Family Medicine Reference S-Z

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• 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

• Smoking Cessation in Recovering Alcoholics

• 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)

• Sore Throat

• Stress: How to Cope Better With Life's Challenges

• Stress: Who Has Time For It?

• Stroke Rehabilitation

• Stroke: Warning Signs and Tips on Prevention

• Substance Abuse

• Syphilis

• Smoking Cessation Resources

Sinusitis

• Sinusitis, What Helps.

• Patience May Be The Best Medicine

• Even Green Snot (gag) Might Not Need Antibiotics

• What You Can Do To Ease Your Symptoms

• Is That Antibiotic Really Going To Help? Maybe not

Skin Cancer

• Melanoma Signs and Symptoms

• Finding and Preventing Melanoma

• Could You Have Skin Cancer?

• Why Tanning Booths Are Dangerous

Sleep Apnea

• Sleep Apnea

Smoking

• Tips to Quit Smoking

• Why You Should Quit Smoking

• Help Quitting

• Medication to Help You Quit Smoking

• Fact Sheet About Quitting

Stomach Ulcers

• Is It An Ulcer or Just Reflux?

Stroke Syndrome

• Signs of Stroke-Think F.A.S.T.

• Stroke In Women, We Have Our Own Rules!

• Preventing Stroke

• Did You Just Have A Mini-Stroke (TIA)?

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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

• Tension Headaches

• Testicular Cancer

• Tick-Born Diseases

• Tics and Tourette's Syndrome

• Tinea Infections: Athlete's Foot, Jock Itch and Ringworm

• 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

• Tuberculosis: Treatment of Active Tuberculosis

• Tuberous Sclerosis and Your Baby

• Twins: Taking Care of Two

• Tick Removal

• Toilet Training

Traveler's Health

• Health Information for Travelers

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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

UTI/Bladder Innfection

• UTI in Adults

• UTI in Children

• Home Remedies To Prevent UTI

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• Vaccine Shortages

• Vaginal Discharge

• Vaginal Yeast Infections

• Vasectomy: What to Expect From a Vasectomy

• Viagra

• Vomiting and Diarrhea

• Vulvar Cancer

• Vulvodynia

Vaccination Schedules

• Children (Birth Through 6 Years Old)

• Children (7-18 Years of Age)

• Adults (19 Years and Older)

Vaccine Information Sheets

• Shingles (Zostavax)

• Td/Tdap (

• Hepatitis A

• Hepatitis B

• Hib (Haemophilus Influenza Type B)

• HPV (Gardasil)

• Influenza (Live, Intranasal)

• Influenza (Inactivated)

• MMR (Measles/Mumps/Rubella)

• MMRV (Measles/Mumps/Rubella & Varicella)

• Meningococcal

• Pneumococcal Conjugate (Infants/Toddlers)

• Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPSV23)

• Poliomyelitis

• Rotavirus

• Varicella (Chickenpox)

• Multiple Vaccines (Infants 0-6 Months)

Vascular Insuffiency

• Heart Disease Overview

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• Warts

• Warts: Removal

• Weight Loss Medicines

• Weight-Training and Weight-Lifting Safety

• What Are Lipomas?

• Working Safely: Advice for Teens

Well-Women Exams (gynecologic & PAP smears)

• How Often Do I Need a Pap?

Why a Healthy Mouth Matters

• Why A Healthy Mouth Matters

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• Yeast Infections: Prevention