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- Face pain
- Face powder poisoning
- Facelift
- Facial nerve palsy due to birth trauma
- Facial paralysis
- Facial swelling
- Facial tics
- Facial trauma
- Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
- Factitious hyperthyroidism
- Factor II (prothrombin) assay
- Factor IX assay
- Factor V assay
- Factor V deficiency
- Factor VII assay
- Factor VII deficiency
- Factor VIII assay
- Factor X assay
- Factor X deficiency
- Factor XII (Hageman factor) deficiency
- Factor XII assay
- Facts about monounsaturated fats
- Facts about polyunsaturated fats
- Facts about saturated fats
- Facts about trans fats
- Failure to thrive
- Fainting
- Familial combined hyperlipidemia
- Familial dysautonomia
- Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia
- Familial hypercholesterolemia
- Familial hypertriglyceridemia
- Familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency
- Familial Mediterranean fever
- Family troubles - resources
- Fanconi anemia
- Fanconi syndrome
- Farsightedness
- Fast food tips
- Fatigue
- Febrile (warm) and cold agglutinins
- Febrile seizures
- Febrile seizures - what to ask your doctor
- Fecal culture
- Fecal fat
- Fecal immunochemical test (FIT)
- Fecal impaction
- Fecal microbiota transplant
- Fecal smear
- Feeding patterns and diet - babies and infants
- Feeding patterns and diet - children 6 months to 2 years
- Feeding tube - infants
- Feeding tube insertion - gastrostomy
- Felty syndrome
- Female condoms
- Female pattern baldness
- Femoral hernia
- Femoral hernia repair
- Femoral nerve dysfunction
- Femur fracture repair - discharge
- Fenoprofen calcium overdose
- Ferritin blood test
- Fetal alcohol syndrome
- Fetal development
- Fetal echocardiography
- Fetal scalp pH testing
- Fetal-maternal erythrocyte distribution blood test
- Fever
- Fiber
- Fibrates
- Fibrin degradation products blood test
- Fibrinogen blood test
- Fibrinolysis - primary or secondary
- Fibrinopeptide A blood test
- Fibroadenoma of the breast
- Fibrocystic breasts
- Fibromyalgia
- Fibrous dysplasia
- Fifth disease
- Fine motor control
- Fine needle aspiration of the thyroid
- Finger pain
- Fingers that change color
- Fire ants
- Fire safety at home
- First aid kit
- Fish tapeworm infection
- Fishhook removal
- Fistula
- Flank pain
- Flat bones
- Flat feet
- Fleas
- Flu
- Fluid imbalance
- Fluorescein angiography
- Fluorescein eye stain
- Fluoride in diet
- Fluoride overdose
- Flushable reagent stool blood test
- Focal neurologic deficits
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
- Focal seizure
- Folate deficiency
- Folate-deficiency anemia
- Folic acid - test
- Folic acid and birth defect prevention
- Folic acid in diet
- Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) blood test
- Folliculitis
- Fontanelles - bulging
- Fontanelles - enlarged
- Fontanelles - sunken
- Food additives
- Food allergy
- Food guide plate
- Food jags
- Food labeling
- Food poisoning
- Food poisoning prevention
- Food safety
- Foods - fresh vs. frozen or canned
- Foot amputation - discharge
- Foot drop
- Foot pain
- Foot sprain - aftercare
- Foot, leg, and ankle swelling
- Foraminotomy
- Forehead lift
- Foreign body in the nose
- Foreign object - inhaled
- Foreign object - swallowed
- Foxglove poisoning
- Fractional excretion of sodium
- Fractured clavicle in the newborn
- Fragile X syndrome
- Free T4 test
- Frequent or urgent urination
- Friedreich ataxia
- Frontal bossing
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Frostbite
- Frozen shoulder
- Frozen shoulder - aftercare
- FTA-ABS blood test
- Fuchs dystrophy
- Fuel oil poisoning
- Full liquid diet
- Functional neurological disorder
- Fungal arthritis
- Fungal nail infection
- Funnel-web spider bite
- Furniture polish poisoning
- Fusion of the ear bones
- Fussy or irritable child