Patient information

A

1. Abdominal aortic aneurysm
2. Abortion: having an abortion
3. Absence seizures in children
4. Acetaminophen overdose
5. Acne
6. Acute kidney injury
7. Acute liver failure
8. Acute respiratory distress syndrome
9. Addison disease: what is it?
10. Addison disease: what treatments work?
11. Adenoidectomy
12. ADHD in children: what treatments work?
13. ADHD: questions to ask your doctor
14. ADHD: what is it?
15. Alcohol use disorder
16. Alcohol withdrawal
17. Alcoholic liver disease
18. Alopecia areata
19. Alzheimer disease and other kinds of dementia
20. Alzheimer disease and other kinds of dementia: what treatments work?
21. Amebic dysentery
22. Amebic dysentery: prevention
23. Amphetamine-use disorder
24. Anal tears
25. Anaphylaxis
26. Anemia, iron deficiency
27. Ankle sprain
28. Ankylosing spondylitis: what is it?
29. Ankylosing spondylitis: what treatments work?
30. Anorexia
31. Anorexia nervosa: how to help if someone you know may have it
32. Anorexia: questions to ask your doctor
33. Anterior cruciate ligament injury
34. Antibiotics: what you need to know
35. Anxiety
36. Anxiety: questions to ask your doctor
37. Anxiety: what treatments work?
38. Aortic dissection
39. Aortic stenosis
40. Appendicitis
41. Ascitic tap and ascitic drain procedures
42. Asthma in adults
43. Asthma in adults: questions to ask your doctor
44. Asthma in adults: what treatments work?
45. Asthma in children
46. Asthma in children: questions to ask your doctor
47. Asthma in children: types of inhalers
48. Asthma in children: what treatments work?
49. Athlete's foot
50. Atrial fibrillation
51. Atrial fibrillation: what treatments work?
52. Autism spectrum disorder: information for parents - What is autism spectrum disorder?
53. Autism spectrum disorder: information for parents - What treatments work?
54. Autism: 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 medications work?
17. Bladder cancer
18. Bowel cancer
19. Bowel cancer: questions to ask your doctor
20. Bradycardia
21. Breast cancer, locally advanced: what treatments work?
22. Breast cancer: breast-conserving surgery
23. Breast cancer: DCIS (very early breast cancer) in women
24. Breast cancer: locally advanced
25. Breast cancer: questions to ask your doctor
26. Breast cancer: routine screening (mammography)
27. Breast lumps, non-cancer (benign)
28. Breast pain
29. Brief psychotic disorder
30. Bronchiectasis: what is it?
31. Bronchiectasis: what treatments work?
32. Bronchiolitis
33. Bronchitis
34. Bronchoscopy
35. Bulimia
36. Bulimia: questions to ask your doctor
37. Bulimia: what treatments work?
38. Burns (minor)

C

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

E

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

F

1. Factitious disorders
2. Fatigue: possible causes
3. Febrile convulsions
4. Fecal incontinence
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 dysphoria in adults: hormone treatment
4. Gender dysphoria in adults: surgery
5. Gender dysphoria in adults: what is it?
6. Genital herpes
7. Genital warts
8. GERD: questions to ask your doctor
9. Giant cell arteritis
10. Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis)
11. Glaucoma
12. Glomerulonephritis
13. Gonorrhea
14. Gout
15. Graves disease
16. Grommets
17. Group B strep infection in newborns
18. Guillain-Barre syndrome

H

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

I

1. Impetigo
2. Inguinal hernia: hernia surgery
3. Inguinal hernia: what treatments work?
4. Insect bites and stings
5. Insomnia
6. Intravenous catheter (cannula) insertion
7. Irritable bowel syndrome
8. Irritable bowel syndrome: questions to ask your doctor
9. Irritable bowel syndrome: what treatments work?
10. Ischemic bowel disease: what is it?
11. Ischemic 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. Leukemia (acute lymphocytic)
8. Leukemia (chronic lymphocytic)
9. Living with Crohn 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. Lymphedema: what is it?
16. Lymphedema: 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 disease
10. Meningitis and septicemia
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: medications to prevent attacks
18. Migraines: questions to ask your doctor
19. Miscarriage
20. Mitral valve prolapse
21. Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
22. Morning sickness
23. Morning sickness: questions to ask your doctor
24. Mpox
25. Multiple myeloma
26. Multiple sclerosis
27. Multiple sclerosis: questions to ask your doctor
28. Myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic fatigue syndrome)
29. Myasthenia gravis

N

1. Nasopharyngeal airway (breathing tube in the nose)
2. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
3. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
4. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: questions to ask your doctor
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. Opioid-use disorder
5. Oral thrush: how to reduce your risk
6. Oral thrush: what is it?
7. Oral thrush: what treatments work?
8. Osteoarthritis
9. Osteoarthritis: questions to ask your doctor
10. Osteoarthritis: what treatments work?
11. Osteomyelitis
12. Osteoporosis: questions to ask your doctor
13. Osteoporosis: what is it?
14. Osteoporosis: what treatments work?
15. Outer ear infection
16. Ovarian cancer: what is it?
17. Ovarian cancer: what treatments work?
18. Ovarian cyst
19. Ovarian torsion

P

1. Painful periods
2. Pancreas cancer: questions to ask your doctor
3. Pancreatic cancer
4. Pancreatitis, acute
5. Panic attacks
6. Panic attacks: questions to ask your doctor
7. Panic attacks: what treatments work?
8. Parkinson disease: questions to ask your doctor
9. Parkinson disease: what is it?
10. Parkinson disease: what treatments work?
11. Pelvic inflammatory disease
12. Peptic ulcers
13. Pericarditis
14. Peripheral arterial disease
15. Persistent depressive disorder (long-term depression)
16. Personality disorders: what are they?
17. Personality disorders: what treatments work?
18. Phobias
19. Pinworm
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: questions to ask your doctor
31. Post-traumatic stress disorder: what is it?
32. Post-traumatic stress disorder: what treatments work?
33. Postpartum depression
34. Postpartum depression: questions to ask your doctor
35. Postural hypotension (low blood pressure when you stand up)
36. Prediabetes
37. Preeclampsia
38. Preeclampsia: questions to ask your doctor
39. Preeclampsia: what treatments work?
40. Premature labor
41. Premenstrual syndrome
42. Pressure sores
43. Preventing another stroke
44. Prostate cancer
45. Prostate cancer: questions to ask your doctor
46. Prostate surgery: transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
47. Prostatitis
48. Psoriasis: what is it?
49. Psoriasis: what treatments work
50. Psychogenic polydipsia
51. Psychosis
52. Pulmonary embolism: what is it?
53. Pulmonary embolism: what treatments work?

Q

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

R

1. Raynaud 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. Ringworm on the scalp
8. Rosacea: what is it?
9. Rosacea: what treatments work?
10. Rotator cuff injury
11. Rotavirus vaccine
12. Routine screening for prostate cancer

S

1. Sarcoidosis
2. Scabies
3. Schizoaffective disorder
4. Schizophrenia: questions to ask your doctor
5. Schizophrenia: what is it?
6. Schizophrenia: what treatments work?
7. Seasonal affective disorder
8. Self-help for panic disorder
9. Sepsis in adults
10. Sepsis in children
11. Septic arthritis
12. Serotonin syndrome
13. Sexual dysfunction in women
14. Shingles vaccine
15. Shingles: what is it?
16. Shingles: what treatments work?
17. Shoulder injections
18. Sickle cell disease: what is it?
19. Sickle cell disease: what treatments work?
20. Sinusitis
21. Skin cancer (melanoma): how is it diagnosed and treated?
22. Skin cancer (melanoma): what is it?
23. Skin cancer (squamous cell)
24. Sleep apnea in adults (obstructive)
25. Slipped disk (lower back): what is it?
26. Slipped disk (lower back): what treatments work?
27. Slipped disk: questions to ask your doctor
28. Small bowel obstruction
29. Sore throat
30. Spinal cord compression: what is it?
31. Spinal cord compression: what treatments work?
32. Spinal stenosis
33. Squamous cell skin cancer: questions to ask your doctor
34. Stable angina: questions to ask your doctor
35. Stable angina: what is it?
36. Stable angina: what treatments work?
37. Stable angina: what you can do to help yourself
38. Staying safe in the sun
39. Stress incontinence
40. Stress incontinence: how to do pelvic floor exercises
41. Stroke: treatment
42. Subarachnoid hemorrhage
43. Sudden infant death syndrome: how can I reduce the risk?
44. Syphilis screening
45. Syphilis: how is it diagnosed and treated?
46. Syphilis: what is it?
47. 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. Tinnitus
7. Tonsillectomy (surgery to remove the tonsils)
8. Tonsillitis
9. Tourette syndrome
10. Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy: what is it?
11. Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy: what treatments work?
12. Transient ischemic attack (mini stroke)
13. Treating coughs and colds in children
14. Trigeminal neuralgia
15. 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
3. Varicose veins: questions to ask your doctor
4. Varicose veins: self-help
5. Varicose veins: surgery to remove varicose veins
6. Varicose veins: what treatments work?
7. Vitamin B12 deficiency
8. Vitamin D deficiency

W

1. Warts
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. Yeast infection
2. Your child: getting to sleep and staying asleep

Z

1. Zika virus