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Adhering to the principles of health literacy, this extensive library of evidence-based, peer-reviewed information was written specifically for patients and covers diseases and conditions, diagnosis and treatments, surgeries and procedures, and wellness and safety for people of all ages and walks of life.

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S - Sd

Sacroiliac Strain, Understanding

Safe Disposal of Unused Prescription Medicines

Safe Exercise, Diabetes and Your Child

Safe Lifting, Step-by-Step

Safe Surrender of Your Baby, Understanding

Safety, Back: Bending

Safety, Back: Lifting

Safety, Back: Sleeping Positions

Safety, Teaching Children Scooter, Skateboard, and Inline Skating

Saline Infusion Sonography

Saline Infusion Sonography

Salmonella Infection (Salmonellosis)

Salt, Tips for Using Less

Sanitary Pads and Tampons

Sanitary Pads and Tampons, About: For Girls

Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary

Scabies

Scaling and Root Planing, What Is

Scan, PET

Scar Revision Surgery

Scar Revision: Z-Plasty

Scarlet Fever, When Your Child Has

Schizoaffective Disorder, Understanding

Schizophrenia, Treating

Schizophrenia, Understanding

SCI Emergency Preparedness

Scleral Buckling Surgery, Having

Scleroderma, When Your Child Has

Sclerotherapy

Scoliosis Brace, Your

Scoliosis Surgery (Pediatric), Discharge Instructions

Scoliosis Surgery, Discharge Instructions for

Scoliosis, Treating

Scoliosis, Understanding

Scoliosis, Your Evaluation

Scooter Skateboard Skates Safety

Screening, Rh-Negative

SDS, Reading an, Staff Ed

Se - Sg

Seborrheic Keratosis, Understanding

Secondary Carnitine Deficiency

Second-Degree Heart Block, Understanding

Sedation, Procedural

Segmental Doppler Pressure Testing, Understanding

Seizure, Safety During A: Epilepsy

Seizures Affect the Body, How

Seizures and Epilepsy

Seizures, Febrile

Seizures, Partial: Know what to do

Seizures: First Aid

Selecting Your Pouch, Colostomy

Selecting Your Pouch: Ileostomy

Selective Mutism, Treatment for

Selective Mutism, Understanding

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

Self-Care, Stroke

Self-Catheterization for Men, Discharge Instructions

Self-Catheterization for Women, Discharge Instructions

Self-Injection Procedure, Penile

Sensation, Loss of: Safety Tips

Sepsis

Sepsis in a Child

Sepsis, Understanding

Septal Myectomy, Having a

Septal Myectomy, Understanding

Septic Arthritis (Infectious Arthritis), When Your Child Has

Serotonin Syndrome

Serum Sickness

Serum Sickness-Like Reaction (SSLR)

Serving Sizes, How to Judge

Sever Disease, When Your Child Has

Severe Morning Sickness (Hyperemesis Gravidarum)

Sex and Aging: Talking About Sex

Sex, Deciding About: For Teens

Sexual Assault

Sexuality Spinal Cord Injury

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), What Are

Sh - Sn

Shellfish: When Your Child Has a Food Allergy

Shigellosis Food Poisoning, Understanding

Shingles (Herpes Zoster)

Shock: First Aid

Shoes, Wearing Proper

Short Sprints: Exercises to Increase Agility

Shots, Allergy (Immunotherapy)

Shoulder Abduction (Flexibility)

Shoulder Abduction (Strength)

Shoulder Abduction, Isotonic (Strength)

Shoulder Arthroscopy, Discharge Instructions for

Shoulder Arthroscopy, Shoulder, Conditions Treated

Shoulder Exercise: Standing Scapular Pinch

Shoulder Flexibility, Exercises For: Elevation (Reaching Up)

Shoulder Flexibility, Exercises For: Pendulum Exercise

Shoulder Flexion (Flexibility)

Shoulder Flexion (Strength)

Shoulder Impingement

Shoulder Impingement Syndrome, Understanding

Shoulder Impingement, Nonsurgical Treatment Options for

Shoulder Impingement, Surgery for

Shoulder Impingement, Surgery for: Your Experience

Shoulder Instability, Understanding

Shoulder Internal Rotation (Strength)

Shoulder Joint, Bankart Lesion of the

Shoulder Joint, SLAP Lesion of the

Shoulder Joint, The

Shoulder Replacement Surgery, After: Back In The Swing

Shoulder Replacement Surgery, After: Your Home Recovery

Shoulder Replacement Surgery, After: Your Hospital Recovery

Shoulder Replacement Surgery, Total

Shoulder Separation, Treatment for

Shoulder Stretch: External Rotation

Shoulder Surgery, After (SLAP Repair or Bankart Repair)

Shoulder, Flexibility Exercises: Broom Stretch

Shoulder, Frozen, Treating: Exercises

Shoulder, Treating Frozen: Medical Treatment

Shoulder: Preventing Repetitive Motion Injury

Sick Day Plan, Diabetes

Sick Day Plan, Type 1 Diabetes and Your Child

Sickle Cell Anemia and Sickle Cell Crisis (Pediatric), Discharge Instructions for

Sickle Cell Anemia and Sickle Cell Crisis, Discharge Instructions

Sickle Cell Anemia in Children, Treating

Sickle Cell Anemia, When Your Child Has

Side Steps: Exercises to Increase Agility

Side-Lying Hip Abduction (Strength)

Sigmoidoscopy

Simple Kidney Cysts

Simple Renal Cysts

Single Leg Balance

Sinus Problems, Understanding

Sinus Surgery (Endoscopic)

Sinus Surgery, Endoscopic

Sinuses, Evaluating Your: Diagnostic Tests

Sinuses, Evaluating Your: History and Exam

Sinuses, Understanding Your

Sinusitis in Children

Sinusitis, Acute

Sinusitis, Causes of

Sinusitis, Chronic

Sinusitis, Preventing

Sinusitis, Self-Care for

Sinusitis, Treating Chronic

Sinusitis, When Your Child Has

Sitting with a Walker (Non-Weight Bearing), Step-by-Step

Sitting with a Walker (Weight Bearing), Step-by-Step

Sitting with Crutches (Non-Weight Bearing), Step-by-Step

Sitting with Crutches (Weight Bearing), Step-by-Step

Sitting, Back Safety

Sitz Bath, Taking a

Sixth Nerve Palsy (Child), Treatment for

Sixth Nerve Palsy (Child), Understanding

Sixth Nerve Palsy, Treatment for

Sixth Nerve Palsy, Understanding

Sjögren Syndrome

Skeletal Anatomy, Pediatric

Skeletal Growth (Child)

Skier’s Thumb, Understanding

Skin Cancer, Checking for

Skin Cancer, Types

Skin Cancer, Preventing

Skin Graft Surgery

Skull Fracture (Child), Treatment for

Skull Fracture (Child), Understanding

Skull Fracture, Understanding

SLAP Repair: Shoulder Joint Surgery

Sleep Apnea, After Surgery for

Sleep Apnea, Mouthpieces for

Sleep Apnea, Obstructive, (OSA), When Your Child Has

Sleep Apnea: Surgical Options

Sleep Clinic, Visiting

Sleep Study for a Child

Sleep Study, Home: Monitoring Your Sleep

Sleep Study, What is

Sleep, Monitoring Your: Sleep Lab Testing

Sleep, Promoting Good, For Your Child

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE), When Your Child Has

Slips on the Job, Preventing

Slips, Trips, and Falls, The Science of

Small for Gestational Age (SGA)

Small-Incision Cataract Surgery

Small-Incision Cataract Surgery, After: The First 24 Hours

Small-Incision Cataract Surgery, Before

Smoke Free, Benefits of Living

Smoke Inhalation

Smoke, Why Do You

Smoke-Free, Staying

Smokeless Tobacco, Understanding

Smoking and Diabetes

Smoking Withdrawal, Coping with

Smoking, Teens and: A Toxic Addiction

Smoking, Teens and: Do you Know the Truth?

Smoking, Getting Support for Quitting

Smoking, Health Effects of

Smoking, Know the Risks: For Teens

Smoking, Planning to Quit

Smoking, Tips for Quitting (Cardiovascular)

Smoking, What You Should Know About: For Teens

Snacking, Healthy

Snoring and Sleep Apnea, Surgical Treatment for

Snoring and Sleep Apnea, What Are

Snoring and Sleep Apnea: Notes for a Partner

Snoring, Tips to Help Prevent

So - St

Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder), Understanding

Sodium, Eating Less: Kidney Disease

Soleus Stretch (Flexibility)

Sonohysterography (Uterine Ultrasound), Having

Sonohysterography (Uterine Ultrasound), Understanding

Sore Throat, When You Have a

Sore Throats, Self-Care for

Soy: When Your Child Has a Food Allergy

Spasm, Coronary Artery

Special Care During Childbirth

Speech, Improving: Dysarthria

Spermicides, Birth Control

Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction

Spica Cast, When Your Child Needs

Spices for Flavorful Meals, Using

Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and Pressure Injuries

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Depression and

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Employment After

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Nutrition and

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Physical Fitness and

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Sexuality and

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Understanding

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Adjusting After Discharge

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Emergency Preparedness

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Healthy Breathing

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Managing Medicines

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Managing Pain

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Managing Your Bladder

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Managing Your Bowel

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Preventing Complications

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Upper Limb Care

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Your Transition Home

Spinal Cord Injury After Discharge

Spinal Cord Injury Manage Meds

Spinal Cord Injury Transition Home

Spinal Cord Injury Upper Limb Care

Spinal Cord Injury, Research for

Spinal Cord Injury: Pain Management

Spinal Cord Injury: Treatment and Rehabilitation

Spinal Fusion

Spinal Fusion: Anterior Lumbar

Spinal Fusion: Cervical

Spinal Fusion: Recovery

Spinal Fusion: Understanding Bone Graft

Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Spinal Tap (Lumbar Puncture), Having a

Spinal Tap, When Your Child Needs an

Spine and Disk Problems, Common

Spine, Normal Anatomy

Spirometry, Pulmonary Function Tests: When Your Infant Needs

Splenectomy, Laparoscopic (Pediatric), Discharge Instructions for

Splenectomy, Laparoscopic, After

Splints, Shin

Spondylolysis or Spondylolisthesis, When Your Child has

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)

Sprains and Fractures: First Aid

SSRIs

Staff Ed: Making Sure Your Patients Get Vaccines

Staff Ed: Social Determinants of Health: How Daily Issues Impact Your Patients

Staff Ed: Social Determinants of Health: Resource List

Staff Ed: Using Patient Education Materials

Staging of Bladder Cancer

Standing External Rotation (Strength)

Standing Scapular Pinch

Standing with a Walker (Non-Weight Bearing), Step-by-Step

Standing with a Walker (Weight Bearing), Step-by-Step

Standing with Crutches (Non-Weight Bearing), Step-by-Step

Standing with Crutches (Weight Bearing), Step-by-Step

Standing, Back Safety

Stapes Surgery

Staying Healthy, Partial Seizures

Staying Safe During a Seizure

Stays in the Hospital, When Your Child

STD Symptoms in Men: For Teens

STD Symptoms in Women: For Teens

STD, If You Think You Have

STDs, Get Checked for: For Teens

STDs, Get the Facts About: For Teens

STDs, Older Adults and

STDs, Understanding

Stent, Peripheral Arterial Angioplasty and

Stents, Coronary

Stents, Ureteral

Sterile Technique for Putting on Gloves, Step-by-Step

Sterile Technique for Taking Off Gloves, Step-by-Step

Stillbirth

Stimulation, Spinal Cord

Stinger, When Your Child Has a

STIs

STIs, Reduce Your Risks for Getting, Teens

Stoma Care: Changing the Pouch, Step-by-Step

Stoma Care: Emptying the Pouch, Step-by-Step

Stoma Care: How to Irrigate, Step-by-Step

Stoma Care: Preparing to Irrigate, Step-by-Step

Stoma Care: Sizing the Opening, Step-by-Step

Stoma Care: Your Stoma and Skin, Step-by-Step

Stoma, When Your Child Needs a

Stomach (Gastric) Cancer, What Is

Strabismus and Amblyopia, Understanding

Strabismus Surgery

Straddle Injury, Understanding

Straight Leg Raise

Strain, Sprain, or Contusion, When Your Child Has a

Strains and Sprains, Self-Care for

Strains and Sprains, Treating

Strength Training, Understanding

Strep Throat

Strep, Group B, Treating

Strep, Group B: What Is?

Stress and Cardiovascular Health, Controlling

Stress Relief: A Positive Lifestyle

Stress Relief: Activities

Stress Relief: Changing Your Response

Stress Relief: Relaxation

Stress Test, Exercise

Stress Tests, Nonstress and Contraction

Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI), What Is

Stress, Causes and Effects

Stress, Coping with Shortness of Breath: Controlling

Stress, Identifying Causes of

Stress, Manage with a Healthy Lifestyle

Stress, Keys to Managing

Stress, Responding Better to

Stretch for Tendon Injury

Stretches, Leg Muscle, Knee Flexion

Stretches, Leg Muscle: Hamstring Stretch (with Towel)

Stretches, Leg Muscle: Hamstrings (Seated)

Strip Craniectomy for a Child

Stroke and Heart Disease

Stroke and High Blood Pressure, Understanding the Link Between

Stroke Swallowing Problems Caregiving

Stroke, Carotid Artery Problems

Stroke, Discharge Instructions for

Stroke, Effects on the Brain and Body

Stroke, Intimacy After

Stroke, Mood Swings and Depression After

Stroke, Preparing for Home Care After: For Caregivers

Stroke, Preventing Another: For Caregivers

Stroke, Preventing Recurrent with a Healthier Lifestyle

Stroke, Preventing Recurrent: Eating Healthy

Stroke, Preventing Recurrent: Getting Active

Stroke, Regaining Movement After: For Caregivers

Stroke, Risk Factors for

Stroke, Self-Care After: For Caregivers

Stroke, Swallowing Problems After: For Caregivers

Stroke, Symptoms

Stroke, the First Few Hours After a

Stroke, What is Hemorrhagic

Stroke, What is Ischemic

Stroke: Effects on the Brain

Stroke: Resources and Support

Stroke: Swallowing, Tips for

Stroke: Taking Medicines

Stuffy Nose Sneezing Hiccups Newborn

Stuffy Nose, Sneezing, and Hiccups in Newborns

Stump Wrapping, Below the Knee, Discharge Instructions

Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS), When Your Child Has

Stye (Child)

Stye, When Your Child Has a

Su - Sz

Subcutaneous (Sub-Q) Injection, (Single Medicine), Giving a

Subcutaneous Calcaneal Bursitis, Understanding

Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (S-ICD)

Sublingual Immunotherapy, Understanding

Submandibular Gland Excision

Subscapular Bursitis, Understanding

Substance Abuse and TBI

Substance Abuse and Traumatic Brain Injury

Substance Abuse in Teens, Recognizing the Signs

Substance Use Disorder: Your Treatment Options

Subungual Hematoma

Suctioning a Child's Tracheostomy, Step-by-Step

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Suicide Warning Signs: What Can You Do

Suicide, Recognizing Warning Signs in Others

Suicide, Recognizing Warning Signs in Yourself

Suicide, Warning Signs and What You Can Do

Sun Poisoning (Sunburn)

Supine Hamstring Stretch

Supplements, Folic Acid (Folate)

Supplements, Iron

Supplements, Vitamin and Mineral

Supplements, Vitamin C

Supplements, Vitamin E

Suprapubic Catheter, Bladder Training, Discharge Instructions

Suprapubic Catheter: Caring for, Discharge Instructions

Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT), Treatment for

Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT), Understanding

Surgery Coloring Sheet for Kids, Before Surgery

Surgery Coloring Sheet for Kids, Getting Ready at Home

Surgery Coloring Sheet for Kids, Going Home

Surgery Coloring Sheet for Kids: In the Operating Room

Surgery for a Ventricular Assist Device, Understanding

Surgery for Incontinence: Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Surgery, After Open-Heart: In the Hospital

Surgery, Coronary Artery Bypass

Surgery, foot: Bone Spurs

Surgery, Foot: Degenerative Joint Disease

Surgery, Foot: Plantar Fascia Problems

Surgery, Hernia Repair

Surgery, Jaw (Orthognathic): Your Surgical Experience

Surgery, Managing Pain After

Surgery, Nutrition After

Surgery, Orthopaedic, When Your Child Needs

Surgery, Preparing for: AVM

Surgery, Refractive: Phakic IOLs

Surgery, Scleral Buckling, Understanding

Surgery, Tubal Sterilization

Surgery, When Your Child Needs: Anesthesia

Surgery, When Your Child Needs: Communicating with Hospital Staff

Surgery, When Your Child Needs: Helping Siblings Cope

Surgery, When Your Child Needs: Pain Management Techniques to Supplement Medication

Surgery, When Your Child Needs: Pre-operative (Pre-op) Information

Surgery, When Your Child Needs: Preparing Your Infant (0 to 12 months)

Surgery, When Your Child Needs: Preparing Your Preschooler (3 to 5 years old)

Surgery, When Your Child Needs: Preparing Your School-aged Child (6 to 12 years old)

Surgery, When Your Child Needs: Preparing Your Teenager (13 to 18 years old)

Surgery, When Your Child Needs: Preparing Your Toddler (1 to 2 years old)

Surgery, When Your Child Needs: The Operating Room and Staff

Surgery, When Your Child Needs: Using Play

Surgery, When Your Child Needs: Words to Use With Your Child

Surgical Procedures, Hysterectomy

Surgical Repair of Skier’s Thumb, Understanding

Surgical Safety, Maximizing

Surgical Settings, Foot Surgery:

Surgical Site Infection Prevent

Surgical Site Infections, Preventing

Surgical Thrombectomy, Having

Surgical Thrombectomy, Understanding

Suture Care

Swaddling Your Newborn, Step-by-Step

Swimmer's Ear, When Your Child Has

Swollen Lymph Nodes, When Your Child Has

Sympathectomy, Understanding

Sympathetic Nerve Block

Sympathetic Nerve Block

Sympathetic Nerve Block, Your Experience

Syncope, Causes of

Syncope, Diagnosing

Syncope, Treating: Helping Your Heart

Syncope, Treating: Prevention

Syncope, What is

Syndrome, Acquired Brown (Superior Oblique Tendon Sheath Syndrome)

Syndrome, Metabolic

Syphilis

Syphilis, Understanding: For Teens

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Lupus), Understanding

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