Your primary health care provider (family doctor or nurse practitioner) has ordered a test to check your stool (poop) for fat. This pamphlet gives special instructions you need to follow for this test. Drop-off site locations and hours for your collected samples are included.
5-aminosalicylate (5-ASA) is a medication often used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Topics include: what does 5-ASA do, which 5-ASA you should take, how to take 5-ASA, what other medications you can take, and how 5-ASA will help.
This pamphlet gives step-by-step instructions on how to collect a 5-HIAA urine (pee) specimen (sample). Location information for drop-offs (24-hour access) is included.
Your primary health care provider (family doctor or nurse practitioner) has ordered a test to check your stool (poop) for fat. This pamphlet lists foods you should eat for this test and a sample menu. Drop-off site locations and hours for your collected samples are included.
This pamphlet explains the information you were given during your hospital stay on Unit 8.3 Orthopedics at the Halifax Infirmary. Topics include anticoagulant medication (blood thinners), managing pain after surgery, dressings and wound care, possible complications, and follow-up.
This pamphlet explains what to do if you have new symptoms or if your symptoms get worse while you are being investigated for lung cancer.
This pamphlet has information about the possible side effects while being treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, a type of immunotherapy.
This pamphlet explains why an aneurysm happens, who is at risk, how it is diagnosed, why it is life-threatening, and how it is treated. This pamphlet is also available in French.
Abdominal pain can be caused by many things. This pamphlet gives instructions for when your exam and test results suggest there is nothing seriously wrong or life-threatening.
In an abdominal wall fat pad biopsy, a very thin needle is used to collect a few small fat droplets from the fat pad under the skin. The droplets are then sent to a lab for examination.