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D-Dimer Test
D-Xylose Absorption Test
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Daily hearing aid use for your child: Care instructions
Daily listening check and troubleshooting your child’s hearing aids: Care instructions
Dandruff
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De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
Dealing With Medicine Side Effects and Interactions
Debridement for Rotator Cuff Disorders
Deciding When It’s Time to Quit Smoking: Thinking about quitting smoking
Decompressive Laminectomy for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Surgery
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Degenerative Disc Disease
Dehydration
Delirium : Treatment and how can I help
Delirium in ICU Patients: About ICU delirium
Delirium in ICU Patients: Effects of ICU delirium?
Delirium in ICU Patients: How is ICU delirium diagnosed?
Delirium in ICU Patients: If a loved one is diagnosed
Delirium in ICU Patients: Learn more
Delirium in ICU Patients: References
Delirium in ICU Patients: Signs and diagnosis
Delirium in ICU Patients: Treatment and Prevention
Delirium in ICU Patients: What causes ICU delirium?
Delirium: After delirium
Delirium: Delirium
Delirium: Delirium and dementia
Delirium: Delirium: Causes and risks
Delirium: Prevention and comfort rounds
Delirium: Recognizing delirium
Delirium: Resources
Dementia
Dementia Resource Toolkit: Care and treatment
Dementia Resource Toolkit: Caring for someone with dementia
Dementia Resource Toolkit: Introduction
Dementia Resource Toolkit: Late-stage dementia
Dementia Resource Toolkit: Living with dementia
Dementia Resource Toolkit: Prepare for the future
Dementia Resource Toolkit: Resources
Dementia Resource Toolkit: What is dementia?
Dementia: Antipsychotic Medicine
Dementia: Dementia: Responsive Behaviours
Dengue Fever
Dental Care for Older Adults
Dental Care: 10 fluoride facts
Dental Care: Brushing and Flossing Your Teeth
Dental Care: Community water fluoridation in Alberta
Dental Care: Dental sealants
Dental Care: Fluoride in children
Dental Care: Fluoride toothpaste tips for kids
Dental Crowns
Dental Fillings (Restorations)
Dental Implants
Dental Sealants
Dental X-Rays
Depression
Depression in Children and Teens
Depression in Older Adults
Depression Screening
Depression: Dealing With Medicine Side Effects
Depression: Helping Someone Get Treatment
Depression: Managing Postpartum Depression
Depression: Should I Stop Taking My Antidepressant?
Depression: Should I Take an Antidepressant?
Depression: Should I Take Antidepressants While I'm Pregnant?
Depression: Should My Child Take Medicine to Treat Depression?
Depression: Stop Negative Thoughts
Depression: Supporting Someone Who Is Depressed
Depression: Taking Antidepressants Safely
Dermabrasion
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
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DHEA-S Test
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Diabetes
Diabetes and your eyes: Care instructions
Diabetes in Children: Checking Blood Sugar in a Child
Diabetes in Children: Counting Carbs
Diabetes in Children: Giving Insulin Shots to a Child
Diabetes mellitus: Children with diabetes
Diabetes mellitus: Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus: Diabetes when you’re in the hospital
Diabetes mellitus: Glucose (sugar) monitoring
Diabetes mellitus: Health problems and diabetes
Diabetes mellitus: Healthy lifestyle
Diabetes mellitus: Medicine and treatments
Diabetes mellitus: Resources
Diabetes mellitus: Safety with diabetes
Diabetes mellitus: Tests and screening
Diabetes mellitus: Types of diabetes
Diabetes tests: Hemoglobin A1C test
Diabetes, Type 2: Should I Take Insulin?
Diabetes: Adjusting your diabetes medicine and diet for a gastroscopy or esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
Diabetes: Adjusting your medicine and diet for a barium enema or colonoscopy
Diabetes: Adjusting your medicine and diet for a fasting blood test
Diabetes: Adjusting your medicine and diet for a hydrogen breath test for lactose intolerance
Diabetes: Adjusting your medicine and diet for a hydrogen breath test for small intestine bacterial overgrowth
Diabetes: Blood glucose meter accuracy
Diabetes: Checking your blood glucose (sugar) level while you’re in the hospital
Diabetes: Checking Your Blood Sugar
Diabetes: Coping With Your Feelings About Your Diet
Diabetes: Counting Carbs if You Don't Use Insulin
Diabetes: Dealing With Low Blood Sugar From Insulin or Medicine
Diabetes: Dealing With Low Blood Sugar From Medicines
Diabetes: Driving and diabetes
Diabetes: Foot care for the high-risk foot
Diabetes: Foot care for the low risk foot
Diabetes: Foot care for the moderate-risk foot
Diabetes: Giving Yourself an Insulin Shot
Diabetes: How to Give Glucagon
Diabetes: Living With an Insulin Pump
Diabetes: Preventing High Blood Sugar Emergencies
Diabetes: Should I Get an Insulin Pump?
Diabetes: Taking Care of Your Feet
Diabetes: Using Canada's Food Guide
Diabetes-Related High and Low Blood Sugar Levels
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
Diabetic Kidney Disease
Diabetic Neuropathy
Diabetic Retinopathy
Dialysis: Exercise for your new AV fistula
Dialysis: Exercise when you’re on dialysis
Diaper Rash
Diarrhea, Age 11 and Younger
Diarrhea, Age 12 and Older
Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia)
Digestion
Digital Rectal Examination
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Dilated Eye Exam
Dilation and Curettage (D&C)
Dilation and Evacuation
Disaster or Emergency: Helping Your Child or Teen Prepare Emotionally for a Disaster or Emergency
Disaster or Emergency: Helping Your Child or Teen Respond to a Disaster or Emergency
Disaster or Emergency: Preparing Emotionally for a Disaster or Emergency
Disaster or Emergency: Preparing Emotionally for a Disaster or Emergency: Information for Older Adults
Disaster or Emergency: Preparing Emotionally for a Disaster or Emergency: Resources
Disaster or Emergency: Responding to a Disaster or Emergency
Disaster or Emergency: Responding to a Disaster or Emergency: Resources
Disasters and Other Public Health Threats
Disasters and Public Health Threats
Discectomy for a Lumbar Herniated Disc
Disease and Injury Prevention
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
Diverticular Bleeding
Diverticulitis
Diverticulosis
Dizziness: Light-Headedness and Vertigo
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Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Donating Blood
Doppler Ultrasound
Down Syndrome
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Drinking Water Safety: Common questions about lead and drinking water
Drinking Water Safety: High levels of fluoride in drinking water
Drinking Water Safety: Is there arsenic in my drinking water?
Drinking Water Safety: Is there boron in my drinking water?
Drinking Water Safety: Is there chromium in my drinking water?
Drinking Water Safety: Is there nitrate/nitrite in my drinking water?
Drinking Water Safety: Is there selenium in my drinking water?
Drinking Water Safety: Is there uranium in my drinking water?
Drinking Water Safety: Water coolers
Drug Allergies
Drug Withdrawal in Newborns (Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome)
Dry Eye Syndrome
Dry Mouth
Dry Skin and Itching
Dry Socket
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Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT): Managing your symptoms
Dupuytren's Disease
Dupuytren's Disease: Should I Have Hand Surgery?
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Dyslexia
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