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Hair Analysis
Hair Loss
Hair Loss From Cancer Treatment
Hair Loss: Should I Take Medicine to Regrow Hair?
Hair Transplant Surgery
Hammer, Claw, and Mallet Toes
Hammer, Claw, or Mallet Toe: Should I Have Surgery?
Hamstring Muscles
Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Handling Sadness and Yearning After a Major Loss
Handwashing
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
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Head Injuries in Children: Problems to Watch For
Head Injury, Age 3 and Younger
Head Injury, Age 4 and Older
Head Lice
Head Lice: How to Treat Head Lice
Headache Clinics
Headache Diary
Headache Prevention: Posture and Body Mechanics
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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 Have Imaging Tests to Find Out What's Causing My Headaches?
Headaches: Should I Take Medicine to Prevent Migraines?
Headaches: Should I Take Prescription Medicine for Tension Headaches?
Healing Through Humour
Healing Touch
Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years
Health and Safety, Birth to 2 Years
Health Canada and FDA Advisories for Antidepressants
Health Claims on Food Labels
Health Problems Associated With Adult Obesity
Health Risks
Health Risks Related to Smokeless Tobacco
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
Healthy Aging
Healthy Aging and Driving: Motor Vehicle Safety for Older Adults
Healthy Aging: Is It Time to Stop Driving?
Healthy Attitudes Toward Food and Exercise
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 Diet Guidelines for a Healthy Heart
Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating and Older Adults
Healthy Eating for Canadians
Healthy Eating for Children
Healthy Eating in Children: Problems Caused by Poor Nutrition
Healthy Eating in Children: Things That Influence Food Choices
Healthy Eating to Decrease Stress
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 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 Habits for Kids
Healthy Habits to Prevent or Reduce Problems From Osteoporosis
Healthy Living: Multicultural Information about Heart Disease, Stroke and Healthy Living
Healthy Muscles
Hearing Aids
Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss: Should I Get Hearing Aids?
Hearing Protectors
Hearing Tests
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 and Stroke in Women: Reducing Your Risk
Heart Attack and Stroke Risk Screening
Heart Attack and Unstable Angina
Heart Attack: How to Prevent Another One
Heart Block
Heart Catheterization for Congenital Heart Defects in Children
Heart Disease Risk Calculator
Heart Disease Risk Calculator: Overview
Heart Failure
Heart Failure and Sexual Activity
Heart Failure Complications
Heart Failure Daily Action Plan
Heart Failure Stages
Heart Failure Symptoms
Heart Failure Types
Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (Diastolic Heart Failure)
Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (Systolic Heart Failure)
Heart Failure: Activity and Exercise
Heart Failure: Avoiding Colds and Flu
Heart Failure: Avoiding Medicines That Make Symptoms Worse
Heart Failure: Avoiding Triggers for Sudden Heart Failure
Heart Failure: Checking Your Weight
Heart Failure: Compensation by the Heart and Body
Heart Failure: Eating a Healthy Diet
Heart Failure: Less Common Symptoms
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: Symptom Record
Heart Failure: Taking Medicines Properly
Heart Failure: Tips for Caregivers
Heart Failure: Tips for Easier Breathing
Heart Failure: Track Your Weight, Food, and Sodium
Heart Failure: Watching Your Fluids
Heart Health: Walking for a Healthy Heart
Heart Murmur
Heart Rate Problems: Should I Get a Pacemaker?
Heart Rhythm Problems and Driving
Heart Rhythm Problems: Diary of Symptoms
Heart Rhythm Problems: Should I Get an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)?
Heart Rhythm Problems: Symptoms
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: Exercises
Heart Surgery: Getting Ready for Surgery
Heart Surgery: Getting Ready to Go Home
Heart Surgery: Getting Ready to Go Home
Heart Surgery: Heart Surgery Overview
Heart Surgery: Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation
Heart Surgery: Overview
Heart Surgery: Recovering at Home
Heart Surgery: Resources
Heart Surgery: The Night Before Surgery
Heart Surgery: The Surgery
Heart Surgery: Waiting for Surgery
Heart Surgery: When to Call you Family Doctor
Heart Surgery: When to Call Your Doctor after You Go Home
Heart Tests: When Do You Need Them?
Heart Transplant
Heart Valve Disease
Heart Valve Problems: Should I Choose a Mechanical Valve or Tissue Valve to Replace My Heart Valve?
Heartburn
Heartburn Symptom Record
Heartburn: Changing Your Eating Habits
Heart-Healthy Eating
Heart-Healthy Eating: Fish
Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
Heat After an Injury
Heat and Cold Treatment for Cancer Pain
Heat Rash
Heat Waves
Heat-Related Illnesses
Heatstroke Prevention: Acclimating to the Heat
Heatstroke Prevention: What to Wear
Heatstroke: Emergency Symptoms
Heavy Menstrual Periods
Heavy Sweating
Heel Bursitis or Tendon Injury: Preventing Pain
Heimlich Manoeuvre for Adults and Children Older Than 1 Year
Helicobacter Pylori Bacteria
Helicobacter Pylori Tests
HELLP Syndrome and Pre-Eclampsia
Help for Anger Problems
Help Your School-Age Child Develop Social Skills
Help Your Working Teen Balance Responsibilities and Set Priorities
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 a Family Member Who Has PTSD
Helping a Loved One After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Helping a Person During a Seizure
Helping Adolescents Develop More Mature Ways of Thinking
Helping Children During Immunizations
Helping Children With Disabilities Stay Active
Helping Kids Handle Peer Pressure
Helping Someone During a Panic Attack
Helping Your Child Build a Healthy Body Image
Helping Your Child Build Inner Strength
Helping Your Child Transition Into Middle School or Junior High
Helping Your Child Who Is Overweight
Helping Your Newborn Learn
Helping Your School-Age Child Learn About the Body
Helping Your Teen Become a Safe Driver
Hemochromatosis
Hemochromatosis Gene Test (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
Hemophilia
Hemophilia: Preventing Bleeding Episodes
Hemorrhagic Stroke
Hemorrhoidectomy for Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids: Which Treatment Should I Use?
Henna Tattoos (Mehndi)
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Virus Test
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B and C: Risk of Liver Cancer
Hepatitis B Treatment Recommendations
Hepatitis B Virus Tests
Hepatitis B: How to Avoid Spreading the Virus
Hepatitis B: Post-Vaccination Test for Immunity
Hepatitis B: Should I Be Tested?
Hepatitis B: Should I Take Antiviral Medicine for Chronic Hepatitis B?
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C Virus Tests
Hepatitis C: Your Risk for Cirrhosis
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis Panel
Heroin
Herpes Tests
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Hiatal Hernia
Hiccups
Hidden Gluten
Hidradenitis Suppurativa
High and Low Blood Sugar Level Record for a Child
High Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy
High Blood Pressure in Children
High Blood Pressure: Checking Your Blood Pressure at Home
High Blood Pressure: Nutrition Tips
High Blood Pressure: Over-the-Counter Medicines to Avoid
High Blood Pressure: Should I Take Medicine?
High Blood Pressure: Taking Medicines Properly
High Blood Pressure: Using the DASH Diet
High Blood Sugar Level Record
High Cholesterol
High Cholesterol: How a Dietitian Can Help
High Cholesterol: Making Lifestyle Changes
High Triglycerides
High-Output Heart Failure
High-Potassium Foods
High-Pressure Injection Wounds
High-Protein Foods for Wound Healing
High-Risk Pregnancy
High-Risk Sexual Behaviour
High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein
Hip Bursitis or Tendon Injury: Preventing Pain
Hip Fracture
Hip Fracture Repair (Hip Pinning)
Hip Fractures: What Increases Your Risk
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 Resurfacing Arthroplasty
Hirschsprung's Disease
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) Infection
HIV and Exercise
HIV and Fatigue
HIV and Pregnancy
HIV and Weight Loss
HIV Home Care
HIV Infection in Health Professionals
HIV Screening
HIV Testing: Should I Get Tested for Human Immunodeficiency Virus?
HIV Treatment in Children
HIV Viral Load
HIV Viral Load Measurement
HIV: Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
HIV: Giving Support
HIV: HIV self-test: What you need to know
HIV: Non-Progressors and HIV-Resistant People
HIV: Preventing Infections
HIV: Preventing Other Infections When You Have HIV
HIV: Stages of Infection
HIV: Taking Antiretroviral Drugs
HIV: Tips for Caregivers to Avoid Infection
HIV: Why Healthy Eating Matters
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Hoarding Disorder
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Home Blood Glucose Test
Home Blood Pressure Log
Home Blood Pressure Test
Home Blood Sugar Diary
Home Ear Examination
Home Lung Function Test
Home Pregnancy Tests
Home Remedies for Bites and Stings
Home Test for Protein in Urine
Home Treatment First Aid for Cold Exposure
Home Treatment for Second-Degree Burns
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
Hormonal Birth Control: Risk of Blood Clots
Hormone Inhibin A
Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer (Androgen Deprivation Therapy, or ADT)
Hormone Treatment for Breast Cancer
Hormones
Hospital Discharge Planning
Hospital Patient Advocates
Hospital Policies and Breastfeeding
Hot Flashes and Menopause
Housing: Renting in Alberta
How a Scrape Heals
How ADHD Affects Your Child
How Adolescent Thinking Develops
How Asthma Develops in Children
How Birth Control Methods Prevent Pregnancy
How Diabetes Causes Blindness
How Diabetes Causes Foot Problems
How Do You Cope With Stress?
How Pregnancy (Conception) Occurs
How Reading Helps Language Development
How the Heart Works
How to Find Sodium
How to Get Rid of Medicines
How to Get Up Safely After a Fall
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
How to Stop Bleeding From a Head Wound
How to Take Birth Control Pills
How to Teach Your Child by Example
How to Track Your Stress
How to Transport a Piece of Tongue
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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)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Test
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Test
Humour Therapy
Hunger, Fullness, and Appetite Signals
Huntington's Disease Genetic Test
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Hydrocele
Hydrocortisone for Itching
Hydrotherapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypertensive Emergency
Hyperthyroidism
Hyperthyroidism: Graves' Ophthalmopathy
Hyperthyroidism: Should I Use Antithyroid Medicine or Radioactive Iodine?
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Types
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Risk of Sudden Death
Hyperventilation
Hypnosis
Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar) in People Without Diabetes
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
Hysteroscopy
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