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A-Z health topics

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Safe drinking

Safe sex information

Salmonella

Salt and baking soda mouthwash

Salt: how to cut down

Samoan interpreter card

Sarcoidosis

Saturated fat

Scabies

Scans and X-rays

Scaphoid fracture

Schizophrenia

School dental service

School sores

Sclerotherapy

Scoliosis in children

Screen time: children

Scrotal pain

Scrotal problems

Scrotal problems in boys

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Seasonal allergic rhinitis

Sebaceous cyst

Seborrhoeic dermatitis (seborrhoeic eczema)

Second-hand smoke and children

Seizures: what to do

Self-care after breast cancer

Self-care for constipation

Self-care for foot & ankle arthritis

Self-care for IBD

Self-harm

Sensory processing disorder

Septic arthritis

Serotonin syndrome

Sever's disease

Sex and intimacy in older people

Sex & long-term health conditions

Sex: giving consent

Sex: information for teens

Sexual abuse: children

Sexual assault

Sexual behaviour in children and teenagers

Sexual health

Sexual health: for teenagers

Sexual health: services for teens

Sexual health: services

Sexual Health Clinic

Sexual orientation

Sexuality & sexual identity: teens & young adults

Sexually transmitted infections

Shared health records

Sharps disposal

Shigella

Shingles

Shin pain (shin splints)

Short-sightedness

Shoulder: anterior dislocation

Shoulder adduction and abduction

Shoulder blade squeeze

Shoulder exercises

Shoulder flexion and extension

Shower stools

Side effects of antibiotics

Side effects of medicines

SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)

Silicosis

Simple meals

Single Point of Entry service

Sinus infection

Sinus rinse

Sjögren's syndrome

Skin cancer

Skin infection: cellulitis

Skin infection: impetigo (school sores)

Skin infection: ORF virus

Skin infection: ringworm

Skin infection: staphylococcus

Skin infection: scabies

Skin surgery

Slapped cheek disease

SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus)

Sleep advice for children

Sleep advice for teenagers

Sleep assessment

Sleep hygiene

Sleep problems

Sleep tests

Sleeping position for babies

Sleeve gastrectomy

Slipped upper femoral epiphysis

Smear tests

Smokefree

Smoking: pregnancy

Smoking: teens

Social transition

Social work services for women's health

Social workers

Soft tissue injury

Soiling

Somali interpreter card

Something stuck in ear

Something stuck in nose

Sore breasts

Sore bottoms in young girls

Sore nipples

Sore throat

Sore throat: looking after your voice

Spacers

Spanish interpreter card

Spastic colon

Speech disorders

Speech-language therapists

Speech milestones

Spermatocele

Spilling baby

Spinal block

Spinal compression fracture

Spinal injuries

Spinal tap

Spirometry

Splenectomy: adults

Spontaneous pneumothorax

Sprained ankle

Sprains

Sprains and strains: recovery

Squint

SSRI antidepressants

Stammering

Staphylococcus

Starting solids

Statins

Staying warm

STDs (sexually transmitted diseases)

Sterilisation

Steroid: injections

Steroid: tablets and liquids

Stiff shoulders

Stillbirth

Stimulant addiction

STIs (sexually transmitted infections): chlamydia

STIs: genital warts

STIs: gonorrhoea

STIs: herpes

STIs: HIV/AIDS

STIs: partner notification

STIs: pregnancy

STIs: syphilis

STIs: trichomoniasis

Stomach

Stomach pain in children

Stomach pain in early pregnancy

Stomach ulcers

Stopping antidepressants

Strengthening exercises

Strep B in pregnancy

Strep throat

Stress

Stress: causes

Stress: symptoms

Stress: teens

Stress fractures

Stroke

Stroke first aid

Stroke support groups

Student's elbow

Stuttering

Styes

Subacromial bursitis

Subacromial impingement syndrome

Subacromial pain

Subconjunctival haemorrhage

Subsidies for healthcare

Subsidised dental care

Sudden infant death: safe sleeping positions

SUDI (sudden unexpected death in infancy)

SUFE

Sugar and tooth decay

Sugar: how to cut down

Suicide prevention

Suicide and young people

Suicide: warning signs

Suicide: what to do if someone is suicidal

Summer safety

Sunbeds and sun tanning

Sunburn: prevention

Sunburn: treatment

Sun-smart behaviour

Superbugs: ESBL

Superbugs: MRSA

Superbugs: VRE

Supplements

Support for food costs

Support for getting active

Support rails: installing

Support services: child health

Support services: mental health

Support services: older people

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)

Surgical clipping

Swallow studies

Swallowing disorders

Swallowing disorders: oral hygiene

Swallowing disorders: safe eating and drinking

Swimmer's ear

Swollen face

Swollen glands

Swollen joints

Swollen thyroid

Symphysis pubis joint pain in pregnancy

Synacthen test

Synthetic drug addiction

Syphilis

nosearch

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