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Premature Baby: SpecialCare in the NICU Learn what to expect and what you'll need to know if your premature baby is in the NICU.
Tips for Good Vision
Back School for Low Back Pain
Caregiver Tips Offers tips for people caring for someone chronically ill or disabled. Tips for caregivers include: take care of yourself, let the person do as much as he or she can, and ask for help.
Basic Dental Care Provides info on basic dental care like brushing and flossing regularly, seeing your dentist or dental hygienist for regular checkups and cleanings, and eating mouth-healthy foods. Offers info on dental care for children.
Dental Care for Older Adults
Your Hospital Stay: Moving to Another Care Facility Learn how your discharge plan can help you feel more confident about moving to a care facility.
Congenital Heart Disease: Caring for Your Child
Care at the End of Life Discusses decisions related to care near the end of life. Discusses choosing where to get care and what kind you want. Covers who will make decisions if you can't. Info on advance directives and need for durable power of attorney.
Choosing Child Care
Hospice Care Discusses hospice care, which includes medical, emotional, and spiritual care for people who are in the last stages of a serious illness. Guides through decision to seek hospice care. Covers how to choose a program. Covers end-of-life legal issues.
Dental Checkups for Children and Adults
Better Care at Lower Costs
Dental Care: 6 Years to 16 Years
Postpartum: First 6 Weeks After Childbirth
Taking Care of Yourself When You Have a Child With Physical, Emotional, or Behavioral Problems
Palliative Care Focuses on palliative care as a holistic—body, mind, spirit—approach to dealing with serious illness. Explains that palliative care team guides talks about treatment, pain management, hospice care, family needs, and legal issues.
Choosing a Health Care Agent Discusses role of health care agent if you can't make health care decisions for yourself. Covers medical power of attorney and living will. Includes link to checklist for writing an advance directive.
Medical Specialists Info on healthcare professionals with training in specific areas. Links to info on physicians and other specialty doctors. Also includes links to info on other health professionals like physician assistants. Offers tips on preparing for appointments.
Outpatient Services
Writing an Advance Directive Discusses basic types of advance directives. Covers living will and medical power of attorney to appoint a health care agent. Explains when and why advance directive is needed. Lists steps in preparing one.
Coping When Your Child Is Near the End of Life
Understanding Health Insurance
Navigating Your Hospital Stay
Work Closely With Your Doctor Looks at forming a partnership with your doctor to manage your care. Suggests taking an active role by asking questions about treatment choices and costs, learning on your own, and prepping for office visits. Offers questions to ask when choosing a doctor.
Making Wise Health Decisions
Feeding Your Premature Infant
Your Home Health Center
Office Ergonomics Explains ergonomics, common office injuries due to poor ergonomics, and how to help prevent injuries, including setting up your workstation. Gives self-care tips for relieving muscle aches and provides step-by-step instructions for stretches to relieve aches.
Cesarean Section
Stroke Rehabilitation
Pregnancy
Abortion Covers the facts about abortion and follow-up care.
Surgery: What to Expect
Dealing With Medicine Side Effects and Interactions
Multiple Pregnancy: Twins or More Discusses pregnancy of carrying two or more babies. Covers identical and fraternal twins and triplets. Discusses infertility treatment, a common cause of multiple pregnancy. Discusses common tests, possible complications, and treatment options. Covers self-care.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Discusses cardiac rehabilitation (rehab), which helps you feel better and reduce risk of future heart problems with exercise and lifestyle changes. Looks at rehab for people who have heart conditions such as heart attack, heart surgery, or heart failure.
Making the Most of Your Appointment Discusses how to work with your doctor, how to prepare for different types of appointments, and what to do after appointments. Includes questions to ask about recommended tests and treatments.
Growth and Development, Ages 15 to 18 Years
Labor and Delivery Explains labor and delivery, including planning, signs of labor, pain management, types of delivery, labor stages, labor positions, medical procedures, and what happens right after birth.
Grief and Grieving
Growth and Development, Newborn
COPD: Eating Well for Strength and Energy Learn how good nutrition can give you energy and help you stay healthy.
COPD: Keeping Your Diet Healthy Covers eating healthy foods when you have COPD. Offers tips to make eating easier and help you get necessary nutrition.
Comprehensive Rehabilitation Programs for Low Back Pain

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