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This site contains a list of English titles with links to Spanish text publications and websites.


20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors

20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children

ABC's For Good Health (pdf)

ADHD Medicines [English version]

Air Travel Health Tips [English version]

ALL KIDS: Application (pdf)

ALL KIDS: Notification of Privacy About the Health Insurance Program for Children in Alabama (pdf)

ALL KIDS: Your Not a Legal Residence but Your Children Are? (pdf)

Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help [English version]

Antihistamines [English version]

Back Injury Prevention [html] [English version]

Balance, Dizziness and You [html] [English version]

Basic First Aid [html] [English version]

Be a Fit Kid [English version]

Be An Active Member of Your Health Care Team [html]

Check Your Medicines

Child Health Guide

Choosing and Using a Health Plan

Choosing Medical Treatments [html]

Chronic Pain Medicines [English version]

Clinical Trials of Medical Treatments: Why Volunteer?

Communicating with Your Doctor or Healthcare Worker

Considering Surgery? [English version]

Do You Know How to Be Street Smart? [English version]

Dog Bites: How to Teach Your Children to Be Safe [English version]

Drug Interactions: What You Should Know [html] [English version]

Drug Reactions [English version]

Exercise for the Elderly [English version]

Five Steps to Safer Health Care #1 [html]

Five Steps to Safer Health Care #2

Generic Drugs: Questions and Answers [html]

Getting a Second Opinion Before Surgery (pdf)

Got a Sick Kid? [html]

Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home (pdf)

Guide to Good Health for Children

Guide to Health Care Plans

Having Surgery? What You Need to Know

Health Care Workers: Avoiding Infections at Work [English version]

Health Insurance: Understanding What It Covers [English version]

Health Quackery: Spotting Health Scams [English version]

Heat-Related Illness: What You Can Do to Prevent It [English version]

High-Altitude Illness: How to Avoid It and How to Treat It [English version]

Housekeeping Tips to Reduce Lead Exposure [Englsh verstion]

How to Get Affordable Health Insurance and Medical Assistance [html]

How to Give Medicines to Children [html]

How to Help Your Doctor Help You [html] [English version]

Increasing Lifestyle Activity (pdf)

Improving Fitness with a Structured Exercise Program (pdf)

Improving Health Care Quality: A Guide for Patients and Families

Information About Health for Kids (web site)

Information About Health for Parents (web site)

Information About Health for Teens (web site)

International Travel: Tips for Staying Healthy [English version]

Life Changes Require Health Choices. Know your Benefit Options (pdf)

Lifting Safety: Tips to Help Prevent Back Injuries [English version]

Looks Can Be Deceiving [medicines] [html]

Long-Term Care: Choosing the Right Place [English version]

Medical Errors: Tips to Help Prevent Them [English version]

Medicare [web site]

Medicare [html] [English version]

Medicare and Home Health Care (pdf)

Medicare and You 2007 (pdf)

Medicare Hospice Benefits (pdf)

Medicare Mental Health Benefits (pdf)

Medications: Use Them With Confidence [html]

Medicine and Food: When They Don't Mix [English version]

Medicine and Your Child: How to Give Your Child the Right Dose [English version]

Medicines and You: A Guide for Older Adults [html]

Medicines in the Senior Years [html]

Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age-Checklist for Your Next Checkup

Miracle Cures Can Make You Sick! [English version]

My Medicines [html]

Obesity and Children: Helping Your Child Keep a Healthy Weight [English version]

Obesity and Children: Helping Your Child Lose Weight [English version]

Outdoor Air Pollution: Possible Health Effects [English version]

Over-the-Counter Medicine: Which One is Appropriate for You? (pdf)

Personal Health Guide: Recommendations to Practice Prevention [html]

Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults

Pocket Guide to Staying Healthy at 50+

Prescriptions and Insurance Plans [English version]

Progestin-only Contraceptives [English version]

Quick Tips-When Getting a Prescription

Quick Tips-When Getting Medical Tests

Quick Tips-When Planning for Surgery

Quick Tips-When Talking with Your Doctor

Sensitive Information: Privacy and Your Medical Records (pdf) [English version]

Snakebites: Reducing Your Risk [English version]

Stop Germs: Kitchen Clean-up

Stop Germs: Kitchen Mistakes

Stop Germs: Wash Your Hands!

Stopping Germs at Home, Work and School [English version]

Stopping the Spread of Germs at Workl [English version]

Stress: How to Cope Better With Life's Challenges [English version]

Talking with Your Doctor [English version]

Teenagers: How to Stay Healthy [English version]

Think Carefully: A Guide for the Control of Benefits and Risks of Medicines [html]

Tips for Caregivers of People with Alzheimer's disease from the National Institute on Aging [English version]

Tips for Preventing Heat-Related Illness [English version]

Wash Those Hands [html] [English version]

Wash Your Hands (pdf)

Ways You Can Help Your Family Prevent Medical Errors

Weight Control: The Power of Healthy Choices [English version]

What is the Best Way of Taking Your Over-the-Counter Medicine? Seriously [html]

When Your Child is Sick (pdf)

Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age-Checklist for Your Next Checkup

Working Safely: Advice for Teens [English version]

Your Guide To Reliable Information About Health (web site)

Your Medicine: Play It Safe

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Page was last updated: 4 September 2007