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r4
r6
R9
Rabbit Fever
Rabies
Rabies
Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome
Radial Aplasia-Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia
Radial Aplasia-Thrombocytopenia Syndrome
Radial Head Subluxation
Radial keratotomy (RK) for nearsightedness
Radiation Disease
Radiation Effects
Radiation Illness
Radiation Injuries
Radiation Reaction
Radiation Sickness
Radiation Syndromes
Radiation therapy for bladder cancer
Radiation Therapy for Cancer
Radiation therapy for cancer pain
Radiation therapy for endometrial cancer
Radiation therapy for lymphoma and leukemia
Radiation therapy for nonmelanoma skin cancer
Radiation therapy for prostate cancer
Radiation therapy for testicular cancer
Radiation treatment for melanoma
Radical inguinal orchiectomy for testicular cancer
Radical prostatectomy
Radicular Dentin Dysplasia
Radioactive iodine
Radioactive iodine for hyperthyroidism
Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Pain
Radiofrequency palatoplasty for snoring
Radon
Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome
Rape or Sexual Abuse
Raphe Nucleus Encephalopathy
Rapid Heart Rate, Catheter Ablation for
Rapid Heart Rate, Defibrillation for
Rapid Heart Rate, Electrical Cardioversion for
Rapid-Onset Obesity, Hypothalamic Dysfunction, Hypoventilation, and Autonomic Dysregulation
Rapp Hodgkin Syndrome
Rapp-Hodgkin (hypohidrotic) ectodermal dysplasia syndrome
Rash, Age 11 and Younger
Rash, Age 12 and Older
Rash, Diaper
Rashes and Skin Conditions in Newborns
Rasmussen's Syndrome
RAU
Rautenstrauch-Wiedemann Syndrome
Rautenstrauch-Wiedemann Type Neonatal Progeria
Raynaud's Disease and Phenomenon
Raynaud's Phenomenon
Razor Bumps
RCC
RDD
Recessive X-linked Ichthyosis
Recklinghausen's phakomatosis
Rectal Cancer
Rectal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Rectal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Rectal Problems
Rectal Prolapse
Rectocele Repair
Rectoperineal Fistula
Recurrent Breast Cancer
Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
Recurrent Scarring Aphthae
Recurrent Vomiting
Red Measles
Reducing Medical Costs
Reducing Medication Costs
Reducing unhealthy fats from your meals
Reduction Mammaplasty (Breast reduction)
Redwater Fever
Reflex Neurovascular Dystrophy
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
Refractory Celiac Disease
Refractory Sprue
Refsum Disease
Rehabilitation programs for multiple sclerosis
Reifenstein Syndrome
Reiger Anomaly-Growth Retardation
Reiki
Reimann Periodic Disease
Reimann's Syndrome
Reiter's Syndrome
Relapsing Febrile Nodular Nonsuppurative Panniculitis
Relapsing Perichondritis
Relapsing Polychondritis
Relaxing Your Mind and Body: Stress Management
Relieving Menstrual Pain
Remnant Removal Disease
Removal of Nasal Adhesions
Removal of the breast (mastectomy) for breast cancer
Removing Splinters
Renal Adenocarcinoma
Renal Agenesis
Renal Agenesis, Bilateral
Renal Cell Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Renal Cell Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Renal Diet
Renal Disease, Chronic
Renal Dysplasia and Retinal Aplasia
Renal Dysplasia-Blindness, Hereditary
Renal Failure, Acute
Renal Glucosuria
Renal Glycosuria
Renal Reabsorption of Carnitine, Defect
Renal-Retinal Dysplasia
Renal-Retinal Dysplasia with Medullary Cystic Disease
Renal-Retinal Syndrome
Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome
Repair of a Deviated Septum (Septoplasty)
Repair of bladder prolapse (cystocele) or urethra prolapse (urethrocele)
Repair of Choanal Atresia
Repair of Nasal Septal Perforation
Repair of Oromaxillary Fistula
Repair of rectocele or enterocele
Repair of vaginal wall prolapse (vaginal vault prolapse)
Reptile Bites
Rescue Breathing
Resiliance to Stress Calculator
Respirator Use at End of Life, Deciding About
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Infant
Respiratory Papillomatosis
Respiratory Problems, Age 11 and Younger
Respiratory Problems, Age 12 and Older
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection
Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation (RICE)
Restaurant Meals: On a Low Salt Diet
Restless Legs Syndrome
Restless Legs Syndrome
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), Sleeping Tips
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Restrictive operations: Stomach stapling (vertical banded gastroplasty) or gastric banding
Rethore Syndrome (obsolete)
Retinal Aplastic-Cystic Kidneys-Joubert Syndrome
Retinal Cone Degeneration
Retinal Cone Dystrophy
Retinal Cone-Rod Dystrophy
Retinal Detachment
Retinal Detachment, Pneumatic Retinopexy for
Retinal Detachment, Scleral Buckling Surgery for
Retinal Detachment, Vitrectomy for
Retinal Telangiectasis
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Retinitis Pigmentosa and Congenital Deafness
Retinoblastoma
Retinoblastoma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Retinoblastoma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Retinocerebellar Angiomatosis
Retinoic Acid Embryoppathy
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Retinopathy, Arteriosclerotic
Retinopathy, Diabetic
Retinopathy, Diabetic
Retinopathy, Diabetic, Laser Photocoagulation for
Retinopathy, Hypertensive
Retinoschisis
Retraction Syndrome
Retrobulbar Neuropathy
Retrolental Fibroplasia (obsolete)
Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
Retropubic suspension for urinary incontinence in women
Rett Syndrome
Reverse Coarction
Reye Syndrome
Reye Syndrome
RGS
Rh Disease
Rh Disease, Intrauterine Fetal Blood Transfusion for
Rh Sensitization During Pregnancy
Rh Sensitization, Intrauterine Fetal Blood Transfusion for
rhabdomyosarcoma in lung cyst
Rheumatic Chorea
Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatic Purpura
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Arthroplasty for
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Arthroscopy for
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Managing
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Synovectomy for
Rhinoplasty
RHS
Rib Fracture
Rib Gap Defects with Micrognathia
RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation), First Aid
Rickets
Rickets, Vitamin D Deficiency
Rieger Syndrome
Riley-Day Syndrome
Riley-Smith syndrome
Ring 14
Ring 15
Ring 15, Chromosome
Ring 15, Chromosome (mosaic pattern)
Ring 18
Ring 21
Ring 21, Chromosome
Ring 22
Ring 22, Chromosome
Ring 4
Ring 4, Chromosome
Ring 6
Ring 6, Chromosome
Ring 9
Ring 9, Chromosome
Ring Chromosome 14
Ring Chromosome 18
Ringing in the Ears (Tinnitus)
Ringworm of the Scalp or Beard
Ringworm of the Skin
Ritter Disease
Ritter-Lyell Syndrome
RLS (Restless Legs Syndrome)
RLS: Getting more sleep
RMSF
Roberts SC-Phocomelia Syndrome
Roberts Syndrome
Roberts Tetraphocomelia Syndrome
Robin Anomalad
Robin Complex
Robin Syndrome
Robinow Dwarfism
Robinow Syndrome
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rod Myopathy
Rod-cone dystrophy
ROHHAD
ROHHAD with neural tumor
ROHHAD-NET
Rokitansky's Disease
Romano Ward Syndrome
Romano-Ward Long QT Syndrome
Romberg Syndrome
Root canal treatment
Root planing and scaling for gum disease
Rootless Teeth
ROP
Rosacea
Rosai-Dorfman Disease
Rosenberg Chutorian Syndrome
Rosenfeld-Kloepfer syndrome
Roseola
Roseola Infantum
Rosewater Syndrome
Rotator Cuff Disorder, Acromioplasty for
Rotator Cuff Disorder, Subacromial Smoothing for
Rotator Cuff Disorders
Rotator cuff problems: Exercises you can do at home
Rotator cuff problems: Should I have surgery?
Rotator cuff repair
Rotator Cuff Surgery, Deciding About
Rotavirus
Rothmund Thomson Syndrome
Roussy Levy Syndrome
Royal Free Disease
RP
RS
RSDS
RSH Syndrome
RSS
RSTS
RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) Infection
RTS
RTS
Rubber band ligation for hemorrhoids
Rubella
Rubella
Rubella (German Measles)
Rubella, Congenital
Rubeola (Measles)
Rubinstein syndrome
Rubinstein Taybi (RTS) Broad Thumb-Hallux syndrome
Rubinstein Taybi Syndrome
Ruhr's Syndrome
Ruptured Disc
Ruptured Neck Disc
Russell Silver Syndrome (RSS)
Russell Syndrome
Russell's Diencephalic Cachexia
Russell's Syndrome
Russell-Silver Dwarfism
Russian Autumnal Encephalitis
Ruvalcaba Syndrome
Ruvalcaba-Myhre-Smith syndrome (RMSS)
RWS
Rye Grass Pollen Extract
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