Ajax Harwood Clinic

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A family health practice in Ajax, Ontario. We built these plain-language guides to help you learn about common conditions and their current, guideline-based treatments.

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These are general health-education tools for our patients and the public — not medical advice, and not a substitute for talking with your own clinician. If this is an emergency, call 911.

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Many topics now have a plain-language guide. The rest are the clinical tools our doctors use — detailed and technical, and marked For clinicians. You are welcome to read those too; bring anything you find to your own doctor.

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Sleep & insomnia

Trouble sleeping

Depression

Low mood and depression

Bipolar disorder

Mania & depression — bipolar mood-stabilizer therapy

Allergies / hay fever

Sneezing, runny or stuffy nose

Vaccines

Pneumonia vaccine: which one, when, and is it free

Cholesterol

Cholesterol and blood fats

Asthma

Asthma and wheezing

Alcohol

Drinking less, or stopping — and the Naltrexone Group

Blood clots

Clots, DVT/PE and blood thinners

Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes

ME/CFS

Chronic fatigue (ME/CFS)

Gut health

Gut health and the microbiome

Bone health

Osteoporosis and fractures

Menopause

Menopause and hormone therapy

Sexual health

Sexual health — male & female

Gout

Gout

Multiple sclerosis

MS — nerve, movement & disease-modifying therapy

Rosacea

Facial redness & flushing — rosacea care

Sleep apnea

Breathing pauses in sleep — OSA management

Sciatica

Low-back & radiating leg pain — sciatica

Ankylosing spondylitis

Spine stiffness & inflammatory back pain — axial SpA

ADHD (kids & teens)

Attention & focus in children

Heart failure

Heart failure management

Psoriasis

Psoriasis treatment ladder

Schizophrenia

Psychosis — antipsychotic selection

STI testing & care

STIs — testing, transmission & treatment, demystified

Concussion

Concussion & head injury

Migraine

Migraine headaches — relief and prevention

Parkinson's disease

Tremor, stiffness & slow movement — Parkinson's therapy

Adult ADHD

Attention & focus in adults

Acne

Acne and breakouts

Quitting smoking

Support to stop smoking

COPD

Chronic lung disease (COPD)

Lung scarring (ILD)

Interstitial lung disease — recognise & refer

Blood pressure

High blood pressure

Eczema

Eczema and itchy skin

Acid reflux

Heartburn and reflux (GERD)

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C — testing and treatment

Bowel disease (IBD)

Crohn's & colitis

Fibromyalgia

Widespread pain (fibromyalgia)

Prostate (BPH)

Prostate & urinary symptoms

Joint pain

Osteoarthritis and joint pain

Rheumatoid arthritis

Joint pain, stiffness & swelling — inflammatory arthritis

Weight & GLP-1

Weight management & GLP-1 medicines

IBS

Irritable bowel (IBS)

PCOS

Polycystic ovary syndrome — irregular periods, hair growth, fertility

Birth control

Contraception options

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