Choosing and Using Health Care • Birth at Home or in the Hospital: What's Right for You • Book Review: The Rights of Patients • Choosing a Doctor for Your Child • Choosing a Family Doctor • Choosing a Fertility Doctor • Choosing an Eye Doctor • Coordination of Care • Finding a Dentist • Getting Quality Medical Care • Glossary of Common Medical Specialties • Hospital or Birth Center? • How to Find a Good Nursing Home • Long-Term Care Insurance • Navigating Health Plan Options • Patient Advocates • Personal Medical Records • Special Report: Why Men Avoid the Doctor • Therapists: How to Find a Good One • Tracking Down Specialists • What to Look for in a Breast Cancer Doctor Drug and Medication Issues • Buying Medications Online • Checklist: Medications • Children's Medicine Safety • Drug Interactions • FDA Requests Changes to NSAID Labeling • Herb-Drug Interactions • Hospital Medication Errors • How to Adhere to Your Medication Schedule • Is Your Medicine Working? • Medication Errors • Medication Labels: Are Patients Getting the Picture? • Personal Medication Inventory • Protecting Yourself Against Medication Errors • Quiz: Is Your Bathroom Cabinet Out of Date? • Saving Money on Drugs • Special Report: Avoiding Pharmacy Errors • Special Report: Illiteracy, a Hidden Health Hazard • Special Report: Prescription Drug Misuse • Storing Your Medicine Making a Will Questions for You and Your Doctor • Checklist: Arthritis • Checklist: Asthma • Checklist: Depression • Checklist: Diabetes • Checklist: Enlarged Prostate • Checklist: GERD • Checklist: Gout • Checklist: Heart Disease • Checklist: Laboratory Tests • Checklist: Medications • Pregnancy: Questions for You and Your Doctor • Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Allergies • Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Alzheimer's • Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Pain Special Report: Illiteracy, a Hidden Health Hazard Sticking to Your Treatment Plan (Adherence) • Adherence and the Gender Gap • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) • Coordination of Care • Depression: Getting the Treatment You Need • How Well Do You Know Your Numbers? • Medication Labels: Are Patients Getting the Picture? • Navigating Health Plan Options • Personal Medical Records • Saving Money on Drugs • Special Report: Bridging the Culture Gap in Medicine • Special Report: Illiteracy, a Hidden Health Hazard • Special Report: Learning ESL After 60 Can Improve Health • Special Report: The Global Crisis in Adherence • Sticking to Your Treatment: Overcoming Obstacles • Storing Your Medicine • When People Skip Medicines on Purpose Taking Charge of Your Healthcare

• Medical Bills Driving Most Middle-Class Bankruptcies HealthDay • Pay-for-Performance Doesn't Shortchange Patients HealthDay • Limiting Work Hours for Medical Residents Could Be Costly HealthDay

• Quiz: What's Healthcare Costing You?

• Adherence Center • Caregiving (Eldercare) • Childcare • Drug Information Center • Patient Safety Center

Useful sites • Medicare Rx Benefits • Carolinas HealthCare System: Medical Tests • National Council on Patient Information and Education • American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Public Information and Patient Resources Center • Medem: Medical Library • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations • Be MedWise News archive