition)
• Wheezing - asthma - InDepth
  (In-Depth)
• Wheezing - asthma - InDepth
  (In-Depth)
• Wheezing - bronchiectasis
  (Symptoms)
• Wheezing - bronchiolitis
  (Condition)
• Wheezing - bronchiolitis
  (Symptoms)
• Wheezing - bronchitis
  (Symptoms)
• Wheezing - control drugs
  (Self-Care)
• Wheezing - COPD
  (Symptoms)
• Wheezing - discharge
  (Discharge)
• Wheezing - exercise-induced
  (Self-Care)
• Wheezing - heart failure
  (Symptoms)
• Wheezing - nebulizer
  (Self-Care)
• Wheezing - nebulizer
  (Self-Care)
• Wheezing - school
  (Self-Care)
• Wheezing - stridor
  (Symptoms)
• Wheezing asthma
  (Symptoms)
• When to use the emergency room - adult
  (Special Topic)
• When to use the emergency room - child
  (Special Topic)
• When you are drinking too much - tips for cutting back
  (Self-Care)
• When you feel like changing your medicine
  (Special Topic)
• When you have diarrhea
  (Self-Care)
• When you have nausea and vomiting
  (Self-Care)
• When you have urinary incontinence
  (Self-Care)
• When you need to gain more weight during pregnancy
  (Self-Care)
• When you pass your due date
  (Special Topic)
• When your baby has diarrhea
  (Special Topic)
• When your baby is stillborn
  (Self-Care)
• When your baby or infant has a fever
  (Self-Care)
• When your cancer treatment stops working
  (Special Topic)
• When your child has diarrhea
  (Self-Care)
• When your child's cancer treatment stops working
  (Special Topic)
• When your infant has diarrhea
  (Special Topic)
• Whiplash
  (Symptoms)
• Whiplash - self-care
  (Self-Care)
• Whiplash - shaken infant
  (Injury)
• Whiplash-self-care
  (Self-Care)
• Whipple disease
  (Condition)
• Whipple disease - supranuclear ophthalmoplegia
  (Condition)
• Whipple procedure
  (Surgery)
• Whipple procedure
  (Discharge)
• Whipworm
  (Alt. Medicine)
• Whipworm infection
  (Condition)
• White blood cell casts
  (Medical Test)
• White blood cell count
  (Medical Test)
• White blood cell differential
  (Medical Test)
• White blood cell differential count
  (Medical Test)
• White matter of the brain
  (Special Topic)
• White willow
  (Alt. Medicine)
• Whiteheads
  (Symptoms)
• Whiteheads
  (Symptoms)
• Whole breast radiation therapy
  (Surgery)
• Whole-body plethysmography
  (Medical Test)
• Whooping cough
  (Condition)
• Whooping cough
  (Alt. Medicine)
• Why you should quit smoking
  (Special Topic)

Wi

• Widal test
  (Medical Test)
• Widal's test
  (Medical Test)
• Wide local excision
  (Surgery)
• Wide spaced teeth
  (Symptoms)
• Wide-complex tachycardia
  (Condition)
• Widely spaced teeth
  (Symptoms)
• Wilate
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Wild turnip poisoning
  (Poison)
• Wild yam
  (Alt. Medicine)
• Williams syndrome
  (Condition)
• Williams-Beuren syndrome
  (Condition)
• Willis-Ekbom disease
  (Condition)
• Willis-Ekbom disease
  (In-Depth)
• Willis-Ekbom disease - InDepth
  (In-Depth)
• Willow bark
  (Alt. Medicine)
• Willow-leaved foxglove poisoning
  (Poison)
• Wilms tumor
  (Condition)
• Wilson disease
  (Condition)
• Wilson's disease
  (Condition)
• Window cleaner poisoning
  (Poison)
• Windshield washer fluid
  (Poison)
• Wine and heart disease
  (Special Topic)
• Wine and heart health
  (Special Topic)
• Wine consumption
  (Special Topic)
• Winlevi
  (Brief Drug Info)
• WinRho SDF
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Winter cherry poisoning
  (Poison)
• Winter depression
  (Condition)
• Winter itch
  (Self-Care)
• Wintertime blues
  (Condition)
• Wireless capsule endoscopy
  (Medical Test)
• Wissler-Fanconi syndrome
  (Condition)
• Witch's milk
  (Condition)
• Witch's milk (neonatal milk)
  (Condition)
• Withdrawal from cocaine
  (Condition)
• Withdrawal from nicotine
  (Condition)
• Withdrawal from opioids
  (Condition)
• Wixela Inhub
  (Brief Drug Info)

Wo

• Wogon
  (Alt. Medicine)
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)
  (Condition)
• Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome - cardiac ablation
  (Surgery)
• Woman's Wellbeing UTI Relief
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Women and sexual problems
  (Self-Care)
• Women’s health - age 40 - 64
  (Special Topic)
• Women’s health - ages 40 - 64
  (Special Topic)
• Women's health
  (Special Topic)
• Women's health - age 18 - 39
  (Special Topic)
• Women's health - ages 18 - 39
  (Special Topic)
• Women's health - ages 18 to 39
  (Special Topic)
• Women's health - ages 40 to 64
  (Special Topic)
• Women's health - over 65
  (Special Topic)
• Women's health - over age 65
  (Special Topic)
• Women's Rogaine
  (Brief Drug Info)
• Wonderberry poisoning
  (Poison)
• Wood alcohol poisoning
  (Poison)
• Wood lamp examination
  (Medical Test)
• Wood spider
  (Alt. Medicine)
• Wood stain poisoning
  (Poison)
• Wool alcohol poisoning
  (Poison)
• Wool wax poisoning
  (Poison)
• Woolsorter's disease
  (Condition)
• Working during cancer treatment
  (Special Topic)
• Working with a personal trainer
  (Special Topic)
• Wound - cut or puncture
  (Injury)
• Wound - liquid bandage
  (Self-Care)
• Wound care - dressing change
  (Self-Care)
• Wound care - sterile technique
  (Self-Care)
• Wound care centers
  (Special Topic)
• Wound drain
  (Self-Care)
• Wound healing - smoking
  (Self-Care)
• Wounds
  (Alt. Medicine)

Wp

• WP Thyroid
  (Brief Drug Info)
• WP Thyroid
  (Brief Drug Info)
• WPW
  (Condition)

Wr

• Wrinkles
  (Symptoms)
• Wrinkles - aging changes
  (Special Topic)
• Wrinkles - aging changes - InDepth
  (In-Depth)
• Wrist arthroscopy
  (Surgery)
• Wrist fracture - osteoporosis
  (Condition)
• Wrist fracture - osteoporosis - InDepth
  (In-Depth)
• Wrist MRI
  (Medical Test)
• Wrist pain
  (Symptoms)
• Wrist sprain - aftercare
  (Self-Care)
• Wrist surgery
  (Surgery)
• Writing ink poisoning
  (Poison)
• Written expression disorder
  (Condition)
• Wry neck
  (Condition)

Wu

• Wuhan coronavirus
  (Condition)

Wy

• Wynzora
  (Brief Drug Info)