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A1Top of page
  1. A1c Test
ABTop of page
  1. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
  2. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Should I Get a Screening Test?
  3. Abdominal Pain, Age 11 and Younger
  4. Abdominal Pain, Age 12 and Older
  5. Abdominal Ultrasound
  6. Abdominal X-Ray
  7. Abnormal Pap Test
  8. Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
  9. Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: Should I Have a Hysterectomy?
  10. Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding
  11. Abortion
  12. Abscessed Tooth
  13. Absorbent Products for Urinary Incontinence
  14. Abuse in Vulnerable Adults
  15. Abusive Head Trauma
ACTop of page
  1. Acetaminophen and codeine: After your visit
  2. Acetaminophen in children: Your care instructions
  3. Acetaminophen: Your care instructions
  4. Achilles Tendon Injury: Physiotherapy and Rehab
  5. Achilles Tendon Problems
  6. Achilles Tendon Tear
  7. ACL Injury: Exercises to Do Before Treatment
  8. ACL Injury: Should I Have Knee Surgery?
  9. Acne
  10. Acne: Should I Take Isotretinoin for Severe Acne?
  11. Acquired Von Willebrand Disease
  12. Actinic Keratosis
  13. Active Children: Canadian sedentary behaviour guidelines
  14. Active Children: Children and Adults Active Together
  15. Active Children: Get outdoors and explore
  16. Active Children: Getting Children Active Outside
  17. Active Children: Let’s play
  18. Active Children: Preschool active play
  19. Active Children: Rewarding Children for Being Active
  20. Active Children: Video Games and Technology Helpers
  21. Active Ideas: Creating a Low-Cost Home Gym
  22. Active Ideas: Fun Activities for You and Your Family
  23. Active Ideas: Think Before You Buy Exercise Equipment
  24. Active Ideas: Tips for People Who Don't Like to Exercise
  25. Active Older Adults: Being Active All Year
  26. Active Older Adults: Walking
  27. Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer
  28. Acupuncture
  29. Acute Bronchitis
  30. Acute Coronary Syndrome
  31. Acute Flaccid Myelitis
  32. Acute Kidney Injury
  33. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
  34. Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
  35. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
  36. Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)
ADTop of page
  1. Addiction Information for Young People: If Relapse Happens
  2. Addiction Information for Young People: Positive Changes - Activity
  3. Addiction Information for Young People: Supporting Your Teen in Recovery
  4. Addiction Treatment in Alberta: What Now?
  5. Addiction: Helping Others: Addiction in the Family
  6. Addiction: Helping Others: How to Find Help for Someone
  7. Addiction: Helping Others: How to Tell if There is an Alcohol Issue
  8. Addiction: Helping Others: When Someone in Your Home Misuses Alcohol
  9. Addiction: Leisure and Recovery: Being Motivated
  10. Addiction: Leisure and Recovery: Get Active
  11. Addiction: Leisure and Recovery: Getting Started
  12. Addiction: Leisure and Recovery: High-Risk Situations
  13. Addiction: Leisure and Recovery: Leisure for Life
  14. Addiction: Leisure and Recovery: Making a Leisure Plan
  15. Addiction: Leisure and Recovery: Making Choices
  16. Addiction: Leisure and Recovery: Overview
  17. Addiction: Leisure and Recovery: Staying With Your Leisure Program
  18. Addiction: Leisure and Recovery: Technology and Leisure
  19. Addiction: Leisure and Recovery: What is Leisure?
  20. Adding protein and calories to your child’s diet: Information for parents and caregivers
  21. Adding protein and calories to your diet: Lifestyle and nutrition tips
  22. Addison's Disease
  23. Adenomyosis
  24. ADHD: Helping Your Child Get the Most From School
  25. ADHD: Helping Your Child Get Things Done
  26. ADHD: Should My Child Take Medicine for ADHD?
  27. Adjustable Gastric Banding Surgery
  28. Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) Test
  29. Adults in care: What to do when health needs change
  30. Advance Care Planning : Choose
  31. Advance Care Planning : Communicate
  32. Advance Care Planning : Conversations Matter
  33. Advance Care Planning : Document
  34. Advance Care Planning : Goals of Care Designations
  35. Advance Care Planning : Green Sleeve
  36. Advance Care Planning : Learn
  37. Advance Care Planning : Other Places to Get Help
  38. Advance Care Planning : Resources
  39. Advance Care Planning : Think About
  40. Advance Care Planning : Tools and Checklists
  41. Advance Care Planning : Topic Overview
  42. Advance Care Planning: Should I Stop Kidney Dialysis?
AFTop of page
  1. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: After a Brain Injury
  2. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Bowel and Bladder Changes after a Brain Injury
  3. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Caring for the Caregiver after a Brain Injury
  4. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Changes after a Brain Injury
  5. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Changes in Attention and Concentration
  6. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Changes in Judgement and Problem-Solving
  7. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Changes in Memory
  8. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Changes in Perception after a Brain Injury
  9. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Changes in Planning and Self-Awareness
  10. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Communication and Language Changes after a Brain Injury
  11. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Depression and Lowered Self-Esteem
  12. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Driving after a Brain Injury
  13. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Fatigue after a Brain Injury
  14. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
  15. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Going Back to Work and School after a Brain Injury
  16. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Headaches after a Brain Injury
  17. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Hearing and Dizziness after a Brain Injury
  18. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Intimacy and Sexuality after a Brain Injury
  19. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Leaving the Hospital after a Brain Injury
  20. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Level 1, 2, and 3
  21. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Level 4
  22. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Level 5 and 6
  23. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Level 7
  24. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Level 8
  25. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Level 9 and 10
  26. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Life after a Brain Injury
  27. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Overview
  28. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Physical Changes after a Brain Injury
  29. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Recovering after a Brain Injury
  30. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Recreation and Leisure Changes after Brain Injury
  31. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Rehabilitation
  32. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Resources and References
  33. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Seizures after a Brain Injury
  34. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Skin Changes after a Brain Injury
  35. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Social and Emotional Changes after a Brain Injury
  36. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Social Situations & Effects due to Stress
  37. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Swallowing Changes after a Brain Injury
  38. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: The Brain
  39. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: The First Few Weeks
  40. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: The Rancho Los Amigo Scale: Levels of Cognitive Functioning
  41. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Thinking and Memory Changes after a Brain Injury
  42. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Tips to Help with Communication
  43. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Using Alcohol and Drugs after a Brain Injury
  44. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Vision After A Brain Injury
  45. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Weight Changes after a Brain Injury
  46. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: What is an Acquired Brain Injury?
  47. After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and their Families: Your Brain Injury Team
  48. After Your Miscarriage: Additional Options for Support
  49. After Your Miscarriage: At the Time of Your Miscarriage
  50. After Your Miscarriage: Care for Miscarriages
  51. After Your Miscarriage: Caring For Your Baby's Remains
  52. After Your Miscarriage: Finding Support After a Miscarriage
  53. After Your Miscarriage: Remembering Your Baby
  54. After Your Miscarriage: Saying Goodbye
  55. After Your Miscarriage: The Grief Journey
  56. After Your Miscarriage: Ways to Cope
  57. After Your Miscarriage: Your Body
AGTop of page
  1. Age-Related Hearing Loss
  2. Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  3. Aging Well: Making Your Home Fall-Proof
AITop of page
  1. Aids to Mobility: How to Choose and Use a 4 Wheeled Walker
  2. Aids to Mobility: How to Use a Cane
  3. Aids to Mobility: How to Use a Walker
  4. Aids to Mobility: How to Use Crutches
  5. Air Quality: Air Quality Health Index (AQHI)
  6. Air Quality: Wildfire smoke and your health
ALTop of page
  1. Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) Test
  2. Alberta Blood Transfusion Information: Blood transfusions: Frequently asked questions
  3. Alberta Blood Transfusion Information: For Babies
  4. Alberta Blood Transfusion Information: For Children
  5. Alberta Blood Transfusion Information: When you need Rh immune globulin
  6. Alberta Blood Transfusion Information: When your child needs special red blood cells or platelets
  7. Albumin Urine Test
  8. Alcohol and Drug Problems: Common Questions about PMA and PMMA
  9. Alcohol and Drug Use
  10. Alcohol and Drug Use in Young People
  11. Alcohol and Other Drugs: Alcohol
  12. Alcohol and Other Drugs: Alcohol and Other Drugs Self-Care Resources
  13. Alcohol and Other Drugs: Alcohol: What to Look For
  14. Alcohol and Other Drugs: Binge Drinking
  15. Alcohol and Other Drugs: Drug Use
  16. Alcohol and Other Drugs: Drug Use: What to Look For
  17. Alcohol and Other Drugs: Effects of Alcohol
  18. Alcohol and Other Drugs: Harm Reduction Tips
  19. Alcohol and Other Drugs: Tips for Safer Alcohol Use
  20. Alcohol and Your Health
  21. Alcohol Problems: Helping Someone Get Treatment
  22. Alcohol Withdrawal
  23. Aldosterone in Blood Test
  24. Aldosterone in Urine Test
  25. Alkaline Phosphatase Test
  26. All about your child’s earmolds: What you need to know
  27. Allergic Reaction
  28. Allergic Rhinitis
  29. Allergies
  30. Allergies in Children: Giving an Epinephrine Shot to a Child
  31. Allergies: Avoiding Indoor Triggers
  32. Allergies: Avoiding Outdoor Triggers
  33. Allergies: Giving Yourself an Epinephrine Shot
  34. Allergies: Should I Take Allergy Shots?
  35. Allergies: Should I Take Shots for Insect Sting Allergies?
  36. Allergy Shots for Allergic Rhinitis
  37. Allergy Shots for Asthma
  38. Allergy Tests
  39. Allergy to Natural Rubber (Latex)
  40. Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant
  41. All-terrain Vehicle (ATV) Safety : Madison’s Story
  42. All-terrain Vehicle (ATV) Safety: Ashten and Sarada's Story
  43. All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs): ATV safety
  44. Alopecia Areata
  45. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Genetic Testing
  46. Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) Test
  47. Altitude Sickness
  48. Alzheimer's Disease
  49. Alzheimer's Disease: Should I Take Medicines?
AMTop of page
  1. Amblyopia
  2. Amblyopia: Wearing an Eye Patch
  3. Ambulatory Electrocardiogram (EKG)
  4. Ammonia Test
  5. Amniocentesis
  6. Amylase Test
  7. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
ANTop of page
  1. Anabolic Steroids
  2. Anal Cancer
  3. Anal Fissure
  4. Anemia
  5. Anemia of Chronic Disease (ACD)
  6. Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease
  7. Anesthesia
  8. Anger, Hostility, and Violent Behaviour
  9. Angina
  10. Angiogram
  11. Angiogram of the Head and Neck
  12. Angiogram of the Lung
  13. Animal and Human Bites
  14. Animals in healthcare facilities: Pet visits
  15. Ankle Sprain
  16. Ankle-Brachial Index Test
  17. Ankylosing Spondylitis
  18. Anorexia Nervosa
  19. Anosmia
  20. Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries
  21. Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Surgery
  22. Anthrax
  23. Antibiotic Sensitivity Test
  24. Antibiotic-resistant organisms (ARO): When you're in the hospital
  25. Antibody Tests for Lupus
  26. Antidepressant Withdrawal
  27. Antigen Tests for Giardiasis
  28. Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA) Test
  29. Antioxidants
  30. Antisperm Antibody Test
  31. Antithyroid Antibody Tests
  32. Anxiety
  33. Anxiety During and After Pregnancy
  34. Anxiety: Stop Negative Thoughts
AOTop of page
  1. Aortic Aneurysm
  2. Aortic Dissection
  3. Aortic Valve Regurgitation
  4. Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery
  5. Aortic Valve Stenosis
  6. Aortobifemoral Bypass Surgery
APTop of page
  1. Appendicitis
ARTop of page
  1. Arm Injuries
  2. Arm Problems, Non-Injury
  3. Arnica
  4. Aromatherapy (Essential Oils Therapy)
  5. Arterial Blood Gases (ABG) Test
  6. Arthritis: Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis
  7. Arthritis: Should I Have Knee Replacement Surgery?
  8. Arthritis: Should I Have Shoulder Replacement Surgery?
  9. Arthrogram (Joint X-Ray)
  10. Arthroplasty for Rheumatoid Arthritis
  11. Arthroscopy
  12. Arthroscopy for Rheumatoid Arthritis
  13. Arthroscopy for Temporomandibular Disorders (TMDs)
  14. Artificial Sphincter for Urinary Incontinence in Men
ASTop of page
  1. Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Panel (AJGP)
  2. Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) Test
  3. Aspiration of the Bursa
  4. Aspirin: Should I Take Daily Aspirin to Prevent a Heart Attack or Stroke?
  5. Asthma
  6. Asthma in Children
  7. Asthma in Teenagers and Adults
  8. Asthma: Identifying Your Triggers
  9. Asthma: Measuring Peak Flow
  10. Asthma: Taking Charge of Your Asthma
  11. Asthma: Using an Asthma Action Plan
ATTop of page
  1. At Home: Arm and Shoulder Exercises
  2. At Home: Drain Care
  3. At Home: General Diet, Activity, and Exercise
  4. At Home: Personal Care
  5. At Home: Prosthesis (After Mastectomy)
  6. At Home: Scar Massage
  7. At Home: What to Watch For
  8. At Home: When to Call Your Surgeon
  9. At Home: Your Incision
  10. Atherosclerosis
  11. Athlete's Foot
  12. Atrial Fibrillation
  13. Atrial Fibrillation: Should I Have Catheter Ablation?
  14. Atrial Fibrillation: Should I Take an Anticoagulant to Prevent Stroke?
  15. Atrial Fibrillation: Should I Try Electrical Cardioversion?
  16. Atrial Fibrillation: Which Anticoagulant Should I Take to Prevent Stroke?
  17. Atrial Flutter: Symptoms and causes
  18. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
AUTop of page
  1. Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD): Information for families
  2. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  3. Autoimmune disease and diabetes: Autoimmune thyroid disease and diabetes
  4. Autoimmune Disease Tests
  5. Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
  6. Autopsy
AVTop of page
  1. Avascular Necrosis (Osteonecrosis)
  2. Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
  3. Avulsion Fracture
AYTop of page
  1. Ayurveda
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