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Knowing how to take care of yourself is the key to living longer and better. Our Learning Center has hundreds of topics to answer your questions. From bath safety and food poisoning to rattlesnake bites and car seats for children, the information is here. Do you want to know about immunizations? Are you wondering if you should have a cholesterol test? We can help.
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening
- Abnormal Pap Test
- Abuse: Signs of Abuse-Related Injuries
- Accidental Needle Sticks
- Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy
- Alcohol and Drugs: When to Get Help for an Intoxicated Person
- Alcohol Increases the Risk of Cold Injury
- Allen Test
- Antibiotic Sensitivity Test
- Antibiotics
- Antioxidants
- Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Panel (AJGP)
- Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke
- Assistive Devices and Orthotics
- Autism and Vaccines
- Avoiding Infections in the Hospital
- Avoiding Mercury in Fish
- Babies' Sleep Position and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Basic Dental Care
- Blood and Body Fluid Precautions
- Blood Pressure Screening
- Blood Transfusion
- Body Mechanics
- Breast Cancer Screening
- Breast Cancer: Lymph Node Surgery for Staging Cancer
- Breast Self-Examination
- Breastfeeding: Avoiding Toxic Substances
- Brushing and Flossing a Child's Teeth
- Burns and Electric Shock
- Campylobacteriosis
- Carbon Monoxide Alarms
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Protecting Your Home
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Exercise
- Care of Your Skin When You Have Diabetes
- Caregiving: How to Help With a Sink Bath
- Caregiving: How to Turn Someone in Bed
- Caregiving: Making a Home Safe
- Caregiving: Preventing Rashes in the Groin Area
- Caregiving: Reducing Germs and Infection in the Home
- Caregiving: Skin Care for Immobile Adults
- Caregiving: Using Disposable Gloves
- Caregiving: Washing Soiled Clothes and Linens
- Carotid Artery Procedures After a Stroke or TIA
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Activities to Limit
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Safe Posture and Movements
- Cerebral Palsy: Safety Tips
- Cervical Cancer Screening
- Chickenpox Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Child Car Seats
- Child Safety: Air Pollution
- Child Safety: Bathing
- Child Safety: Bicycles and Tricycles
- Child Safety: Drowning Prevention in Pools and Hot Tubs
- Child Safety: Fires
- Child Safety: Guns and Firearms
- Child Safety: Pets
- Child Safety: Preventing Burns
- Child Safety: Preventing Child Abduction
- Child Safety: Preventing Drowning
- Child Safety: Preventing Falls
- Child Safety: Streets and Motor Vehicles
- Child Safety: Strollers and Shopping Carts
- Child Safety: Washing Toys to Prevent Germs
- Childbirth: Strep Infections During Delivery
- Children and Malaria: Reducing the Risk
- Chili Pepper Burns
- Choking Prevention in Small Children
- Cholera Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Cleanliness and Hygiene Standards for Group Child Care Facilities
- Cold Exposure: Emergency Equipment
- Cold Exposure: Ways the Body Loses Heat
- Cold Exposure: What Increases Your Risk of Injury?
- Cold Temperature Exposure
- Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Common Questions About Giving Yourself Shots
- Controlling Dust, Dust Mites, and Other Allergens in Your Home
- Controlling Indoor Mold
- Controlling Pet Allergens
- Crib Safety
- Dehydration
- Dental Care: 6 Years to 16 Years
- Depression Screening
- Diabetes in Children: Care Plan for School or Day Care
- Diabetes: Checking Your Feet
- Diabetes: Dealing With Low Blood Sugar
- Diabetes: Protecting Your Feet
- Diabetes: Steps for Foot-Washing
- Domestic Violence: Checklist of Things to Take When You Leave
- Domestic Violence: Getting a Protective Order
- DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Ebola or Marburg Virus Infection
- Effects of Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Exposure
- Elbow Bursitis and Tendon Injury: Preventing Pain
- Emergency First Aid for Heatstroke
- Emergency Food and Water Supplies
- Emergency Procedures for Group Child Care Facilities
- Eye and Vision Tests for Children and Teens
- Eye Exams for Adults
- Fetal Monitoring During Labor
- Finding Good Footwear
- Fluoride During Childhood
- Food Handling and Preparation in a Child Care Setting
- Food Poisoning and Safe Food Handling
- Food Poisoning During Pregnancy
- Food Poisoning: Clostridium Perfringens
- Food Poisoning: Toxoplasmosis
- Food Poisoning: Vibrio Vulnificus
- Food Safety: Cooking
- Food Safety: Following the Package Instructions
- Food Safety: Preparing
- Food Safety: Serving
- Food Safety: Storing
- Food Safety: Tips for Grocery Shopping
- Genetics
- Giardiasis
- Glaucoma Screening
- Handling a Dead Bird
- Handling Wild Birds
- Hand-Washing
- Hantavirus: Advice for Hikers and Campers
- Hantavirus: Cleaning Up Rodent-Infested Areas
- Hantavirus: Keeping Rodent Numbers Down
- Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years
- Health and Safety, Birth to 2 Years
- Health Screening: Finding Health Problems Early
- Healthwise Self-Care Checklist
- Healthy Aging
- Healthy Habits to Prevent or Reduce Problems From Osteoporosis
- Hearing Protectors
- Heart Attack and Stroke Risk Screening
- Heat Waves
- Heat-Related Illnesses
- Heatstroke Prevention: Acclimating to the Heat
- Heatstroke Prevention: What to Wear
- Heimlich Maneuver for Adults and Children Older Than 1 Year
- Helping a Person During a Seizure
- Helping Children During Immunizations
- Helping Your Child Who Is Overweight
- Helping Your Teen Become a Safe Driver
- Hepatitis A and Undercooked Shellfish
- Hepatitis A Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Hepatitis B Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Hepatitis B: How to Avoid Spreading the Virus
- Hepatitis Immunoglobulin (HBIG)
- Hib (Haemophilus Influenzae Type B) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- High Blood Pressure: Over-the-Counter Medicines to Avoid
- High Cholesterol: Effect of Food on Cholesterol
- HIV: Preventing Infections
- HIV: Preventing Other Infections When You Have HIV
- HIV: Risks of Sexual Contact
- HIV: Tips for Caregivers to Avoid Infection
- Hospital Isolation Rooms
- How to Get Up Safely After a Fall
- How to Recognize Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac
- HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Vaccine Gardasil®: What You Need to Know
- HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Immunization Safety
- Immunization Schedules
- Immunizations
- Immunizations and Pregnancy
- Immunizations for Premature Infants
- Immunotherapy for Allergies to Insect Stings
- Importance of Immunizations
- Indoor Tanning: Is It Safe?
- Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (Inactivated or Recombinant): What You Need to Know
- Insect Repellents
- Interactive Tool: Do Your BMI and Waist Size Increase Your Health Risks?
- Interactive Tool: How Does Smoking Affect Your Lifespan?
- Interactive Tool: How Much Is Smoking Costing You?
- Interactive Tool: What Is Your Stress Level?
- Interactive Tool: Which Health Screenings Do You Need?
- Interactive Tools
- Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Kidney Disease: Medicines to Avoid
- Knee Bursitis and Tendon Injury: Preventing Pain
- Lead Poisoning
- Lead Poisoning in Children: Questions Before Screening
- Lead Poisoning Screening
- Lead Poisoning: Contaminated Drinking Water
- Lead Poisoning: Jobs and Hobbies That May Increase Risk
- Lead Poisoning: Nutrition and Food Preparation
- Lead Poisoning: Reducing Lead in Your Home
- Lead Poisoning: Tips for Those Who Work With Lead
- Lifestyle Changes That May Help Prevent Cancer
- Listeriosis
- Live Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine, ZVL: What you need to know
- Log Roll Method for Safe Movement
- Low-Vision Accommodations in Your Home
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Malaria Vaccines in Development
- Manage Stress for Your Heart
- Managing Job Stress
- Marine Toxins
- Medicines That Interact With Alcohol
- Meningococcal ACWY Vaccines - MenACWY and MPSV4: What You Need to Know
- MMR Vaccine (Measles, Mumps and Rubella): What You Need to Know
- MMRV Vaccine (Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella): What You Need to Know
- Mouth Guard
- Mouth Guards for Sports
- Neurological Exam for Parkinson's Disease
- Noroviruses (Norwalk Viruses)
- Office Ergonomics
- Oral Rehydration Solutions for Children
- Osteoporosis Screening
- Overtraining
- Pap Test: Classification of Cell Changes
- Pediatric Preparation for Medical Tests
- Pets, Vaccinations, and Rabies
- Physical Activity Helps Prevent a Heart Attack and Stroke
- Playground Safety
- Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13): What You Need to Know
- Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac: Barrier Lotions and Creams
- Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac: Rash From Indirect Contact
- Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac: Tips for Removing Plants
- Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac: Tips for Washing
- Poisoning
- Polio Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Posture: Standing and Walking
- Pregnancy and Malaria: Reducing Your Risk
- Pregnancy: Chemicals, Cosmetics, and Radiation
- Pregnancy: Hot Tub and Sauna Use
- Premature Infant: Safe Travel With Your Baby
- Prevent Giardia When Traveling
- Prevent Medical Errors
- Preventing ACL Injuries
- Preventing Bee Stings
- Preventing Blisters
- Preventing Children's Injuries From Sports and Other Activities
- Preventing Choking
- Preventing Falls in Older Adults
- Preventing Falls in Older Adults Who Take High-Risk Medicines
- Preventing Falls: Exercises for Strength and Balance
- Preventing Flea Bites
- Preventing Foot Cramps
- Preventing Insect Stings
- Preventing Lead Poisoning
- Preventing Poisoning in Young Children
- Preventing Spider Bites
- Preventing Tetanus Infections
- Proper Back Posture (Neutral Spine)
- Proper Sitting for a Healthy Back
- Prostate Cancer Screening
- Protect Yourself From Hepatitis A When Traveling
- Protecting Your Child From Infections
- Protecting Your Skin From the Sun
- Pseudomonas Infection
- Puncture Wounds
- Purifying Your Drinking Water
- Quick Tips: Baby-Proofing Your Home
- Quick Tips: Cutting Back On Drinking
- Quick Tips: Modifying Your Home and Work Area When You Have Arthritis
- Quick Tips: Safely Giving Over-the-Counter Medicines to Children
- Quick Tips: Staying Active in Cold Weather
- Quick Tips: Staying Active in Hot Weather
- Quick Tips: Taking Medicines Wisely
- Quick Tips: Using Backpacks Safely
- Quitting Smoking
- Rabies
- Rabies Vaccine for Travel
- Rabies Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Rabies: Areas Where It's More Common
- Rabies: HRIG Injection
- Radiation Exposure: Risks and Health Effects
- Radon
- Radon Prevention: Sub-Slab Depressurization
- Recombinant Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine, RZV: What you need to know
- Returning to Play After a Head Injury During a Sporting Event
- Rodents That Carry Hantavirus
- Roomy Shoes
- Rotavirus Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Rubella (German Measles)
- Safe Hand and Wrist Movements
- Safer Sex
- Safety Around Irrigation Canals
- Salmonellosis
- Screening for Gestational Diabetes
- Screening for Hearing Problems
- Screening for Weight Problems
- Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccine (MenB): What You Need to Know
- Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing
- Sheltering in Place
- Shigellosis
- Shoulder Bursitis and Tendon Injury: Preventing Pain
- Signs of Abnormal Bleeding
- Skin Cancer Screening
- Smoking: Health Risk for Family Members
- Smoking: Heart Attack and Stroke Risks
- Smoking: Problems With Pregnancy
- Snake Antivenom
- Sports-Related Dehydration
- Staph Food Poisoning
- Staying Healthy Around Animals
- Staying Safe When You Take Several Medicines
- Stroke: Preventing Injury in Affected Limbs
- Sun Protection to Prevent Sunburn
- Sunburn
- Sunburn: Skin Types
- Swallowed or Inhaled Objects
- Taking Care of Yourself When Your Child Is Sick
- Tattoo and Piercing Safety
- Td (Tetanus, Diphtheria) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Teen Smokers: Reasons to Quit
- Terrorism and Other Public Health Threats
- Tetanus
- The Bethesda System (TBS)
- Thinking About Child Safety
- Thyroid Testing
- Ticks: How to Avoid and Remove Ticks
- Tips for Reducing Indoor Pollutants in Your Home
- Tips for Reducing Pesticide Exposure in Your Home
- Travel Health
- Tuberculosis Screening
- Type 2 Diabetes: Screening for Adults
- Type 2 Diabetes: Screening for Children
- Typhoid Vaccines: What You Need to Know
- Ultraviolet Rays From the Sun
- Using a Cane
- Using a Walker
- Using Crutches
- Vaccine Information Statements
- Vaccines to Prevent the Flu
- Vertigo: Level 1 (Easy) Balance Exercises
- Vertigo: Level 2 (Harder) Balance Exercises
- Vertigo: Walking Exercises
- Virtual Colonoscopy
- Warning Signs of Suicide
- Warning Signs of Suicide in Adults
- Warning Signs of Suicide in Children and Teens
- Warning Signs of Suicide in Older Adults
- Water Purification to Prevent Giardia
- Ways HIV Cannot Be Spread
- Weight and Coronary Artery Disease
- Weight-Bearing Exercises to Maintain Healthy Bones
- Well-Child Visits
- Yellow Fever Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Your Child's First Vaccines: What You Need to Know
- Breast Ultrasound
- Clinical Breast Examination
- Colonoscopy
- Colposcopy and Cervical Biopsy
- Digital Rectal Examination (DRE)
- Endometrial Biopsy
- Genetic Test
- Gonioscopy
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Breast
- Mammogram
- Pap Test
- Phenylketonuria (PKU) Test
- Rubella Test
- Sigmoidoscopy (Anoscopy, Proctoscopy)
- Stool Tests for Colorectal Cancer
- Testicular Examination and Testicular Self-Examination
- Vitamin D Test
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Should I Get a Screening Test?
- Allergies: Should I Take Shots for Insect Sting Allergies?
- Blood Transfusions: Should I Bank Blood Before Surgery?
- Breast Cancer Screening: When Should I Start Having Mammograms?
- Colorectal Cancer: Which Screening Test Should I Have?
- Coronary Artery Disease: Should I Have an Angiogram?
- Coronary Calcium Scan: Should I Have This Test?
- Flu Vaccines: Should I Get a Flu Vaccine?
- Health Screenings: Should I Buy Commercial Tests?
- Healthy Aging: Is It Time to Stop Driving?
- HPV: Should I Get the Vaccine?
- HPV: Should My Child Get the Vaccine?
- Lung Cancer: Should I Have Screening?
- Osteoporosis: Should I Have a Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) Test?
- Prediabetes: Which Treatment Should I Use to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes?
- Prostate Cancer Screening: Should I Have a PSA Test?
- Shingles: Should I Get a Shot to Prevent Shingles?
- Aging Well: Making Your Home Fall-Proof
- Asthma: Identifying Your Triggers
- Back Problems: Proper Lifting
- Bowel Disease: Caring for Your Ostomy
- Dental Care: Brushing and Flossing Your Teeth
- Diabetes in Children: Preparing a Care Plan for School
- Diabetes in Children: Treating Low Blood Sugar
- Diabetes: Taking Care of Your Feet
- Fitness: Increasing Core Stability
- Heart Failure: Avoiding Medicines That Make Symptoms Worse
- Skin Cancer: Protecting Your Skin
- Vertigo: Balance Exercises
- Vertigo: Staying Safe When You Have Balance Problems
- Vision Problems: Living With Poor Eyesight
- Wrist Care: Preventing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Current as of: October 9, 2017
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & Martin J. Gabica, MD - Family Medicine
