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Absence Epilepsy
ADHD and Hyperactivity
ADHD in Adults: Behavioural Strategies
ADHD Myths and Facts
ADHD: Impulsivity and Inattention
ADHD: Symptoms in Adults
Agitation and Dementia
Alcohol Problems: How to Stop Drinking
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Coping With Sundowning
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Maintaining Good Nutrition
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Making the Most of Remaining Abilities
Apolipoprotein E-4 Genetic (DNA) Test
Arachnoiditis
Aspirin for Pain, Fever, and Inflammation
Assistive Devices for People With Disabilities
Aura and Seizures
Avoiding Mercury in Fish
Back School for Low Back Pain
Bacterial Infections of the Spine
Bipolar Disorder in Children: Other Health Problems That May Occur
Bipolar Disorder in Children: School Issues
Bipolar Disorder: Hypomanic Episodes
Blackouts Caused by Alcohol or Drugs
Botulinum (Botox) Injection for Low Back Pain
Brandt-Daroff Exercise for Vertigo
Capsaicin
Caregiving: Making a Home Safe
Carole's Story: Taking Medicine Right Away to Stop a Migraine
Carotid Artery Stenting
Carotid Endarterectomy
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Safe Posture and Movements
Cervical Spinal Fusion
Checklist for the Home for Vertigo
Chronic Pain Syndrome
Classification of Spinal Cord Injuries
Cochlear Implants
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Pain Management
Cognitive Development, Ages 15 to 18 Years
Cognitive Development, Ages 6 to 10 Years
Comparing Symptoms of Normal Moodiness With Depression in Children
Conditions With Symptoms Similar to Depression in Children and Teens
Decompressive Laminectomy for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Surgery
Dementia: Assessing Pain
Dementia: Bladder and Bowel Problems
Dementia: Helping a Person Avoid Confusion
Dementia: Legal Issues
Dementia: Medicines to Treat Behaviour Changes
Dementia: Support for Caregivers
Dementia: Testing How Well a Person Functions
Dementia: Tips for Communicating
Dementia: Understanding Behaviour Changes
Diabetes: Amputation for Foot Problems
Diabetic Atypical Neuropathies
Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy
Diabetic Neuropathy: Exercising Safely
Discectomy for a Lumbar Herniated Disc
Driving a Car After a Stroke
Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Pain
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Surgery
Epilepsy and Driving
Epilepsy Medicine Therapy Failure
Epilepsy: Atonic Seizures
Epilepsy: Focal Aware Seizures
Epilepsy: Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures
Epilepsy: Generalized Seizures
Epilepsy: Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures
Epilepsy: Myoclonic Seizures
Epilepsy: Tonic Seizures
Epley and Semont Manoeuvres for Vertigo
Evaluation and Treatment After a First Seizure
Exercising to Prevent a Stroke
Feverfew for Migraines
Focal Epilepsy
General Anesthesia
Head Injuries in Children: Problems to Watch For
Headache Clinics
Heavy Sweating
Helping a Person During a Seizure
Hemorrhagic Stroke
How ADHD Affects Your Child
How Adolescent Thinking Develops
How Diabetes Causes Foot Problems
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Increased Intracranial Pressure
Infantile Spasms (West Syndrome)
Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET) for Low Back Pain
Intravenous (I.V.) Regional Anesthesia
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Language Development Between 12 and 24 Months of Age
Language Development From Age 6 to 10 Years
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Local Anesthesia
Lumbar Spinal Fusion (Arthrodesis)
Medical History and Physical Examination for Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease
Medicines That Can Cause Confusion or a Decreased Alertness
Medicines That Can Cause Headache
Medicines That Can Cause Weakness or Fatigue
Medicines That May Cause Light-Headedness or Vertigo
Meditation
Melatonin
Memory Problems: Issues With Driving
Memory Problems: Tips for Helping the Person With Daily Tasks
Memory Problems: Wandering
Migraine Headache Triggers
Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Mild, Moderate, and Severe Vertigo
Misdiagnosis of Lyme Disease
Mobility After a Spinal Cord Injury
Monitoring During Anesthesia
Multiple Sclerosis and Pregnancy
Multiple Sclerosis Progression
Multiple Sclerosis: Alternative Treatments
Multiple Sclerosis: Benefits of Exercise
Multiple Sclerosis: Bladder Problems
Multiple Sclerosis: Mental and Emotional Problems
Multiple Sclerosis: Modifying Your Home
Multiple Sclerosis: MRI Results
Multiple Sclerosis: Questions About What to Expect
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Getting Support
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Managing Your Energy
Myths About Tourette's Disorder
Myths and Facts About Depression
Neisseria Meningitidis
Nerve Ablation for Chronic Pain
Nerve Block for Chronic Pain
Nerve Function Tests for Evaluating Low Back Problems
Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy
Nervous System Problems Caused by Medicines
Neurosyphilis
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Non-Epileptic Seizures (NES)
Non-Fatal Drowning
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
Open Carpal Tunnel Surgery
Opioids
Orthopedic Surgery for Cerebral Palsy
Pain Control Diary
Pain Diary
Pain in a Spinal Cord Injury
Pain Management Clinic
Pain: Getting Help at Home
Pallidotomy for Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson-Plus Syndromes
Parkinson's Disease and Exercise
Parkinson's Disease and Freezing
Parkinson's Disease and Nutrition
Parkinson's Disease and Sexual Problems
Parkinson's Disease and Speech Problems
Parkinson's Disease and Tremors
Parkinson's Disease: Eating and Drooling Problems
Parkinson's Disease: Modifying Your Activities and Your Home
Parkinson's Disease: Movement Problems From Levodopa
Parkinson's Disease: Other Symptoms
Percutaneous Discectomy for a Lumbar Herniated Disc
Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Anesthesia
Phantom Limb Pain and Chronic Pain
Pinched Nerve In or Near the Elbow
Pregnancy and Epilepsy
Pregnancy: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Prolotherapy for Low Back Pain
Pudendal Neuralgia
Questions About Medicines for Epilepsy
Questions Your Doctor May Ask Before Prescribing Medicine for Depression in Children and Teens
Regional Anesthesia
Rehabilitation Programs for Multiple Sclerosis
Returning to Play After a Head Injury During a Sporting Event
Screening for Hearing Problems
Sedation
Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
Self-Care After a Stroke
Sensory and Motor Development Ages 6 to 10 Years
Sensory and Motor Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Sensory and Motor Development, Ages 12 to 24 Months
Sensory and Motor Growth in Newborns
Serotonin Syndrome
Special Diets for Epilepsy
Speech and Language Delays: Common Misconceptions
Speech and Language Development: Helping Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
Speech and Language Development: Signs of Possible Problems
Speech and Language Milestones, Ages 1 to 3 Years
Speech and Language Milestones, Ages 3 to 5 Years
Speech and Language Milestones, Birth to 1 Year
Speech Problems: Normal Disfluency
Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia
Spinal Cord Injury: Abdominal Thrust Assist (Assisted Cough)
Spinal Cord Injury: Adapting Your Home
Spinal Cord Injury: Autonomic Dysreflexia
Spinal Cord Injury: Breathing Practice
Spinal Cord Injury: Costophrenic Assist (Assisted Cough)
Spinal Cord Injury: Finding a Rehab Centre
Spinal Cord Injury: Flexibility Exercises
Spinal Cord Injury: Safe Transfers To or From a Wheelchair
Spinal Cord Injury: Self-Assisted Cough
Spinal Cord Injury: Sensual Exercises
Spinal Cord Injury: Talking With Your Partner About Sex
Spinal Cord Injury: Your Rehabilitation Team
Spinal Manipulation
Stages of Lyme Disease
Stages of Sleep
Stages of Syphilis
Stopping Medicine for Epilepsy
Stroke: Behaviour Changes
Stroke: Bladder and Bowel Problems
Stroke: Changes in Emotions
Stroke: Common Problems
Stroke: Dealing With Depression
Stroke: Getting Dressed
Stroke: How to Prevent Another One
Stroke: Memory Tips
Stroke: Perception Changes
Stroke: Problems With Ignoring the Affected Side
Stroke: Speech and Language Problems
Stroke: Your Rehabilitation Team
Talk to Others About Depression
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Temporary Confusion or Decreased Alertness
Thalamotomy for Parkinson's Disease
Tips for Parents of Children With Epilepsy
Tourette's Disorder: Tic Triggers
Tracking Chart for Level 1 and Level 2 Exercises for Vertigo
Tracking Charts for Walking for Vertigo
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
Types of Headache
Types of Migraine Headaches
Types of Multiple Sclerosis
Use Heat or Ice to Relieve Low Back Pain
Vertigo: Level 1 (Easy) Balance Exercises
Vertigo: Level 2 (Harder) Balance Exercises
Vertigo: Staying Safe When You Have Balance Problems
Vertigo: Walking Exercises
Worried About Using Opioids?
Wrist Splint for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Alzheimer's Disease: Should I Take Medicines?
Atrial Fibrillation: Which Anticoagulant Should I Take to Prevent Stroke?
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Should I Have Surgery?
Depression: Should I Stop Taking My Antidepressant?
Depression: Should I Take an Antidepressant?
Headaches: Should I Take Medicine to Prevent Migraines?
Insomnia: Should I Take Sleeping Pills?
Low Back Pain: Should I Have Spinal Manipulation?
Low Back Pain: Should I Try Epidural Steroid Shots?
Lumbar Herniated Disc: Should I Have Surgery?
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Should I Have Surgery?
Multiple Sclerosis: Should I Start Taking Medicines for MS?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Should I Take Medicine for OCD?
Panic Disorder: Should I Take Medicine?
Stroke Prevention: Should I Have a Carotid Artery Procedure?
ADHD: Helping Your Child Get Things Done
Bipolar Disorder: Preventing Manic Episodes
Depression: Dealing With Medicine Side Effects
Depression: Taking Antidepressants Safely
Epilepsy: Taking Your Medicines Properly
Headaches: Managing a Headache
Migraines: Finding and Avoiding Triggers
Stroke Recovery: Coping With Eating Problems
Tension Headaches: Finding and Avoiding Triggers
Vertigo: Balance Exercises
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