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Tai Chi and Qi Gong
Taking Birth Control Pills With Other Medicines
Taking Blood Pressure at Home
Taking Blood Pressure Medicine: How Others Decided
Taking Care of a Cast or Splint
Taking Care of Pinkeye at Home
Taking Care of Stitches
Taking Care of Your Stitches or Staples
Taking Care of Yourself When You Have a Child With Physical, Emotional, or Behavioral Problems
Taking Care of Yourself When Your Baby Is Fussy
Taking Care of Yourself When Your Child Is Sick
Taking Medicine to Stop a Migraine
Taking Medicines as Prescribed
Taking Statins: How Others Decided
Taking Warfarin Safely
Talk to Others About Depression
Talking to Your Adolescent or Teen About Problems
Talking With Your Child About Sex
Tapping the Power of Optimism
Taste Changes
Tattoo and Piercing Safety
Tattoo Problems
Tattoo Removal
Tattoos: Reporting Problems
Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Test
Tea Tree Oil (Melaleuca Alternifolia)
Teaching Your Child to Use an Inhaler With a Spacer
Teaching Your Child to Use an Inhaler Without a Spacer
Technetium-Labeled Red Blood Cell Bleeding Scan
Teen Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Teen Relationship Abuse
Teen Smokers: Reasons to Quit
Teen Substance Abuse: Choosing a Treatment Program
Teen Substance Abuse: Signs at Home
Teen Substance Abuse: Signs at School
Teen Substance Abuse: Signs in Your Teen's Friendships
Teen Substance Use: Making a Contract With Your Teen
Teenage Sleep Patterns
Teenagers: Feeling Different Because of Asthma
Teens and Healthy Eating: What Gets in Your Way?
Teens With Diabetes: Issues for Parents
Teens: Get Moving!
Teens: Overweight? You're in Charge
Teens: Who Do You See in the Mirror?
Teeth Whitening
Teething
Teething Products
Teething: Common Concerns
Temper Tantrums
Temper Tantrums: Keeping a Record
Temporal Artery Biopsy
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Temporary Confusion or Decreased Alertness
Temporomandibular Disorder: Should I Have Surgery for Jaw Pain?
Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD)
Temporomandibular Disorders: Biofeedback
Temporomandibular Disorders: Dental Splints
Temporomandibular Disorders: Having Good Body Mechanics
Temporomandibular Disorders: Hypnosis
Temporomandibular Disorders: Medical History and Physical Exam
Temporomandibular Disorders: Problems With the Disc
Temporomandibular Disorders: Treating Trigger Points
Temporomandibular Disorders: Ways to Ease Pain
Tendon Injury (Tendinopathy)
Tennis Elbow
Tennis Elbow: Should I Have Surgery?
Tennis Elbow: Stretches and Strengthening Exercises
Tension Headache Classifications
Tension Headache Triggers
Tension Headaches
Tension-Free Vaginal Tape for Stress Incontinence in Women
Terrorism and Other Public Health Threats
Testicular Biopsy
Testicular Cancer
Testicular Cancer Screening
Testicular Cancer Screening (PDQ®): Screening - Patient Information [NCI]
Testicular Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Testicular Cancer: Which Treatment Should I Have for Stage I Nonseminoma Testicular Cancer After My Surgery?
Testicular Cancer: Which Treatment Should I Have for Stage I Seminoma Testicular Cancer After My Surgery?
Testicular Examination and Testicular Self-Examination
Testicular Prosthesis
Testicular Scan
Testicular Ultrasound
Testing Tips From a Diabetes Educator
Testosterone
Testosterone
Testosterone and Osteoporosis
Tests for Bacterial Vaginosis
Tests for Erection Problems
Tests for Ketones
Tests for Low Back Pain
Tests for Lung Infections
Tetanus
Thalamotomy for Parkinson's Disease
Thalassemia
The Bethesda System (TBS)
The Difference Between Hospice and Palliative Care
The Effects of High Blood Pressure
The Pain-Mood Connection
The Three Kinds of Fitness
Theophylline for Long-Term Control of Asthma
Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) for High Cholesterol
Therapeutic Touch
Thermal Keratoplasty for Farsightedness
Thiazolidinediones for Type 2 Diabetes
Thick and Thin Blood Smears for Malaria
Thinking About a Change?
Thinking About Child Safety
Third-Trimester Exams and Tests
Thoracentesis
Throat Culture
Thrombolytic Medicines for Pulmonary Embolism
Thrombolytics for Deep Vein Thrombosis
Thrush
Thumb-Sucking
Thumb-Sucking Versus Pacifier Use
Thumb-Sucking: Helping Your Child Stop
Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound
Thyroid Biopsy
Thyroid Blood Test: Understanding the Test
Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Thyroid Hormone Production and Function
Thyroid Hormone Replacement for Hypothyroidism
Thyroid Hormone Tests
Thyroid Hormones
Thyroid Nodules
Thyroid Scan
Thyroid Scan: Understanding the Test
Thyroid Storm
Thyroid Surgery
Thyroid Testing
Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
Tick Bites
Tick Bites: Flu-Like Symptoms
Tick Bites: Signs of Tick Paralysis
Ticks: How to Avoid and Remove Ticks
Tilt Table Test
Time-Out
Tim's Story: Dealing With Trauma And Grief
Tinea Versicolor
Tips for Buying Fitness Machines or Devices
Tips for Exercising Safely When You Have Diabetes
Tips for Finding a Counselor or Therapist
Tips for Finding a Therapist
Tips for Getting More Sleep
Tips for Good Vision
Tips for Maintaining Weight Loss
Tips for Parents of Children With Epilepsy
Tips for Parents of Teens
Tips for Picking the Right Activities
Tips for Pregnant Parents
Tips for Reducing Indoor Pollutants in Your Home
Tips for Reducing Pesticide Exposure in Your Home
Tips for Swallowing Medicines
Tissue Flap Surgery for Breast Reconstruction
Tissue Type Test
TLC Diet Sample Menu
Tobacco Use in Teens
Toe, Foot, and Ankle Injuries
Toe, Foot, and Ankle Problems, Noninjury
Toilet Training
Toilet Training: Knowing When Your Child Is Ready
Tongue Problems
Tongue-Tie
Tongue-Tie Surgery for Age 1 Year and Older
Tongue-Tie Surgery for Infants
Tonometry
Tonsillectomy
Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snoring
Tonsillitis
Tonsillitis: Should My Child Have a Tonsillectomy?
Tony's Story: Taking Medicine for High Cholesterol
Tooth Decay
Tooth Development in Children
Tooth Extraction
Tooth Extraction for Gum Disease
Toothache and Gum Problems
Topics in Complementary and Alternative Therapies (PDQ®): Complementary and alternative medicine - Patient Information [NCI]
Topiramate for Binge Eating Disorder
Torn or Detached Nail
Total Incontinence
Total Serum Protein
Tourette's Disorder
Tourette's Disorder Tics
Tourette's Disorder: Habit Reversal Training
Tourette's Disorder: Making Home and School Life Easier
Tourette's Disorder: Tic Triggers
Toxic Reaction to Insect or Spider Venom
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Toxic Shock Syndrome Bacteria
Toxicology Tests
Toxoplasmosis During Pregnancy
Toxoplasmosis Test
Toxoplasmosis Test for Fetus
Trabeculectomy (Filtration Surgery) for Glaucoma
Trabeculotomy for Congenital Glaucoma
Tracheostomy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Track Your Smoking
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) for Cirrhosis
Transparent Tape Test for Pinworms
Transurethral Incision of the Prostate (TUIP) for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Transurethral Microwave Therapy (TUMT) for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Transurethral Prostatectomy for Prostatitis
Transurethral Resection (TUR) for Bladder Cancer
Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP) for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Trapped Finger, Toe, or Limb
Traumatic Brain Injury
Travel During Pregnancy
Travel Health
Traveler's Diarrhea
Traveling With Oxygen
Treating a Bad Taste in Your Mouth
Treating a Black or Coated Tongue
Treating a Hangnail
Treating a Nail Infection
Treating a Sore Throat Caused by Postnasal Drip
Treating a Twisting Bowel Obstruction
Treating Asthma in Babies and Younger Children
Treating Diabetic Foot Problems
Treating Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Treating High Blood Sugar
Treating Low Blood Sugar
Treating Nausea and Vomiting From Chemotherapy
Treating Personal Contamination
Treating Tuberculosis in Children
Treating Tuberculosis in People With HIV
Treating Tuberculosis in Pregnant Women
Treating Weak or Brittle Nails
Treatment for ACL Injuries in Children and Teens
Treatment for Depression
Treatment for Malocclusion
Treatments for Developmental Stuttering
Tremor
Trichomoniasis
Tricyclic and Tetracyclic Antidepressants for Depression
Tricyclic and Tetracyclic Antidepressants for Low Back Pain
Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs) for Bed-Wetting
Tricyclic Antidepressants for Chronic Pain
Triggers of Sudden Heart Failure
Triple or Quad Screening for Birth Defects
Triptans (Serotonin Receptor Agonists) for Migraine Headaches
Trochanteric Bursitis
Tubal Ligation and Tubal Implants
Tubal Ligation Reversal
Tube Feeding: Living With a Feeding Tube
Tuberculin Skin Test
Tuberculosis (TB)
Tuberculosis in Infants and Children
Tuberculosis in People With HIV
Tuberculosis Screening
Tubes for Ear Infections
Tubes for Ear Infections
Tube-Shunt Surgery for Glaucoma
Tumor Markers
Turning Off Your ICD
Tympanocentesis for Ear Infections
Tympanometry in Ear Infections (Otitis Media)
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Caring for Your Child
Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Emotional Issues
Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Making Mealtime Happier
Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Safe Exercise
Type 1 Diabetes: Children Living With the Disease
Type 1 Diabetes: Medical History and Physical Exam
Type 1 Diabetes: Your Child's Role in Care
Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes in Children
Type 2 Diabetes: Can You Cure It?
Type 2 Diabetes: Screening for Adults
Type 2 Diabetes: Screening for Children
Types of ACL Injuries
Types of Acne
Types of Allergens
Types of Allergic Rhinitis
Types of Bradycardia
Types of Bunion Surgery
Types of Cerebral Palsy
Types of Chest Injuries
Types of Cluster Headaches
Types of Complementary Medicine
Types of Contact Lenses
Types of Domestic Abuse
Types of Fats
Types of Fungal Nail Infection
Types of Hair Loss
Types of Headache
Types of Insulin
Types of Kidney Stones
Types of Malocclusion
Types of Migraine Headaches
Types of Multiple Sclerosis
Types of Osteoporosis
Types of Peptic Ulcers
Types of Psoriasis
Types of Retinal Detachment
Types of Strabismus
Types of Supraventricular Tachycardia
Types of Thyroid Cancer
Types of Ulcerative Colitis
Tyrell's Story: Taking Pills for High Blood Pressure
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