Health at Home
American Institute for Preventive Medicine's
HEALTH at HOME
Your Complete Guide to Symptoms, Solutions, & Self-Care
Don R. Powell, Ph.D.

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Note: This guide is not meant to substitute for expert medical advice or treatment. The information is given to help you make informed choices about your health. Follow your doctor's or health care provider's advice if it differs from what is given in this guide.

- A - Abscess Acne Advance Directives Alcoholism Alzheimer's Disease Ambulatory Surgery	Anemia Angina Animal/Insect Bites (Anorexia Nervosa & Bulimia) - Eating Disorders Anxiety Arthritis Asthma Athlete's Foot
- B - Backaches Basic Facts about STDs Bed-Wetting Bites - Animal/Insect Breast Cancer & Self-Exam	Breathing Problems Broken Bones Broken or Knocked Out Tooth Bronchitis Bulimia - Eating Disorders (Anorexia Nervosa & Bulimia) Burns
- C - Calling Your Doctor Checklist Cancer Cataracts Cervical Cancer Checkup - Having a Routine Chest Pain Chicken Pox Chlamydia Choking Choking (Heimlich Maneuver) Choosing a Doctor Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	Cigarette Smoking - Packing It In Cirrhosis Codependency Cold Hands & Feet Colic Common Cold Constipation Corns & Calluses Coronary Heart Disease Coughs CPR (Rescue Breathing/Chest Compressions) Croup Cuts, Scrapes, & Punctures
- D - Dental Checkup - The Dental Specialties Dentist - When to Visit Your Depression Diabetes Diarrhea Directives - Advance	Dislocations Diverticulosis & Diverticulitis Doctor-Patient Communication Doctor - Rating Your Doctor Visit - Making the Most of a Doctors & Their Specialties Drowning Drug Dependence & Abuse
- E - Earaches Eating Disorders (Anorexia Nervosa & Bulimia) Eczema Electric Shock Emphysema	Endometriosis Enlarged Prostate Epilepsy Eye Injuries Eyestrain from Computers
- F - Fainting Family Medical Records Fatigue Fever Fibroids	First-Aid Precautions Fitness - Get Fit, Stay Fit Flatulence (Gas) Flu Fractured Jaw Frostbite
- G - (Gas) - Flatulence Gallstones Genital Herpes	Glaucoma Gonorrhea Gout Grief/Bereavement Gum (Periodontal) Disease
- H - Hair Loss Hay Fever Head Injuries Headaches Health Insurance - Considering Your Needs Health Tests & How Often to Have Them - Common Hearing Loss Heartburn Heat Exhaustion & Heat Stoke Help - General Health Information	Help - For Specific Concerns Hemorrhoids Hiccups High Blood Pressure HIV/AIDS Hives Home Medical Tests Home Pharmacy Home: Playing It Safe - Tips for Home Hospital Admissions Hospital - Saving Money in the Hyperventilation
- I - Immunization Schedule Information - General Health Information Information - For Specific Concerns Informed Consent	Ingrown Toenails Insect Stings Insomnia Insurance, Health - Considering Your Needs Insurance Terms
- J - Jock Itch
- K - Key Questions Checklist	Kidney Stones
- L - Laryngitis	Lice Lung Cancer
- M - Measles Medical Decision Comparison Chart Medical Decisions: Key Questions Checklist Medical Decisions: Wallet-Size Checklist Medications - Over-the-Counter (OTC) Medications - Questions to Ask About	Medicine Cabinet - Overhauling Your Menopause Menstrual Cramps Mental Health Facts Mental Health - It's Smart to Ask for Help Mental Health - Reasons to Seek Help Multiple Sclerosis
- N - Neck/Spine Injuries	Nosebleeds Nutrition - Eating for Life
- O - Osteoporosis Ovarian Cysts	Over-the-Counter (OTC) Medications Overhauling Your Medicine Cabinet
- P - Panic Attacks Parkinson's Disease Patient Rights Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Peptic Ulcers (Periodontal) Disease - Gum Pharmacy - Your Home Phlebitis & Thrombosis	Phobias Pinkeye Pneumonia Poison Ivy (Oak, Sumac) Poisoning Pregnancy - Planning a Healthy Baby Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) Prostate - Enlarged
- Q - Questions - Key Questions Checklist	Questions to Ask about Medications
- R - Rating Your Doctor Recovery Position	Repetitive Motion Injuries (Ringing in the Ear) - Tinnitus
- S - Safety: Playing It Safe - Tips for Home Saving Money in the Hospital Seizures Sexual Concerns Shingles Shock Shoulder & Neck Pain Sickle Cell Disease Sinus Problems Skin Rashes Snoring Sore Throats	Splinters Sports Injuries Sprains & Strains STD's - Basic Facts about STD's Stress Stress - Learning to Cope Strokes Sty Suicidal Thoughts Sunburn Surgery - Types of Syphilis
- T - Taking Medications Safely Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ) Testicular Cancer & Self-Exam Tests & What They Are For Tests - Common Health Tests & How Often to Have Them	Thyroid Problems Tinnitus (Ringing in the Ear) Tonsillitis Tooth - Broken or Knocked Out Tooth Toothaches Toxic Shock Syndrome Trichomoniasis
- U - Unconsciousness	Urinary Incontinence Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
- V - Vaginal Yeast Infections	Varicose Veins Vomiting & Nausea
- W - Weight Control - "Chewsing" Well	Wheezing When to Visit Your Dentist
- Y - Yeast Infections - Vaginal

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HEALTH AT HOME - Your Complete Guide to Symptoms, Solutions, and Self-Care © 1999 by Don R. Powell. American Institute for Preventive Medicine. 

Date updated 04/20/99