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6

  1. 6-in-1 vaccine (diphtheria, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type B, polio, tetanus, whooping cough)

A

  1. Abdominal aortic aneurysm
  2. Abortion: having an abortion
  3. Absence seizures in children
  4. Acne
  5. Acute kidney injury
  6. Acute liver failure
  7. Acute respiratory distress syndrome
  8. Adenoidectomy
  9. ADHD in children: what treatments work?
  10. ADHD: help in the classroom
  11. ADHD: questions to ask your doctor
  12. ADHD: what is it?
  13. Alcohol withdrawal
  14. Alcohol-use disorder
  15. Alcoholic liver disease
  16. Alopecia areata
  17. Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia
  18. Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia: what treatments work?
  19. Amfetamine and methamphetamine use disorder
  20. Amoebic dysentery
  21. Amoebic dysentery: prevention
  22. Anaemia, iron deficiency
  23. Anal tears
  24. Anaphylaxis
  25. Ankle sprain
  26. Ankylosing spondylitis: what is it?
  27. Ankylosing spondylitis: what treatments work?
  28. Anorexia
  29. Anorexia: how to help if someone you know may have it
  30. Anorexia: questions to ask your doctor
  31. Anterior cruciate ligament injury
  32. Antibiotics: what you need to know
  33. Anxiety: questions to ask your doctor
  34. Anxiety: what is it?
  35. Anxiety: what treatments work?
  36. Aortic dissection
  37. Aortic stenosis
  38. Appendicitis
  39. Ascitic tap and ascitic drain procedures
  40. Asthma in adults: questions to ask your doctor
  41. Asthma in adults: what is it?
  42. Asthma in adults: what treatments work?
  43. Asthma in children: questions to ask your doctor
  44. Asthma in children: types of inhalers
  45. Asthma in children: what is it?
  46. Asthma in children: what treatments work?
  47. Athlete's foot
  48. Atrial fibrillation
  49. Atrial fibrillation: what treatments work?
  50. Autism spectrum disorder: information for parents - Support strategies
  51. Autism spectrum disorder: information for parents - What is autism spectrum disorder?
  52. Autism spectrum disorder: questions to ask your doctor about your child

B

  1. Back pain (lower back)
  2. Back pain: questions to ask your doctor
  3. Bacterial meningitis in adults
  4. Bacterial vaginosis
  5. Bad breath
  6. Bag-valve-mask ventilation
  7. Basal cell carcinoma
  8. BCG vaccination
  9. Bedwetting
  10. Bell's palsy
  11. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
  12. Benzodiazepine overdose
  13. Bipolar disorder: how can I avoid a relapse?
  14. Bipolar disorder: questions to ask your doctor
  15. Bipolar disorder: what is it?
  16. Bipolar disorder: what medicines work?
  17. Bladder cancer
  18. Bowel cancer: questions to ask your doctor
  19. Bowel cancer: should I be screened?
  20. Bowel cancer: what is it?
  21. Bowel cancer: what treatments work?
  22. Bradycardia
  23. Breast cancer, locally advanced: what is it?
  24. Breast cancer, locally advanced: what treatments work?
  25. Breast cancer: breast-conserving surgery
  26. Breast cancer: DCIS (very early breast cancer) in women
  27. Breast cancer: questions to ask your doctor
  28. Breast cancer: routine screening (mammography)
  29. Breast lumps, non-cancer (benign)
  30. Breast pain
  31. Brief psychotic disorder
  32. Bronchiectasis: what is it?
  33. Bronchiectasis: what treatments work?
  34. Bronchiolitis
  35. Bronchitis
  36. Bronchoscopy
  37. Bulimia: questions to ask your doctor
  38. Bulimia: what is it?
  39. Bulimia: what treatments work?
  40. Burns (minor)

C

  1. Cannula insertion
  2. Caring for someone with dementia
  3. Carotid artery stenosis: what is it?
  4. Carotid artery stenosis: what treatments work?
  5. Carpal tunnel syndrome
  6. Cataract surgery
  7. Cataracts: questions to ask your doctor
  8. Cataracts: should I have surgery?
  9. Catheterisation (female)
  10. Catheterisation (male): having a catheter fitted
  11. Cellulitis and erysipelas
  12. Cerebral palsy: what is it?
  13. Cerebral palsy: what treatments work?
  14. Cervical cancer
  15. Chest drain insertion
  16. Chickenpox
  17. Chickenpox vaccine
  18. Chlamydia
  19. Chronic fatigue syndrome (myalgic encephalomyelitis)
  20. Chronic kidney disease: what is it?
  21. Chronic kidney disease: what treatments work?
  22. Chronic pancreatitis
  23. Cirrhosis: what is it?
  24. Cirrhosis: what treatments work?
  25. Cluster headaches: what are they?
  26. Cluster headaches: what treatments are available?
  27. Cocaine use disorder
  28. Coeliac disease
  29. Cold sores
  30. Colic in babies
  31. Colonoscopy
  32. Common cold
  33. Concussion (mild traumatic brain injury)
  34. Conjunctivitis
  35. Constipation
  36. Constipation in children
  37. Contraception: barrier methods
  38. Contraception: behavioral methods
  39. Contraception: emergency contraception
  40. Contraception: hormonal patches, rings, implants, and injections
  41. Contraception: intrauterine devices (IUDs)
  42. Contraception: oral contraceptives (the pill)
  43. Contraception: sterilisation
  44. COPD: questions to ask your doctor
  45. COPD: what is it?
  46. COPD: what treatments work?
  47. Coping strategies for teenagers and adults with ADHD
  48. Coronary angioplasty
  49. Coronary artery bypass surgery
  50. Coronavirus (COVID-19): vaccines
  51. COVID-19 (coronavirus)
  52. Crohn's disease: questions to ask your doctor
  53. Crohn's disease: what is it?
  54. Crohn's disease: what treatments work?
  55. Cushing's syndrome caused by an internal problem
  56. Cushing's syndrome caused by medication
  57. Cystic fibrosis: what is it?
  58. Cystic fibrosis: what treatments work?
  59. Cystitis
  60. Cytomegalovirus

D

  1. Dandruff
  2. Deep vein thrombosis
  3. Defibrillator: having a defibrillator fitted
  4. Dementia in a family member: questions to ask your doctor
  5. Dementia: frontotemporal dementia
  6. Dengue fever
  7. Dental abscess: what is it?
  8. Dental abscess: what treatments work?
  9. Depression in adults: questions to ask your doctor
  10. Depression in adults: what is it?
  11. Depression in adults: what treatments work?
  12. Depression in children and teenagers: questions to ask your doctor
  13. Depression in children and teenagers: what is it?
  14. Depression in children and teenagers: what treatments work?
  15. Dermatitis (seborrhoeic) of the body
  16. Diabetes insipidus
  17. Diabetes that develops in pregnancy (gestational diabetes)
  18. Diabetes type 1: what is it?
  19. Diabetes type 1: what treatments work?
  20. Diabetes type 2: questions to ask your doctor
  21. Diabetes type 2: should I take insulin?
  22. Diabetes type 2: what treatments work?
  23. Diabetes: What can I do to keep healthy?
  24. Diabetes: what is it?
  25. Diabetic ketoacidosis
  26. Diarrhoea in adults
  27. Diarrhoea in children
  28. Disseminated intravascular coagulation
  29. Diverticular disease
  30. DTaP vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus, polio, and pertussis)
  31. DTP vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus, polio)
  32. DVT and long-distance travel

E

  1. Ear infection in children: questions to ask your doctor
  2. Ear pain during air travel
  3. Ear wax
  4. Ebola
  5. Ectopic pregnancy: what is it?
  6. Ectopic pregnancy: what treatments work?
  7. Eczema
  8. Eczema: questions to ask your doctor
  9. Endocarditis
  10. Endometrial ablation (diathermy)
  11. Endometrial ablation (microwave method)
  12. Endometriosis
  13. Endometriosis: questions to ask your doctor
  14. Endometriosis: what treatments work?
  15. Endoscopy (upper gastrointestinal)
  16. Enlarged prostate: questions to ask your doctor
  17. Enlarged prostate: what is it?
  18. Enlarged prostate: what treatments are there?
  19. Epilepsy: questions to ask your doctor
  20. Epilepsy: what is it?
  21. Epilepsy: what treatments work?
  22. Erection problems
  23. Erection problems: questions to ask your doctor
  24. Essential tremor

F

  1. Factitious disorders
  2. Faecal incontinence
  3. Fatigue: possible causes
  4. Febrile seizures
  5. Feeding tube insertion
  6. Fertility problems: questions to ask your doctor
  7. Fertility problems: some reasons
  8. Fertility problems: what treatments work?
  9. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: what is it?
  10. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: what treatments work?
  11. Fibroids
  12. Fibroids: questions to ask your doctor
  13. Fibromyalgia: what is it?
  14. Fibromyalgia: what treatments work?
  15. Flu
  16. Food allergy: what is it?
  17. Food allergy: what treatments are available?
  18. Fungal nail infections

G

  1. Gallstones
  2. Gallstones: questions to ask your doctor
  3. Gender incongruence and gender dysphoria in adults
  4. Gender-affirming care in adults: hormone treatment
  5. Gender-affirming care in adults: surgery
  6. Genital herpes
  7. Genital warts
  8. Giant cell arteritis
  9. Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis)
  10. Glaucoma
  11. Glomerulonephritis
  12. Gonorrhoea
  13. GORD: questions to ask your doctor
  14. Gout
  15. Graves’ disease
  16. Grommets
  17. Group B strep infection in newborns
  18. Guillain-Barre syndrome

H

  1. Haemorrhoids
  2. Hay fever
  3. Hay fever: avoiding pollen and mould
  4. Head lice
  5. Heart attack: questions to ask your doctor
  6. Heart attack: what is it?
  7. Heart failure
  8. Heart failure: how can I help myself?
  9. Heart failure: questions to ask your doctor
  10. Heartburn
  11. Heat stroke
  12. Heavy periods
  13. Heavy periods: questions to ask your doctor
  14. Heel pain (plantar fasciitis)
  15. Hepatitis B: should I have the vaccine?
  16. Hepatitis C: questions to ask your doctor
  17. Hepatitis C: what is it?
  18. Hepatitis C: what treatments work?
  19. Hernia: questions to ask your doctor
  20. Herpes simplex eye infection
  21. High blood pressure: questions to ask your doctor
  22. High blood pressure: what is it?
  23. High blood pressure: what treatments work?
  24. High cholesterol
  25. High cholesterol: questions to ask your doctor
  26. Hip replacement surgery
  27. HIV infection in pregnancy
  28. HIV: antiretroviral treatment (ART)
  29. HIV: common infections in people with HIV
  30. HIV: long-term complications
  31. HIV: prevention treatment (PrEP)
  32. HIV: testing
  33. HIV: what is it?
  34. How can I tell when my asthma is getting out of control?
  35. How can I tell when my child's asthma is getting out of control?
  36. How to avoid getting a fungal nail infection
  37. How to help your child avoid ear infections
  38. HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine
  39. Huntington’s disease
  40. Hypernatraemia
  41. Hyponatraemia
  42. Hysterectomy

I

  1. Impetigo
  2. Inguinal hernia: hernia surgery
  3. Inguinal hernia: what is it?
  4. Inguinal hernia: what treatments work?
  5. Insect bites and stings
  6. Insomnia
  7. Irritable bowel syndrome
  8. Irritable bowel syndrome: questions to ask your doctor
  9. Irritable bowel syndrome: what treatments work?
  10. Ischaemic bowel disease: what is it?
  11. Ischaemic bowel disease: what treatments work?

J

  1. Jaundice in newborn babies: what is it?
  2. Jaundice in newborn babies: what treatments work?
  3. Jet lag

K

  1. Kidney cancer
  2. Kidney infection
  3. Kidney stones
  4. Knee injections
  5. Knee replacement surgery

L

  1. Labyrinthitis
  2. Large bowel obstruction
  3. Laryngeal mask airway
  4. Leg cramps: what are they?
  5. Leg cramps: what treatments work?
  6. Leg ulcers
  7. Leukaemia (acute lymphocytic)
  8. Leukaemia (chronic lymphocytic)
  9. Living with Crohn's disease
  10. Living with fibromyalgia
  11. Lumbar puncture
  12. Lung cancer (non-small-cell)
  13. Lung cancer: questions to ask your doctor
  14. Lyme disease
  15. Lymphoedema: what is it?
  16. Lymphoedema: what treatments are available?

M

  1. Macular degeneration
  2. Malaria prevention
  3. Mastitis in breastfeeding women
  4. Mastitis: breastfeeding advice
  5. Measles, mumps, and rubella: should my child have the MMR vaccine?
  6. Melanoma: questions to ask your doctor
  7. MenACWY vaccine
  8. MenB (meningococcal group B) vaccine
  9. Meniere's disease
  10. Meningitis and septicaemia
  11. Menopause: questions to ask your doctor
  12. Menopause: should I take HRT?
  13. Menopause: what is it?
  14. Middle ear infection
  15. Migraine
  16. Migraine in children
  17. Migraine in children: medicines to prevent attacks
  18. Migraines: questions to ask your doctor
  19. Miscarriage
  20. Mitral valve prolapse
  21. Monkeypox
  22. Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
  23. Morning sickness
  24. Morning sickness: questions to ask your doctor
  25. Mouth ulcers
  26. Multiple myeloma
  27. Multiple sclerosis
  28. Multiple sclerosis: questions to ask your doctor
  29. Myasthenia gravis

N

  1. Nasopharyngeal airway (breathing tube in the nose)
  2. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
  3. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: questions to ask your doctor
  4. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
  5. Nosebleeds (epistaxis) in adults
  6. Nosebleeds in children

O

  1. Obesity - diet and exercise
  2. Obesity - drugs and surgery
  3. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  4. Oesophageal cancer
  5. Opioid-use disorder
  6. Oral thrush: how to reduce your risk
  7. Oral thrush: what is it?
  8. Oral thrush: what treatments work?
  9. Osteoarthritis: questions to ask your doctor
  10. Osteoarthritis: what is it?
  11. Osteoarthritis: what treatments work?
  12. Osteomyelitis
  13. Osteoporosis
  14. Osteoporosis: questions to ask your doctor
  15. Osteoporosis: what treatments work?
  16. Outer ear infection
  17. Ovarian cancer
  18. Ovarian cancer: what treatments work?
  19. Ovarian cyst
  20. Ovarian torsion

P

  1. Painful periods
  2. Pancreas cancer: questions to ask your doctor
  3. Pancreatic cancer
  4. Pancreatitis, acute
  5. Panic attacks: questions to ask your doctor
  6. Panic attacks: what are they?
  7. Panic attacks: what treatments work?
  8. Paracetamol overdose
  9. Parkinson's disease: questions to ask your doctor
  10. Parkinson's disease: what is it?
  11. Parkinson's disease: what treatments work?
  12. Pelvic inflammatory disease
  13. Peptic ulcers
  14. Pericarditis
  15. Peripheral arterial disease
  16. Persistent depressive disorder (long-term depression)
  17. Personality disorders: what are they?
  18. Personality disorders: what treatments work?
  19. Phobias
  20. Pleural effusion
  21. Pneumococcal vaccine in babies and children
  22. Pneumonia
  23. Pneumonia: do I need a vaccine?
  24. Pneumonia: questions to ask your doctor
  25. Pneumothorax
  26. Polycystic ovary syndrome
  27. Polycystic ovary syndrome: questions to ask your doctor
  28. Polycystic ovary syndrome: what treatments work?
  29. Polymyalgia rheumatica
  30. Post traumatic stress disorder
  31. Post-traumatic stress disorder: questions to ask your doctor
  32. Post-traumatic stress disorder: what treatments work?
  33. Postnatal depression
  34. Postnatal depression: questions to ask your doctor
  35. Postural hypotension (low blood pressure when you stand up)
  36. Pre-diabetes
  37. Pre-eclampsia: questions to ask your doctor
  38. Pre-eclampsia: what is it?
  39. Pre-eclampsia: what treatments work?
  40. Premature labour
  41. Premenstrual syndrome
  42. Pressure sores
  43. Preventing another stroke
  44. Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease): what is it?
  45. Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease): what treatments work?
  46. Prostate cancer
  47. Prostate cancer: questions to ask your doctor
  48. Prostate surgery: transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
  49. Prostatitis
  50. Psoriasis: what is it?
  51. Psoriasis: what treatments work?
  52. Psychogenic polydipsia
  53. Psychosis
  54. Pulmonary embolism: what is it?
  55. Pulmonary embolism: what treatments work?

Q

  1. Questions to ask your doctor if you've had a stroke

R

  1. Raynaud's phenomenon
  2. Reflux in very young children
  3. Rheumatic fever
  4. Rheumatoid arthritis
  5. Rheumatoid arthritis: questions to ask your doctor
  6. Ringworm of the body
  7. Rosacea: what is it?
  8. Rosacea: what treatments work?
  9. Rotator cuff injury
  10. Rotavirus vaccine
  11. Routine screening for prostate cancer

S

  1. Sarcoidosis
  2. Scabies
  3. Scalp ringworm
  4. Schizoaffective disorder
  5. Schizophrenia: questions to ask your doctor
  6. Schizophrenia: what is it?
  7. Schizophrenia: what treatments work?
  8. Seasonal affective disorder
  9. Self-help for panic disorder
  10. Sepsis in adults
  11. Sepsis in children
  12. Septic arthritis
  13. Serotonin syndrome
  14. Sexual dysfunction in women
  15. Shingles vaccine
  16. Shingles: what is it?
  17. Shingles: what treatments work?
  18. Shoulder injections
  19. Sickle cell disease: what is it?
  20. Sickle cell disease: what treatments work?
  21. Sinusitis
  22. Skin cancer (melanoma): how is it diagnosed and treated?
  23. Skin cancer (melanoma): what is it?
  24. Skin cancer (squamous cell)
  25. Sleep apnoea in adults (obstructive)
  26. Slipped disc (lower back): what is it?
  27. Slipped disc (lower back): what treatments work?
  28. Slipped disc: questions to ask your doctor
  29. Small bowel obstruction
  30. Sore throat
  31. Spinal cord compression: what is it?
  32. Spinal cord compression: what treatments work?
  33. Spinal stenosis
  34. Squamous cell skin cancer: questions to ask your doctor
  35. Stable angina: questions to ask your doctor
  36. Stable angina: what is it?
  37. Stable angina: what treatments work?
  38. Stable angina: what you can do to help yourself
  39. Staying safe in the sun
  40. Stopping smoking
  41. Stress incontinence in women
  42. Stress incontinence: how to do pelvic floor exercises
  43. Stroke: emergency treatment
  44. Subarachnoid haemorrhage
  45. Sudden infant death syndrome: how can I reduce the risk?
  46. Suicide risk management
  47. Syphilis screening
  48. Syphilis: how is it diagnosed and treated?
  49. Syphilis: what is it?
  50. Systemic lupus erythematosus

T

  1. Temporomandibular disorders
  2. Tennis elbow
  3. Tension-type headache
  4. Testicular cancer
  5. Testicular cancer: questions to ask your doctor
  6. Threadworm
  7. Thrush
  8. Tinnitus
  9. Tonsillectomy (surgery to remove the tonsils)
  10. Tonsillitis
  11. Tourette’s syndrome
  12. Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy: what is it?
  13. Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy: what treatments work?
  14. Transient ischaemic attack (mini stroke)
  15. Treating coughs and colds in children
  16. Trigeminal neuralgia
  17. Tuberculosis

U

  1. Ulcerative colitis: what is it?
  2. Ulcerative colitis: what treatments work?
  3. Underactive thyroid
  4. Underactive thyroid: questions to ask your doctor
  5. Understanding your blood pressure reading
  6. Unstable angina: what is it?
  7. Unstable angina: what treatments work?
  8. Urinary incontinence in women
  9. Urinary tract infections in children
  10. Urinary tract infections in men

V

  1. Varicocele
  2. Varicose veins: questions to ask your doctor
  3. Varicose veins: self-help
  4. Varicose veins: surgery to remove varicose veins
  5. Varicose veins: what are they?
  6. Varicose veins: what treatments work?
  7. Vitamin B12 deficiency
  8. Vitamin D deficiency

W

  1. Warts (common)
  2. Weight problems in adults: questions to ask your doctor
  3. Weight problems in children
  4. Weight problems in children: changing unhealthy habits
  5. Weight problems in children: improving a child's diet
  6. Weight problems in children: increasing physical activity
  7. What you can do to prevent another heart attack
  8. Whiplash
  9. Wrinkles

Y

  1. Your child: getting to sleep and staying asleep

Z

  1. Zika virus
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