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Q [Top]Quad screen * Questions to ask when choosing a therapistR [Top]
Radiation during pregnancy Radiation therapy for breast cancer for pelvic cancer overview * simulation Radiographs * Rape Rash--see Skin problems and procedures Raz procedure Rectal bleeding, caused by hemorrhoids Rectal bleeding, caused by hemorrhoids, brief version * Rectal cancer Red blood cells, low level of Red eye allergic conjunctivitis * viral or bacterial conjunctivitis * Reduction mammoplasty (plastic surgery to reduce size of breast) Reflux esophagitis Regurgitation by infants Regurgitation by infants, brief version * Relaxation exercise deep (diaphragmatic) breathing mental imaging progressive muscle relaxation Respiratory system, illustration * Retinopathy, diabetic diagnosis and treatment * illustration * Retroperitoneal lymph node biopsy by needle aspiration Retroverted uterus Rh incompatibility Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis and treatment * illustration * Rhinitis allergic vasomotor Risk assessment, maternal and fetal Root canal treatment Routine health care for women Routine health care for women, brief version * Rubella during pregnancy Ruptured disk diagnosis and treatment * illustration *S [Top]
Safe use of medicines for the older adult * Salmonellosis Salpingitis Salt/sodium in diet low-sodium diet for hypertension low-sodium diet for hypertension, brief version * Sarcoma, Kaposi's, associated with AIDS Scalp hair in newborn * Scans--see Imaging Scar tissue in abdomen School excuse Screening tests, newborn Seasonal allergies (hay fever) Secondary hypertension * Sedatives, overdose * Seizures Seizures, brief version * Sensate focus exercises Sensual massage Serum screening tests during pregnancy * Sex during pregnancy Sexual abstinence Sexual arousal in older men and women Sexual assault Sexual intercourse--see Intercourse, sexual Sexuality changes in arousal from aging communication effect of diabetes erectile dysfunction (impotence) 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 * problems of midlife sexuality psychological and social problems of sexuality touching to renew Sexually transmitted disease (STD) chlamydial infection * during pregnancy (see also TORCH syndrome) genital herpes (herpes progenitalis) * genital warts * gonorrhea (clap) * hepatitis B * HIV infection, AIDS * human papillomavirus infection pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) * salpingitis syphilis * tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia trichomoniasis * urethritis vaginitis * Shingles (herpes zoster) * Shock, anaphylactic * Shots adult routine health care routine health care, brief version * birth control Depo-Provera * Lunelle childhood * illustration of how to give (subcutaneous) Shoulder dystocia Sibling rivalry with newborn * Sigmoidoscopy Sinus headache Sinuses, illustration * Sinusitis * Skin cancer diagnosis and treatment melanoma Skin care, newborn (normal) Skin care, newborn (normal), brief version * Skin problems and procedures acne acne, brief version * alopecia (baldness) athlete's foot diagnosis and treatment * illustration * Botox treatment of wrinkles cancer (overview) chickenpox in adults cold sores and fever blisters * crab lice cryosurgery diaper rash diaper rash, brief version * eczema eczema, brief version * hives illustration of cross section of skin * melanoma moles * poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac diagnosis and treatment illustration * shingles * suture and wound care systemic lupus erythematosus * Sleep infant, prevention of sleep problems * trouble sleeping (insomnia) trouble sleeping during pregnancy Small bowel obstruction Smoking during pregnancy * hazards of * passive, effect on children * ways to quit ways to quit, brief version * Social Security number for children Soft contact lenses Sore nipples during breast-feeding Sore throat diagnosis and treatment * strep viral Spasms coronary muscle * Spastic colon Spastic colon, brief version * Spermicides (jellies, foam, suppositories, cream) * Spitting up by infants Spitting up by infants, brief version * Spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) * Sprain, ankle diagnosis and treatment * illustration * Squamous cell carcinoma (skin cancer) Squamous cell hyperplasia Stasis ulcers (in chronic venous insufficiency) Status epilepticus Status epilepticus, brief version * Stein-Leventhal syndrome * Stenosis, mitral valve * Sterilization in men (vasectomy) * in women laparoscopy for tubal ligation overview * postpartum tubal ligation Stitches, care of Stomach and intestinal problems and procedures (see also Food Poisoning) (see also Imaging) adhesion appendicitis colorectal cancer diagnosis and treatment metastatic colorectal cancer screening * colostomy constipation * Crohn's disease * diarrhea, acute (see also Diarrhea) diarrhea, acute, brief version (see also Diarrhea) * diverticulitis * diverticulosis diagnosis and treatment * diet * illustration * duodenal ulcer duodenal ulcer, brief version * gastric ulcer gastric ulcer, brief version * gastroenteritis, viral * giardiasis heartburn * heartburn during pregnancy hemorrhoids hemorrhoids, brief version * illustration of digestive system * irritable bowel syndrome irritable bowel syndrome, brief version * laparoscopy, diagnostic, for chronic abdominal pain large bowel obstruction listeriosis sigmoidoscopy small bowel obstruction traveler's diarrhea ulcerative colitis Stomach flu * Stork bites * Strep infection (group B streptococcus) during pregnancy Strep throat Stress incontinence diagnosis and treatment Kegel exercises Kegel exercises, brief version * Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz procedure Raz procedure vaginal pessary Stress management deep (diaphragmatic) breathing exercise exercise, brief version * general guidelines general guidelines, brief version * healthy diet healthy diet, brief version * mental imaging progressive muscle relaxation psychotherapy Stroke diagnosis and treatment diagnosis and treatment, brief version * illustration of types * Student's elbow (olecranon bursitis) Stye Subconjunctival hemorrhage in newborn * Subcutaneous injection, illustration of how to give Substance abuse (see also Alcohol) alcohol dependence * cocaine dependence * during pregnancy during pregnancy, brief version * narcotic dependence * sedative overdose * Sucking callus in newborn * Suffocation deaths of infants and toddlers, prevention of * Suicide Superficial vein thrombosis Surgery, preop and postop instructions, general * Sutures, care of Swelling of breasts, eyelids, or labia in newborn * Symptomatic abacteriuria Symptoms of illness in newborn * Symptoms of severe illness in infant * Symptothermal method of birth control * Syncope * Syphilis diagnosis and treatment * during pregnancy Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) *T [Top]
Tachycardia Teeth in newborn * Teeth, care of Tendonitis, wrist extensor (lateral epicondylitis/tennis elbow) diagnosis and treatment * illustration * Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) diagnosis and treatment * illustration * Tension headache * Testosterone, decrease in older men Thalassemia Therapeutic hysteroscopy--see Hysteroscopy, therapeutic Therapeutic laparoscopy--see Laparoscopy, therapeutic Therapist, mental health psychotherapy questions to ask when choosing a therapist types of Throat problems laryngitis * pharyngitis (sore throat) * strep throat viral sore throat Thrombophlebitis Thrombotic stroke Thyroid gland Graves' disease hyperthyroidism hyperthyroidism, brief version * hypothyroidism and myxedema hypothyroidism, brief version * illustration * newborn screening test for hypothyroidism scan Thyroid scan Tibial torsion in newborn * Tick bite, cause of Lyme disease * Tight hips in newborn * Tinea pedis (athlete's foot) diagnosis and treatment * illustration * Tipped uterus Tobacco effect of smoke on children * hazards of use * use during pregnancy * ways to quit smoking ways to quit smoking, brief version * TORCH syndrome caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) caused by German measles caused by herpes simplex virus caused by syphilis caused by toxoplasmosis caused by varicella-zoster virus Touching in renewing sexuality Toxemia of pregnancy Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) * Toxoplasmosis during pregnancy Transurethral bladder biopsy Travel during pregnancy Traveler's diarrhea Tremor, in Parkinson's disease * Trichomoniasis * Tricuspid valve, illustration of normal and incompetent * Triglycerides Triple screen * Triplets, pregnancy with Tubal ligation overview * postpartum with laparoscopy Tubal pregnancy illustration text Tuberculosis (TB) * Tumor--see Cancer Twins, pregnancy with Type 1 diabetes mellitus * Type 2 diabetes mellitus * Typhoid feverU [Top]
Ulcer
duodenal
duodenal, brief version *
gastric
gastric, brief version *
Ulcerative colitis
Ultrasound scanning
echocardiogram, transthoracic *
in pregnancy
in pregnancy, brief version *
Ultrasound scanning *
Umbilical cord, fetus or newborn
bleeding *
delayed separation *
oozing *
prolapsed
Universal precautions against infectious diseases
Upper gastrointestinal barium study (upper GI series)
Upper respiratory infection (URI)
cold *
flu *
sore throat *
Urethral syndrome
Urethritis
Urge incontinence *
Urinary incontinence (see also Stress incontinence) *
Urinary system, illustration *
Urinary tract infection (UTI)
asymptomatic bacteriuria
clean-catch urine specimen *
cystitis
cystitis, brief version *
diagnosis and treatment *
pyelonephritis *
urethritis
Urine specimen, clean-catch *
Urine, blood in (hematuria)
Urticaria (hives)
Uterine cancer (see also Uterine problems and procedures)
Uterine fibroids
diagnosis and treatment
illustration
removal
hysteroscopy
laparoscopy
Uterine polyps
diagnostic hysteroscopy
hysteroscopy for removal
Uterine problems and procedures
(see also Cervical problems and procedures)
(see also Hysteroscopy)
(see also Menstruation)
(see also Pregnancy)
bleeding after menopause
cancer
cervical *
endometrial
dilation and curettage (D&C)
diagnostic
therapeutic
endometrial biopsy
endometriosis
fibroids (see also Uterine fibroids)
hysterectomy, abdominal
hysterectomy, vaginal
for fallen uterus
for tumors or bleeding
laparoscopy assisted
hysterosalpingography
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) *
polyps
diagnostic hysteroscopy
hysteroscopy for removal
prolapsed uterus
septum, hysteroscopy for removal
tipped (retroverted) uterus
vaginal pessary
Uterine prolapse
diagnosis and treatment
vaginal hysterectomy for
vaginal pessary
Uterine retroversion
Uterine septum, hysteroscopy for removal
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[Top]Vaccination--see Immunization Vaccinations, childhood * Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery (VBAC) Vaginal bleeding, after menopause Vaginal breech delivery * Vaginal contraceptive ring (NuvaRing) illustration, how to insert text Vaginal diaphragm illustration of insertion * text * Vaginal discharge in newborn * Vaginal hysterectomy for fallen uterus for tumors or bleeding laparoscopy assisted Vaginal infection (vaginitis) * Vaginal medicine, how to use (illustration) * Vaginal pessary Vaginitis atrophic diagnosis and treatment * Vaginosis, bacterial * Variant angina Varicella (chickenpox) in adults Varicella-zoster virus infection during pregnancy Varicose veins Vascular headache Vascular headache, brief version * Vasectomy * Vasomotor rhinitis Vegetarian diet overview sources of some essential nutrients Vein inflammation (thrombophlebitis) Veins, illustration of circulatory system * Venereal warts * Venous insufficiency, chronic Version, external cephalic illustration text Vertigo Violence, domestic abuse during pregnancy help for the battered woman Viral conjunctivitis * Viral gastroenteritis * Viral pneumonia * Viral rhinitis * Viral sore throat Vision impairment--see Contact lenses; Eye problems and procedures Vitamins and minerals during pregnancy during pregnancy, brief version * in healthy diet in healthy diet, brief version * Vulvar dystrophy Vulvovaginitis *W [Top]
Walker, baby Warts, genital * Water in diet Water in diet, brief version * Weight (see also Obesity) how to lose weight loss, to control hypertension loss, to control hypertension, brief version * Weight gain of newborn * Whiteheads (acne) Whiteheads (acne), brief version * Withdrawal from alcohol Withdrawal method of birth control * Work excuse Working during pregnancy Working mother * Wound and suture care Wrinkles, Botox treatment Wrist extensor tendonitis diagnosis and treatment * illustration *X [Top]
X-rays (see also Imaging) * X-rays during pregnancyY [Top]
Yeast infection *
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