MyHealth.Alberta.ca Network
Home
Health Information and Tools
MyHealth Videos
Find Healthcare
About MyHealth.Alberta.ca
Healthier Together
MyHealth Records
Health A-Z
Healthy Living
Tests & Treatments
Medications
Find Healthcare
Patient Care Handouts
MyHealth.Alberta.ca
It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again.
Health Information and Tools
>
Find Health Information by Disease & Conditions
Main Content
Find Health Information by Disease & Conditions
Search Topics
Health Topics
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
0-9
HA
HE
HI
HO
HP
HU
HY
HA
Top of page
Hair Analysis
Hair Loss
Hair Transplant Surgery
Hammer, Claw, and Mallet Toes
Hand hygiene: A guide to clean hands
Hand Hygiene: A Guide to Clean Hands in Health Care Facilities
Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome (HCPS)
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Caring for Your Mouth
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Caring for your Skin
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Caring for Yourself
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Complications
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Conditioning Phase
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Day of Transplant
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Emotional Adjustment and Support
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Finding a Caregiver
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Finding a Donor
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Graft versus Host Disease (GVHD)
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Infection
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Managing Your Environment
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Medications
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Mood and Concentration
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Nutrition and Activity
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Other Considerations
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Overview
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant: Tests and Treatments
Hay Fever and Other Seasonal Allergies
HE
Top of page
Head injury in children: HEAL
Head Injury, Age 3 and Younger
Head Injury, Age 4 and Older
Head Lice
Head Lice: How to Treat Head Lice
Headaches
Headaches
Headaches in Children
Headaches in Children: Medicines to Prevent Migraines in Children
Headaches in Children: Treatments
Headaches in Children: Types and Causes of Headaches in Children
Headaches: Finding and Avoiding Triggers
Headaches: Managing a Headache
Headaches: Relaxation Audio Tracks
Headaches: Should I Take Medicine to Prevent Migraines?
Healing Touch
Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years
Health and Safety, Birth to 2 Years
Health Screening: Finding Health Problems Early
Health Screenings: Should I Buy Commercial Tests?
Health Tracking Forms and Checklists
Healthcare 101: Background
Healthcare 101: Co-Design Team
Healthcare 101: Healthcare 101: Co-designed with Albertans, for Albertans
Healthcare 101: Healthcare Basics for Albertans
Healthcare Basics for Albertans: Partners
Healthcare Basics for Albertans: Resources
Healthcare Basics for Albertans: Services
Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia (Nosocomial Pneumonia)
Healthwise Self-Care Checklist: Do I Need to Go to the Doctor?
Healthy Aging
Healthy Aging and Driving: Motor Vehicle Safety for Older Adults
Healthy Aging: Is It Time to Stop Driving?
Healthy Bladder and Bowel: Bladder and bowel diary
Healthy Bladder and Bowel: Factors that affect your bladder health
Healthy Bladder and Bowel: Retraining the Bladder
Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating for Children
Healthy Eating: 3-Day Food and Activity Journal
Healthy Eating: Changing Your Eating Habits
Healthy Eating: Cutting Unhealthy Fats From Your Diet
Healthy Eating: Eating Heart-Healthy Foods
Healthy Eating: Eating Less Sodium
Healthy Eating: Getting Started: Setting SMART Goals
Healthy Eating: Getting Support When Changing Your Eating Habits
Healthy Eating: Healthy Holiday Eating
Healthy Eating: Helping Your Child Learn Healthy Eating Habits
Healthy Eating: Making Healthy Choices When You Eat Out
Healthy Eating: Making Healthy Choices When You Shop
Healthy Eating: Overcoming Barriers to Change
Healthy Eating: Recognizing Your Hunger Signals
Healthy Eating: Setting Goals for Lifestyle Change
Healthy Eating: Starting a Plan for Change
Healthy Eating: Staying With Your Plan
Healthy Eating: Taking Calcium and Vitamin D
Healthy Living: Multicultural Information about Heart Disease, Stroke and Healthy Living
Hearing Aids
Hearing aids: How to care for your child’s hearing aid and earmold
Hearing Loss
Hearing loss in children with Down syndrome: What you need to know
Hearing Loss: Should I Get Hearing Aids?
Hearing screening for adults of all ages: Using the hearWHO app
Hearing technology for children: What you need to know
Hearing technology: Learning about
Hearing Tests
Hearing Tests: Learning about your child’s tests
Hearing tests: What happens at a hearing test appointment
Hearing: Childhood Ear Infections
Hearing: Communicating If You Have Hearing Loss
Hearing: Communicating with People Who Have Trouble Hearing
Hearing: Helping Children with Hearing Loss to Listen and Learn
Hearing: How Do I Know if My Child Can Hear Me?
Hearing: Tips for When It's Hard to Communicate
Heart and Circulation
Heart Arrhythmias and Exercise
Heart Attack and Unstable Angina
Heart Block
Heart Disease Risk Calculator
Heart Disease Risk Calculator: Overview
Heart disease: Statin medicines: Clearing up myths
Heart Failure
Heart Failure Daily Action Plan
Heart Failure: Activity and Exercise
Heart Failure: Avoiding Medicines That Make Symptoms Worse
Heart Failure: Avoiding Triggers for Sudden Heart Failure
Heart failure: Heart failure medicines
Heart Failure: Managing heart failure: Heart failure action plan
Heart Failure: Should I Get a Pacemaker (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)?
Heart Failure: Should I Get an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)?
Heart Failure: Taking Medicines Properly
Heart Failure: Watching Your Fluids
Heart failure: Weight chart
Heart Health: Walking for a Healthy Heart
Heart Murmur
Heart Rate Problems: Should I Get a Pacemaker?
Heart Rhythm Problems: Should I Get an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)?
Heart Surgery: About Your Heart
Heart Surgery: Activity after Surgery
Heart Surgery: After Surgery
Heart Surgery: Care After Surgery
Heart Surgery: Day of Surgery
Heart Surgery: Getting Ready for Surgery
Heart Surgery: Getting Ready To Go Home
Heart Surgery: Heart Surgery Overview
Heart Surgery: Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation
Heart Surgery: Recovering at Home
Heart Surgery: Recovery Exercises
Heart Surgery: Resources
Heart Surgery: The Night before Surgery
Heart Surgery: The Surgery
Heart Surgery: Waiting for Surgery
Heart Surgery: When to Call Your Doctor
Heart Surgery: When to Call Your Family Doctor
Heart Surgery: When You're Having Heart Surgery
Heart Transplant
Heart Valve Disease
Heartburn
Heat Rash
Heat-Related Illnesses
Heavy Menstrual Periods
Helicobacter Pylori Tests
HELLP Syndrome
Helpful Resources: Final Days
Helpful Resources: Grief and Bereavement
Helpful Resources: Stories
Helpful Resources: Symptom Management
Helpful Resources: Symptom Management - Bowel & Bladder
Helpful Resources: Symptom Management - Confusion
Helpful Resources: Symptom Management - Loss of Strength
Helpful Resources: Symptom Management - Nausea & Vomiting
Helpful Resources: Symptom Management - Pain
Helpful Resources: Symptom Management - Shortness of Breath
Helpful Resources: Useful Links
Helpful Resources: Videos
Helping children and teens recover after a disaster or emergency: Care instructions
Helping Children With Disabilities Stay Active
Helping older adults recover after a disaster or emergency: Care instructions
Helping Others: Concerned for a Friend's Alcohol or Drug Use
Helping Others: For Families
Helping Others: For Friends
Helping Others: Keeping Connected With Your Friend
Helping Others: Supporting Your Friend's Mental Wellness
Helping Others: Talking With Your Friend
Helping Your Child Build Inner Strength
Helping Your Child Who Is Overweight
Hemochromatosis
Hemochromatosis Gene (HFE) Test
Hemochromatosis Genetic Screening
Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis: Angiogram/ Fistulogram and Angioplasty of Your AV Fistula or Graft
Hemodialysis: Caring for Your Buttonhole Site
Hemodialysis: Caring for Your New Central Venous Catheter (CVC) for Dialysis
Hemodialysis: What a shorter dialysis time can mean for you
Hemoglobin Electrophoresis Test
Hemophilia
Hemorrhoidectomy
Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids: Which Treatment Should I Use?
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Virus Test
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B Virus Tests
Hepatitis B: How to Avoid Spreading the Virus
Hepatitis B: Should I Be Tested?
Hepatitis B: Should I Take Antiviral Medicine for Chronic Hepatitis B?
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C in Pregnancy
Hepatitis C Viral Load Test
Hepatitis C Virus Tests
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis Panel
Herpes Tests
HI
Top of page
Hiatal Hernia
Hiccups
HIDA Scan
Hidradenitis Suppurativa
High Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy
High Blood Pressure in Children and Teens
High Blood Pressure: Checking Your Blood Pressure at Home
High Blood Pressure: Should I Take Medicine?
High Blood Pressure: Taking Medicines Properly
High Blood Pressure: Using the DASH Diet
High Cholesterol
High Cholesterol: Making Lifestyle Changes
High Triglycerides
High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-CRP) Test
Hip Fracture
Hip Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Hip Injuries, Age 12 and Older
Hip Problems, Age 11 and Younger
Hip Problems, Age 12 and Older
Hip Replacement Surgery: What to expect at home
Hip replacement: Phase 1 exercises before surgery
Hip replacement: Phase 2 exercises after surgery
Hirschsprung Disease
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) Infection
HIV Testing: Should I Get Tested for Human Immunodeficiency Virus?
HIV Viral Load Test
HIV: HIV self-test: What you need to know
HIV: Taking Antiretroviral Medicines
HO
Top of page
Hoarding Disorder
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Home Blood Pressure Test
Home Blood Sugar Test
Home Lung Function Test
Home oxygen: Learning about making an emergency medical plan
Home Pregnancy Tests
Home ventilator and BPAP: Learning about making an emergency medical plan
Homeopathy
Homocysteine
Homocystinuria
Hope and Healing after Suicide: After a suicide: Everyone grieves in their own way
Hope and Healing after Suicide: Healing after a suicide death
Hope and Healing After Suicide: Helping children cope with a suicide death
Hope and healing after suicide: Overview
Hope and Healing after Suicide: References
Hormone Inhibin A Test
Hormones
Housing: Renting in Alberta
How to Start Being Active: Aerobic Training
How to Start Being Active: All about Exercise Words
How to Start Being Active: Getting Ready for Positive Changes
How to Start Being Active: How Active Do I Need to Be?
How to Start Being Active: Physical Activity and Exercise
How to Start Being Active: Strengthening Your Core
How to Start Being Active: The Importance of Being Physically Active Outdoors
How to Start Being Active: Understanding flexibility: An Important part of fitness
HP
Top of page
HPV: Should I Get the Vaccine?
HPV: Should My Child Get the Vaccine?
HU
Top of page
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) Test
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Test
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Test of the Cervix
Humour Therapy
Huntington Disease Genetic Test
HY
Top of page
Hydrocele
Hydrotherapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Hyperkalemia
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypertensive Emergency
Hyperthyroidism
Hyperthyroidism: Graves' Ophthalmopathy
Hyperthyroidism: Should I Use Antithyroid Medicine or Radioactive Iodine?
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hyperventilation
Hypnosis
Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar) in People Without Diabetes
Hypoglycemic Unawareness: Taking Steps to Stay Safe
Hypokalemia
Hyponatremia
Hypospadias
Hypothermia and Cold Temperature Exposure
Hypothyroidism
Hysterectomy
Hysterectomy and Oophorectomy: Should I Use Estrogen Therapy (ET)?
Hysterectomy for Endometrial Cancer
Hysterectomy for Ovarian Cancer
Hysterectomy: Should I Also Have My Ovaries Removed?
Hysterosalpingogram (HSG)
Hysteroscopy
feedback@myhealth.alberta.ca
Include Images
Large Print