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  • 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

• Emergency Preparedness

  • Federal Emergency Management Agency

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  • 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

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  • 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

• GERD

  • GERD Patient Education Site

  • Heartburn/GERD Basic Info

• Headache & Migraine

  • Information about Migraines from Mayo Clinic

  • Migraine Information for Children

  • Information About Migraine in Children

  • Could Medication Be Causing Your Headache?

  • What Is A Tension Headache?

• Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Health

  • Heart Disease Overview

• Heart Disease and Heart Attacks

  • Heart Attack Symptoms in Women

  • Ladies, Don't Ignore These Symptoms!

  • Symptoms of a Possible Heart Attack

  • Heart Attack-Are You At Risk?

• Heart Failure (CHF)

  • Basic Information About Heart Failure

  • Signs and Symptoms of Heart Failure

• Hepatitis C and Baby Boomers

  • Information about Hepatitis C

• HIV/ STD Testing and Resources

  • Centers for Disease Control

  • HIV Testing Basics

  • HPV/Genital Warts

  • Chlamydia

  • Genital-herpes

  • HIV/AIDS

  • Syphilis

  • Gonorrhea

• Hospice

  • What is Hospice?

  • When is it time to consider hospice care?

• Hypertension

  • DASH Eating Plan (brief)

  • DASH Eating Plan (extended version)

  • Basic Information about High Blood Pressure

  • How You Can Lower Your Blood Pressure

• Hypothyroidism

  • What Is Hypothryroidism?

• IBS

  • About Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• Incontinence

  • Incontinence

• Inflammation

  • The Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle

• Ingrown Toenail & Toenail Removal

  • Ingrown Toenail

• Insomnia

  • What To Do When You Can't Sleep

• Low Testosterone & Erectile Dysfunction

  • Symptoms and Treatement of Low Testosterone

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  • 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

• Medical Product Safety

  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration

• Medication/ Medical Supply (Ordering)

  • Diabetes Testing Supplies

• Memory Loss

  • Is This Dementia or Just a

  • Symptoms of Dementia

  • Keeping Your Memory Sharp

  • Conditions That Mimic Dementia

• Menopausal Hormone Replacement

  • Hormone Therapy for Menopausal Symptoms

• Musculoskeletal Disorders

  • Wrist Exercises/Rehab

  • Neck Exercises

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  • 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

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  • 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

  • Obesity and Children

  • Obesity

• Onychomycosis

  • Fungal Nail Infections

• Osteoarthritis

  • Arthritis

• Osteoporosis

  • Osteoporosis Overview

• 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)

  • Polio Vaccine

  • Polycystic Kidney Diease (PKD)

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica

  • Post-traumatic Stress After a Traffic Accident

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder

  • Postpartum Depression and the 'Baby Blues'

  • Preeclampsia

  • Pregnancy and Exercise: What You Can Do for a Healthy Pregnancy

  • Pregnancy: Respiratory Infections During Pregnancy

  • Pregnancy: Taking Care of You and Your Baby

  • Pregnancy: Things to Think About Before You're Pregnant

  • Pregnancy: What to Expect When It's Past Your Due Date

  • 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

  • Prostate Cancer Treatment Options

  • Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know

  • Prostatitis

  • Proteinuria in Children

  • Psoriasis

  • Puberty: What to Expect When Your Child Goes Thru Puberty

  • Pulmonary Hypertension

• Plantar Fasciatis

  • Plantar Fasciitis

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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

• Renal Insuffiency

  • Renal Insuffiency

• Restless Leg Syndrome

  • Restless Leg Syndrome

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