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H Disease

H Simiae Encephalomyelitis

H. Gottron's syndrome

H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu)

Haddad syndrome

HAE

HAF Deficiency

Hageman Factor Deficiency

Hageman Trait

Hailey-Hailey Disease

Haim-Munk Syndrome

Hair Loss

Hair Loss, Deciding About Treatment

Hair Loss, Hair Transplant for

Hair Loss, Transplant for

Hair loss: Should I take medicine to regrow hair?

Hair transplantation surgery

Hair-Pulling Syndrome

Hairy Cell Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Hairy Cell Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]

Hajdu Cheney Syndrome

HAL Deficiency

Halitosis (Bad or Changed Breath)

Hall-Pallister Syndrome

Hallermann Streiff Syndrome

Hallermann-Streiff-Francois syndrome

Hallervorden-Spatz Syndrome

Hallopeau I Disease

Hallopeau's Disease, Type I

Hallux Duplication, Postaxial Polydactyly, and Absence of Corpus Callosum

Halushi-Behcet's Syndrome

HAM/TSP

Hamartoma of the Lymphatics

Hamman-Rich Syndrome

Hammer Toe, Phalangeal Head Resection for

Hammer, Claw, and Mallet Toes

Hammer, claw, or mallet toe: Should I have surgery?

Hand, Finger, and Wrist Injuries

Hand, Finger, and Wrist Problems, Noninjury

Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Hand-Foot-Mouth Syndrome

Hand-Schuller Christian Syndrome

Hand-Washing

HANE

Hanhart Syndrome

Hansen's Disease

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)

Happy Puppet Syndrome (obsolete)

Harada Syndrome

HARD +/-E Syndrome

HARD Syndrome

Harlequin Fetus

Harrington Syndrome

Hart Syndrome

Hartnup Disease

Hartnup Disorder

Hartnup Syndrome

Hashimoto's disease

Hashimoto's syndrome

Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Hay Fever

Hay-Wells Syndrome

Hay-Wells Syndrome of Ectodermal Dysplasia

HCH

HCMM

HCP

HCS

HD

HDR syndrome

Head Injury, Age 3 and Younger

Head Injury, Age 4 and Older

Headache, Cluster

Headaches

Headaches

Headaches in Children

Headaches, Migraine

Headaches, Tension-type

Headaches: Identifying and avoiding triggers

Headaches: Managing a headache

Headaches: Should I have imaging tests to find out what's causing my headaches?

Headaches: Should I take medicine to prevent migraines?

Headaches: Should I take prescription medicine for tension headaches?

Healing Touch

Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years

Health and Safety, Birth to 2 Years

Health Care Agent

Health Care Professionals

Health Decisions

Health Risk Due to Weight Calculator

Health Screening Tests, Which do You Need?

Healthwise Self-Care Checklist

Healthy Aging

Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating for Children

Healthy eating on a budget: Quick tips

Healthy eating: Changing your eating habits

Healthy eating: Cutting unhealthy fats from your diet

Healthy eating: Getting support when changing your eating habits

Healthy eating: Making healthy choices when you eat out

Healthy eating: Making healthy choices when you shop

Healthy eating: Overcoming barriers to change

Healthy eating: Recognizing your hunger signals

Healthy eating: Starting a plan for change

Healthy eating: Staying with your plan

Healthy meals: Quick tips for making

Healthy snacks: Quick tips for making

Healthy Weight

Healthy Weight Calculator for a Child

Healthy Weight Calculator for a Teen

Hearing Aid, Deciding About

Hearing Aids

Hearing Loss

Hearing loss: Should I get a hearing aid?

Heart Attack and Smoking Risk Calculator

Heart Attack and Unstable Angina

Heart Attack or Stroke Prevention, Taking Daily Aspirin

Heart Attack Risk Calculator

Heart Attack, Stents for

Heart attack: Living with a pacemaker or ICD

Heart attack: Should I take daily aspirin to prevent a heart attack or stroke?

Heart Block, Congenital

Heart disease risk: Should I have a coronary calcium scan?

Heart disease: Eating a heart-healthy diet

Heart disease: Exercising for a healthy heart

Heart disease: Should I have an angiogram?

Heart disease: Should I have angioplasty for stable angina?

Heart disease: Should I have bypass surgery?

Heart disease: Walking for a healthy heart

Heart Failure

Heart failure: Activity and exercise

Heart failure: Avoiding medicines that make symptoms worse

Heart failure: Avoiding triggers for sudden heart failure

Heart failure: Checking your weight

Heart failure: Eating less salt

Heart Failure: Eating Out on a Low Salt Diet

Heart failure: Should I get a pacemaker?

Heart failure: Should I get an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)?

Heart failure: Taking medicines properly

Heart failure: Watching your fluids

Heart Murmur

Heart Problems

Heart problems: Living with a pacemaker or ICD

Heart problems: Should I have catheter ablation?

Heart transplant

Heart Valve (Aortic) Regurgitation

Heart valve repair or replacement for mitral valve regurgitation or prolapse

heart-hand syndrome

Heart-healthy diet, Eating a

Heartbeat, Changes

Heartburn

Heartburn (GERD): Controlling heartburn by changing your habits

Heat Rash

Heat-Related Illnesses

Heatstroke First Aid

Heavy Metal Poisoning

Hecht Syndrome

Heel Pain (Plantar Fasciitis)

Hegglin's Disease

Heimlich Maneuver

Helping a Family Member Who Has PTSD

Helping a Person During a Seizure

Hemangiectatic Hypertrophy

Hemangioma

hemangioma thrombocytopenia syndrome

Hemangiomatosis Chondrodystrophica

Hemangiomatous Branchial Clefts-Lip Pseudocleft Syndrome

Hematogenous Osteomyelitis

Hematuria, Benign, Familial

Hematuria, Benign, Recurrent

Hematuria, Essential

Hematuria-Nephropathy Deafness

Hemimegalencephaly

Hemiparaplegic Syndrome

Hemisection of the Spinal Cord

Hemochromatosis

Hemochromatosis Genetic Screening

Hemochromatosis, Hereditary

Hemodialysis

Hemophilia

Hemophilia

Hemophilia B

Hemophilia, Clotting Factor Replacement for

Hemophilia: Should I have regularly scheduled or on-demand clotting factor replacement?

Hemorrhage, Diverticular

Hemorrhagic Capillary Toxicosis

Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Hereditary

hemorrhagiparous thrombocytic dystrophy

Hemorrhoid Surgery (Hemorrhoidectomy)

Hemorrhoid Treatment, Deciding About

Hemorrhoidectomy for hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids, Infrared Photocoagulation for

Hemorrhoids, Rubber Band Ligation for

Hemorrhoids: Which treatment should I use?

Henoch-Schonlein Purpura

Hepatic Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase 1 Deficiency

Hepatic CPT1

Hepatic Fibrosis, Congenital

Hepatic Fructokinase Deficiency

Hepatic Phosphorylase Kinase Deficiency

Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B and C: Should I be tested?

Hepatitis B, Chronic, Deciding About Antiviral Therapy

Hepatitis B: Should I take antiviral medicine for chronic hepatitis B?

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C: Should I take antiviral medicine?

Hepatitis Panel

Hepatitis, Neonatal

Hepato-Renal Syndrome

Hepatolenticular Degeneration

Hepatophosphorylase Deficiency Glycogenosis

Hepatorenal Syndrome

Hepatorenal tyrosinemia

Hereditary Alkaptonuria

Hereditary Areflexic Dystasia

Hereditary Arthro-Ophthalmopathy

Hereditary Ataxia, Friedrich's Type

Hereditary Chorea

Hereditary Chronic Progressive Chorea

Hereditary Deafness and Nephropathy

Hereditary Deafness-Retinitis Pigmentosa

Hereditary Dystopic Lipidosis

Hereditary Emphysema

Hereditary Exostoses, Multiple

Hereditary Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome

Hereditary Hyperphosphatasia

Hereditary Hyperuricemia and Choreoathetosis Syndrome

hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy

Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy

Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy I

Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy Type III, HSMN Type III

Hereditary Nephritis

Hereditary Nephritis With Sensory Deafness

Hereditary Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus

Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (Lynch Syndrome I and II)

Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Carcinoma

Hereditary Onychoosteodysplasia (HOOD)

Hereditary Optic Neuroretinopathy

hereditary platelet disorder

Hereditary Polyposis Coli

Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy IV

Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy, Type III (HSAN, Type III)

Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy Type III

Hereditary Type I Hypophosphatemia (HPDR I)

Hereditary Type II Hypophosphatemia (HPDR II)

Hereditary tyrosinemia type 1

Hereditary Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia

Heredopathia Atactica Polyneuritiformis

Hermans-Herzberg Phakomatosis

Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome

Hernia, Hiatal

Hernia, Inguinal

Hernia, Inguinal, Laparoscopic Repair of

Herniated Disc

Herniated Disc Surgery, Deciding About

Herniated Disc, Chemonucleolysis for

Herniated Disc, Discectomy for

Herniated Disc, Microdiscectomy for

Herniated Disc, Percutaneous Discectomy for

Herniated disc: Should I have surgery?

Herniated Neck Disc

Herpes Encephalitis

Herpes Iris, Erythema Multiforme Type

Herpes Iris, Stevens-Johnson Type

Herpes Simplex

Herpes Simplex Infection of Newborn

Herpes, Genital

Herpes, Neonatal

Herpesvirus Hominis Infection of Newborn

Herpesvirus Simiae, B Virus

Herpetic Brainstem Encephalitis

Herpetic Meningoencephalitis

Hers Disease

Hexosaminidases A and B deficiency

HFA

HGE

HGPRT, Absence of

HGPS

HHHO

HHRH

HHT

Hiatal Hernia

Hiatal Hernia-Microcephaly-Nephrosis, Galloway Type

Hiccough, Chronic

Hiccups

Hiccups, Chronic

Hiccups, Persistent

Hidradenitis Axillaris

Hidradenitis Suppurativa

HIE Syndrome

HIE Syndrome

HIES

HIES

High Altitude Illness

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

High Blood Pressure Medication, Deciding About

High blood pressure: Checking your blood pressure at home

High blood pressure: Should I take medicine?

High blood pressure: Taking medicines properly

High blood pressure: Using the DASH diet

High Blood Sugar Emergencies from Diabetes, Preventing

High Blood Sugar from Diabetes

High blood sugar in children with diabetes, Preventing

High Cholesterol

High Cholesterol, Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Diet for

High cholesterol: Should I take statins?

High density lipoproteindeficiency, type 1 (HDLDT1)

High Imperforate Anus

High Potassium

High Scapula

High Triglycerides

High-Risk Pregnancy

Hill Diarrhea

HIM

Hip Dysplasia, Congenital

Hip Dysplasia, Developmental

Hip dysplasia: Caring for your child in a body (spica) cast

Hip Fracture

Hip Injuries, Age 11 and Younger

Hip Injuries, Age 12 and Older

Hip Problems, Age 11 and Younger

Hip Problems, Age 12 and Older

Hip replacement surgery

Hip Replacement Surgery, Deciding About

Hirschsprung Disease-Mental Retardation Syndrome

Hirschsprung's Disease

Hirschsprung's Disease

HIS Deficiency

Histidase Deficiency

Histidine Ammonia-Lyase (HAL) Deficiency

Histidinemia

Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis

Histiocytosis-X

HIV Embryopathy

HIV Infection, Counseling for

HIV: Human Immundeficiency Virus Infection

HIV: Should I start taking antiretroviral medicines for HIV infection?

HIV: Taking antiretroviral drugs

Hives, Giant

HLHS

HMI

HMS

HMSN I

HNHA

HNL

Hodgkin's Disease

Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Radiation Therapy for

Hole in the Heart

Holmes-Adie Syndrome

Holmes-Gang Syndrome

Holoprosencephaly

Holoprosencephaly Sequence

Holt Oram Syndrome

Home Health Supplies

Home Medical Records

Home Oxygen Therapy

Homeopathy

Homocystinuria

Homogentisic Acid Oxidase Deficiency

Homogentisic Acidura

Homozygous Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

Hootnick-Holmes Syndrome (obsolete)

Hordeolum

Hormone Replacement Therapy, Deciding About

Hormone Therapy for Endometriosis, Deciding About

Horner's Syndrome

Hornstein-Knickenberg Syndrome

HOS1

Hospice

Hospice Care

Hospital Discharge Planning

Hostility and Anger

Hot flashes, Managing

Hot Weather, Tips for Staying Active

How To Remove A Tick

How to Stop Bleeding From a Minor Head Wound

How to Use a Condom

HPE

HPRT, Absence of

HPS

HPS (Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome)

HPV (Human Papillomavirus, Genital Warts)

HPV Vaccine, Deciding About

HPV: Should my daughter get the vaccine?

HRS

HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy), Deciding About

HS

HSAN IV

HSAN-III

HSE

HSMN

HSN IV

HSN-III

HSP

HSP

HSS

HSS

HTLV Type I and Type II

HTLV-I associated myelopathy

Hughes Syndrome

Human and Animal Bites

Human Cowpox Infection

Human Cyclic Neutropenia

Human Cytomegalovirus Infection

Human Ehrlichial Infection

Human Ehrlichial Infection, Human Granulocytic Type

Human Ehrlichial Infection, Human Monocytic Type

Human Ehrlichial Infection, Sennetsu Type

Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis (HGE)

Human HOXA1 Syndromes

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Counseling for

Human infection with the larvae of canine or feline roundworms

Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME)

Human Papillomavirus (Genital Warts), Cryotherapy for

Human Papillomavirus (Genital Warts), Electrocautery for

Human Papillomavirus (Genital Warts), Excision of

Human Papillomavirus (Genital Warts), Laser Surgery for

Human Papillomavirus (Genital Warts), LEEP (Loop Electrosurgical Procedure) for

Human Papillomavirus (Genital Warts), Loop Electrosurgical Procedure (LEEP) for

Human Papillomavirus (Genital Warts), Surgical Removal of

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine, Deciding About

Human Papillomavirus (HPV, Genital Warts)

Humor Therapy

Hunner's Patch

Hunner's Ulcer

Hunter Syndrome

Huntington's Chorea

Huntington's Disease

Huntington's Disease Genetic Test

Hurler Disease

HUS

Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome

Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome

Hutterite Syndrome, Bowen-Conradi Type

Hyaline Membrane Disease

Hyaline Panneuropathy

Hydatidiform Mole

Hydranencephaly

Hydrazine Sulfate (PDQ®): Complementary and alternative medicine - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Hydrazine Sulfate (PDQ®): Complementary and alternative medicine - Patient Information [NCI]

Hydroanencephaly

Hydrocele

Hydrocele, Congenital

Hydrocephalus

Hydrocephalus, Agyria, and Retinal Dysplasia

Hydrocephalus, Congenital

Hydrocephalus, Internal, Dandy-Walker Type

Hydrocephalus, Noncommunicating, Dandy-Walker Type

Hydromyelia

Hydronephrosis With Peculiar Facial Expression

Hydrotherapy

Hydroxylase Deficiency

Hygroma Colli

Hyper IgD Syndrome

Hyper IgE Syndrome, Autosomal Dominant

Hyper IgE Syndrome, Autosomal Recessive

Hyper IgM Syndrome

Hyper-Beta Carnosinemia

Hyperactivity

Hyperaldosteronism With Hypokalemic Alkatosis

Hyperaldosteronism Without Hypertension

Hyperaldosteronism, Primary

Hyperammonemia due to carbamylphosphate Synthetase Deficiency

Hyperammonemia Due to N-Acetylglutamate synthetase Deficiency

Hyperammonemia due to Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency

Hyperammonemia Type II

Hyperargininemia

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for carbon monoxide poisoning

Hyperbilirubinemia I

Hyperbilirubinemia in Newborns

Hypercalcemia (PDQ®): Supportive care - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Hypercalcemia (PDQ®): Supportive care - Patient Information [NCI]

Hypercalcemia, Familial, with Nephrocalcinosis and Indicanuria

Hypercalcemia-Supravalvar Aortic Stenosis

Hypercalciuric Rickets

Hypercholesterolemia

Hypercholesterolemia, Type IV

hyperchylomicronemia, familial

Hyperekplexia

Hyperemesis Gravidarum

Hyperexplexia

Hyperglycemia in children with diabetes, Preventing

Hyperglycemia, Diabetic

Hyperglycemic Emergencies from Diabetes, Preventing

Hyperglycinemia with Ketoacidosis and Lactic Acidosis, Propionic Type

Hyperglycinemia, Nonketotic

Hyperhidrosis, Primary

Hyperhistidinemia

Hyperimmunoglobulin E Recurrent Infection Syndrome

Hyperimmunoglobulin E Recurrent Infection Syndrome

Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D with periodic fever

Hyperkalemia

Hyperkeratosis Palmoplantaris with Periodontosis

hyperlipemia, essential familial

hyperlipemia, idiopathic, Burger-Grutz type

Hyperlipidemia IV

Hyperlipoproteinemia Type III

Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV

hyperlipoproteinemia, type 1A

Hypernephroma

Hyperopia (Farsightedness)

Hyperostosis Calvariae Interna

Hyperostosis Corticalis Deformans Juvenilis

Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna

Hyperoxaluria, Primary (Type I)

Hyperphalangy-Clinodactyly of Index Finger with Pierre Robin Syndrome

Hyperpnea, Episodic-Abnormal Eye Movement

Hyperpotassemia

Hyperprebeta-Lipoproteinemia

Hyperprolinemia Type I

Hyperprolinemia Type II

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Hypersensitivity Vasculitis

Hypersplenism

Hypertelorism with Esophageal Abnormalities and Hypospadias

Hypertelorism with Esophageal Abnormality and Hypospadias

Hypertelorism-Hypospadias Syndrome

Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

Hypertension: Checking your blood pressure at home

Hypertension: Taking medicines properly

Hypertension: Using the DASH diet

Hyperthermia

Hyperthermia

Hyperthyroidism

Hyperthyroidism, Deciding About Treatment with Antithyroid Medicine or Radioactive Iodine

Hyperthyroidism, Radioactive Iodine for

Hyperthyroidism: Should I use antithyroid medication or radioactive iodine?

Hypertriglyceridemia

Hypertriglyceridemia, Endogenous

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic Gastropathy

Hypertrophic Interstitial Neuritis

Hypertrophic Interstitial Neuropathy

Hypertrophic Interstitial Radiculoneuropathy

Hypertrophic Neuropathy of Refsum

Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

Hyperuricemia, Choreoathetosis, Self-multilation Syndrome

Hyperuricemia-Oligophrenia

Hypervalinemia

Hyperventilation

Hypnosis

Hypochondrogenesis

Hypochondroplasia

Hypogenital Dystrophy with Diabetic Tendency

hypoglossia-hypodactylia syndrome

Hypoglycemia

Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar) in People Without Diabetes

Hypoglycemia from taking insulin, Dealing with

Hypoglycemia from taking oral diabetes medicine, Dealing with

Hypoglycemia in children with diabetes, Dealing with

Hypoglycemia in children with diabetes, Preventing

Hypoglycemia with Gestational Diabetes, Dealing With

Hypoglycemia with Macroglossia

Hypoglycemia, Diabetic

Hypoglycosylation Syndrome Type Ia

Hypogonadism with Anosmia

Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism and Anosmia

Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia

Hypokalemia

Hypokalemic Alkalosis with Hypercalciuria

Hypokalemic Syndrome

Hypomelanosis of Ito

Hypomelia-Hypotrichosis-Facial Hemangioma Syndrome

Hypomotility Disorder

Hypomyelination Neuropathy

Hypoparathyroidism

Hypoparathyroidism, sensorineural deafness, and renal disease

Hypopharyngeal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Hypopharyngeal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]

Hypophosphatasia

Hypophosphatemia, Familial

Hypophosphatemic D-Resistant Rickets I

Hypophosphatemic D-Resistant Rickets II

Hypophosphatemic Rickets with Hypercalcemia

Hypoplasia of the Depressor Anguli Oris Muscle with Cardiac Defects

Hypoplasia of the Maxilla, Primary Familial

Hypoplastic Anemia-Triphalangeal Thumbs, Aase-Smith Type

Hypoplastic Congenital Anemia

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Hypopotassemia Syndrome

Hypoproteinemia, Idiopathic

Hypospadias

Hypospadias-Dysphagia Syndrome

Hypotension, Orthostatic

Hypothalamic Infantilism-Obesity

Hypothermia

Hypothermia and Cold Temperature Exposure

Hypothyroidism

Hypothyroidism

Hypotonia, Benign Congenital

Hypotonia-Hypomentia-Hypogonadism-Obesity Syndrome

Hypoxanthine-Guanine Phosphoribosyltranferase Defec. (Complete Absense of)

Hypoxia, Mountain Sickness (Acute)

hypsarrhythmia

Hysterectomy

Hysterectomy and Oophorectomy to Treat Endometriosis, Deciding About

Hysterectomy and oophorectomy: Should I use estrogen replacement therapy (ERT)?

Hysterectomy for endometrial cancer

Hysterectomy for ovarian cancer

Hysterectomy, Deciding About Ovary Removal

Hysterectomy: Should I also have my ovaries removed?

Hysterical Neurosis, Conversion Type