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Safe use of medicines for the older adult

Salmonellosis

Salt/sodium

    in diet

    low-sodium diet for hypertension

    low-sodium diet for hypertension, brief version *

Sarcoma

    diagnosis and treatment

    Kaposi's, associated with AIDS

Scans--see Imaging

Scar tissue in abdomen

Schizophrenia

School excuse

Scleroderma

Scratched cornea

Seasonal allergies (hay fever)

Seborrhea/seborrheic dermatitis

Secondary hypertension

Seizure

    associated with epilepsy

    diagnosis and treatment

Sensate focus exercises

Sensual massage

Septoplasty, nasal

Sexual abstinence

Sexual arousal in older men and women

Sexual assault

Sexual intercourse--see Intercourse, sexual

Sexuality

    changes in arousal from aging

    communication

    effect of arthritis

    effect of diabetes

    guidelines for sexual activity after a heart attack

    impotence

    pain with sexual relations in older women

    physical and hormonal changes

        in older men

        in older women

    problems of midlife sexuality

    psychological and social problems of midlife sexuality

    touching to renew

Sexually transmitted disease (STD)

    chlamydial infection

        in men

        in women *

    genital herpes (herpes progenitalis) *

    genital warts *

    gonorrhea (clap) *

    hepatitis B (see also Hepatitis, viral) *

    HIV infection, AIDS *

    human papillomavirus infection

    pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) *

    syphilis *

    trichomoniasis *

    urethritis

    vaginitis *

Shigellosis

Shingles (herpes zoster)

Shock, anaphylactic

Shoulder problems and procedures

    bursitis

    calcific tendonitis (frozen shoulder)

    dislocation

        diagnosis and treatment

        illustration

    rotator cuff injury

        diagnosis and treatment

        illustration of rotator cuff

    separation

        diagnosis and treatment

        illustration

    total replacement

Sickle cell anemia

Sigmoidoscopy

Simple nephrectomy (removal of kidney)

Sinus headache

Sinuses, illustration

Sinusitis

Skin cancer

    diagnosis and treatment

    melanoma

Skin problems and procedures

    acne

    acne rosacea

    alopecia (baldness)

    athlete's foot

        diagnosis and treatment

        illustration

    boils and carbuncles

    burn

        first degree

        second degree

        third degree

    cancer (overview)

    cellulitis

    cold sores and fever blisters

    contact dermatitis

    crab lice

    eczema

    head lice

    lice

    melanoma

    moles

    plantar warts

        diagnosis and treatment

        illustration

    poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac

        diagnosis and treatment

        illustration

    pressure ulcer (bedsore)

    psoriasis

    scleroderma

    seborrheic dermatitis

    shingles

    sore or growth, removal of

    split-thickness graft

    systemic lupus erythematosus

Sleep apnea, cause of snoring

Sleep problems

    insomnia

    restless legs syndrome

    snoring

Sleeplessness

Small bowel obstruction

Smoking

    hazards of *

    ways to quit

Snoring

Soft contact lenses

Sore throat

    diagnosis and treatment

    strep

    viral

Spasms

    coronary

    eyelid

    muscle

    neck

Spastic colon

Spermicides (jellies, foam, suppositories, cream) *

Split thickness skin graft

Sprain

    ankle

        diagnosis and treatment

        illustration

    general information

    knee (collateral ligament injury)

    shoulder

        diagnosis and treatment

        illustration

Squamous cell carcinoma (skin cancer)

Stapedectomy

Stasis ulcers (in chronic venous insufficiency)

Status epilepticus

Stenosing tenosynovitis

Stenosis, mitral

Sterilization

    in men (vasectomy) *

    in women *

Stitches, care of

Stomach and intestinal problems and procedures

    (see also Food poisoning)

    (see also Imaging)

    adhesion

    appendicitis

    colon cancer screening

    colonic polyps

    colorectal cancer

        diagnosis and treatment

        metastatic

    colostomy

    constipation

    Crohn's disease

    diarrhea, acute (see also Diarrhea)

    diverticulitis

    diverticulosis

        diagnosis and treatment

        diet

    duodenal ulcer

    flatulence (gas)

    gastric ulcer

    gastroenteritis, viral *

    gastroesophageal reflux (GE reflux)

    gastrointestinal amebiasis

    gastrostomy feeding tube placement

    giardiasis

    hiatal hernia

    irritable bowel syndrome

    laparoscopy, diagnostic, for chronic abdominal pain

    large bowel obstruction

    penetration and perforation of ulcers

    shigellosis

    sigmoidoscopy

    small bowel obstruction

    stomach cancer

        diagnosis and treatment

        metastasis

    traveler's diarrhea

    trichinosis

    ulcerative colitis

    yersiniosis

Stomach cancer

    diagnosis and treatment

    metastasis

Stomach flu *

Strain

    muscle

    neck

        diagnosis and treatment

        illustration

Strep throat

Stress incontinence in women

    diagnosis and treatment

    Kegel exercises

    Kegel exercises, brief version *

Stress management

    deep (diaphragmatic) breathing

    exercise

    general guidelines

    healthy diet

    mental imaging

    progressive muscle relaxation

    psychotherapy

Stroke

    diagnosis and treatment

    illustration

    transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Student's elbow (olecranon bursitis)

Stye

Subclavian venous infusion catheter

    with external lumen

    with implantable target

Subconjunctival hemorrhage

Substance abuse

    (see also Alcohol)

    (see also Cocaine)

    alcohol dependence

    cocaine dependence

    depressants, abuse and overdose of

    narcotic dependence

    narcotic drug withdrawal

    phencyclidine hydrochloride (PCP)

Suicide

Superficial vein thrombosis

Surgery, preop and postop instructions, general

Surgical valvuloplasty

Sutures, care of

Swimmer's ear (otitis externa)

Symptomatic abacteriuria

Symptothermal method of birth control *

Syncope

    caused by cardiac conditions

    caused by vascular reflex

Syphilis *

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

Systemic sclerosis



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