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AIDS/HIV* AIDS/HIV - Your Questions Answered (Dept. of Human Services - Melbourne, Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English (HTML) \| Vietnamese Harm Reduction & AIDS (Department of Health - Hong Kong) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English HIV: An Introduction (Multicultural HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Service - Australia) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| Chinese \| English \| Thai \| Vietnamese HIV/AIDS and Depression (Asian Community AIDS Services - Canada) Documents: Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English \| Vietnamese HIV/AIDS Treatment Information (Asian Community AIDS Services - Canada) Documents:Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English \| Vietnamese HIV Antibody Test (NSW Health Dept. - Australia) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| Chinese \| English \| Japanese\| Korean \| Vietnamese HIV Health and Treatment (Multicultural HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Service - Australia) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| Chinese \| English \| Thai \| Vietnamese HIV Infection (Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services) Documents: Hmong \| English HIV Infection - A.I.D.S. (NSW Health Dept. - Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Lao HIV Patient Fact Sheet (NSW Health Dept. - Australia) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| Chinese \| English \| Thai \| Vietnamese Lipodystrophy and HIV/AIDS (Asian Community AIDS Services - Canada) Documents: Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English \| Vietnamese Safer Sex (Department of Health - Hong Kong) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English TB and HIV - A Dangerous Partnership (Virginia Department of Health/Healthy Roads Media) Documents: English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Video: English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Audio: English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Wasting (Asian Community AIDS Services - Canada) Documents: Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English \| Vietnamese Asthma Adult Asthma Information (NSW Health Dept. - Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English Asthma - the Basic Facts (NSW Health Dept. - Australia) Documents: English \| Japanese \| Korean Asthma (Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota) Documents: Hmong \| English Asthma and Children: a Guide to Coping (NSW Health Dept. - Australia/Healthy Roads Media) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Lao Thai \| Vietnamese Video: English \| Vietnamese Audio: English \|Vietnamese Asthma and Smoking (Asthma Foundation Victoria - Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Vietnamese Asthma Basics: Diagnosis (Asthma Society of Canada) Documents: Chinese \| English Asthma Basics: Kids (Asthma Society of Canada) Documents: Chinese \| English Asthma Basics: Medication (Asthma Society of Canada) Documents: Chinese \| English Asthma Basics: Triggers (Asthma Society of Canada) Documents: Chinese \| English Asthma Medicines (Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota) Documents: Hmong \| English Asthma Trigger Control (Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota) Documents: Hmong \| English Asthma at Work (NSW Health Dept. - Australia) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Lao Thai \| Vietnamese FAQs about asthma (Asthma U.K.) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Vietnamese How to Manage Asthma (Chinese Community Health Resource Center - San Francisco, CA ) Documents: Chinese \| English How to Use Your Inhaler (NYU Downtown Hospital/Ehrman Digital Library) Document: Chinese - English Inhalers (Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota) Documents: Hmong \| English Is Your Baby at Risk of Developing Asthma? (NSW Health Dept. - Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Thai \| Vietnamese Managing Childhood Asthma (NYU Child Study Center) Documents: Chinese \| English\| Korean Peak Flow Meter (Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota) Documents: Hmong \| English Peak Flow Meter/Using the Zone System (University of Michigan - Japanese Family Health Program) Japanese Problems with Asthma? What You Can Do at Home (NSW Health Dept. - Australia) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| Chinese \| English \| Thai \| Vietnamese TB and HIV - A Dangerous Partnership (Virginia Department of Health/Healthy Roads Media) Video: English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Bone and Joint Care Ankle Sprain (NYU Downtown Hospital/Ehrman Digital Library) Document: Chinese - English Arthritis (National Health Service - United Kingdom) Documents: Korean \| English (HTML) Arthritis - you can do something about it (NSW Health Dept. - Australia) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Lao \| Vietnamese Back Health And Safety from Health Information Translations (Health Information Translations) Documents available in: Chinese Simplified or Traditional \| English \| Korean Back Pain (National Health Service - United Kingdom) Documents: Korean \| English (HTML) Basic Facts About Arthritis (Oklahoma Arthritis Network/Oklahoma State Department of Health) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Vietnamese Calcium, vitamin D & osteoporosis (Arthritis/Osteoporosis Victoria - Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Vietnamese Dealing with Backache (Department of Health - Hong Kong) Chinese: Simplified orTraditional \| English Diagnosing osteoporosis (Arthritis/Osteoporosis Victoria - Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Vietnamese Exercise for osteoporosis and falls prevention (Arthritis/Osteoporosis Victoria - Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Vietnamese Exercises for Your Back from Health Information Translations (Health Information Translations) Documents available in: Chinese Simplified or Traditional \| English \| Japanese \| Korean Good News About Bad Backs (NSW Health Dept. - Australia) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Thai \| Vietnamese Gout (Department of Elderly Health Services - Hong Kong) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Living Well with Osteoarthritis (Arthritis Society - Canada) Documents: Chinese (Cantonese) Living Well with Rheumatoid Arthritis (Arthritis Society - Canada) Documents: Chinese (Cantonese) Lower Back Pain (Department of Elderly Health Services - Hong Kong) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Medications and treatments for osteoporosis (Arthritis/Osteoporosis Victoria - Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Vietnamese One-Minute Osteoporosis Risk Test (International Osteoporosis Foundation) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Japanese \| Thai Osteoarthritis (National Health Service - United Kingdom) Documents: Korean \| English (HTML) Osteoarthritis of the Hand (Department of Elderly Health Services - Hong Kong) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Osteoarthritis of the Knee (Department of Elderly Health Services - Hong Kong) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Osteoporosis (Department of Elderly Health Services - Hong Kong) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Osteoporosis (Federation of Chinese American and Chinese Canadian Medical Societies - FCMS) Chinese \| English Think Ahead - How to Manage Arthritis Pain and Fatigue (Arthritis Society - Canada) Documents: Chinese (Cantonese) Top 10 Exercises for Arthritis (Arthritis Society - Canada) Documents: Chinese (Cantonese) \| English What is osteoporosis and what are the risk factors? (Arthritis/Osteoporosis Victoria - Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Vietnamese Cancer See also: Breast Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Cervical Cancer; Chemotherapy & Radiation Therapy; Colon Cancer; Prostate Cancer Anemia (Inova Health System - Falls Church, Virginia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Bladder Cancer (National Health Service - United Kingdom) Documents: Korean \| English (HTML) Bladder Cancer (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Chinese:Simplified or Traditional \| English Blood Stem Cell Transplants: Patient FAQs (National Marrow Donor Program - U.S.) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Bone Cancer: What You need to Know (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Brain Cancer: What you need to know (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Cancer - What is Cancer? (EthnoMed/Harborview Medical Center - Seattle, WA) Document: Cambodian/Khmer \| English \| Vietnamese Cancer Facts for Men (American Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Cancer Facts for Women (American Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Cancer Related Fatigue (Health Information Translations) Documents: Chinese Simplified - English \| Japanese-English \| Korean-English Cancer Survivors Network (American Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese - English Cancer that cannot be cured (Cancer Council of South Australia) Documents: Chinese - English \| Vietnamese -English Cancer Treatment Side Effects (Health Information Translations) Documents: Chinese Simplified - English \| Japanese-English \| Korean-English Changes in Taste and Smell with Cancer Treatment (Health Information Translations) Documents: Chinese Simplified-English \| Japanese-English \| Korean-English Clinical Trials - What you need to know: A guide for people with cancer (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Diagnosing cancer (Cancer Council of South Australia) Documents: Chinese - English \| Vietnamese -English Diet and Cancer [Booklet] (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Documents: Chinese Simplified or Traditional \| English Dry Mouth with Cancer Treatment (Health Information Translations) Documents: Chinese Simplified - English \| Japanese-English \| Korean-English Eating well during treatment (Cancer Council of South Australia) Documents: Chinese - English \| Vietnamese -English Good nutrition: A guide for people with cancer (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Gynecologic Cancers: What Women Need to Know (Office of Women's Health - Dept. of Health Servcies California) Documents:Cambodian/Khmer \| Chinese \| English \| Hmong \| Korean \|Vietnamese Helping someone with cancer: What you can do (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Hodgkin's disease: What you need to know (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Know More About Cancer (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Learning to relax when you have cancer (Cancer Council of South Australia) Documents: Chinese - English \| Vietnamese -English Leukemia: What you need to know (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Leukaemia, Myeloma and Lymphoma (Leukaemia Foundation - Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Liver Cancer (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Liver Cancer [Booklet] (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Documents: ChineseSimplified or Traditional \| English Living with cancer: A guide for people with cancer and their caregivers (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Loss of Appetite with Cancer Treatment (Health Information Translations) Documents: ChineseSimplified - English \| Japanese-English \| Korean-English Lung Cancer (Patient Education Institute/EthnoMed) Document: Cambodian/Khmer \| English \| Vietnamese Lung Cancer (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Lung Cancer [Booklet] (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Documents: ChineseSimplified or Traditional \| English Mouth Care with Cancer Treatment (Health Information Translations) Documents: ChineseSimplified - English \| Japanese-English \| Korean-English Multiple Myeloma Patient Handbook [Booklet] (International Myeloma Foundation) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean Multiple Myeloma: What you need to know (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Myths About Cancer (NSW Health Dept. - Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Thai \| Vietnamese Nasopharyngeal Cancer (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Nausea and Vomiting with Cancer Treatment (Health Information Translations) Documents: Japanese-English \| Korean-English Neutropenia (Inova Health System - Falls Church, Virginia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: What you need to know (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Ovarian Cancer: What Women Need to Know (Office of Women's Health - Dept. of Health Services, California) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer\| Chinese \| English\| Hmong \| Korean \|Vietnamese Pain relief: A guide for people with cancer (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Pancreatic cancer: What you need to know (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Sexuality and cancer: A guide for people with cancer (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Skin Cancer (National Health Service - United Kingdom) Documents: Korean \| English (HTML) Skin Cancer: How to Enjoy the Outdoors without Damaging Your Skin (NSW Health Dept. - Australia) Documents:Cambodian/Khmer \| Chinese \| English \| Japanese \| Korean Lao \| Thai \| Vietnamese Skin Cancer (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Sore Mouth or Throat with Cancer Treatment (Health Information Translations) Documents: Chinese (Simplified) - English \| Japanese - English \| Korean - English Stomach cancer: What you need to know (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Stomach Cancer (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Stomach Cancer [Booklet] (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Testicular Cancer (Department of Health - Hong Kong) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Thrombocytopenia (Inova Health System - Falls Church, Virginia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Thyroid cancer: What you need to know (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Treating cancer (Cancer Council of South Australia) Documents: Chinese - English \| Vietnamese -English Understanding Leukaemia and related blood disorders (Leukaemia Foundation - Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Uterine cancer: Understanding your diagnosis (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Uterine Cancer: What Women Need to Know (Office of Women's Health - Dept. of Health Services, California) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| Chinese \| English \| Hmong\| Korean \|Vietnamese Weight Gain with Cancer Treatment (Health Information Translations) Documents: Chinese (Simplified) - English \| Japanese - English \| Korean - English Weight Loss with Cancer Treatment (Health Information Translations) Documents: Chinese (Simplified) - English \| Japanese - English \| Korean - English What is Cancer (Korean American Cancer Project in Maryland/ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) Korean \| English What is cancer? (Cancer Council of South Australia) Documents: Chinese - English \| Vietnamese -English Breast Cancer After a Needle Breast Biopsy (California Pacific Medical Center - San Francisco, CA) Documents: Chinese \| English Breast awareness for all women (Cancer Council of South Australia) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer - English \| Chinese - English \| Vietnamese - English Breast Biopsies (Royal Women's Hospital -Melbourne, Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Vietnamese Breast Cancer (Patient Education Institute/EthnoMed) Document: Cambodian/Khmer \| English \| Vietnamese Breast Cancer (Federation of Chinese American and Chinese Canadian Medical Societies - FCMS) Chinese \| English Breast Cancer: What you need to know (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Breast Cancer (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Breast Cancer [Booklet] (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Documents: Chinese Simplified or Traditional \| English Breast Cancer (Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project) Documents: Vietnamese Breast Cancer Information Sheet (Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research & Training) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| English Breast cancer: Understanding your diagnosis (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Breast Health: What you can do (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Breast screening: the facts (NHS Screening Programmes - UK) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Vietnamese Breast self-examination: What you can do (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Exercises after breast surgery: A guide for women (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Having Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer (California Pacific Medical Center - San Francisco, CA) Documents: Chinese \| English (HTML) Mammography Information (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) Cambodian/Khmer \| Chinese \| English \| Thai OB/GYN Cancer (Korean American Cancer Project in Maryland/ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) Korean \| English Questions to ask about breast cancer: A workbook for women [booklet] (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Understanding treatment for breast cancer: A guide for women [booklet] (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Cancer Prevention Five Lifesaving Things You Can Do (American Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese - English Healthy eating to reduce cancer risk (Cancer Council of South Australia) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer - English \| Chinese - English \| Vietnamese -English How to Enjoy the Outdoors without Damaging Your Skin (NSW Health Dept. - Australia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Thai \| Vietnamese Promoting Good Health and Preventing Cancers (Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research & Training) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer - English Taking Control: Cancer Risk Reduction (American Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Vietnamese Tips for Cancer Prevention (Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research & Training) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| English Cervical Cancer Cervical Cancer: What Women Need to Know (Office of Women's Health - Dept. of Health Services, California) Documents: Cambodian \| Chinese \| English \| Hmong \| Korean\|Vietnamese Cervical Cancer (Federation of Chinese American & Chinese Canadian Medical Societies) Chinese \| English Cervical Cancer (Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project) Documents: Vietnamese Cervical Cancer (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Cervical Screening (National Health Services - U.K.) Audio: Chinese \| English Cervical screening: the facts (NHS Screening Programmes - UK) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Vietnamese OB/GYN Cancer (Korean American Cancer Project in Maryland/ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) Korean \| English Chemotherapy & Radiation Therapy Chemotherapy: a guide for people with cancer (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Chemotherapy [Booklet] (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Documents: Chinese Simplified or Traditional \| English Chemotherapy Tips (Inova Health System - Falls Church, Virginia) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Having Chemotherapy (California Pacific Medical Center - San Francisco, CA) Documents: Chinese \| English Having Radiation Therapy (California Pacific Medical Center - San Francisco, CA) Documents: Chinese \| English Radiation therapy: A guide for people with cancer (Canadian Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English Radiation Therapy (Health Information Translations) Documents available in: Chinese Simplified \| English \| Korean Radiotherapy [Booklet] (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Documents: Chinese Simplified or Traditional \| English Treating cancer (Cancer Council of South Australia) Documents: Chinese - English \| Vietnamese -English Colon Cancer Bowel Cancer (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Chinese: Simplified or Traditional \| English Bowel Cancer [Booklet] (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) Documents: Chinese Simplified or Traditional \| English Colon Cancer (Federation of Chinese American and Chinese Canadian Medical Societies - FCMS) Chinese \| English Colon, Rectum and Bowel Cancers (National Health Service - United Kingdom) Documents: Korean \| English (HTML) Colon Testing Can Save Your Life (American Cancer Society) Documents: Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Vietnamese Colonoscopy Test Preparation with Fleets (EthnoMed/Healthyway Softare) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| English \| Vietnamese Colonoscopy Test Preparation with Golytely (EthnoMed/Healthyway Softare) Documents: Cambodian/Khmer \| English \| Vietnamese Colorectal Cancer [Booklet] (Chinese Community Health Resource Center - San Francisco, CA ) Documents: Chinese \| English Colorectal Cancer (EthnoMed/Healthy Roads Media) Documents: