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Hair Analysis
Hair Loss
Hair Transplant Surgery
Hammer, Claw, and Mallet Toes
Hand hygiene: A guide to clean hands
Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome (HCPS)
Having a Hip Replacement: Activities and sports
Having a Hip Replacement: After your surgery
Having a Hip Replacement: Before your surgery
Having a Hip Replacement: Chores
Having a Hip Replacement: Day of surgery
Having a Hip Replacement: Equipment you’ll need
Having a Hip Replacement: Exercise, sports, and other activities
Having a Hip Replacement: Exercises before surgery – Phase 1 exercises
Having a Hip Replacement: Exercises to help you recover – Phase 2 exercises
Having a Hip Replacement: Getting around
Having a Hip Replacement: Going home
Having a Hip Replacement: Having a hip replacement
Having a Hip Replacement: Hip replacement surgery
Having a Hip Replacement: Moving around and caring for yourself
Having a Hip Replacement: Personal care
Having a Hip Replacement: Resources
Having a Hip Replacement: Safe sex positions
Having a Hip Replacement: When to get medical help
Having a Knee Replacement: Activities and sports
Having a Knee Replacement: After your surgery
Having a Knee Replacement: Before your surgery
Having a Knee Replacement: Chores
Having a Knee Replacement: Day of surgery
Having a Knee Replacement: Equipment you'll need
Having a Knee Replacement: Exercise, sports and other activities
Having a Knee Replacement: Exercises before surgery - Phase 1 exercises
Having a Knee Replacement: Exercises to help you recover - Phase 2 exercises
Having a Knee Replacement: Getting around
Having a Knee Replacement: Going home
Having a Knee Replacement: Having a knee replacement
Having a Knee Replacement: Knee replacement surgery
Having a Knee Replacement: Moving around and caring for yourself
Having a Knee Replacement: Personal care
Having a Knee Replacement: Resources
Having a Knee Replacement: Safe sex positions
Having a Knee Replacement: When to get medical help
Hay Fever and Other Seasonal Allergies
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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: Headache treatments for children
Headaches in Children: Medicines for migraines in children
Headaches in Children: Types and causes of headaches in children
Headaches: Managing a Headache
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-Associated Pneumonia (Nosocomial Pneumonia)
Healthwise Self-Care Checklist: Do I Need to Go to the Doctor?
Healthy Aging
Healthy Aging and Driving: Driving safety for older adults
Healthy Aging: Is It Time to Stop Driving?
Healthy Bladder and Bowel: Bladder and bowel diary
Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating for Children
Healthy Eating: 3-Day food and activity journal
Healthy Eating: Changing Your Eating Habits
Healthy Eating: Eating Heart-Healthy Foods
Healthy Eating: Eating Less Sodium
Healthy Eating: Getting Support When Changing Your Eating Habits
Healthy Eating: Helping Your Child Learn Healthy Eating Habits
Healthy Eating: How can I fit more vegetables and fruit into a healthy meal?
Healthy Eating: Making Healthy Choices When You Eat Out
Healthy Eating: Overcoming Barriers to Change
Healthy Eating: Setting goals for lifestyle change
Healthy Eating: Taking Calcium and Vitamin D
Healthy Muscles
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: Guide to buying hearing aids for adults
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
Heart Block
Heart Disease Risk Calculator
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: After surgery
Heart Surgery: Call your doctor with concerns
Heart Surgery: Cardiac rehabilitation program
Heart Surgery: Cardiac resources and research
Heart Surgery: Care after surgery
Heart Surgery: Exercises
Heart Surgery: Getting ready for surgery
Heart Surgery: Getting Ready to Go Home
Heart Surgery: Getting ready to go home
Heart Surgery: How the heart works
Heart Surgery: Overview
Heart Surgery: Recovering at home
Heart Surgery: Recovery exercises
Heart Surgery: Taking care of yourself
Heart Surgery: The surgery
Heart Surgery: Types of heart surgery
Heart Surgery: Waiting for surgery
Heart Surgery: Walking, work, and activities
Heart Surgery: When to call your doctor
Heart Surgery: When to Call Your Doctor after You Go Home
Heart Transplant
Heart Valve Disease
Heartburn
Heat Rash
Heat-Related Illnesses
Heavy Menstrual Periods
Helicobacter Pylori Tests
HELLP Syndrome
Helpful Resources: Final Days - Overview
Helpful Resources: Final Days - Resources
Helpful Resources: Final Days - Trying to Understand
Helpful Resources: Final Days – What to Expect
Helpful Resources: Final Days - When Death Happens
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 older adults recover after a disaster or emergency: Care instructions
Helping Your Child Build Inner Strength
Helping Your Child Build Self-Esteem
Hemochromatosis
Hemochromatosis Gene (HFE) Test
Hemochromatosis Genetic Screening
Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis: Angiogram/ Fistulogram and Angioplasty of Your AV Fistula or Graft
Hemodialysis: Caring for your new central venous catheter (CVC) for dialysis
Hemodialysis: What does a shorter hemodialysis time 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
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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
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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: Good Reasons to be More Active
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
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HPV: Should I Get the Vaccine?
HPV: Should My Child Get the Vaccine?
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Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) Test
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Test
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Test of the Cervix
Humour Therapy
Huntington Disease Genetic Test
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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
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