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Medical Library Association Encyclopedic Guide to Searching and Finding Health Information on the Web

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VOLUME 1. SEARCH STRATEGIES/QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
- SEARCH STRATEGIES
  - CHAPTER 1. HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE WEB: WHAT'S GOOD AND WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU
    - Ethics and Trust in E-Health Information
    - Criteria for Identifying Quality Health Information
    - Internet Access for Disabled Users
    - Confidentiality and Privacy
    - Reference
  - CHAPTER 2. STRATEGIC SEARCHING BY QUESTION
    - Questions and Question Types
    - Key Concepts and Example Questions
    - Using Health Concepts and Terms to Focus a Search
    - References
  - CHAPTER 3. STRATEGIC SEARCHING BY TERM
    - Identifying the Most Important Searchable Concepts in Your Question
    - Choosing Terms: Flexibility and Readability
    - Choosing Terms: Deciding What Type of Language You Should Use to Search
  - CHAPTER 4. STRATEGIC SEARCHING WITH SEARCH ENGINES
    - Background Information
    - Different Types of Search Engines
    - How Search Engines Work
    - General Search Engine Tips and Tricks
    - Reference
  - CHAPTER 5. RECOGNIZING THE LIMITATIONS OF SEARCH ENGINES
    - Things Search Engines Can and Cannot Do
    - 404 Fun: Finding Missing Sites
    - More Things Search Engines Can't Find: The Invisible Web
    - Learning More about Search Engines
    - Reference
  - CHAPTER 6. CHOOSING A SEARCH ENGINE TO MATCH YOUR QUESTIONS
    - Selecting a Search Engine to Match Your Question
    - Search Engine and Strategy Favorites
    - Search Process
  - CHAPTER 7. STRATEGIC TALKING: WORKING WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE TEAM
    - Guidelines for Internet Communication for Health Care Providers
    - Shared Decision Making
    - Tips and Tools for Talking with Health Care Providers
    - Strategies for Using Information from the Internet with Your Health Care Provider
    - Final Communication Tips for Internet-Savvy Health Care Consumers
    - References
  - CHAPTER 8. COMPLETE STEP-BY-STEP SEARCH PROCEDURE
    - The Search Question
    - Initial Search Strategy: Recommended Keywords and Search Terms
  - CHAPTER 9. ANSWERING FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: DIAGNOSIS
    - What Questions to Ask Your Doctor
    - Health in the News
    - Medical Procedures
    - Mammography
    - References
  - CHAPTER 10. ANSWERING FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: TREATMENTS
    - Prescriptions and Drug Information
    - Herbal Information
    - Medical Devices
    - Remedies and Therapies
  - CHAPTER 11. BASIC HEALTH CONCEPTS: TERMS, IMAGES, AND STARTING POINTS
    - Health Terminology and Definitions
    - Medical Subject Headings, Disease, and Procedure Codes
    - Anatomical Locations, Terms, and Guides
    - Collections of Consumer Health Information
    - Other Recommended Tools and Thoughts
    - Reference
  - CHAPTER 12. TOOLS AND SUPPORT
    - Personal Health Evaluation or Self-Diagnosis
    - Caregiving, Caregivers, and Supportive Care
    - Finding Health Care Facilities and Personnel
    - Insurance and Financial Resources
    - Where to Ask a Person Questions
    - Finding Supplies and Tools over the Internet
    - Finding Books, Magazines, Journals, and Libraries
    - Information about Health Professionals
    - Advance Directives and Related Legalities
    - Health Legislation
    - Medical Errors
    - Patient Advocacy and Rights
  - CHAPTER 13. STATISTICS AND STANDARDS, GUIDELINES AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
    - Government Resources: U.S.: Federal
    - Government Resources: U.S.: States and Local
    - Government Resources: International
    - Health Statistics
    - Health Guidelines and Standards of Care
    - References
- QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
  - 1. Selected Health and Medical Terms according to Concept
  - 2. Forms to Help You Search
  - 3. General and Health Search Engines
  - 4. Other Resources for Improving Your Searching Skills
  - 5. State and Local Health Consultation and Information Services
  - 6. Geographic, Language, and Location Codes
  - 7. Favorite Overall Sources of Consumer Health Information

VOLUME 2. DISEASES AND DISORDERS/MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL DISORDERS
- DISEASES AND DISORDERS
  - PART I. AIDS AND HIV
    - 1. General
    - 2. AIDS-Related Dementia
    - 3. Clinical Trials
    - 4. Complications and Common Manifes-tations
    - 5. Diagnosis
    - 6. Finding a Doctor
    - 7. Finding Community
    - 8. Finding Funding Support
    - 9. Prevention
    - 10. Privacy
    - 11. Special Populations
    - 12. Therapies and Treatment
    - 13. Terminology and Dictionaries
  - PART II. ANEMIAS
    - 14. General
    - 15. Specific Types Of Anemia
    - 16. Causes
    - 17. Diagnosis
    - 18. Treatment
  - PART III. ARTHRITIS
    - 19. General
    - 20. Arthritis and Exercise
    - 21. Arthritis Research
    - 22. Arthritis Treatments
  - PART IV. CANCERS
    - Breast, Cervical, Other
    - 23. Breast Cancer
    - 24. Ovarian Cancers
    - 25. Other Reproductive Cancers (Women)
    - Digestive Cancers
    - 26. Colon, Intestinal and Rectal Cancer (Colorectal Cancer)
    - 27. Esophageal Cancer
    - 28. Gallbladder Cancer
    - 29. Liver Cancer
    - 30. Pancreatic Cancer
    - 31. Stomach/Gastric Cancer
    - Head and Neck Cancer
    - 32. General
    - 33. Brain and Spinal Cord Cancer
    - 34. Oral Cancers
    - 35. Lung and Respiratory Cancer
    - Reproductive Cancers (Men)
    - 36. General
    - 37. Penile Cancer
    - 38. Testicular Cancer
    - 39. Prostate Cancer
    - Other Common Cancers
    - 40. Childhood Cancer
    - 41. Leukemias
    - 42. Lymphomas
    - 43. Skin Cancers and Melanomas
    - 44. Other Cancers
    - Cancer Issues
    - 45. Alternative, Complementary and Integrative Therapeutic Choices
    - 46. Biopsy and Staging
    - 47. Caregiving and Home Care
    - 48. Chemotherapy, Cancer Medications, Side Effects
    - 49. Clinical Trials
    - 50. Fatigue
    - 51. Newly Diagnosed
    - 52. Nutrition
    - 53. Pain
    - 54. Prevention
    - 55. Resources and Lifestyles
    - 56. Second Opinions
    - 57. Sexuality
    - 58. Survival
    - 59. Talking About Cancer
    - 60. General Cancer and Cancer Treatment Terminology
  - PART V. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME/MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
    - 61. General
    - 62. Clinical Trials
    - 63. Diagnosis
    - 64. Treatment
    - 65. Other Topics
  - PART VI. CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
    - 66. General
    - 67. Risk Factors
    - 68. Smoking Cessation
    - 69. Diagnosis
    - 70. Treatment
    - 71. Coping
    - 72. Drug Information
    - 73. Clinical Trials
  - PART VII. DENTAL AND ORAL HEALTH
    - 74. General
    - 75. Aging and Oral Health
    - 76. AIDS/HIV and Oral Health
    - 77. Braces
    - 78. Cavities, Dental Caries, or Tooth Decay
    - 79. Children and Oral Health
    - 80. Craniofacial Anomalies
    - 81. Cleft Lip or Cleft Palate
    - 82. Dental Emergencies and Injuries
    - 83. Diabetes and Oral Health
    - 84. Dry Mouth
    - 85. Find a Dentist
    - 86. Fluoride Supplements for Children
    - 87. Gingivitis and Gum Disease
    - 88. Halitosis
    - 89. Hygiene, Flossing and Toothbrushing
    - 90. Nutrition
    - 91. Oral Cancers
    - 92. Oral Sores
    - 93. Sealants
    - 94. Sjogren's and Oral Health
    - 95. Special Needs Oral Health Care
    - 96. Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Dysfunction
    - 97. Toothache
    - 98. Tooth Loss
    - 99. Terminology and Dictionaries
  - PART VIII. DIABETES
    - 100. Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
    - 101. Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
    - 102. Living with Diabetes (Diabetes and Lifestyle)
    - 103. Circulatory Problems and the Extremities
    - 104. Nervous System
    - 105. Exercise and Diabetes
    - 106. Vision
    - 107. Clinical Guidelines
    - 108. Prevention
    - 109. Oral Health
  - PART IX. DIGESTIVE DISEASES
    - 110. General
    - 111. Appendicitis
    - 112. Food Intolerance and Celiac Disease
    - 113. Colic
    - 114. Constipation and Fecal Incontinence
    - 115. Crohn's Disease, Colitis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
    - 116. Diverticulitis and Diverticulosis
    - 117. Gastritis or Duodenitis
    - 118. GI Bleeding
    - 119. Hernia
    - 120. Hemorrhoids
    - 121. Indigestion
    - 122. Influenza, Vomiting, Diarrhea
    - 123. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
    - 124. Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
    - 125. Reflux
    - 126. Swallowing Disorders
    - 127. Ulcer
    - 128. Terminology and Dictionaries
  - PART X. EAR AND HEARING
    - 129. General
    - 130. Outer Ear Anatomy or Disorders
    - 131. Middle Ear Anatomy or Disorders
    - 132. Inner Ear Anatomy or Disorders
    - 133. Deafness
    - 134. Balance Disorders
  - PART XI. EPILEPSY
    - 135. General
    - 136. Diagnosis
    - 137. Causes
    - 138. Seizures
    - 139. Photosensitivity
    - 140. Treatment
    - 141. Pregnancy
    - 142. Quality of Life
  - PART XII. EYE AND VISION DISORDERS
    - 143. General
    - 144. Special topics
    - 145. Anatomy of the Eye
    - 146. Diseases
    - 147. Injuries
    - 148. Recurring Eye Conditions
  - PART XIII. FIBROMYALGIA
    - 149. General
    - 150. Diagnosis
    - 151. Pain Management
    - 152. Exercise
  - PART XIV. HEADACHE AND MIGRAINE
    - 153. General
    - 154. Diagnosis and Symptoms
    - 155. Headache Types
    - 156. Headache and Migraine Myths
    - 157. Disability and Headache
    - 158. Migraines in Children
    - 159. Headaches in Women
    - 160. Triggers
    - 161. Alternative Therapy
    - 162. Prevention and Treatment
  - PART XV. HEART AND CIRCULATORY DISEASES
    - 163. General
    - 164. Diagnosis and Symptoms
    - 165. Common Diseases
    - 166. Risk Factors
    - 167. Congenital Heart Disease
    - 168. Hypertension
    - 169. Hypotension
    - 170. Congestive Heart Failure
    - 171. Heart Attack
    - 172. Prevention and Control
    - 173. Non-Surgical Treatment
    - 174. Surgical Treatment
  - PART XVI. HEPATITIS
    - 175. General
    - 176. Searching For A Specific Type of Hepatitis
    - 177. Prevention
    - 178. Treatment
    - 179. Hepatitis and Traveling
  - PART XVII. INFECTIOUS DISEASES
    - 180. General
    - 181. Clinical Trials
    - 182. Diagnosis, Screening, and Testing
    - 183. Prevention, Contagion and Transmission
    - 184. Treatment and Medications
  - PART XVIII. INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS
    - 185. General
    - 186. Resumption of Normal Activities
    - 187. Complications
  - PART XIX. IRON OVERLOAD
    - 188. General
    - 189. Acquired Hemochromatosis
    - 190. Hereditary Hemochromatosis
    - 191. Iron Poisoning:
    - 192. Screening and Diagnosis
  - PART XX. KIDNEY DISEASES AND BLADDER DISORDERS
    - 193. General
    - 194. Diabetic Kidney Disease
    - 195. Dialysis
    - 196. Continence/Incontinence
    - 197. Interstitial Cystitis
    - 198. Kidney Stones
    - 199. Kidney Transplants
    - 200. Nephritis
    - 201. Polycystic Kidney Disease
    - 202. Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
  - PART XXI. LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS
    - 203. General
    - 204. Diagnosis
    - 205. Prevention
    - 206. Treatment
    - 207. Liver Transplant
    - 208. Living with Liver Disease
    - 209. Specific Liver Disease Example: Cirrhosis
  - PART XXII. MOBILITY AND MOVEMENT
    - 210. Multiple Sclerosis
    - 211. Parkinson's Disease
    - 212. Movement and Mobility Disorders
  - PART XXIII. MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES AND DISORDERS
    - 213. General (Not Specific to Anatomical Area)
    - 214. Anatomy
    - 215. Absence of Extremities
    - 216. Arthritis
    - 217. Bone Cancers
    - 218. Broken Bones/Fractures
    - 219. Osteoporosis
    - 220. Paralysis/Weakness of Extremities, Complete or Partial
    - 221. Repetitive Motion Disorders
    - 222. Tendinitis
    - 223. Other Disorders of Bone, Bone Marrow, or Cartilage Injuries and Disorders by Anatomical Area
    - 224. Foot and Ankle
    - 225. Knee
    - 226. Hip and Leg
    - 227. Back and Spine
    - 228. Neck
    - 229. Shoulder and Arm
    - 230. Elbow
    - 231. Hand
    - 232. Head
  - PART XXIV. NEUROLOGICAL AND NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS
    - 233. General
    - 234. Lyme Disease
    - 235. Encephalitis
    - 236. West Nile Virus
    - 237. Meningitis
    - 238. Muscular Dystrophy
    - 239. Myasthenia Gravis
    - 240. Trigeminal Neuralgia
    - 241. Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
    - 242. Selected Neurologic Disorders
  - PART XXV. PARASITES
    - 243. General
    - 244. Malaria
  - PART XXVI. RARE DISEASES
    - 245. General
    - 246. Children with Rare Diseases
    - 247. Clinical Trials
    - 248. Diagnosis
    - 249. Finding Experts
    - 250. Finding Community
    - 251. Finding Funding Support
    - 252. Therapies and Orphan Drugs
    - 253. Terminology and Dictionaries
  - PART XXVII. RESPIRATORY DISEASES
    - 254. General
    - 255. Asthma
    - 256. Bronchitis
    - 257. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
    - 258. Common Cold
    - 259. Cystic Fibrosis
    - 260. Emphysema
    - 261. Pneumonia
    - 262. Sinusitis
  - PART XXVIII. SKIN DISEASES
    - 263. General and Symptomatic
    - 264. Acne
    - 265. Dermatitis
    - 266. Hair and Nails
    - 267. Melanomas and Skin Cancers
  - PART XXIX. STROKE AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES
    - 268. General
    - 269. Diagnosis/Screening
    - 270. Effects of Stroke
    - 271. Risk Factors
    - 272. Rehabilitation and Recovery
    - 273. Special Populations
    - 274. Treatment of Stroke
  - PART XXX. THYROID DISEASES
    - 275. General
    - 276. Clinical Trials
    - 277. Diagnosis and Symptoms
    - 278. Therapies and Treatment
  - PART XXXI. TUBERCULOSIS
    - 279. General
    - 280. Clinical Trials
    - 281. Diagnosis, Screening, and Testing
    - 282. Latent Tuberculosis Infection
    - 283. Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
    - 284. Prevention, Contagion and Transmission
    - 285. Support and Economic Assistance
    - 286. Treatments and Medications
    - 287. Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS
    - 288. Vaccination
  - PART XXXII. TURNER SYNDROME
    - 289. General
    - 290. Diagnosis
    - 291. National organizations
    - 292. Treatment
- MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS
  - PART I. OVERVIEW
    - 1. General
    - 2. Advocacy and Awareness
    - 3. Employment, Education, and Accomo-dation
    - 4. Financial Support, Insurance, and Resources
    - 5. Research and Clinical Trials
    - 6. Rights, Involuntary Treatments, and Other Legal Issues
    - 7. Statistics and Mental Health
    - 8. Stigma and Prejudice
    - 9. Terms and Dictionaries
  - PART II. CAUSES, ETIOLOGY, PREVENTION, AND RISKS
    - 10. Substance Abuse and Mental Illness
    - 11. Brain Anatomy, Brain Chemistry, and Neurotransmitters
    - 12. Prevention and Coping Skills
    - 13. Normal Psychology and Event Triggers
    - 14. Mental Wellness
  - PART III. DIAGNOSIS
    - 15. Comorbidity and Dual Diagnosis
    - 16. Psychological Scales, Tests, and Assess-ment
    - 17. Self-Diagnosis, Screening and Online Tests
  - PART IV. MANAGEMENT, PROGNOSIS, RECOVERY, AND SURVIVAL
    - 18. Crisis Help and Intervention
    - 19. Disaster, Terrorism and Trauma Psychology
    - 20. Living with a Mental Illness
    - 21. Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Survivorship
    - 22. Social Support and Personal Stories
  - PART V. THERAPIES, THERAPISTS, AND TREATMENT
    - 23. Behavior Management and Behavioral Therapies
    - 24. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
    - 25. Counseling and Talk Therapy
    - 26. Cybertherapy, E-Therapy, and Telepsychiatry
    - 27. Drug Therapies, Medications, and Psychopharmacology
    - 28. Ethics
    - 29. Finding and Choosing a Therapist
    - 30. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
    - 31. Self-Help and Twelve-Step Programs
    - 32. Standards and Guidelines
    - 33. Therapeutic Styles, Techniques, and Modalities
    - 34. Untreated Mental Illness
    - 35. Other Therapies and Options
  - PART VI. PERSONS AND POPULATIONS
    - 36. Adolescents
    - 37. Children
    - 38. Disabilities and Disabled
    - 39. Diversity, Ethnicity, and Multicultural Mental Health
    - 40. Family Life
    - 41. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,and Transgendered (LGBT)
    - 42. Men
    - 43. Seniors
    - 44. Underserved Communities and Populations
    - 45. Women
  - PART VII. SPECIFIC MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND TOPICS
    - 46. Aphasia
    - 47. Memory Loss and Amnesia
    - 48. Personality and Mood Disorders
    - 49. Self-Injury and Suicide
    - 50. Violence and Mental Illness
    - 51. Mental Illness
  - PART VIII. ADDICTIONS
    - 52. General
    - 53. Specific Drug Addictions
    - 54. Diagnosis/Screening
    - 55. Risk Factors
    - 56. Effects of Addiction
    - 57. Rehabilitation and Recovery
    - 58. Special Populations
  - PART IX. ALCOHOLISM
    - 59. General
    - 60. Diagnosis and Symptoms
    - 61. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
    - 62. Genetics
    - 63. Prevention
    - 64. Therapies
  - PART X. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
    - 65. General
    - 66. Medicine or Treatment for Alzheimer's
    - 67. Caregivers
    - 68. Research
  - PART XI. ANXIETY, PANIC, AND STRESS DISORDERS
    - 69. General
    - 70. Accommodation, Education, Employment, and Legal Concerns
    - 71. Causes and Etiology
    - 72. Children and Adolescents with Anxiety, Fear, and Stress Concerns
    - 73. Comorbidity
    - 74. Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
    - 75. Finding Therapy
    - 76. Medications
    - 77. Non-Drug Therapies and Treatment
    - 78. Self-Treatment, Coping, and Alternative Treatments
    - 79. Terminology
    - 80. Therapy and Treatment Overviews and Comparisons
    - 81. Anxiety Disorder
    - 82. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
    - 83. Ordinary and Extraordinary Stress
  - PART XII. AUTISM
    - 84. General
    - 85. Causes
    - 86. Diagnosis
    - 87. Education
    - 88. Treatment
    - 89. Vaccines (or Immunizations)
  - PART XIII. BIPOLAR DISORDER
    - 90. General
    - 91. Children and Adolescents
    - 92. Clinical Trials
    - 93. Diagnosis
    - 94. Therapies
  - PART XIV. DEMENTIA
    - 95. General
    - 96. Searching For Dementia Relating to a
    - Specific Disorder
    - 97. Disorders That Mimic Dementia
    - 98. Treatment of Dementia
  - PART XV. DEPRESSION AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
    - 99. Specific Types of Depressive Disorders
    - 100. Depression Screening
    - 101. Clinical Trials
  - PART XVI. EATING DISORDERS
    - 102. General
    - 103. Symptoms and Diagnosis
    - 104. Prevention
    - 105. Anorexia Nervosa
    - 106. Bulimia Nervosa
    - 107. Binge Eating Disorders
  - PART XVII. LEARNING DISORDERS
    - 108. General
    - 109. Diagnosis and Assessment
    - 110. Types of Learning Disorders
    - 111. Therapy and Treatment
    - 112. Alternative Treatment
    - 113. Learning Disabilities and Advocacy
    - 114. Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
    - 115. Social Skills
    - 116. Adolescents and Young Adults
    - 117. Adults
  - PART XVIII. OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
    - 118. General
    - 119. Symptoms
    - 120. Diagnosis and Assessment
    - 121. Coping
    - 122. Treatment
    - 123. OCD in Children
  - PART XIX. PHOBIAS AND SOCIAL PHOBIAS
    - 124. General
    - 125. Symptoms
    - 126. Specific Phobias
    - 127. Social Phobias
    - 128. Treatment
  - PART XX. SCHIZOPHRENIA
    - 129. General
    - 130. Medications
    - 131. Diagnosis
    - 132. Clinical Trials
    - 133. Symptoms
    - 134. Lifestyle/Survival
  - PART XXI. SLEEP DISORDERS
    - 135. General
    - 136. Insomnia
    - 137. Narcolepsy
    - 138. Restless Legs Syndrome
    - 139. Sleep Apnea
  - PART XXII. SUICIDE
    - 140. General
    - 141. Assisted Suicide
    - 142. Suicide Prevention
  - PART XXIII. TIC DISORDERS
    - 143. General
    - 144. Advocacy and Self-Help
    - 145. Causes/Etiology
    - 146. Comorbidity
    - 147. Diagnosis
    - 148. Education and Accommodations
    - 149. Information for Kids
    - 150. Medications
    - 151. New Diagnosis
    - 152. Parenting
    - 153. Treatments

VOLUME 3. HEALTH AND WELLNESS/LIFE STAGES AND REPRODUCTION, AND CUMULATIVE INDEX
- HEALTH AND WELLNESS
  - PART I. WELLNESS AND LIFESTYLE
    - 1. General
    - 2. Beverages and Drinking Water
    - 3. Diet and Nutrition
    - 4. Exercise, Fitness, and Physical Activity
    - 5. Prevention
    - 6. Risk Factors and Choices
    - 7. Health Insurance
    - 8. Health Screening
    - 9. Immunization and Vaccination
    - 10. Overweight and Obesity
    - 11. Poverty
    - 12. Stress and Anxiety
    - 13. Tobacco and Smoking
  - PART II. SAFETY
    - 14. General
    - 15. Bioterrorism
    - 16. Disaster Planning and Emergency Pre-paredness
    - 17. Environmental Safety
    - 18. Fire Safety
    - 19. Food and Beverage Safety
    - 20. Health Safety and Health Advisories
    - 21. Home Safety
    - 22. Internet Safety
    - 23. Office and Workplace Safety
    - 24. Outdoor Safety
    - 25. Personal Safety and Domestic Violence
    - 26. Product and Shopping Safety
    - 27. School, Playground, and Campus Safety
    - 28. Sexual Safety
    - 29. Street Smarts
    - 30. Travel Health and Safety
    - 31. Vehicle and Traffic Safety
    - 32. Water Safety
  - PART III. FIRST AID AND SURVIVAL MEDICINE
    - 33. General
    - 34. First Aid Initial Assessment Tools
    - 35. First Aid Skills
    - 36. First Aid Supplies for Home, Office, and Travel
    - 37. Information Resources for First Responders
    - 38. First Aid Information for and about Children
    - 39. First Aid for Animals
    - 40. Common Illnesses and Health Emergencies
    - 41. Animal and Insect Bites or Stings
    - 42. Bleeding and Bruising
    - 43. Broken Bones and Fractures
    - 44. Burns
    - 45. Falls
    - 46. Fevers
    - 47. Head and Spinal Injuries
    - 48. Poisons
    - 49. Seizures
    - 50. Shock
    - 51. Sprains, Strains, and Minor Injuries
    - 52. Survival Medicine
    - 53. Weather and Exposure
    - 54. When to Go to the Emergency Room
  - PART IV. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
    - 55. Air Bags
    - 56. Alcohol-Related Traffic Accidents
    - 57. Car Seats
    - 58. Seat Belts
    - 59. Whiplash Injuries
  - PART V. ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH SOURCES
    - 60. General
    - 61. Deciding When to Use Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM)
    - 62. Selecting a Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practitioner
    - 63. Deception and Fraud
    - 64. Clinical Trials
    - 65. Critical/Terminal Illness
    - 66. Using Herbals with Prescription Medications
    - 67. Health care Policy and Research
    - 68. Chinese Medicine
    - 69. Ayurvedic Medicine
    - 70. Native American Medicine
    - 71. Training
    - 72. Bodywork
    - 73. Dietary/Ingested
    - 74. Energy Work
    - 75. Mind/Spirit Therapies
    - 76. Sound/Music
    - 77. Visions/Light/Color
    - 78. Touch
    - 79. Smell/Aromatherapy
    - 80. Movement/Exercises
  - PART VI. MULTICULTURAL HEALTH AND THE INTERNET
    - 81. Racism and Health/Health Disparities
    - 82. Cultural Aspects of Health Care
    - 83. Governmental Organizations
    - 84. Non-Governmental, Community, and Advocacy Organizations
    - 85. Multiracial and Multi-Ethnic Approaches
    - 86. Refugee, Immigrant, and Border Health
    - 87. Health Resources organized by Racial and Ethnic Groups
  - PART VII. LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANGENDERED (LGBT) HEALTH ISSUES
    - 88. Sexual Orientation and Identity
    - 89. Men Who Have Sex with Men
    - 90. Women Who Have Sex with Women
    - 91. Transgendered People
    - 92. Intersexualty
    - 93. Health Access
    - 94. Mental Health
    - 95. Life Stages
  - PART VIII. LIVING WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS
    - 96. General
    - 97. Adjustment
    - 98. Advocacy and Awareness
    - 99. Children and Adolescents
    - 100. Coping and Stress
    - 101. Decision Making and Treatment Planning
    - 102. Family Life and Caregiving
    - 103. Fatigue
    - 104. Financial Planning and Resources
    - 105. Lifestyle Change, Health Living, and Self-Management
    - 106. Pain Management
    - 107. Research
    - 108. Seniors
    - 109. Sexuality and Intimacy
    - 110. Social Support and Stories
    - 111. Underserved Communities and pop-ulations
    - 112. Women
  - PART IX. LIVING WITH A DISABILITY
    - 113. General
    - 114. Common Disabilities
    - 115. Back and Spinal Injury
    - 116. Blood Disorder
    - 117. Cognitive Impairments
    - 118. Diabetes
    - 119. Extremities
    - 120. Head and Brain Injury
    - 121. Hearing Impairments
    - 122. Heart Impairments
    - 123. Invisible Disabilities
    - 124. Neurological Impairments
    - 125. Stuttering and Speech Impairments
    - 126. Substance Abuse
    - 127. Vision Impairments
    - 128. Access and Accommodation
    - 129. Advocacy
    - 130. Children with Disabilities
    - 131. Creative Arts, Entertainment, Leisure, Recreation, and Sports
    - 132. Education
    - 133. Emergency and Disaster Prepared-ness
    - 134. Employment and Work Place
    - 135. Housing
    - 136. Independent Living, Community Living, and Home Care
    - 137. Legal, Insurance, Social Security, and Income Support
    - 138. Lifestyle Change and Transitions
    - 139. Mobility
    - 140. Parenting
    - 141. Personal Protection, Safety and Awareness
    - 142. Sexuality
    - 143. Statistics
    - 144. Adaptive or Assistive Technologies
    - 145. Transportation and Travel
    - 146. Women with Disabilities
  - PART X. PAIN AND PAIN MANAGEMENT
    - 147. General
    - 148. Acute Pain
    - 149. Cancer Pain
    - 150. Chronic Pain
    - 151. End-of-Life Pain
    - 152. Phantom Pain
    - 153. Postoperative Pain
    - 154. Assessment, Measurement and Diagnosis
    - 155. Children's Pain
    - 156. Finding a Pain Clinic
    - 157. Funding and Support for Pain and Pain Treatment
    - 158. Pain by Body Location
    - 159. Research
    - 160. Treatment
  - PART XI. HOSPICE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE
    - 161. General
    - 162. Locating Hospice Care
    - 163. Managing Pain in Hospice Care
    - 164. Handling Grief and Bereavement in Hospice Care
- LIFE STAGES AND REPRODUCTION
  - PART I: NEWBORN AND POSTPARTUM HEALTH ISSUES
    - 1. General
    - 2. Common Diseases, Illnesses, and Conditions
    - 3. Newborn Care
    - 4. Newborn Development
    - 5. Newborn Health
    - 6. Nutrition
    - 7. Postpartum care
  - PART II. CHILDREN'S HEALTH ISSUES
    - 8. General
    - 9. Sites for Children
    - 10. Advocacy and Healthcare Policy, Research, and Services
    - 11. Child Abuse
    - 12. Child Development
    - 13. Child Immunizations
    - 14. Child Safety
    - 15. Common Diseases and Illnesses of Childhood
    - 16. Mental Health
  - PART III. ADOLESCENTS' HEALTH ISSUES AND THE INTERNET
    - 17. General
    - 18. Sites for Adolescents
    - 19. Advocacy and Healthcare Policy, Research, and Services
    - 20. Body Piercing and Tattoos
    - 21. Eating Disorders
    - 22. Mental Health
    - 23. Sexual Behaviors and Choices
    - 24. Substance Abuse
    - 25. Violence
  - PART IV. ADULTS' HEALTH ISSUES (MEN)
    - 26. General
    - 27. Advocacy and Healthcare Policy, Research and Services
    - 28. Baldness
    - 29. Fatherhood and Parenting
    - 30. Genital Disorders
    - 31. Impotence
    - 32. Mental Health
    - 33. Screening tests
    - 34. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    - 35. Urology
    - 36. Vasectomy
  - PART V. ADULTS' HEALTH ISSUES (WOMEN)
    - 37. General
    - 38. Advocacy and Healthcare Policy, Research, and Services
    - 39. Birth Control and Contraception
    - 40. Breast and Cervical Cancer
    - 41. Cosmetics, Cosmetic Issues, and Surgeries
    - 42. Diet, Nutrition, and Exercise
    - 43. General Women's Anatomy
    - 44. Bladder
    - 45. Breasts
    - 46. Ovaries
    - 47. Uterus
    - 48. Vagina
    - 49. Domestic Violence
    - 50. Heart Disease
    - 51. Hormone Replacement Therapy
    - 52. Menopause
    - 53. Menstruation
    - 54. Mental Health
    - 55. Osteoporosis
    - 56. Pregnancy and Childbirth
    - 57. Screening Tests
    - 58. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  - PART VI. SENIORS' HEALTH ISSUES
    - 59. General
    - 60. Advocacy and Healthcare Policy, Research, and Services
    - 61. Caregivers
    - 62. Drugs and Medication
    - 63. Elder Abuse
    - 64. Exercise and Nutrition
    - 65. Living Arrangements
    - 66. Medicare
    - 67. Mental Health
    - 68. Sexuality and Aging
- Reproductive Health Concerns
  - PART VII. BIRTH DEFECTS
    - 69. General
    - 70. Diagnosis
    - 71. Congenital Heart Defects
    - 72. Neural Tube Defects
    - 73. Accutane
    - 74. Thalidomide
    - 75. Prevention and Surveillance
  - PART VIII. GENETIC DISEASES
    - 76. General
    - 77. Cystic Fibrosis
    - 78. Sickle Cell Anemia
    - 79. Down Syndrome
    - 80. Genetic Counseling
    - 81. Genetic Testing
  - PART IX. PREGNANCY PROBLEMS AND COMPLICATIONS
    - 82. General
    - 83. Teen Pregnancy
    - 84. Pregnancy at Later Age
    - 85. Multiple Births
    - 86. Diagnosis of Pregnancy Complications
    - 87. Common Pregnancy Complications and Problems
    - 88. Risks in Pregnancy
    - 89. Ectopic Pregnancy
    - 90. Infections in Pregnancy
    - 91. Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Pregnancy
    - 92. Bedrest
    - 93. Complications in Labor and Delivery
    - 94. Pregnancy Loss
    - 95. Postpartum Depression
  - PART X. PROSTATE DISORDERS
    - 96. General
    - 97. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
    - 98. Prostate Cancer
    - 99. Prostatitis
    - 100. Incontinence
    - 101. Erectile and Sexual Dysfunction
    - 102. Drugs and Medications
    - 103. Clinical Trials
    - 104. Diet
    - 105. Diagnosis
    - 106. Glossaries and Dictionaries
  - PART XI. SEXUAL HEALTH ISSUES
    - 107. General
    - 108. Sexual Development and Sex Education
    - 109. Sexual Identity
    - 110. Birth Control and Contraception
    - 111. Sexual Health and Fertility
    - 112. Sexual Violence
    - 113. Life choices: Abortion and Adoption
    - 114. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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