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- D and C
- D-dimer test
- D-xylose absorption
- Dacryoadenitis
- Daily bowel care program
- Dance your way to fitness
- DASH diet to lower high blood pressure
- Day care health risks
- Day to day with COPD
- De Quervain tendinitis
- Dealing with chronic cancer
- Death among children and adolescents
- Decerebrate posture
- Deciding about an IUD
- Deciding about hormone therapy
- Deciding about treatments that prolong life
- Deciding to have knee or hip replacement
- Deciding to quit drinking alcohol
- Decorticate posture
- Decreased alertness
- Deep brain stimulation
- Deep breathing after surgery
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Deep vein thrombosis - discharge
- Defining overweight and obesity in children
- Dehydration
- Delayed ejaculation
- Delayed growth
- Delayed puberty in boys
- Delayed puberty in girls
- Delirium
- Delirium tremens
- Delivery presentations
- Delta-ALA urine test
- Dementia
- Dementia - behavior and sleep problems
- Dementia - daily care
- Dementia - home care
- Dementia - keeping safe in the home
- Dementia - what to ask your doctor
- Dementia and driving
- Dementia due to metabolic causes
- Dengue fever
- Dental care - adult
- Dental care - child
- Dental cavities
- Dental crowns
- Dental plaque identification at home
- Dental sealants
- Dental x-rays
- Denture problems
- Deodorant poisoning
- Dependent personality disorder
- Depilatory poisoning
- Depression
- Depression - resources
- Depression - stopping your medicines
- Depression in older adults
- Dermabrasion
- Dermal melanocytosis
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Dermatomyositis
- Dermatoses - systemic
- Desipramine hydrochloride overdose
- Detergent poisoning
- Developmental coordination disorder
- Developmental disorders of the female genital tract
- Developmental dysplasia of the hip
- Developmental expressive language disorder
- Developmental milestones record
- Developmental milestones record - 12 months
- Developmental milestones record - 18 months
- Developmental milestones record - 2 months
- Developmental milestones record - 2 years
- Developmental milestones record - 3 years
- Developmental milestones record - 4 months
- Developmental milestones record - 4 years
- Developmental milestones record - 5 years
- Developmental milestones record - 6 months
- Developmental milestones record - 9 months
- Developmental reading disorder
- Devices for hearing loss
- Dexamethasone suppression test
- Dextrocardia
- Dextromethorphan overdose
- DHEA-sulfate test
- Diabetes
- Diabetes – resources
- Diabetes - foot ulcers
- Diabetes - insulin therapy
- Diabetes - keeping active
- Diabetes - preventing heart attack and stroke
- Diabetes - taking care of your feet
- Diabetes - when you are sick
- Diabetes and alcohol
- Diabetes and exercise
- Diabetes and eye disease
- Diabetes and kidney disease
- Diabetes and nerve damage
- Diabetes eye care
- Diabetes eye exams
- Diabetes insipidus
- Diabetes myths and facts
- Diabetes tests and checkups
- Diabetes type 2 - meal planning
- Diabetic hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Diagnostic laparoscopy
- Dialysis - hemodialysis
- Dialysis - peritoneal
- Dialysis centers - what to expect
- Diaper rash
- Diaphragmatic hernia
- Diarrhea
- Diarrhea - what to ask your doctor - child
- Diarrhea - what to ask your health care provider - adult
- Diarrhea in infants
- Diarrhea in infants
- Diastasis recti
- Diazepam overdose
- Diazinon poisoning
- Diclofenac sodium overdose
- Dieffenbachia poisoning
- Diesel oil
- Diet - chronic kidney disease
- Diet - liver disease
- Diet after gastric banding
- Diet and cancer
- Diet and eating after esophagectomy
- Diet for rapid weight loss
- Diet myths and facts
- Diet-boosting foods
- Diet-busting foods
- Dietary fat and children
- Dietary fats explained
- Digestive diseases
- Digital rectal exam
- Digitalis toxicity
- Digoxin test
- Dilantin overdose
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Dimenhydrinate overdose
- Diphenhydramine overdose
- Diphtheria
- Dirt - swallowing
- Discipline in children
- Disk replacement - lumbar spine
- Diskectomy
- Diskitis
- Dislocated shoulder - aftercare
- Dislocation
- Dissect
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
- Disseminated tuberculosis
- Distal
- Distal median nerve dysfunction
- Distal renal tubular acidosis
- Distal splenorenal shunt
- Distracted driving
- Diverticulitis
- Diverticulitis - what to ask your doctor
- Diverticulitis and diverticulosis – discharge
- Diverticulosis
- Dizziness
- Dizziness and vertigo - aftercare
- Do you have a drinking problem?
- Do-not-resuscitate order
- Doctor of medicine profession (MD)
- Doctor of osteopathic medicine
- Domestic violence
- Donath-Landsteiner test
- Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale)
- Doppler ultrasound exam of an arm or leg
- Double aortic arch
- Double inlet left ventricle
- Double outlet right ventricle
- Down syndrome
- Doxepin overdose
- Drain cleaner poisoning
- Drain opener poisoning
- Drainpipe cleaners
- Drawing medicine out of a vial
- Drinking water safely during cancer treatment
- Driving and older adults
- Drooling
- Drowsiness
- Drug allergies
- Drug use first aid
- Drug-induced diarrhea
- Drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia
- Drug-induced liver injury
- Drug-induced low blood sugar
- Drug-induced lupus erythematosus
- Drug-induced pulmonary disease
- Drug-induced thrombocytopenia
- Drug-induced tremor
- Drugs that may cause erection problems
- Dry cell battery poisoning
- Dry eye syndrome
- Dry hair
- Dry mouth
- Dry mouth during cancer treatment
- Dry skin
- Dry skin - self-care
- Dry socket
- DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) vaccine - what you need to know
- Dubin-Johnson syndrome
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Duodenal atresia
- Duodenum
- Duplex ultrasound
- Dupuytren contracture
- Dye remover poisoning
- Dysarthria
- Dyscrasias
- Dysgraphia