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 Emergency medical help
 Calling 111 for an ambulance
 Christchurch Emergency Department
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 Overview of allergies
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 Support for sexual harm
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 Bladder, kidney & urinary system
 Bladder cancer
 Kidneys
 Healthy kidneys
 Chronic kidney disease
 What is chronic kidney disease?
 How is CKD diagnosed?
 How is CKD treated?
 Medicines used in kidney disease
 How can I slow down CKD?
 Eating well with chronic kidney disease
 Common causes of CKD
 Analgesic nephropathy
 Diabetes & kidney disease
 Glomerulonephritis
 High blood pressure and kidney disease
 Adult polycystic kidney disease
 Urinary reflux
 Videos about kidney disease
 Kidney cancer (renal cancer)
 Kidney problems in children
 Kidney stones & renal colic
 Overview of kidney stones
 Treating kidney stones
 Eating to prevent kidney stones
 Pyelonephritis (kidney infection)
 Urinary system
 Overview of your urinary system
 Urinary system problems
 Urinary symptoms
 Blood in the urine (haematuria)
 Urinary incontinence
 Treating urinary incontinence
 Urine infections
 Cystitis
 Interstitial cystitis
 Urinary problems in children
 Bedwetting & daytime wetting in children
 Urine infection (UTI) in children
 Diagnosing urinary system problems
 Bladder diary
 Cystoscopy
 Pelvic examination
 Treating urinary system problems
 Bladder retraining
 Pelvic floor
 Pelvic floor muscles
 Pelvic floor exercises for men
 Pelvic floor exercises for women
 Treating urinary incontinence
 Urinary catheters
 Trial without catheter (trial of void)
 Penis health
 About your penis
 Erection problems (erectile dysfunction)
 Penis problems
 Penis & foreskin problems in boys
 Tightness of the foreskin (phimosis)
 Circumcision in boys
 Urethritis
 Prostate
 About the prostate
 Prostate health & symptoms
 Prostate enlargement
 Prostate surgery (TURP)
 Continence & prostate surgery
 Prostate cancer
 Overview of prostate cancer
 PSA test
 Prostate biopsy
 Treating prostate cancer
 Prostatitis
 Testicles & scrotum
 About your testicles & scrotum
 Infection of the testicles (epididymo-orchitis)
 Testicular cancer
 Other testicular & scrotal problems
 Blood
 What blood is made of
 Anaemia
 Overview of anaemia
 Folic acid deficiency anaemia
 Low iron & iron deficiency anaemia
 Iron
 How to get your daily iron
 Iron-rich meal ideas
 Taking iron supplements
 Intravenous (IV) iron
 Thalassaemia
 Vitamin B12 deficiency & pernicious anaemia
 Eating well to prevent vitamin B12 deficiency
 Bleeding disorders
 Haemophilia
 Treating haemophilia
 Von Willebrand disease
 Blood cancers
 Lymphoma
 Leukaemia
 Myeloma
 Blood clotting disorders
 Blood-thinning medicines
 Food choices & warfarin
 Warfarin monitoring
 Deep vein thrombosis & pulmonary embolism
 Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
 Reducing your risk of DVT or PE
 Pulmonary embolism (PE)
 Essential thrombocythaemia (high platelets)
 Iron overload (haemochromatosis)
 Low platelets (thrombocytopenia)
 MGUS
 Primary polycythaemia (high red blood cells)
 Splenectomy for children
 Splenectomy & hyposplenism
 Blood vessels
 Overview of blood vessels
 Problems with arteries
 Aneurysms
 Types of aneurysms
 Atherosclerosis
 Aortic dissection
 Peripheral vascular disease
 Overview of peripheral vascular disease
 Acute limb ischaemia
 Critical limb ischaemia
 Intermittent claudication
 Problems with veins
 Thrombophlebitis
 Venous insufficiency
 Varicose eczema
 Varicose veins
 Raynaud syndrome
 Tests for blood vessel problems
 Treatments for blood vessel problems
 Compression stockings
 Bones & joints
 Arthritis & related disorders
 About arthritis & related disorders
 Ankylosing spondylitis
 Arthritis (osteoarthritis)
 About osteoarthritis
 Osteoarthritis tests & diagnosis
 Living with osteoarthritis
 Treatments for osteoarthritis
 Aids for people with osteoarthritis
 Mobility action plan for osteoarthritis
 Arthritis of the thumb
 Arthritis New Zealand
 Conserving energy
 Fibromyalgia
 About fibromyalgia
 Fibromyalgia tests & diagnosis
 Living with fibromyalgia
 Being active with fibromyalgia
 Foot & ankle arthritis
 About foot & ankle arthritis
 Living with foot & ankle arthritis
 Surgery for foot & ankle arthritis
 Giant cell arteritis (GCA)
 Overview of giant cell arteritis (GCA)
 Treating giant cell arteritis (GCA)
 Getting help for GCA
 Gout
 About gout
 Gout tests & diagnosis
 Living with gout
 Medications for gout
 Eating & lifestyle advice for gout
 Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus)
 Medications for inflammatory conditions
 Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)
 Rheumatoid & psoriatic arthritis
 About rheumatoid & psoriatic arthritis
 Inflammatory arthritis tests & diagnosis
 Living with inflammatory arthritis
 Medications for inflammatory arthritis
 Septic arthritis (joint infection)
 Sjogren's syndrome
 Bone & joint problems
 Ankles & feet
 Achilles tendon
 Achilles tendinopathy
 Ruptured Achilles tendon
 Recovery after a ruptured Achilles tendon
 Broken ankle (fractured ankle)
 Broken foot (fractured metatarsal)
 Care of your ankle following a fracture
 Foot & ankle arthritis
 About foot & ankle arthritis
 Living with foot & ankle arthritis
 Surgery for foot & ankle arthritis
 Sprained ankle
 Broken bones (fractures)
 Hips & legs
 Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury
 Overview of an ACL injury
 Treating an ACL injury
 Exercise & physiotherapy for ACL injury
 Surgery for ACL
 Broken lower leg (fractured tibia or fibula)
 Treating a broken lower leg
 Broken knee (knee fracture)
 Recovering from a broken knee
 Broken kneecap (fractured patella)
 Surgery for a broken kneecap
 Bursitis
 Diagnosing bursitis
 Treating bursitis
 Dislocated kneecap (dislocated patella)
 Hip & knee replacement
 About hip & knee replacement
 Before & after hip & knee replacement surgery
 Joint replacement surgery videos
 Knee injuries
 Knee pain in adults
 Leg cramp
 Quadriceps exercises
 Shin pain
 Low back pain
 About low back pain
 Treating low back pain
 Things you can do to help your back pain
 Pain relief & professional treatment for back pain
 How to stop low back pain coming back
 Other causes of low back pain
 Neck pain
 Ribs & breastbone
 Costochondritis
 Rib injuries
 Shoulders & arms
 AC joint injuries
 Broken collar bone (fractured clavicle)
 Broken elbow (olecranon fracture)
 How is a broken elbow treated?
 Broken forearm (adults)
 Treating a broken forearm in adults
 Broken radial head
 What is a broken radial head?
 How is a broken radial head treated?
 Surgery for a broken radial head
 Bursitis
 Diagnosing bursitis
 Treating bursitis
 Common shoulder problems
 Painful shoulders
 Exercises for your shoulders
 Stiff shoulders
 Unstable shoulders & dislocations
 Weak shoulders
 Exercises of your arm & hand while in a cast
 Fractured surgical neck of the humerus
 Tennis & golfer's elbow
 Diagnosing tennis or golfer's elbow
 Treating tennis & golfer's elbow
 Self-care for tennis & golfer's elbow
 Wrists & hands
 Arthritis of the thumb
 Broken finger (fractured phalanx)
 Surgery for a broken finger
 Broken hand bones
 Surgery for a broken hand
 Broken wrist (wrist fracture)
 Your wrist bones
 How is a broken wrist treated?
 Surgery for a broken wrist
 Care of your wrist & hand following a fracture
 Carpal tunnel syndrome
 What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
 Living with carpal tunnel syndrome
 Surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome
 Before & after surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome
 Recovery after carpal tunnel surgery
 More information about carpal tunnel syndrome
 De Quervain's tenosynovitis
 About de Quervain's tenosynovitis
 Living with de Quervain's tenosynovitis
 Surgery for de Quervain's tenosynovitis
 Before & after surgery for de Quervain's tenosynovitis
 Dupuytren contracture
 What is Dupuytren contracture?
 Living with Dupuytren contracture
 How is Dupuytren treated?
 Before & after surgery for Dupuytren contracture
 Recovering from surgery for Dupuytren contracture
 Ganglion cyst
 What is a ganglion cyst?
 Living with a ganglion cyst
 More information about ganglion cysts
 Mallet finger
 Gradual removal of a mallet splint
 Trigger finger
 What is trigger finger?
 Treating trigger finger
 Ulnar nerve compression
 What is ulnar nerve compression?
 Living with ulnar nerve compression
 Surgery for ulnar nerve compression
 Before & after surgery for ulnar nerve compression
 Chiropractors
 Osteopaths
 Physiotherapists
 DHB-funded physiotherapy treatment
 Children's bones & joints
 Overview of children's bones & joints
 Bone pain in children
 Broken bones (fractures)
 Ankles & feet (children)
 Club foot
 Curly toes
 Pigeon toes (intoeing)
 Sever's disease
 Growth plate injuries
 About growth plates
 What are growth plate injuries?
 How are growth plate injuries treated?
 Hips & legs (children)
 Bow legs
 Developmental hip dysplasia
 Treating DDH using a harness
 Knee pain in children
 Limping in children
 Perthes disease
 Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE)
 Scoliosis in children
 About scoliosis in children
 Diagnosing & treating scoliosis in children
 Shoulders & arms (children)
 Broken collar bone in children
 Broken elbow in children
 About broken elbows in children
 Common types of elbow fractures in children
 How are broken elbows in children treated?
 Broken forearm in children
 Pulled elbow
 Wrists & hands (children)
 Trigger thumb
 What is trigger thumb?
 How is trigger thumb treated?
 Living with an injury
 ACC help after an injury
 Self-care after an injury
 Care of your cast
 Deep vein thrombosis & plaster casts
 Driving with an injury
 Flying in a cast
 Non-weight-bearing
 Pain relief after an injury
 Soft tissue injuries & RICE treatment
 Using crutches
 Living with long-term joint pain
 Helping myself with long-term joint pain
 Pain relief for long-term joint pain & arthritis
 Steroid injections
 Osteoporosis
 Overview of osteoporosis
 Reducing your risk of osteoporosis
 Treating osteoporosis
 Self-care for osteoporosis
 Eating well for strong healthy bones
 How to get your daily vitamin D
 Zoledronate infusion
 Brain & nerves
 Bell palsy
 Brain injury & concussion
 Brain injury & concussion in adults
 Head injuries in children
 Preventing head injuries
 Carpal tunnel syndrome
 What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
 Living with carpal tunnel syndrome
 Surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome
 Before & after surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome
 Recovery after carpal tunnel surgery
 More information about carpal tunnel syndrome
 ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome)
 Overview of ME/CFS
 Diagnosing & self-care for ME/CFS
 Community groups for communication difficulties
 Epilepsy
 Essential tremor
 Headaches & migraines in adults
 Headaches & migraines in children
 Motor neurone disease
 Multiple sclerosis (MS)
 Overview of multiple sclerosis (MS)
 Diagnosing & treating multiple sclerosis (MS)
 Self-care for multiple sclerosis (MS)
 Parkinson disease
 Peripheral neuropathy
 Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN)
 Restless legs syndrome
 Stroke
 About stroke
 Preventing stroke
 What happens if I have a stroke?
 Life after a stroke
 Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
 Overview of Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
 Diagnosing a TIA
 Self-care after a TIA
 Trigeminal neuralgia
 Cancer
 Overview of cancer
 Steps to reduce your cancer risk
 Reducing your risk of mouth & throat cancer
 Inherited cancer & BRCA genes
 Cancer treatments & their side effects
 Immunosuppression
 Overview of immunosuppression
 Self-care with immunosuppression
 Skin cancer checks for immune-suppressed people
 Lymphoedema
 Managing chemotherapy-induced diarrhoea
 Oral hygiene & saliva management
 Radiation treatment side effects
 Looking after yourself & other people who have cancer
 Alternative treatments for cancer
 Getting on with life after cancer treatment
 Cancer in youth & teens
 Adult survivors of cancer in childhood and adolescence
 Types of cancer
 Bladder cancer
 Bowel cancer
 Overview of bowel cancer
 Reducing your risk of bowel cancer
 National Bowel Screening Programme
 Breast cancer
 About breast cancer
 Am I at risk of breast cancer?
 How do I know if I have breast cancer?
 Breast screening (mammography)
 At-risk breast cancer screening
 How is breast cancer treated?
 Breast cancer surgery
 Breast biopsy
 Lumpectomy & mastectomy
 Lumpectomy
 Mastectomy
 Therapeutic mammoplasty
 Self-care after breast cancer
 Support with breast cancer
 Cancer of the uterus
 Endometrial cancer follow-up
 Hysterectomy
 Cervix
 Cervical screening & cervical smears
 Treatment after an abnormal smear
 Cervical cancer
 HPV & cervical cancer vaccine (Gardasil)
 Cervical polyps
 Kidney cancer (renal cancer)
 Lymphoma
 Lung cancer
 Myeloma
 Ovarian cancer
 Prostate cancer
 Overview of prostate cancer
 PSA test
 Prostate biopsy
 Treating prostate cancer
 Skin cancer
 Melanoma
 Melanoma tests & diagnosis
 How is melanoma treated?
 Further investigation & treatments
 Looking after myself after a diagnosis of melanoma
 Armpit (axillary) lymph node dissection
 Groin lymph node dissection
 Neck lymph node dissection
 Non-melanoma skin cancers
 About non-melanoma skin cancers
 Squamous cell carcinoma
 Basal cell carcinoma
 Non-surgical treatments for SCC & BCC
 Looking after myself after a non-melanoma skin cancer
 More information about melanoma & other types of skin cancer
 Preventing melanoma & other skin cancers
 Precancerous & noncancerous skin lesions
 Removal (excision) or biopsy of a skin lesion
 Discharge & wound care advice after your skin surgery
 Discharge advice after a local anaesthetic procedure
 Risks & complications of skin surgery
 Testicular cancer
 Thyroid cancer
 Radioiodine for thyroid cancer
 Diabetes
 Overview of diabetes
 Type 1 diabetes
 Type 2 diabetes
 Prediabetes
 Complications of diabetes
 Overview of diabetes complications
 Diabetes & your eyes
 Overview of diabetes & your eyes
 Eye problems with diabetes
 Diabetes eye checks (retinal screening)
 Treating diabetic retinopathy
 Diabetes & feet
 Self-care for your feet
 Diabetes & kidney disease
 Diabetic nerve damage (neuropathy)
 Diabetes & your risk of heart attack or stroke
 Self-care for diabetes
 Driving with diabetes
 Eating well with diabetes
 Shopping guide for diabetes or weight control
 Blood glucose (sugar) self-monitoring
 Low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia)
 Guidelines for giving glucagon
 Managing diabetes when you are sick
 Managing insulin
 Overview of insulin
 How to inject insulin
 Storing & handling insulin
 Diabetes equipment
 Managing insulin when you are sick
 Safe sharps disposal
 Travelling with diabetes
 Foot care when travelling
 Travel checklist for people with diabetes
 Getting help for diabetes
 Canterbury diabetes services & support
 Diabetes group education classes
 Diabetes Centre Psychological Services
 Diabetes in pregnancy
 Diabetes in children & teens
 Ear, nose & throat
 Audiologists & audiometrists
 Broken nose
 Caring for your broken nose after surgery
 Cochlear implant
 Ear problems
 Blocked ears (Eustachian tube dysfunction)
 Middle-ear infections (otitis media)
 Glue ear (otitis media with effusion)
 Diagnosing and treating glue ear
 Grommets (ventilation tubes)
 Outer ear infection (otitis externa)
 Waxy ears
 Hearing loss in adults
 Treating hearing loss in adults
 Hearing in babies & children
 Newborn hearing screening tests
 Hearing loss in children
 Hoarse or lost voice (laryngitis)
 Lump in the throat (globus sensation)
 Neck lumps
 Nosebleeds
 Nosebleed first aid
 Prominent ear surgery (otoplasty)
 Sinusitis
 Overview of sinusitis (sinus infection or inflammation)
 Long-term sinusitis
 Nasal saline rinse
 Sore throats & tonsillitis
 Sore throat
 Tonsillitis
 Tonsillectomy
 Tinnitus
 Vertigo
 Overview of vertigo
 Treating vertigo
 Exercises for vertigo
 Self-care for vertigo
 Eyes
 Canterbury DHB Eye Clinic
 Cataracts
 Overview of cataracts
 Treating cataracts
 Chalazion & stye
 Self-care for a chalazion or stye
 Conjunctivitis
 Causes of conjunctivitis
 Symptoms of conjunctivitis
 Treating conjunctivitis
 Diabetes & your eyes
 Overview of diabetes & your eyes
 Eye problems with diabetes
 Diabetes eye checks (retinal screening)
 Treating diabetic retinopathy
 Dry eyes
 Symptoms and causes of dry eyes
 Diagnosing dry eyes
 Treating dry eyes
 Eyelid inflammation (blepharitis)
 Floaters, flashes & retinal detachment
 Floaters
 Flashes & retinal detachment
 Treating & reducing the risk of retinal detachment
 Giant cell arteritis (GCA)
 Overview of giant cell arteritis (GCA)
 Treating giant cell arteritis (GCA)
 Getting help for GCA
 Glaucoma
 Overview of glaucoma
 Reducing your risk of glaucoma
 Treating glaucoma
 Self-care for glaucoma
 Herpes simplex eye infection
 Keratoconus
 Low vision
 Overview of low vision
 Causes & symptoms of low vision
 Treating low vision
 Coping with vision loss
 Self-care for low vision
 Macular degeneration
 Overview of macular degeneration
 Diagnosing macular degeneration
 Treating macular degeneration
 Self-care for macular degeneration
 Optometrists
 Pterygium & pinguecula
 Subconjunctival haemorrhage
 Thyroid eye disease
 Vision loss in one eye
 Vision problems
 Astigmatism
 Symptoms of and diagnosing astigmatism
 Treating astigmatism
 Childhood vision problems
 Lazy eye (amblyopia)
 Squint (childhood strabismus)
 Eye examinations for children
 Long-sightedness (hyperopia)
 Symptoms of and diagnosing hyperopia
 Treating hyperopia
 Middle-age long-sightedness (presbyopia)
 Overview of presbyopia
 Treating presbyopia
 Short-sightedness (myopia)
 Overview of myopia
 Treating myopia
 Surgery to improve vision (refractive surgery)
 Watery eyes
 Causes of watery eyes
 Diagnosing and treating watery eyes
 Feet & foot problems
 Overview of feet & foot problems
 Broken toe (fractured toe)
 Bunions
 Corns & calluses
 Diabetes & feet
 Self-care for your feet
 Flat feet
 Foot & ankle orthotics
 Foot problems & care in older adults
 Hammertoe
 Heel & foot pain (plantar fasciitis)
 Mallet toe
 Morton's neuroma
 Overlapping toes
 Pain in the ball of your foot (metatarsalgia)
 Podiatrists
 Stress fractures of the foot
 Stretches for your ankles & feet
 Toenail problems
 Ingrown toenail
 Warts & verrucas
 Heart
 Angina (chest pain)
 Angina tests & diagnosis
 Living with angina
 Treating angina
 Reducing my risk of angina
 More information about angina & heart attack
 Atrial fibrillation (AF)
 Funny turns or fainting
 Ways to prevent fainting & light-headedness
 Heart attack
 What is a heart attack?
 Diagnosing & treating a heart attack
 Life after a heart attack
 Reducing my risk of a heart attack
 Heart failure
 Overview of heart failure
 Preventing heart failure
 Diagnosing heart failure
 Treating heart failure
 Self-care for heart failure
 Conserving energy
 Videos about heart failure
 Advanced heart failure
 Heart murmurs & heart valve problems in adults
 Heart murmurs in children
 Heart palpitations
 Extra beats (ectopic beats)
 Fast heartbeat caused by SVT
 Heart treatments
 Medicines for your heart
 Heart treatments & surgery
 Heart bypass & valve surgery
 High blood pressure (hypertension)
 Overview of high blood pressure
 High blood pressure tests and diagnosis
 Self-care for high blood pressure
 Measuring your blood pressure at home
 High cholesterol
 Cholesterol-lowering medicines
 High triglycerides
 Lowering your triglyceride levels
 Infective endocarditis
 Inherited heart diseases
 Tests for heart problems
 Hormones
 Addison's disease
 Diabetes insipidus
 Hyperparathyroidism (excess parathyroid hormone)
 Low testosterone
 Prednisone (oral steroids)
 Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
 Overview of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
 Eating well with polycystic ovary syndrome
 Prolactin & prolactinomas
 Thyroid
 Goitre (enlarged thyroid gland)
 Nuclear medicine thyroid scan
 Overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism)
 Treating an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism)
 Radioiodine for thyroid cancer
 Radioiodine treatment for thyrotoxicosis (overactive thyroid)
 Thyroid cancer
 Thyroid disease in pregnancy
 Thyroid eye disease
 Thyroid nodules
 Thyroiditis (inflamed thyroid)
 Underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism)
 Immunosuppression
 Overview of immunosuppression
 Self-care with immunosuppression
 Skin cancer checks for immune-suppressed people
 Infectious diseases
 Overview of infectious diseases
 Notifiable diseases and hazard reporting
 Airway (respiratory) infections
 Acute bronchitis (chest infection)
 What causes acute bronchitis and what are the symptoms?
 How is acute bronchitis treated?
 Bronchiolitis
 Colds & sinusitis
 Colds in children
 Over-the-counter cold medicines & children
 Colds in adults
 Overview of sinusitis (sinus infection or inflammation)
 Nasal saline rinse
 Flu (influenza)
 Flu (influenza) vaccinations
 Legionnaires' disease (legionellosis)
 Avoid Legionnaires' disease by using potting mix safely
 Pneumonia
 About pneumonia
 How is pneumonia treated?
 Sore throat
 Tonsillitis
 Tuberculosis (TB)
 BCG (TB) vaccination
 Whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis)
 Whooping cough vaccine for pregnant women
 Antibiotics
 What are antibiotics & how do they work?
 Why don't I need antibiotics?
 Antibiotic-resistant infections
 Overview of antibiotic-resistant infections
 CPE (carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae)
 ESBL (extended-spectrum beta-lactamases)
 MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
 VRE (vancomycin-resistant enterococci)
 Skin decolonisation
 Chickenpox
 Cold sores
 Conjunctivitis
 Causes of conjunctivitis
 Symptoms of conjunctivitis
 Treating conjunctivitis
 COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)
 Further information about the response to COVID-19
 Caring for yourself at home with COVID-19
 Eating and drinking when recovering from COVID-19
 COVID-19 – Public message about medicines supply
 Face masks to reduce the spread of COVID-19
 Self-isolation after COVID-19 testing
 FAQs about asymptomatic COVID-19 testing
 Diarrhoea & vomiting (gastroenteritis)
 Overview of diarrhoea & vomiting (gastroenteritis)
 Diarrhoea & vomiting in children (gastroenteritis)
 Campylobacter
 Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)
 Cryptosporidium
 E.coli
 Giardia
 Norovirus
 Rotavirus
 Salmonella
 Shigella
 Yersinia
 Glandular fever
 Haemophilus influenzae (Hib)
 Hand, foot & mouth disease
 Hepatitis
 Hepatitis A
 Hepatitis B
 Hepatitis C
 Infective endocarditis
 Leptospirosis
 Measles
 Meningitis & meningococcal disease
 Meningitis
 Meningococcal disease
 Mumps
 Polio
 Post-polio syndrome
 Quarantine & isolation
 Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
 Rubella
 Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
 Chlamydia
 Genital herpes
 Genital warts
 Gonorrhoea
 HIV & AIDS
 Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
 Pubic lice
 Syphilis
 Telling your sexual partner (partner notification)
 Trichomonas infection
 Shingles
 Skin infections
 Overview of skin infections
 Cellulitis
 Fungal skin infections
 Overview of fungal skin infections
 Pityriasis
 Thrush (candida)
 Head lice & nits
 Impetigo (school sores)
 Molluscum contagiosum
 ORF
 Scabies
 Overview of scabies
 Getting rid of scabies
 Staphylococcus skin infections
 Overview of Staphylococcus skin infections
 Preventing & treating Staphylococcal skin infections
 Skin decolonisation
 Slapped cheek
 Threadworms
 Zika virus
 Liver & gallbladder
 Fatty liver
 FibroScan
 Gallbladder & gallstones
 Hepatitis
 Hepatitis A
 Hepatitis B
 Hepatitis C
 Liver failure & cirrhosis
 Understanding your liver function results
 Lungs
 Airway (respiratory) infections
 Acute bronchitis (chest infection)
 What causes acute bronchitis and what are the symptoms?
 How is acute bronchitis treated?
 Bronchiolitis
 Colds & sinusitis
 Colds in children
 Over-the-counter cold medicines & children
 Colds in adults
 Overview of sinusitis (sinus infection or inflammation)
 Nasal saline rinse
 Flu (influenza)
 Flu (influenza) vaccinations
 Legionnaires' disease (legionellosis)
 Avoid Legionnaires' disease by using potting mix safely
 Pneumonia
 About pneumonia
 How is pneumonia treated?
 Sore throat
 Tonsillitis
 Tuberculosis (TB)
 BCG (TB) vaccination
 Whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis)
 Whooping cough vaccine for pregnant women
 Asbestos
 Asthma
 Asthma in adults
 About asthma in adults
 Diagnosing asthma in adults
 Treating asthma in adults
 Living with asthma
 Asthma emergency
 Inhalers
 Using a spacer
 Asthma in children
 About asthma in children
 Asthma tests & diagnosis for children
 Living with a child diagnosed with asthma
 Ways to help manage asthma
 Asthma medications for children
 Asthma action plans & emergencies in children
 Inhalers
 Using a spacer
 Asthma in pregnancy
 Asthma in youth & teens
 Bronchiectasis
 Bronchoscopy
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
 About COPD
 COPD tests & diagnosis
 COPD treatments
 Living with COPD
 What to do in a COPD flare-up
 Inhalers
 Conserving energy
 Home exercises for people with respiratory conditions
 Collapsed lung (pneumothorax)
 Coughing up blood (haemoptysis)
 Cystic fibrosis
 How to become smokefree
 Why it can be hard to quit
 Medicines that help you quit
 Second-hand smoke
 Protect your children from second-hand smoke
 Smoking in pregnancy
 Smoking information for youth & teens
 Vaping to quit smoking
 Lung cancer
 Lung fibrosis (pulmonary fibrosis)
 Persistent cough
 Sarcoidosis
 Silicosis
 Spirometry
 Support groups for breathing problems
 Canterbury Better Breathing programme
 Persistent pain (chronic pain)
 Overview of persistent pain
 Diagnosing persistent pain
 Frequently asked questions about persistent pain
 Living with persistent pain
 Medication for persistent pain
 More information about persistent pain
 Persistent pain in children & teens
 Sexual health
 Contraception & sterilisation
 Overview of contraception & sterilisation
 Combined oral contraceptives
 Condoms
 Contraceptive implant
 Contraceptive injection (Depo-Provera)
 Emergency contraceptive pill
 Intrauterine devices & systems (IUDs & IUSs)
 Inserting an IUD or IUS
 Progesterone-only pill (POP)
 Sterilisation for women
 Vasectomy
 Penis health
 About your penis
 Erection problems (erectile dysfunction)
 Penis problems
 Urethritis
 Safer sex
 Sex & intimacy in older adults
 Sexual Health Centre
 Sexual health for teenagers
 When you're thinking about having sex
 Contraception for youth & teens
 Pregnancy information for teenagers
 Support for teen parents
 Sexual health services for young people in Canterbury
 Sexual health services in Canterbury
 Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
 Chlamydia
 Genital herpes
 Genital warts
 Gonorrhoea
 HIV & AIDS
 Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
 Pubic lice
 Syphilis
 Telling your sexual partner (partner notification)
 Trichomonas infection
 Testicles & scrotum
 About your testicles & scrotum
 Infection of the testicles (epididymo-orchitis)
 Testicular cancer
 Other testicular & scrotal problems
 Vulval & vaginal health
 Bacterial vaginosis (BV, gardnerella)
 Thrush (candida)
 Vulval irritation & pain
 Skin
 Overview of skin conditions
 Acne
 Living with acne
 Treatments for mild to moderate acne
 Isotretinoin for severe acne
 More information about acne
 Angular cheilitis
 Burns
 Burns first aid
 What types of burns are there?
 Caring for your burn at home
 Specialist care for your burn
 Preventing burns
 More information about burns
 Contact dermatitis
 Allergic contact dermatitis
 Irritant contact dermatitis
 Eczema in adults & teenagers
 About eczema in adults & teenagers
 Living with eczema (dermatitis)
 Eczema treatments for adults
 More information about eczema (dermatitis)
 Eczema in children
 About eczema in children
 Eczema tests & diagnosis
 Looking after a child diagnosed with eczema
 Treating eczema in children
 Infected eczema
 More information about child eczema
 Epidermoid & pilar cysts
 Good food for wound healing
 Protein-rich meal ideas
 Hair loss (alopecia)
 Lipoma
 Perioral dermatitis (muzzle rash)
 Psoriasis
 Overview of psoriasis
 Helping myself with psoriasis
 Treating psoriasis
 Rosacea
 Seborrhoeic dermatitis & cradle cap
 Skin cancer
 Melanoma
 Melanoma tests & diagnosis
 How is melanoma treated?
 Further investigation & treatments
 Looking after myself after a diagnosis of melanoma
 Armpit (axillary) lymph node dissection
 Groin lymph node dissection
 Neck lymph node dissection
 Non-melanoma skin cancers
 About non-melanoma skin cancers
 Squamous cell carcinoma
 Basal cell carcinoma
 Non-surgical treatments for SCC & BCC
 Looking after myself after a non-melanoma skin cancer
 More information about melanoma & other types of skin cancer
 Preventing melanoma & other skin cancers
 Precancerous & noncancerous skin lesions
 Removal (excision) or biopsy of a skin lesion
 Discharge & wound care advice after your skin surgery
 Discharge advice after a local anaesthetic procedure
 Risks & complications of skin surgery
 Skin grafts
 What is a skin graft?
 What to expect in hospital
 Can skin grafts fail?
 Going home after a skin graft
 Caring for your graft when you are up & about
 More information about skin grafts
 Skin infections
 Overview of skin infections
 Cellulitis
 Fungal skin infections
 Overview of fungal skin infections
 Pityriasis
 Thrush (candida)
 Head lice & nits
 Impetigo (school sores)
 Molluscum contagiosum
 ORF
 Scabies
 Overview of scabies
 Getting rid of scabies
 Staphylococcus skin infections
 Overview of Staphylococcus skin infections
 Preventing & treating Staphylococcal skin infections
 Skin decolonisation
 Skin surgery and wound care
 Good food for wound healing
 Protein-rich meal ideas
 How can I help my wound to heal?
 Surgery for skin wounds
 Looking after your skin surgery wound
 Lymphoedema
 Surgery for skin ulcers
 Skin grafts
 What is a skin graft?
 What to expect in hospital
 Can skin grafts fail?
 Going home after a skin graft
 Caring for your graft when you are up & about
 More information about skin grafts
 Skin wounds & ulcers
 Skin wounds
 Cuts, scrapes & wounds first aid
 How can I help my wound to heal?
 Surgery for skin wounds
 Looking after your skin surgery wound
 Skin ulcers
 Foot ulcers
 Leg ulcers (venous)
 Pressure injuries
 How can I help my wound to heal?
 Surgery for skin ulcers
 Sleep
 Overview of sleep
 Leg cramp
 Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)
 Sleep assessment
 Self-care for OSA
 Treating OSA
 CPAP therapy
 About CPAP therapy
 CPAP trial
 Long-term CPAP therapy
 Mask fitting for CPAP therapy
 Restless legs syndrome
 Sleep advice for shiftworkers
 Sleep advice for children
 Sleep advice for teens
 Tips for sleeping well (sleep hygiene)
 Speech & communication difficulties
 Aphasia
 Overview of aphasia
 Finding & recalling words
 Helping someone with aphasia communicate
 Apraxia of speech
 Dysarthria
 Helping someone with dysarthria communicate
 Communication strategies
 Communicating with someone who can't talk
 Communicating with someone who can't hear well
 Finding & recalling words
 Tips for better communication
 Tips for reading, writing, & using the phone
 Tips for processing & recalling information
 Tips for paying attention
 Tips for looking after your voice
 Community groups for communication difficulties
 Speech & language delay or disorder
 Overview of speech and language delay or disorder
 Diagnosing a speech & language delay or disorder
 Caring for a child with speech & language delay or disorder
 Speech-language therapists
 When to see a speech-language therapist
 Stuttering
 Stuttering in children
 Does my child stutter?
 Living with a child who stutters
 Stuttering in teenagers
 Do I have a stutter? (teenagers)
 Living with a stutter for teenagers
 Stuttering in adults
 Do I have a stutter? (adults)
 Living with a stutter for adults
 Stomach & bowel
 Overview of your stomach & bowel
 Acid reflux, heartburn, indigestion (GORD)
 Eating & lifestyle when you have heartburn
 Anal fissure (tear)
 Anorectal abscess
 Appendicitis
 Bowel cancer
 Overview of bowel cancer
 Reducing your risk of bowel cancer
 National Bowel Screening Programme
 Bowel polyps
 Bowel surgery
 Coeliac disease
 Overview of coeliac disease
 Self-care for coeliac disease
 Getting help for coeliac disease
 Gluten-free diet for coeliac disease
 Gastroscopy
 Coeliac disease in children
 Coeliac disease tests & diagnosis for children
 Living with a child diagnosed with coeliac disease
 Colonoscopy
 Colonoscopy & sigmoidoscopy if you have diabetes
 Constipation
 Constipation in adults
 Am I constipated?
 Causes of constipation in adults
 Constipation tests & diagnosis for adults
 Dealing with constipation
 Fibre & fluid for healthy bowels
 Medicines for constipation (adults)
 Constipation in babies
 Constipation in children
 About constipation in children
 Causes of constipation in children
 Constipation tests & diagnosis for children
 Looking after a child who has constipation
 Fibre & fluid for children
 Medications for constipation in children
 Diarrhoea & vomiting (gastroenteritis)
 Overview of diarrhoea & vomiting (gastroenteritis)
 Diarrhoea & vomiting in children (gastroenteritis)
 Diverticular disease & diverticulitis
 Overview of diverticular disease & diverticulitis
 Eating guidelines for diverticulosis, diverticular disease & diverticulitis
 Fibre & fluid for healthy bowels
 Low-fibre diet
 Gastroscopy
 Haemorrhoids (piles)
 Treating haemorrhoids (piles)
 Hernia
 Overview of abdominal hernia
 Hernia repair surgery
 Mesh hernia repair
 At home after a hernia repair
 Incidental pancreatic lesions
 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
 Overview of IBD
 Treating IBD
 Advice & support for people with IBD
 Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
 About irritable bowel syndrome
 IBS tests & diagnosis
 Eating & lifestyle guidelines for IBS
 Food intolerance & low-FODMAP eating
 Group education on the low-FODMAP diet
 Medications & complementary treatments for IBS
 Lactose intolerance
 How to manage lactose intolerance
 Peptic ulcers
 H. pylori
 Pilonidal disease
 Vitamin B12 deficiency & pernicious anaemia
 Eating well to prevent vitamin B12 deficiency
 Swallowing difficulties
 Overview of swallowing difficulties
 Dietary suggestions for swallowing difficulties
 Easy eating with cognitive problems
 Mouth care
 Carer's guide to mouth care
 Oral hygiene & saliva management
 Safe eating & drinking
 Safe eating & drinking with facial weakness or numbness
 Taking medicines when swallowing is difficult
 Video swallow studies
 Videofluoroscopic swallow study for adults
 Videofluoroscopic swallow study for children
 Teeth & mouth
 Overview of teeth and oral problems
 Getting help for teeth & oral problems
 Eligibility of children for free dental care
 Dental care for babies & under 5s
 Dental care for school children
 Dental care for teenagers
 Dental care for adults
 Dental care for people with special needs
 Subsidised dental care for adults on low incomes
 Looking after teeth & gums
 Fluoride
 Mouth care
 Carer's guide to mouth care
 Oral hygiene & saliva management
 Oral health products
 Sugar and tooth decay
 Toothbrushing & flossing
 Looking after teeth & gums (babies and children)
 Oral problems in teens and adults
 Dry mouth
 Gum disease
 Knocked-out teeth
 Mouth ulcers
 Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD)
 Overview of temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
 Self-care for Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD)
 Tooth decay
 Wisdom teeth
 Overview of wisdom teeth
 Removing wisdom teeth
 Recovery after having your wisdom teeth removed
 Oral problems in children
 Knocked-out teeth
 Teething
 Tooth decay in children
 Dental health in older people
 Fixing teeth
 Braces & plates for straightening teeth
 Dental implants
 Fillings, crowns & root canals
 Fissure sealants
 Tooth whitening
 Child health
 Useful websites for child health
 Christchurch Hospital Child Health Services information
 Videos about medical tests and procedures for children
 ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in children
 ADHD tests & diagnosis
 Living with a child diagnosed with ADHD
 Medications for ADHD
 Community support organisations for ADHD
 More information about ADHD
 Allergies in children
 Hay fever
 Preventing food allergies
 Anxiety in children
 Overview of anxiety in children
 Helping my child with anxiety
 Getting help for my child with anxiety
 Asthma in children
 About asthma in children
 Asthma tests & diagnosis for children
 Living with a child diagnosed with asthma
 Ways to help manage asthma
 Asthma medications for children
 Asthma action plans & emergencies in children
 Inhalers
 Using a spacer
 Babies
 Bronchiolitis
 Cleft lip & palate
 Constipation in babies
 Feeding
 Breastfeeding
 Why breastfeed?
 Starting to breastfeed
 Who can help me to breastfeed?
 Breastfeeding issues
 Breastfeeding your premature baby
 Breast fullness & breast engorgement
 Breast pumps & storing breast milk
 Mastitis
 Sore, tender & damaged nipples
 Medicines, alcohol, drugs & breastfeeding
 Tongue-tie
 Why can tongue-tie be a problem?
 How is tongue-tie treated?
 Infant formulas
 Starting solids and feeding your baby
 Flat head in babies (plagiocephaly)
 Group B streptococcus in newborn babies
 Jaundice in babies
 Nappy rash
 Pregnancy & parenting education
 Safe sleeping for babies
 Spilling, reflux & GORD in babies
 When your baby has reflux or GORD
 Looking after a baby with spilling or GORD
 Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI)
 Twisted neck in babies (torticollis)
 Unsettled & Crying Babies
 When your baby is unsettled
 Looking after an unsettled baby
 Bronchiolitis
 Bullying (for children & their parents)
 Cerebral palsy
 Chickenpox
 Child abuse & neglect
 Child development & growth
 Child development problems
 Auditory processing disorder
 Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
 Child health & development checks
 B4 School Checks
 Well Child Tamariki Ora visits
 Well Child Tamariki Ora providers
 Eye examinations for children
 Vaccinations for children
 Childhood vision problems
 Lazy eye (amblyopia)
 Squint (childhood strabismus)
 Eye examinations for children
 Children of parents with a mental illness or addiction
 Children's bones & joints
 Overview of children's bones & joints
 Bone pain in children
 Broken bones (fractures)
 Ankles & feet (children)
 Club foot
 Curly toes
 Pigeon toes (intoeing)
 Sever's disease
 Growth plate injuries
 About growth plates
 What are growth plate injuries?
 How are growth plate injuries treated?
 Hips & legs (children)
 Bow legs
 Developmental hip dysplasia
 Treating DDH using a harness
 Knee pain in children
 Limping in children
 Perthes disease
 Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE)
 Scoliosis in children
 About scoliosis in children
 Diagnosing & treating scoliosis in children
 Shoulders & arms (children)
 Broken collar bone in children
 Broken elbow in children
 About broken elbows in children
 Common types of elbow fractures in children
 How are broken elbows in children treated?
 Broken forearm in children
 Pulled elbow
 Wrists & hands (children)
 Trigger thumb
 What is trigger thumb?
 How is trigger thumb treated?
 Circumcision in boys
 Coeliac disease in children
 Coeliac disease tests & diagnosis for children
 Living with a child diagnosed with coeliac disease
 Colds in children
 Over-the-counter cold medicines & children
 Constipation in children
 About constipation in children
 Causes of constipation in children
 Constipation tests & diagnosis for children
 Looking after a child who has constipation
 Fibre & fluid for children
 Medications for constipation in children
 Cough in children
 Croup
 Cystic fibrosis
 Diabetes in children & teens
 Diarrhoea & vomiting in children (gastroenteritis)
 Eczema in children
 About eczema in children
 Eczema tests & diagnosis
 Looking after a child diagnosed with eczema
 Treating eczema in children
 Infected eczema
 More information about child eczema
 Fever (high temperature) in children
 Overview of fever (high temperature) in children
 Treating fever (high temperature) in children
 Febrile convulsions
 Gender identity in children & youth
 Overview of gender identity in children & youth
 Gender dysphoria
 Support networks for transgender children, youth & their whānau/families
 Gender identity resources for whānau/families
 Gender identity resources for schools & sport organisations
 Head injuries in children
 Head lice & nits
 Headaches & migraines in children
 Healthy eating & weight for children
 Is my child a healthy weight?
 Healthy & active children
 Parenting healthy & active children
 Tips to help your child be healthy & active
 Healthy breakfast ideas for children
 Healthy school lunches
 Healthy dinners for children
 Smart snacking for children
 Healthier takeaway tips
 Treats & rewards for children
 Reading food labels
 Meal planning & healthy recipes
 Underweight children
 Fussy eaters
 Iron & your child
 Iron-rich meal ideas for children
 Hearing in babies & children
 Newborn hearing screening tests
 Hearing loss in children
 Heart murmurs in children
 Active children
 Vaccination for older children
 Impetigo (school sores)
 Inguinal hernia in children
 Kidney problems in children
 Measles
 Medicines for children
 Meningitis & meningococcal disease
 Meningitis
 Meningococcal disease
 Mesenteric adenitis
 Molluscum contagiosum
 Mumps
 Nosebleed first aid
 Nosebleeds
 Parenting
 Pregnancy & parenting education
 Child behaviour
 Behaviour problems
 Parenting websites
 Screen-time strategies
 Support for parents
 One-to-one parenting support
 Parenting group programmes
 Counselling
 Respite for children & families
 Support groups
 Penis & foreskin problems in boys
 Tightness of the foreskin (phimosis)
 Preventing childhood injuries
 Puberty information for parents & caregivers
 Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
 Protect your children from second-hand smoke
 Sleep advice for children
 Sore throat
 Speech & language delay or disorder
 Overview of speech and language delay or disorder
 Diagnosing a speech & language delay or disorder
 Caring for a child with speech & language delay or disorder
 Splenectomy for children
 Testicular & scrotal problems in boys
 Sudden (acute) scrotum pain in boys
 Hydrocele
 Tics & Tourette syndrome
 Urinary problems in children
 Bedwetting & daytime wetting in children
 Urine infection (UTI) in children
 Vulval concerns in girls
 Whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis)
 Zero fees for under-14s
 Keeping healthy
 Alcohol & safe drinking
 Alcohol-related harm
 Safe drinking
 Cutting down on drinking
 Alcohol & older people
 Gender identity
 Overview of gender identity
 Transgender people
 Facts about transgender people
 Gender dysphoria
 Social transition
 Gender-affirming health care
 Gender-affirming health services in Canterbury
 Counselling & psychological support for transgender people
 Gender identity in children & youth
 Overview of gender identity in children & youth
 Support networks for transgender children, youth & their whānau/families
 Gender identity resources for whānau/families
 Gender identity resources for schools & sport organisations
 Support networks for transgender people
 Hand hygiene
 Healthy eating & weight
 Dietitians
 Finding out if I am a healthy weight
 Healthy eating & weight for children
 Is my child a healthy weight?
 Healthy & active children
 Parenting healthy & active children
 Tips to help your child be healthy & active
 Healthy breakfast ideas for children
 Healthy school lunches
 Healthy dinners for children
 Smart snacking for children
 Healthier takeaway tips
 Treats & rewards for children
 Reading food labels
 Meal planning & healthy recipes
 Underweight children
 Fussy eaters
 Iron & your child
 Iron-rich meal ideas for children
 Healthy eating & weight for older adults
 Managing my weight for older adults
 Healthy eating for older people
 Older people shopping and cooking for one
 Quick easy meals for older people
 Meals on Wheels
 Healthy eating information
 Are you drinking enough?
 Caffeine
 Carbohydrates, fats, & protein
 Carbohydrates
 Fats
 Protein
 Eating well for good health
 How to cut down on sugar
 How to eat more vegetables and fruit
 How to reduce your salt intake
 Potassium-rich foods
 Probiotics
 Should you be gluten-free?
 Smart snacking for adults
 The Mediterranean diet
 Vegetarian eating
 Healthy eating programmes
 Appetite For Life
 Senior Chef
 How to gain weight
 Tips to gain weight
 How to overcome a poor appetite
 Oral nutrition supplements
 How to lose weight
 Tips to help you lose weight
 Healthy eating to lose weight
 Being active to lose weight
 Weight-loss programmes & eating plans
 Medications and surgery to help with weight loss
 Reading food labels
 Support for food costs
 How to become smokefree
 Why it can be hard to quit
 Medicines that help you quit
 Second-hand smoke
 Protect your children from second-hand smoke
 Smoking in pregnancy
 Smoking information for youth & teens
 Vaping to quit smoking
 Keeping active
 Overview of keeping active
 Starting to be more active
 Getting more activity into your day
 Active children
 Active older adults
 Green Prescription for getting active
 Keeping your home warm & dry
 Land contamination
 Mental wellbeing
 Overview of mental wellbeing
 Self-esteem & self-belief
 Leisure & social connectedness
 Meaning or spirituality (taha wairua)
 All Right? wellbeing campaign
 Eating well for mood & mental wellbeing
 Preventing childhood injuries
 Preventing melanoma & other skin cancers
 Steps to reduce your cancer risk
 Reducing your risk of mouth & throat cancer
 Inherited cancer & BRCA genes
 Tips for sleeping well (sleep hygiene)
 Summer safety
 Staying safe in summer
 Sun-smart behaviour
 Heat & sun injuries
 Travel
 Vaccination
 Vaccination life stages
 Vaccinations before your baby
 Whooping cough vaccine for pregnant women
 Vaccinations for children
 BCG (TB) vaccination
 Vaccination for older children
 HPV & cervical cancer vaccine (Gardasil)
 Vaccinations for adults
 Flu (influenza) vaccinations
 Vaccination safety
 Water-based exercises
 Winter wellness
 Workplace wellness
 Living with a health condition
 Care plans
 Acute plans
 Personalised care plans
 Advance care planning (ACP)
 Medical care guidance plan
 Communication strategies
 Communicating with someone who can't talk
 Communicating with someone who can't hear well
 Finding & recalling words
 Tips for better communication
 Tips for reading, writing, & using the phone
 Tips for processing & recalling information
 Tips for paying attention
 Tips for looking after your voice
 Community groups for communication difficulties
 Conserving energy
 Disability & mobility aids
 Finding & paying for disability & mobility aids
 Choosing & using disability & mobility aids
 Bath boards
 Bed levers
 Chair & bed raisers
 Mobility scooters
 Perching stools
 Raised toilet seats
 Shower stools
 Toilet frames & surrounds
 Walking frames
 Using a walking frame
 Walking sticks or crutches
 Using crutches
 Wheelchairs
 Housing
 Installing handrails and support rails
 Easy-to-understand health information
 Fatigue
 About fatigue
 Managing fatigue
 Financial support for health costs
 Getting back into community-based activities
 Getting back into work or study
 Getting into & out of a chair
 Information for carers
 Keeping your home warm & dry
 Loneliness and social isolation
 Managing everyday activities
 Mental wellbeing
 Overview of mental wellbeing
 Self-esteem & self-belief
 Leisure & social connectedness
 Meaning or spirituality (taha wairua)
 All Right? wellbeing campaign
 Eating well for mood & mental wellbeing
 Mouth care
 Carer's guide to mouth care
 Oral hygiene & saliva management
 Occupational therapists
 Persistent pain (chronic pain)
 Overview of persistent pain
 Diagnosing persistent pain
 Frequently asked questions about persistent pain
 Living with persistent pain
 Medication for persistent pain
 More information about persistent pain
 Persistent pain in children & teens
 Physiotherapists
 DHB-funded physiotherapy treatment
 Practice nurses
 Preparing for your doctor's visit
 Relaxation techniques
 Calming breathing techniques
 Progressive muscle relaxation
 Self-care for low vision
 Tips for managing memory loss
 Tips for sleeping well (sleep hygiene)
 Tube feeding
 About tube feeding
 Tube feeding with a gastrostomy tube
 Tube feeding with a nasogastric or nasojejunal tube
 Pump feeding videos
 Your health rights
 Māori health
 Health information in multiple languages
 Communication cards in multiple languages
 Community Māori health providers
 Hospital services Māori health teams
 Keeping your home warm & dry
 Primary health organisation Māori and Pasifika health services
 Preparing for your doctor's visit
 Medical tests & procedures
 Allergy testing
 Blood tests & laboratory information
 Specific tests and instructions for collecting samples
 Blood transfusions in the community
 Bone marrow biopsy
 Breast screening (mammography)
 At-risk breast cancer screening
 Bronchoscopy
 Cervical screening & cervical smears
 Colonoscopy
 Colonoscopy & sigmoidoscopy if you have diabetes
 Colposcopy
 Contraceptive procedures
 Contraceptive implant
 Contraceptive injection (Depo-Provera)
 Inserting an IUD or IUS
 Sterilisation for women
 Vasectomy
 Cystoscopy
 ERCP
 Gastroscopy
 Genetic testing
 Heart treatments & surgery
 Hormone tests
 Dexamethasone suppression test
 Synacthen test
 Hysteroscopy
 Liquid nitrogen (cryotherapy)
 Lumbar puncture
 Pipelle biopsy
 Radioiodine for thyroid cancer
 Radioiodine treatment for thyrotoxicosis (overactive thyroid)
 Scans, X-rays & nuclear medicine
 Scans & X-rays (radiology)
 Overview of scans and X-rays (radiology)
 Bone density scan (DXA)
 Breast screening (mammography)
 At-risk breast cancer screening
 CT (computed tomography) scan
 FibroScan
 MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
 Ultrasound
 Video swallow studies
 Videofluoroscopic swallow study for adults
 Videofluoroscopic swallow study for children
 X-rays
 Radiology parking
 Nuclear medicine
 Overview of nuclear medicine
 Nuclear medicine imaging
 Nuclear medicine therapy
 Nuclear medicine thyroid scan
 Spirometry
 Steroid injections
 Tests for heart problems
 Understanding test results
 Understanding your cervical smear results
 Understanding your cholesterol results
 Understanding your complete blood count results
 Understanding your HbA1c results
 Understanding your liver function results
 Understanding your kidney function results
 Understanding your thyroid function results
 Understanding your vaginal swab results
 Videos about medical tests and procedures for children
 Zoledronate infusion
 Men's health
 Overview of men's health
 Family harm
 Fertility problems
 Gynaecomastia
 Gynaecomastia surgery
 Gynaecomastia surgery techniques & risks
 Before & after gynaecomastia surgery
 Penis health
 About your penis
 Erection problems (erectile dysfunction)
 Penis problems
 Urethritis
 Prostate
 About the prostate
 Prostate health & symptoms
 Prostate enlargement
 Prostate surgery (TURP)
 Continence & prostate surgery
 Prostate cancer
 Overview of prostate cancer
 PSA test
 Prostate biopsy
 Treating prostate cancer
 Prostatitis
 Sexual health and contraception for men
 Condoms
 Vasectomy
 Testicles & scrotum
 About your testicles & scrotum
 Infection of the testicles (epididymo-orchitis)
 Testicular cancer
 Other testicular & scrotal problems
 Your health rights
 Mental health
 Mental wellbeing
 Overview of mental wellbeing
 Self-esteem & self-belief
 Leisure & social connectedness
 Meaning or spirituality (taha wairua)
 All Right? wellbeing campaign
 Eating well for mood & mental wellbeing
 Helping myself with mental wellbeing
 Getting help for a mental health issue
 Overview of getting help for a mental health issue
 Helplines for mental health issues
 Brief intervention counselling service (BIS)
 Canterbury DHB Specialist Mental Health Service
 Community support for mental health
 Community mental health support workers
 Education & support
 Family support
 Peer support
 Employment services
 Supported activity
 Rural services
 Community support for mental illness during & after pregnancy
 Mental health professionals
 Children of parents with a mental illness or addiction
 Reading in Mind book scheme
 Mental health conditions
 Addiction & substance abuse
 Overview of addiction & substance abuse
 Alcohol & drug addiction
 Overview of alcohol addiction or abuse
 Overview of drug addiction or abuse
 Types of drugs
 Cannabis addiction or abuse
 Hallucinogenic addiction or abuse
 Opioid addiction or abuse
 Stimulant addiction or abuse
 Synthetic drug addiction or abuse
 Tranquilliser addiction or abuse
 Helping myself with my alcohol or drug addiction or abuse
 Supporting someone with alcohol or drug addiction or abuse
 Treatment & medications for alcohol or drug addiction or abuse
 Alcohol & older people
 Alcohol use in youth
 Helping your teen develop safe drinking
 Drug use in youth
 Drug information for parents & caregivers
 Gambling problems
 ADHD in adults
 Anxiety
 Overview of anxiety
 Self-care for anxiety
 Getting help with anxiety
 Supporting someone with anxiety
 Parenting with depression & anxiety
 Anxiety in children
 Overview of anxiety in children
 Helping my child with anxiety
 Getting help for my child with anxiety
 Anxiety in youth & teens
 Overview of anxiety in youth & teens
 Helping my teen with anxiety
 Getting help for my teen with anxiety
 Relaxation techniques
 Calming breathing techniques
 Progressive muscle relaxation
 Bipolar disorder
 Overview of bipolar disorder
 Self-care with bipolar disorder
 Getting help with bipolar disorder
 Borderline personality disorder
 Overview of borderline personality disorder
 Self-care for borderline personality disorder
 Getting help for borderline personality disorder
 Supporting someone with borderline personality disorder
 Depression
 Overview of depression
 Self-care for depression
 Getting help with depression
 Supporting someone with depression
 Parenting with depression & anxiety
 Depression in older adults
 Depression in youth & teens
 Overview of depression in youth & teens
 Self-care for depression in youth & teens
 Getting help with depression in youth & teens
 Understanding depression in youth & teens
 Supporting a young person with depression
 Eating disorders
 About eating disorders
 About anorexia
 About ARFID
 About binge eating
 About bulimia
 What causes an eating disorder?
 Dieting makes you binge
 How do I know if someone has an eating disorder?
 Health & social consequences of eating disorders
 Medication abuse in eating disorders
 What are the long-term effects of an eating disorder?
 Helping myself with an eating disorder
 Getting help with an eating disorder
 Binge-eating disorder group
 Eating awareness information sessions
 Health professionals who can help for an eating disorder
 Supporting someone who has an eating disorder
 Family & friends' FAQs about eating disorders
 How to approach your teenager's eating issue
 Websites for families and people with eating disorders
 Hoarding
 Mental illness during & after pregnancy
 About mental illness during & after pregnancy
 Living with mental illness during & after pregnancy
 Treatments for mental illness during & after pregnancy
 Community support for mental illness during & after pregnancy
 Psychosis
 Overview of psychosis
 Self-care with psychosis
 Getting help with psychosis
 Supporting someone with psychosis
 Psychosis in youth & teens
 Schizophrenia
 Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
 Self-harm
 Stress
 Overview of stress
 Causes of stress
 Self-care for stress
 Getting help for stress
 Relaxation techniques
 Calming breathing techniques
 Progressive muscle relaxation
 Stress in youth & teens
 Suicide help
 Suicide prevention
 Suicide warning signs
 What to do if you think someone may be suicidal
 Support after a suicide attempt (for family & friends)
 Suicide & young people
 Suicide prevention in young people
 What can I do if I am thinking about suicide?
 What to do if you think a young person may be suicidal
 Support after a suicide attempt (for family & friends)
 Medications for mental health issues
 Physical health with a mental illness or addiction
 How mental illness can affect your physical health
 Keeping physically healthy with a mental illness or addiction
 Your health rights
 Migrant & refugee health
 Free GP care for resettled refugees
 New Zealand healthcare system
 Health information in multiple languages
 Communication cards in multiple languages
 Easy-to-understand health information
 Getting medical help if you are new to Canterbury
 Interpreting services
 Interpreter cards
 Amharic interpreter card
 Arabic interpreter card
 Bangla interpreter card
 Cantonese interpreter card
 Dari interpreter card
 Farsi interpreter card
 Fijian interpreter card
 Filipino interpreter card
 French interpreter card
 Greek interpreter card
 Gujarati interpreter card
 Hindi interpreter card
 Indonesian interpreter card
 Italian interpreter card
 Japanese interpreter card
 Khmer interpreter card
 Korean interpreter card
 Malaysian interpreter card
 Mandarin interpreter card
 Nepali interpreter card
 New Zealand Sign Language interpreter card
 Pashto interpreter card
 Polish interpreter card
 Portuguese interpreter card
 Russian interpreter card
 Samoan interpreter card
 Somali interpreter card
 Spanish interpreter card
 Thai interpreter card
 Tigrinya interpreter card
 Tongan interpreter card
 Urdu interpreter card
 Vietnamese interpreter card
 Keeping your home warm & dry
 Migrant & refugee services & support
 Primary health organisations
 Preparing for your doctor's visit
 Older persons' health
 Alcohol & older people
 Arthritis (osteoarthritis)
 About osteoarthritis
 Osteoarthritis tests & diagnosis
 Living with osteoarthritis
 Treatments for osteoarthritis
 Aids for people with osteoarthritis
 Mobility action plan for osteoarthritis
 Arthritis of the thumb
 Care plans
 Acute plans
 Personalised care plans
 Advance care planning (ACP)
 Medical care guidance plan
 Cataracts
 Overview of cataracts
 Treating cataracts
 Constipation in adults
 Am I constipated?
 Causes of constipation in adults
 Constipation tests & diagnosis for adults
 Dealing with constipation
 Fibre & fluid for healthy bowels
 Medicines for constipation (adults)
 Delirium
 Depression in older adults
 Disability & mobility aids
 Finding & paying for disability & mobility aids
 Choosing & using disability & mobility aids
 Bath boards
 Bed levers
 Chair & bed raisers
 Mobility scooters
 Perching stools
 Raised toilet seats
 Shower stools
 Toilet frames & surrounds
 Walking frames
 Using a walking frame
 Walking sticks or crutches
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 Wheelchairs
 Housing
 Installing handrails and support rails
 Driving & transport for older people
 Elder abuse
 Falls
 Getting into & out of a chair
 How to get up by yourself after a fall
 Foot problems & care in older adults
 Goal setting after an illness
 Healthy eating & weight for older adults
 Managing my weight for older adults
 Healthy eating for older people
 Older people shopping and cooking for one
 Quick easy meals for older people
 Meals on Wheels
 Hearing loss in adults
 Heart problems in older people
 Angina (chest pain)
 Angina tests & diagnosis
 Living with angina
 Treating angina
 Reducing my risk of angina
 More information about angina & heart attack
 Atrial fibrillation (AF)
 Heart attack
 What is a heart attack?
 Diagnosing & treating a heart attack
 Life after a heart attack
 Reducing my risk of a heart attack
 Heart failure
 Overview of heart failure
 Preventing heart failure
 Diagnosing heart failure
 Treating heart failure
 Self-care for heart failure
 Conserving energy
 Videos about heart failure
 Advanced heart failure
 Heart murmurs & heart valve problems in adults
 Heart palpitations
 Extra beats (ectopic beats)
 Fast heartbeat caused by SVT
 High blood pressure (hypertension)
 Overview of high blood pressure
 High blood pressure tests and diagnosis
 Self-care for high blood pressure
 Measuring your blood pressure at home
 High cholesterol
 Cholesterol-lowering medicines
 High triglycerides
 Lowering your triglyceride levels
 Medicines for your heart
 Tests for heart problems
 Hip & knee replacement
 About hip & knee replacement
 Before & after hip & knee replacement surgery
 Joint replacement surgery videos
 Hoarding
 Information for carers
 Active older adults
 Keeping your home warm & dry
 Loneliness and social isolation
 Low vision
 Overview of low vision
 Causes & symptoms of low vision
 Treating low vision
 Coping with vision loss
 Self-care for low vision
 Macular degeneration
 Overview of macular degeneration
 Diagnosing macular degeneration
 Treating macular degeneration
 Self-care for macular degeneration
 Medication use for older people
 Medication Management Service (MMS)
 Safe medication use for older people
 Memory loss, mild cognitive impairment & dementia
 Overview of memory loss, mild cognitive impairment & dementia
 Tips for managing memory loss
 Reducing my risk of dementia
 Eating well to reduce your risk of dementia
 Diagnosing & treating dementia
 Living well with dementia
 Eating well with dementia
 Safe driving in early dementia
 Support for carers
 Communicating with someone who has dementia
 How to make a memory book
 Getting help for dementia
 Dementia support services
 Osteoporosis
 Overview of osteoporosis
 Reducing your risk of osteoporosis
 Treating osteoporosis
 Self-care for osteoporosis
 Eating well for strong healthy bones
 How to get your daily vitamin D
 Zoledronate infusion
 Parkinson disease
 Respite care for older people
 Frequently asked questions about respite care for older people
 Retirement villages & rest homes
 Overview of retirement villages and residential care
 Retirement and lifestyle villages
 Rest homes
 Choosing a rest home
 Hospital-level care
 Checklist to compare rest home and hospital-level care facilities
 Moving to a different rest home or hospital
 Sex & intimacy in older adults
 Skin wounds & ulcers
 Skin wounds
 Cuts, scrapes & wounds first aid
 How can I help my wound to heal?
 Surgery for skin wounds
 Looking after your skin surgery wound
 Skin ulcers
 Foot ulcers
 Leg ulcers (venous)
 Pressure injuries
 How can I help my wound to heal?
 Surgery for skin ulcers
 Stroke
 About stroke
 Preventing stroke
 What happens if I have a stroke?
 Life after a stroke
 Support & services for older people
 Community groups & agencies for older people
 CREST
 Home care and community support
 Other support for older people
 Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
 Overview of Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
 Diagnosing a TIA
 Self-care after a TIA
 Your health rights
 Pasifika health
 New Zealand healthcare system
 Health information in multiple languages
 Communication cards in multiple languages
 Community Pasifika health providers
 Disability support services for Pasifika people
 Easy-to-understand health information
 Getting medical help if you are new to Canterbury
 Hospital services Pasifika health teams
 Interpreting services (Pasifika)
 Interpreter cards (Pasifika)
 Fijian interpreter card
 Samoan interpreter card
 Tongan interpreter card
 Keeping your home warm & dry
 Primary health organisation Māori and Pasifika health services
 Preparing for your doctor's visit
 Pharmacy & medications
 Antibiotics
 What are antibiotics & how do they work?
 Why don't I need antibiotics?
 Generic medicines
 How to take medicines
 Immunosuppression
 Overview of immunosuppression
 Self-care with immunosuppression
 Skin cancer checks for immune-suppressed people
 Medication factsheets
 Medications for mental health issues
 Medication Management Service (MMS)
 Medicinal cannabis (marijuana)
 Medicines & sport
 Medicines for children
 My Medicines
 Pain relief
 Pain relief for adults
 Pain relief after an injury
 Pain relief for adults on discharge from hospital
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 Pharmacists
 Prescription charges & subsidies
 Safe medication use for older people
 Safe sharps disposal
 Safe use, storage, & disposal of medicines
 Serotonin syndrome
 Side effects of medicines
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 Nutrients and supplements for multiple pregnancy
 Oral nutrition supplements
 Probiotics
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 Taking iron supplements
 Surgery
 Overview of surgery
 Patient surgical journey videos
 Preparing for your operation
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 General surgical risks
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 Appendicitis
 Bariatric (weight-loss) surgery
 Breast surgery
 Breast cancer surgery
 Breast biopsy
 Lumpectomy & mastectomy
 Lumpectomy
 Mastectomy
 Therapeutic mammoplasty
 Breast reconstruction surgery
 Overview of breast reconstruction surgery
 Risks & complications of breast reconstruction surgery
 Before breast reconstruction surgery
 During breast reconstruction surgery
 After breast reconstruction surgery
 Self-care after breast reconstruction
 Caring for your drain at home after surgery
 Breast reduction surgery
 Overview of breast reduction surgery
 Before breast reduction surgery
 During breast reduction surgery
 After breast reduction surgery
 Duct excision
 Gynaecomastia
 Gynaecomastia surgery
 Gynaecomastia surgery techniques & risks
 Before & after gynaecomastia surgery
 Bowel surgery
 Carpal tunnel syndrome
 What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
 Living with carpal tunnel syndrome
 Surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome
 Before & after surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome
 Recovery after carpal tunnel surgery
 More information about carpal tunnel syndrome
 Cleft lip & palate
 Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
 Dupuytren contracture
 What is Dupuytren contracture?
 Living with Dupuytren contracture
 How is Dupuytren treated?
 Before & after surgery for Dupuytren contracture
 Recovering from surgery for Dupuytren contracture
 Hyperparathyroidism (excess parathyroid hormone)
 Gallbladder & gallstones
 Heart bypass & valve surgery
 Hernia
 Overview of abdominal hernia
 Hernia repair surgery
 Mesh hernia repair
 At home after a hernia repair
 Hip & knee replacement
 About hip & knee replacement
 Before & after hip & knee replacement surgery
 Joint replacement surgery videos
 Organ & tissue donation
 Pituitary operation
 Prominent ear surgery (otoplasty)
 Prostate surgery (TURP)
 Pulmonary embolism (PE)
 Skin surgery and wound care
 Good food for wound healing
 Protein-rich meal ideas
 How can I help my wound to heal?
 Surgery for skin wounds
 Looking after your skin surgery wound
 Lymphoedema
 Surgery for skin ulcers
 Skin grafts
 What is a skin graft?
 What to expect in hospital
 Can skin grafts fail?
 Going home after a skin graft
 Caring for your graft when you are up & about
 More information about skin grafts
 Splenectomy & hyposplenism
 Surgery for a broken finger
 Women's health
 About women's bodies
 Breasts
 Breastfeeding
 Why breastfeed?
 Starting to breastfeed
 Who can help me to breastfeed?
 Breastfeeding issues
 Breastfeeding your premature baby
 Breast fullness & breast engorgement
 Breast pumps & storing breast milk
 Mastitis
 Sore, tender & damaged nipples
 Medicines, alcohol, drugs & breastfeeding
 Tongue-tie
 Why can tongue-tie be a problem?
 How is tongue-tie treated?
 Breast cancer
 About breast cancer
 Am I at risk of breast cancer?
 How do I know if I have breast cancer?
 Breast screening (mammography)
 At-risk breast cancer screening
 How is breast cancer treated?
 Breast cancer surgery
 Breast biopsy
 Lumpectomy & mastectomy
 Lumpectomy
 Mastectomy
 Therapeutic mammoplasty
 Self-care after breast cancer
 Support with breast cancer
 Breast lumps
 Overview of normal breasts
 Overview of breast lumps
 Causes of breast lumps
 What to do if you find a lump in your breast
 Breast pain
 Breast screening (mammography)
 At-risk breast cancer screening
 Breast surgery
 Breast cancer surgery
 Breast biopsy
 Lumpectomy & mastectomy
 Lumpectomy
 Mastectomy
 Therapeutic mammoplasty
 Breast reconstruction surgery
 Overview of breast reconstruction surgery
 Risks & complications of breast reconstruction surgery
 Before breast reconstruction surgery
 During breast reconstruction surgery
 After breast reconstruction surgery
 Self-care after breast reconstruction
 Caring for your drain at home after surgery
 Breast reduction surgery
 Overview of breast reduction surgery
 Before breast reduction surgery
 During breast reduction surgery
 After breast reduction surgery
 Duct excision
 Cancer of the uterus
 Endometrial cancer follow-up
 Cervix
 Cervical screening & cervical smears
 Treatment after an abnormal smear
 Cervical cancer
 HPV & cervical cancer vaccine (Gardasil)
 Cervical polyps
 Contraception & sterilisation
 Overview of contraception & sterilisation
 Combined oral contraceptives
 Condoms
 Contraceptive implant
 Contraceptive injection (Depo-Provera)
 Emergency contraceptive pill
 Intrauterine devices & systems (IUDs & IUSs)
 Inserting an IUD or IUS
 Progesterone-only pill (POP)
 Sterilisation for women
 Vasectomy
 Family harm
 Fertility problems
 Hysterectomy
 Menopause
 About menopause
 Managing menopause symptoms
 Abnormal bleeding after menopause
 Ovaries
 Ovarian cancer
 Ovarian cyst
 Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
 Overview of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
 Eating well with polycystic ovary syndrome
 Pelvic pain
 Sudden pelvic pain
 Long-lasting pelvic pain
 Endometriosis
 How is endometriosis treated?
 Period problems
 Adenomyosis
 Period pain (dysmenorrhoea)
 Endometriosis
 How is endometriosis treated?
 Heavy periods
 Tests & diagnosis for heavy periods
 Managing heavy periods
 Treatment options for heavy periods
 Irregular periods
 Tests & diagnosis for irregular periods
 Managing irregular periods
 More information about irregular periods
 PMS (premenstrual syndrome)
 Pregnancy & childbirth
 Lead maternity carers
 Midwives
 Planning a pregnancy
 Healthy pregnancy
 Alcohol, smoking & drugs in pregnancy
 Alcohol in pregnancy
 Illegal drugs in pregnancy
 Smoking in pregnancy
 Breech presentation
 Considering adoption
 Exercise & healthy eating in pregnancy
 Healthy weight gain in pregnancy
 Looking after your body in pregnancy
 Money matters in pregnancy
 Multiple pregnancy
 Overview of multiple pregnancy
 Eating well when breastfeeding twins & triplets
 Eating and lifestyle guidelines for multiple pregnancy
 Nutrients and supplements for multiple pregnancy
 Coping with symptoms in multiple pregnancy
 Pregnancy & your baby's movements
 Rh(D) (rhesus) negative blood & pregnancy
 Supplements during pregnancy & breastfeeding
 Tests & screening in pregnancy
 Testing for haemophilia before pregnancy
 Vaccinations before your baby
 Whooping cough vaccine for pregnant women
 Health conditions in pregnancy
 Anaemia in pregnancy
 Asthma in pregnancy
 Bleeding in early pregnancy
 Constipation in pregnancy
 Diabetes in pregnancy
 Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in pregnancy
 High blood pressure & pre-eclampsia in pregnancy
 Infections in pregnancy & after birth
 Group B streptococcus in newborn babies
 Foodborne infections and pregnancy
 Sexually transmitted infections in pregnancy
 Other infections in pregnancy & after birth
 Thrush (candida)
 Itching in pregnancy
 Medicines in pregnancy
 Mental illness during & after pregnancy
 About mental illness during & after pregnancy
 Living with mental illness during & after pregnancy
 Treatments for mental illness during & after pregnancy
 Community support for mental illness during & after pregnancy
 Nausea & vomiting in pregnancy (morning sickness)
 Thyroid disease in pregnancy
 Giving birth
 About giving birth
 Birth after caesarean section
 Breech presentation
 Induction of labour
 Pain relief when having a baby
 Perineal tear
 What is a perineal tear and how do I prevent it?
 Healing after a perineal tear
 Placenta
 Water labour and birth
 Where to give birth
 After childbirth
 Breastfeeding
 Why breastfeed?
 Starting to breastfeed
 Who can help me to breastfeed?
 Breastfeeding issues
 Breastfeeding your premature baby
 Breast fullness & breast engorgement
 Breast pumps & storing breast milk
 Mastitis
 Sore, tender & damaged nipples
 Medicines, alcohol, drugs & breastfeeding
 Tongue-tie
 Why can tongue-tie be a problem?
 How is tongue-tie treated?
 Choosing contraception after having a baby
 Enrolling your baby
 Infections in pregnancy & after birth
 Group B streptococcus in newborn babies
 Foodborne infections and pregnancy
 Sexually transmitted infections in pregnancy
 Other infections in pregnancy & after birth
 Thrush (candida)
 Mental illness during & after pregnancy
 About mental illness during & after pregnancy
 Living with mental illness during & after pregnancy
 Treatments for mental illness during & after pregnancy
 Community support for mental illness during & after pregnancy
 Pelvic floor exercises for women
 Placenta
 Register a birth
 Vitamin K & your baby
 Pregnancy loss
 Ectopic pregnancy
 Miscarriage
 Early pregnancy loss (miscarriage)
 Recurrent miscarriages
 Molar pregnancy
 Stillbirth
 Premature birth
 About premature birth
 Caring for a premature baby
 Magnesium sulphate before premature birth
 Pregnancy & parenting education
 Social work services for women's health
 Termination of pregnancy (abortion)
 Prolapse
 Pelvic floor exercises for women
 Social work services for women's health
 Vulval problems
 Bartholin's cysts & vulval lumps
 Vulval irritation & pain
 Your health rights
 Youth & teen health
 Where to go for help for youth & teens
 Acne
 Living with acne
 Treatments for mild to moderate acne
 Isotretinoin for severe acne
 More information about acne
 Alcohol use in youth
 Helping your teen develop safe drinking
 Anger in youth & teens
 Anxiety in youth & teens
 Overview of anxiety in youth & teens
 Helping my teen with anxiety
 Getting help for my teen with anxiety
 Asthma in youth & teens
 Body image & weight in youth & teens
 Bullying
 How to help if your teen is being bullied
 Cancer in youth & teens
 Children of parents with a mental illness or addiction
 Confidentiality (health privacy) for youth & teens
 Depression in youth & teens
 Overview of depression in youth & teens
 Self-care for depression in youth & teens
 Getting help with depression in youth & teens
 Understanding depression in youth & teens
 Supporting a young person with depression
 Diabetes in children & teens
 Drug use in youth
 Drug information for parents & caregivers
 Eating disorders
 About eating disorders
 About anorexia
 About ARFID
 About binge eating
 About bulimia
 What causes an eating disorder?
 Dieting makes you binge
 How do I know if someone has an eating disorder?
 Health & social consequences of eating disorders
 Medication abuse in eating disorders
 What are the long-term effects of an eating disorder?
 Helping myself with an eating disorder
 Getting help with an eating disorder
 Binge-eating disorder group
 Eating awareness information sessions
 Health professionals who can help for an eating disorder
 Supporting someone who has an eating disorder
 Family & friends' FAQs about eating disorders
 How to approach your teenager's eating issue
 Websites for families and people with eating disorders
 Emotional & physical abuse (youth & teens)
 Family harm
 Gender identity in children & youth
 Overview of gender identity in children & youth
 Gender dysphoria
 Support networks for transgender children, youth & their whānau/families
 Gender identity resources for whānau/families
 Gender identity resources for schools & sport organisations
 Glandular fever
 Grief information for youth & teens
 Helping your teenager grieve
 Healthy eating information for youth & teens
 Feeding growing teens
 HPV & cervical cancer vaccine (Gardasil)
 Penis & testicles
 About your penis
 Penis problems
 About your testicles & scrotum
 Periods
 Personal hygiene
 Physical activity & exercise for youth & teens
 PMS (premenstrual syndrome)
 Psychosis in youth & teens
 Puberty
 Puberty information for parents & caregivers
 Relationships in youth & teens
 Self-harm
 Sexual harm of youth & teens
 Support for sexual harm
 Sexual health for teenagers
 When you're thinking about having sex
 Contraception for youth & teens
 Pregnancy information for teenagers
 Support for teen parents
 Sexual health services for young people in Canterbury
 Sleep advice for teens
 Smoking information for youth & teens
 Stress in youth & teens
 Suicide & young people
 Suicide prevention in young people
 What can I do if I am thinking about suicide?
 What to do if you think a young person may be suicidal
 Support after a suicide attempt (for family & friends)
 Heat & sun injuries
 Vulva & vaginal care
 Your rights, for youth & teens
 End of life planning & care
 Palliative care
 Overview of palliative care
 Getting help with palliative care
 Financial support in palliative care
 Controlling symptoms in palliative care
 Breathlessness & coughing in palliative care
 Constipation in palliative care
 Itching in palliative care
 Medicinal cannabis (marijuana)
 Mouth care in palliative care
 Nausea & vomiting in palliative care
 Pain & anxiety in palliative care
 Relieving pain & anxiety in palliative care
 Fentanyl in palliative care
 Methadone in palliative care
 Midazolam nasal spray
 Morphine in palliative care
 Oxycodone in palliative care
 Poor appetite in palliative care
 Weakness & tiredness in palliative care
 Decisions about your life & treatment
 End-of-life decisions
 Advance care planning (ACP)
 Medical care guidance plan
 Organ & tissue donation
 When someone is dying
 Understanding the dying process
 Looking after yourself when caring for someone who is dying
 What to do when someone dies
 After someone you love has died
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