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Joint problems and procedures
ankle replacement (total)
arthritis *
carpal tunnel syndrome
diagnosis and treatment
diagnosis and treatment, brief version *
illustration *
effect of arthritis on sexuality
fibromyalgia
hip replacement (total)
hip replacement (total), illustration
hip replacement rehabilitation
illustration of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis *
knee replacement (total)
osteoarthritis *
rheumatoid arthritis *
shoulder replacement (total)
Joint, illustration of *
K
[Top]Kegel exercises (for bladder control) Kegel exercises, brief version * Keratoconjunctivitis sicca * Ketoacidosis, diabetic * Kidney failure acute * chronic * Kidney problems and procedures blood creatinine test BUN test cancer, renal cell creatinine clearance test dialysis illustration of hemodialysis illustration of peritoneal dialysis text * illustration of kidney * kidney failure acute * chronic * microalbumin test panel-7 test (electrolyte panel) resource list Kidney stones * Knee replacement (total)L [Top]
Lab tests
alkaline phosphatase
antinuclear antibodies (ANA)
bilirubin, total
BUN
calcium
chloride
complete blood count (CBC)
creatine kinase (CK) total
creatinine
creatinine clearance
glucose
gonorrhea and chlamydia
hemoglobin A1c *
high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol
HIV-1 antibody
lipid panel
liver panel
magnesium
microalbumin
panel 7
phosphate
potassium
prothrombin time (PT) and INR
rheumatoid factor
serum iron studies
SGOT (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase)
SGPT (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase)
sodium
thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
thyroxine (T4)
total cholesterol
urine culture
vitamin B12
Labyrinthitis
diagnosis and treatment
illustration
Lacunar stroke
Laminectomy
Large bowel obstruction
Laryngeal cancer
Laser surgery for macular degeneration
Laser trabeculoplasty (surgery for glaucoma)
Leg problems
(see also Joint problems and procedures)
deep vein thrombosis *
peripheral artery disease
restless leg syndrome
thrombophlebitis
varicose veins
Leukemia
chronic lymphocytic
chronic myelogenous (myeloid, myelocytic, granulocytic)
Life after a stroke
Lipid panel test (lipid profile)
Liver cancer
Liver problems and procedures
bilirubin test
cancer
hemochromatosis
hepatitis A
hepatitis B *
liver panel test
Living will
overview
sample
Lockjaw (tetanus)
diagnosis and treatment
vaccine *
Loneliness in older adults
Loneliness in older adults, brief version *
Long-term-care insurance
Lou Gehrig's disease
Low back pain
diagnosis and treatment
diagnosis and treatment, brief version *
exercises
illustration *
text *
illustration *
sciatica
diagnosis and treatment
illustration
Lumpectomy and axillary lymph node excision
Lung cancer
Lung problems and procedures
asthma
diagnosis and treatment
diagnosis and treatment, brief version *
illustration of bronchioles *
breathing exercises
bronchitis
chronic
cancer
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
congestive heart failure *
emphysema
illustration of respiratory system *
pneumonia
anaerobic
overview *
streptococcal (pneumococcal)
vaccine
pulmonary aspiration
pulmonary embolism *
pulmonary fibrosis
resource list
smoking, a threat to health
smoking, a threat to health, brief version *
tracheostomy
tuberculosis (TB) *
Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus)
antinuclear antibodies test (ANA)
diagnosis and treatment *
Lymph node excision, with lumpectomy
Lymphoma
Hodgkin's disease
non-Hodgkin's
M
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Macular degeneration
Amsler grid
full-size illustration
illustration of appearance with and without AMD
text
and nutrition
diagnosis and treatment *
illustration *
laser surgery for
Magnesium, blood (serum) test for
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) *
Malaria, protection when you travel
Male pelvis, illustration *
Male urinary system, illustration *
Mammograms *
Mammoplasty (to rebuild breast)
Massage, to enhance sexuality
Mastectomy, modified radical
Meals on Wheels
Meals, congregate
Medicaid
Medical decision-making
Medical equipment (durable), Medicare coverage
Medicare
ambulance services coverage
durable medical equipment coverage
health insurance *
home health care coverage
nursing home (nursing facilities) coverage
occupational therapy coverage
outpatient (ambulatory) surgery coverage
physical rehabilitation coverage
physical therapy coverage
Medicines
information
related problems
related problems, brief version *
safekeeping
using safely *
Melanoma
Memory loss in Alzheimer's disease *
Meniere's disease
Meningitis, viral
Menopause
diagnosis and treatment *
hormone replacement therapy
hormone replacement therapy, brief version *
pain with sexual relations
Mental health resource list
Microalbumin test
Migraine headache
Migraine headache, brief version *
Mitral valve
illustration of normal and diseased heart valves *
prolapse
illustration of normal and prolapsed mitral valve *
text *
stenosis *
Moles *
Motor neuron disease
Mourning
Mouth, dry
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) *
Multiple myeloma
Multiple sclerosis *
Muscle-contraction headache *
Myasthenia gravis
Myelodysplastic syndromes (myelodysplasia, MDS)
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction, brief version *
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[Top]Narcotic drug dependence * Nasal polyps Needle core biopsy of breast Neglect and abuse of the elderly * Neuropathic pain Neuropathy, diabetic * Neutropenia Nicotine withdrawal Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Nursing home how to choose * how to choose, brief version * Medicare coverage for Nutrition (see also Diet) congregate meals fluid intake requirements of older adults Meals on Wheels resource list tube feedingO [Top]
Obesity
diagnosis and treatment *
diet for
gross obesity
role of exercise *
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Obstruction of bowel
large bowel
small bowel
Obstructive sleep apnea *
Occupational therapy
Oral rehydration solution, recipe for *
Orchiectomy, bilateral
Organizations providing help or information
Osteoarthritis
diagnosis and treatment *
illustration *
Osteomyelitis
Osteoporosis
bone mineral density testing
hormone replacement therapy
hormone replacement therapy, brief version *
illustration *
in men
in women *
Outpatient (ambulatory) surgery, Medicare coverage
Ovarian cancer
Overdose of sedatives *
Overflow incontinence
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[Top]Paget's disease of bone Pain alternatives to controlling with medicine chronic neuropathic postherpetic neuralgia resource list with sexual relations in older women Palliative care, hospice Palpitations * Pancreas problems and procedures cancer illustration of pancreas * pancreatitis acute acute, brief version * chronic Pancreatic cancer Pancreatitis acute acute, brief version * chronic illustration of pancreas * Panel-7 test Panic attacks associated with agoraphobia Parkinson's disease overview * resource list Parkinsonian tremors Patient rights Pelvic area, illustration female * male * Periodontal disease, periodontitis Peripheral artery disease Peripheral neuropathy in diabetes mellitus * Peripheral vascular disease Peritoneal dialysis illustration text * Petit mal seizure Petit mal seizure, brief version * Pharyngeal cancer Phlebitis Phosphate (phosphorus), blood (serum) test for Physical abuse, effect on sexuality Physical and hormonal changes older men older women (hormone replacement therapy) older women (hormone replacement therapy), brief version * Physical exam, routine older men older men, brief version * older women older women, brief version * Physical rehabilitation, Medicare coverage Physical therapy Plaque, illustration of buildup in arteries * Plasma cells, cancer (multiple myeloma) PM/DM (polymyositis/dermatomyositis) PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica) Pneumococcal (streptococcal) pneumonia diagnosis and treatment vaccine Pneumonia anaerobic overview * streptococcal (pneumococcal) vaccine for Polio, post-polio syndrome Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis (PM/DM) Polyneuritis, acute ascending Polyps in colon nasal Post-polio syndrome Postherpetic neuralgia Postmenopausal bleeding Potassium, blood (serum) test for Power of attorney, durable overview sample * Preleukemia Presbycusis Presbyopia * Pressure ulcers diagnosis and treatment preventing Prevention (see also Health exams, routine) (see also Immunization) a healthy lifestyle controlling cholesterol, brief version * diet for obesity exercise for health maintenance healthy diet healthy diet, brief version * preventing heart disease * smoking, a threat to health smoking, a threat to health, brief version * smoking, ways to quit smoking, ways to quit, brief version * triglyceride levels Prinzmetal's angina Prostate cancer bilateral orchiectomy diagnosis and treatment metastatic Prostate problems and procedures bilateral orchiectomy cancer (see also Prostate cancer) overview of prostate problems transurethral prostatectomy (TURP) Protecting yourself from cancer Prothrombin time test (PT) Pseudogout Pseudomembranous colitis Psoriasis Psychological problems and procedures agoraphobia anxiety delirium depression depression, brief version * electroconvulsive therapy insomnia * loneliness loneliness, brief version * obsessive-compulsive disorder psychotherapy stress suicide use of tranquilizers Psychotherapy Pulmonary aspiration Pulmonary embolism * Pulmonary fibrosis Pyelonephritis *Q [Top]
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RA quantitative, blood test Radioisotope exercise test * Raynaud's phenomenon Recreation, therapeutic Rectal bleeding diagnosis and treatment hemorrhoids hemorrhoids, brief version * Rectal cancer Reflux esophagitis Reflux, gastroesophageal (GERD) * Rehabilitation home health care occupational therapy physical therapy physical, Medicare coverage stroke therapeutic recreation Renal cell cancer Renal failure acute * chronic * Resources AIDS (HIV Infection) alcoholism Alzheimer's disease arthritis cancer community services for people age 60+ community services for people age 60+, brief version * diabetes general guide to organizations and agencies health insurance for people with Medicare * hearing problems heart problems intestinal disease kidney and urologic disease lung disease mental health nutrition pain Parkinson's disease stroke vision problems Respiratory system, illustration * Respite adult day care caregiver's guide caregiver's guide, brief version * overview Restless leg syndrome Restraints Retinal detachment diagnosis and treatment * illustration * Retinopathy, diabetic diagnosis and treatment * illustration * Retirement communities, continuing care Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis and treatment * illustration * rheumatoid factor test Rheumatoid factor test Rhinitis, seasonal allergic Routine health care older men older men, brief version * older women older women, brief version * Ruptured disk diagnosis and treatment * illustration * surgery (laminectomy)S [Top]
Safety
arthritis
automobile
bathroom
burns and scalds
falls
medicine information
medicine-related problems
medicine-related problems, brief version *
use of medicines *
Salmonellosis
Salt/sodium
in your diet
limit in healthy diet, brief version *
low-sodium diet for hypertension
low-sodium diet for hypertension, brief version *
Sarcoma
Scalds
Scar tissue in abdomen
Sciatica
diagnosis and treatment
illustration
Seasonal allergic rhinitis
Secondary hypertension *
Sedatives
overdose *
Seizures
Seizures, brief version *
Self-esteem in older adults
Senior centers
Sensate focus exercises
Sensual massage
Serum iron studies
Services (community-based) for people age 60+
Services (community-based) for people age 60+, brief version *
Sexuality
age and sexuality
changes in arousal from aging
communication
effect of arthritis on
effect of diabetes on
erectile dysfunction (impotence)
older adults and problems of
pain with sexual relations in older women
physical and hormonal changes
in older men
in older women (hormone replacement therapy)
in older women (hormone replacement therapy), brief version *
touching to renew
Sexually transmitted disease (STD)
AIDS
tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia
SGOT test
SGPT test
Shigellosis
Shingles (herpes zoster)
diagnosis and treatment *
postherpetic neuralgia
Shots
adult immunization schedule
adult immunization schedule, brief version *
flu
for travel
illustration of how to give (subcutaneous)
pneumococcal pneumonia
tetanus *
Shoulder replacement (total)
Skin cancer
melanoma
overview
Skin problems and procedures
abscess
allergy
cancer
care and protection
cellulitis
chickenpox in adults
contact dermatitis
contact dermatitis, brief version *
dry skin
erythema multiforme
illustration of cross section of skin *
melanoma
moles *
pressure ulcer (bedsore)
psoriasis
Raynaud's phenomenon
systemic lupus erythematosus *
Sleep apnea *
Sleep problems
apnea *
insomnia *
restless leg syndrome
Sleeplessness *
Small bowel obstruction
Smell disorders
Smoking
a threat to health
a threat to health, brief version *
benefits of quitting smoking
nicotine withdrawal
ways to quit
ways to quit, brief version *
Sodium, blood (serum) test for
Sodium/salt in your diet
Sore throat
viral
Spastic colon
Spastic colon, brief version *
Squamous cell cancer
Stapedectomy
Stasis ulcers, in chronic venous insufficiency
Stasis venous dermatitis, in chronic venous insufficiency
Status epilepticus
Status epilepticus, brief version *
Stenosis
aortic valve
illustration of normal and diseased heart valves *
mitral valve *
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Stomach and intestinal problems and procedures
adhesion
appendicitis
appetite
bowel habit
colitis
pseudomembranous
ulcerative
colonic polyps
colonoscopy *
colorectal cancer
diagnosis and treatment
metastatic
colorectal cancer screening *
colostomy
constipation *
Crohn's disease *
diarrhea
acute
acute, brief version *
antibiotic-associated
diverticulitis *
diverticulosis
diagnosis and treatment *
illustration *
duodenal ulcer
duodenal ulcer, brief version *
flatulence (gas)
gastric ulcer
gastric ulcer, brief version *
gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) *
gastrostomy feeding tube placement
giardiasis
Helicobacter pylori *
hematemesis (upper GI bleeding)
hemorrhoids
hemorrhoids, brief version *
hiatal hernia
illustration of digestive system *
irritable bowel syndrome
irritable bowel syndrome, brief version *
large bowel obstruction
rectal bleeding
resource list
shigellosis
small bowel obstruction
stomach cancer
diagnosis and treatment
metastatic
tube feeding
unexplained weight loss
Stomach cancer
diagnosis and treatment
metastatic
Streptococcal (pneumococcal) pneumonia
Stress
Stress echocardiogram
Stress incontinence in women
Kegel exercises
Kegel exercises, brief version *
Stress management
exercise for health
healthy diet
healthy diet, brief version *
overview
psychotherapy
Stroke
amaurosis fugax (temporary blindness)
illustration of types *
overview
overview, brief version *
recovery
reducing the risk for stroke (warning signs)
rehabilitation
resource list
transient ischemic attack (TIA) *
Subcutaneous injection, illustration of how to give
Substance abuse
alcohol dependence *
narcotic dependence *
sedative overdose *
Suicide
Sundowning (in Alzheimer's disease)
Superficial vein thrombosis
Surgery, outpatient (ambulatory), Medicare coverage
Symptomatic abacteriuria
Symptoms
anemia
delirium
dizziness
insomnia *
seizures
seizures, brief version *
tiredness (fatigue)
tremor (essential)
tremor (in Parkinson's disease) *
warning signs of heart disease
warning signs of stroke
Syncope *
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
antinuclear antibodies test (ANA)
diagnosis and treatment *
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[Top]T4 (thyroxine) test Talking to your health care provider Taste disorders Tearing, excessive Teeth--see Dental care Telephone assistive devices Temporal (giant cell) arteritis Tension headache * Testosterone, decrease in older men Tetanus diagnosis and treatment vaccine * Therapeutic recreation Therapy occupational physical psychotherapy therapeutic recreation Throat problems and procedures cancer larynx pharynx tracheostomy viral sore throat Thrombophlebitis Thrombosis, deep vein * Thrombotic stroke Thyroid gland hyperthyroidism hyperthyroidism, brief version * hypothyroidism and myxedema hypothyroidism, brief version * illustration * thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) test thyroxine (T4) test Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) test Thyroxine (T4) test TIA (transient ischemic attack) * Tinnitus Tiredness (fatigue) Tongue cancer Tooth abscess Tooth decay Total ankle replacement Total hip replacement illustration rehabilitation after surgery surgery Total knee replacement Total shoulder replacement Touching in renewing sexuality Tracheostomy Tranquilizers use of Transient ischemic attack (TIA) * Transurethral bladder biopsy Transurethral bladder tumor resection Transurethral prostatectomy (TURP) Travel, shots for Treadmill test * Tremor essential Parkinsonian Triglycerides TSH test Tube feeding gastrostomy feeding tube placement overview Tuberculosis (TB) * Type 1 diabetes mellitus * Type 2 diabetes mellitus * Typhoid feverU [Top]
Ulcer
duodenal
duodenal, brief version *
gastric
gastric, brief version *
H. pylori infection *
pressure (bedsore)
Ulcerative colitis
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Upper respiratory infection (URI)
cold *
flu *
Urethral syndrome
Urethritis
in men (urinary tract infection)
in women (urinary tract infection) *
Urge incontinence
Urinary catheter care (for indwelling catheter)
Urinary incontinence
functional
overflow
overview *
stress incontinence in women
Kegel exercises
Kegel exercises, brief version *
urge
Urinary system, illustration
female *
male *
Urinary tract cancer
diagnosis and treatment
metastatic
Urinary tract infection (UTI)
asymptomatic bacteriuria
clean-catch urine specimen
men
women *
cystitis
cystitis, brief version *
diagnosis and treatment
in men
in women *
pyelonephritis *
symptomatic abacteriuria
urethritis
urine culture
Urine
blood in (hematuria)
culture
specimen, clean-catch
men
women *
Urticaria (hives)
Uterine cancer
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Vaccine
for travel
immunization schedule, adult
immunization schedule, adult, brief version *
influenza
pneumococcal pneumonia
tetanus *
Vaginal bleeding, after menopause
Vaginitis, atrophic
Valves
aortic valve stenosis
artificial
illustration
text *
illustration of normal and diseased heart valves *
mitral valve prolapse
illustration of normal and prolapsed mitral valve *
text *
mitral valve stenosis *
Valvuloplasty
balloon valvotomy
Variant angina
Varicella (chickenpox) in adults
Varices, esophageal
Varicose veins
Vascular headache
Vascular headache, brief version *
Vegetarian diet
overview
sources of some essential nutrients
Vein inflammation (thrombophlebitis)
Veins, illustration of circulatory system *
Venous (deep) thrombosis *
Venous insufficiency, chronic
Vertigo
Vestibular neuritis
diagnosis and treatment
illustration
Veterans health benefits
Viagra, treatment for erectile dysfunction (impotence)
Viral meningitis
Viral pneumonia *
Viral rhinitis *
Viral sore throat
Vitamin B12, test for
Vitamins
Vitreous floaters
illustration *
text *
Vomiting blood
W
[Top]Walkers Wandering (in Alzheimer's disease) Warning signs of cancer of heart disease of stroke Watering eye Weight diet for obesity gross obesity loss, to control hypertension loss, to control hypertension, brief version * unexplained loss Western blot test for AIDS White blood cells, low levels of Withdrawal from alcohol Wrist (Colles') fractureX [Top]
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Yeast infection *
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