Women's Health Advisor English Index: A To Z

D

Day care
- baby sitter guidelines
- finding and choosing
- preventive measures to help ensure safe day care
- questions to ask about
- - infant/toddler center-based day care
- - infant/toddler family day care
- - infant/toddler in-home day care
- types
Deep breathing for relaxation
Dehydration *
Depo-Provera *
Depressants, overdose *
Depression
- a women's guide to understanding depression
- after childbirth (postpartum)
- bipolar disorder *
- diagnosis and treatment
- diagnosis and treatment, brief version *
- depression and adolescent girls
- depression and the menstrual cycle
- depression during menopause
Dermatitis
- atopic
- atopic, brief version *
- contact
- contact, brief version *
DES (diethylstilbestrol)
DEXA scan
Diabetes (Complete listing of Diabetes Health Topics A to Z)
Diagnostic hysteroscopy--see Hysteroscopy, diagnostic
Diagnostic laparoscopy--see Laparoscopy, diagnostic
Diaper
- rash
- rash, brief version *
- types
- washing
Diaphragm, vaginal
- illustration of insertion *
- text *
Diaphragmatic breathing for relaxation
Diarrhea
(see also Food poisoning)
(see also Stomach and intestinal problems and procedures)
- acute
- acute, brief version *
- antibiotic-associated
- traveler's
- viral gastroenteritis *
Diet
- calcium *
- during pregnancy
- during pregnancy, brief version *
- effect on tooth decay
- food pyramid illustration & booklet (Steps to a Healthier You from the USDA)for diverticulosis *
- for obesity
- healthy
- healthy, brief version *
- iron
- iron deficiency anemia
- lactose intolerance *
- low sodium for hypertension
- low sodium for hypertension, brief version *
- Nutrition Facts label, illustration
- nutrition labels, how to read
- salt/sodium in diet
- to control cholesterol
- to control cholesterol, brief version *
- vegetarian
- - overview
- - sources of some essential nutrients
Digestive system, illustration *
Dilatation during labor
Dilation and curettage (D&C)
- diagnostic
- therapeutic
Disk, herniated
- diagnosis and treatment *
- illustration *
Diverticulosis
- diagnosis and treatment *
- llustration *
Dizziness
Domestic violence
- abuse during pregnancy
- help for the battered woman
- Drooling rash *
Drug abuse
- alcohol dependence *
- cocaine dependence *
- during pregnancy
- during pregnancy, brief version *
- narcotic dependence *
- sedative overdose *
Drug addiction--see Drug abuse
Drugs, therapeutic--see Medications
Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA, DEXA)
Duodenal ulcer
Duodenal ulcer, brief version *
Dysmenorrhea (menstrual cramps)
Dyspareunia
Dyspareunia in older women
Dysplasia, cervical (see also Cervical dysplasia) *
Dystrophy, vulvar

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E

Earpits in newborn *
Eating disorder
- anorexia nervosa
- bulimia nervosa
ECG (electrocardiogram) *
Ectopic pregnancy
- illustration
- text
Eczema
Eczema, brief version *
Effacement during labor
- illustration
- text
Ejaculation, premature
EKG (electrocardiogram) *
Electrocardiogram *
Electronic fetal monitoring
- biophysical profile
- contraction stress test
- external
- internal
- nonstress test
Embolic stroke
Embolus, pulmonary *
Emergency birth control *
Endocervical polyps
Endometrial ablation, therapeutic hysteroscopy for
Endometrial biopsy
Endometrial cancer (see also Uterine problems and procedures)
Endometriosis
Endoscopy
(see also Hysteroscopy)
(see also Laparoscopy)
- large intestine (sigmoidoscopy)
- vagina, cervix (colposcopy) *
Engorgement of newborn's breast *
Epicondylitis, lateral (tennis elbow)
- diagnosis and treatment *
- illustration *
Epilepsy
Epilepsy, brief version *
Episiotomy
Epistaxis (nosebleed)
Epithelial pearls in newborn *
Erectile dysfunction
- diagnosis and treatment
- effect of diabetes
Erections in newborn *
Erythema toxicum *
Estrogen replacement therapy
Estrogen replacement therapy, brief version *
Excisional biopsy
Excuse from work or school
Exercise
(see also Stress management)
after delivery
- - illustration
- - overview
- - stretching and strengthening exercises
- during pregnancy
- - basic exercises
- - illustration
- for low back pain
- - illustration *
- - text *
- for maintaining health
- for maintaining health, brief version *
- for treating obesity *
External cephalic version
- illustration
- text
External electronic fetal monitoring
Eye problems and procedures
(see also Contact lenses)
cataract
- - nuclear expression with lens implant, illustration *
- - phacoemulsification with lens implant, illustration *
- conjunctivitis
- - allergic *
- - illustration *
- - viral or bacterial *
- illustration of normal eye *
- retinopathy in diabetes mellitus
- - diagnosis and treatment *
- - illustration *
- stye (Chalazion)
- - illustration

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F

Facial nerve weakness or paralysis (Bell's palsy)
Fainting *
Family records, medical and official
Fasciitis, plantar
- diagnosis and treatment *
- illustration *
Fat in diet (see also Obesity)
Fat in diet, brief version *
Father's role in care of newborn *
Fatigue
- chronic fatigue syndrome *
- jet lag
- overview
Feeding a newborn
- breast-feeding
- breast-feeding, brief version *
- formula (bottle feeding)
- formula (bottle feeding), brief version *
- nighttime feedings, phasing them out
- overweight, prevention in infants *
Feet turned in, up, or out in newborn *
Female condom *
Female infertility
Female infertility, brief version *
Female pelvis, illustration *
Female sterilization *
Female urinary system, illustration *
Fertility drugs
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
Fetal growth
- gestational age, estimating
- intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)
- normal *
Fetal lung maturity test
Fetal monitoring
- biophysical profile
- contraction stress test
- external electronic
- internal
- nonstress test
Fetal scalp sampling
Fever blister *
Fiber in diet
Fiber in diet, brief version *
Fibrocystic breast changes
Fibroids, uterine
- diagnosis and treatment
- illustration
- removal
- - hysteroscopy
- - laparoscopy
Fibromyalgia
Flattened nose in newborn *
Flossing teeth
Flu
- respiratory *
- stomach *
- vaccine -
Flu shot -
Folded-over ears in newborn *
Folic acid deficiency anemia
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) test
Food allergy *
Food groups in diet
Food groups in diet, brief version *
Food poisoning
- campylobacteriosis
- giardiasis
- listeriosis
- overview *
- salmonellosis
Food pyramid illustration & booklet (Steps to a Healthier You from the USDA)
Foot problems and procedures
- athlete's foot
- - diagnosis and treatment *
- - illustration *
- bunion
- - diagnosis and treatment
- - illustration
- Bunionectomy
- - illustration
- - text
- corns and calluses
- foot care
- plantar fasciitis
- - diagnosis and treatment *
- - illustration *
- ulcers and infections in diabetes *
Forceps or birth canal trauma *
Foreskin care and problems (child) *
Fracture, hip *
FSH blood test

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G

Galactorrhea
Gallbladder problems and procedures
- biliary colic
- illustration of gallbladder and bile ducts
Gallstones (see also Gallbladder problems and procedures)
- illustration *
- text
Gardnerella vaginitis *
Gastric ulcer
Gastric ulcer, brief version *
Gastroenteritis, viral (see also Diarrhea; Food poisoning) *
Gastroesophageal reflux (GE reflux)
- during pregnancy
- in adults *
- in infants
- in infants, brief version *
Gastrointestinal problems and procedures--see Stomach and intestinal problems and procedures
Genetic screening before or during pregnancy
- amniocentesis
- - illustration *
- - text
- - text, brief version *
- chorionic villus sampling
- overview
Genital herpes (herpes progenitalis)
- diagnosis and treatment *
- during pregnancy
Genital warts
- diagnosis and treatment *
- human papillomavirus infection
GERD (gastroesophageal reflux) in adults *
German measles during pregnancy
Gestational age, estimating
Gestational diabetes
Giardiasis
Glucose, blood test for
Glycated hemoglobin *
Goiter
- Graves' disease
- hyperthyroidism
- hypothyroidism
Gonorrhea
- diagnosis and treatment *
- in women *
- test for
Grand mal seizure
Grand mal seizure, brief version *
Graves' disease
Grief and loss
Gross obesity
Group B streptococcus infection during pregnancy
Growth of baby during pregnancy
- normal *
- slowed (intrauterine growth retardation)

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H

Hair growth, excessive
Hair loss
Hand problems
- carpal tunnel syndrome
- - diagnosis and treatment
- - diagnosis and treatment, brief version *
- corns and calluses
Hashimoto's disease (thyroiditis, cause of hypothyroidism)
Hay fever
HbA1c test *
Headache
- migraine
- migraine, brief version *
- sinus
- tension (muscle contraction) *
Health care provider, how to choose for pregnancy
Health exam, routine, for women -
Health maintenance--see Prevention
Healthy diet
Healthy diet during pregnancy
Healthy diet during pregnancy, brief version *
Healthy diet, brief version *
Heart and blood vessel problems
(see also Heart and blood vessels, procedures for)
(see also Hypertension)
(see also Stroke)
- angina
- - diagnosis and treatment *
- coronary artery disease*
- heart attack (myocardial infarction)
- hypertension
- - during pregnancy
- - secondary (associated with disease) *
- illustrations
- - circulatory system *
- - cross section of heart *
- - external view of heart *
- - normal and diseased heart valves *

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