A-Z health topics

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Pasifika people disability support services

Paid parental leave

Pain: persistent

Pain: palliative care

Painful bladder syndrome

Painful breasts

Painful nipples

Painful shoulders

Painful testicles

Pain relief for adults

Pain relief for adults on discharge from hospital

Pain relief for children & teenagers

Pain relief for broken bones (adults)

Pain relief in pregnancy

Pain relief: joint pain

Pain relief when having a baby

Palliative care

Palliative care: controlling symptoms

Pan proctocolectomy

Pancreatic lesions

Paracetamol for babies and children

Parenting problems

Parking at Te Nikau, Grey Hospital & Health Centre and Buller hospital

Partial fasciectomy

Partial nail avulsion

Partner notification of sexually transmitted infection

Partner violence

Patches for lazy eye

Patella: dislocation

Patient surgical journey videos

Pec minor stretch

Pelvic floor exercises for men

Pelvic floor exercises for women

Pelvic floor muscles

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

Pelvic pain in women

Perching stools

Periodontal disease

Perineal tear: third or fourth-degree

Period problems

Perioral dermatitis

Peripheral neuropathy

Peripheral vascular disease

Peritoneal dialysis

Pernicious anaemia

Persistent pain

Persistent pain – medical cannabis

Persistent pain in children & teens

Personal hygiene: women

Personalised care plans

Personality disorders

Perthes disease

Pertussis (whooping cough)

Pertussis vaccine: pregnant women

Photos for telehealth

Physeal fractures

Physical abuse: teenagers

Physical health with a mental illness or addiction

Physiotherapists

Pigeon toes (intoeing)

Pilonidal disease

Pituitary surgery

Placenta praevia

Plant sources of protein

Plantar fasciitis

Plaster casts: care

Plaster casts: driving

Plaster casts and DVT

Plaster casts and flying

Pleural plaques

PLMS (paradoxical limb movements of sleep)

PMS/PMT (premenstrual syndrome/tension)

Poisoning: alcohol

Poisoning: chemical

Polio (poliomyelitis)

Polycystic kidney disease

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

Polycystic ovary syndrome: dietary information

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)

Polyunsaturated fat

Popliteal aneurysm

Positional head flattening

Posterior vitreous detachment

Postherpetic neuralgia

Postnatal depression

Post-polio syndrome

Potassium-rich food

Potting mix and Legionnaires' disease

Powdered drink products

Prediabetes test results

Pregnancy and childbirth

Pregnancy: anaemia

Pregnancy: baby movements

Pregnancy: back pain

Pregnancy: blood clots

Pregnancy: carpal tunnel syndrome

Pregnancy: constipation

Pregnancy: deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

Pregnancy: diabetes

Pregnancy: ectopic

Pregnancy: eligibility for free care

Pregnancy: exercise

Pregnancy: folate and folic acid

Pregnancy: food safety

Pregnancy: healthy eating

Pregnancy: high blood pressure

Pregnancy: HIV screening

Pregnancy: Illegal drugs

Pregnancy: immunisations

Pregnancy: iodine

Pregnancy: medications

Pregnancy: molar pregnancy

Pregnancy: nausea and vomiting

Pregnancy: pubic pain

Pregnancy: screening tests

Pregnancy: sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Pregnancy: smoking

Pregnancy: taking supplements

Pregnancy: teenagers

Pregnancy: thrush

Pregnancy: twins and triplets

Pregnancy: urine infection

Pregnancy: vitamin D

Pregnancy: where to give birth

Pregnancy: whooping cough vaccination

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)

Preschool health check

Preventing cancer

Preventing kidney stones

Primary polycythaemia vera (PV)

Privacy: teens & young adults

Prolonged QT syndrome

Prominent ear surgery

Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer: BRCA genes

Prostate enlargement

Prostate surgery

Protein-rich meal ideas

Psoriatic arthritis

Pterygium and pinguecula

Pulmonary embolism (PE)

Pulmonary fibrosis

Pulmonary rehabilitation

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