When visiting the website, you can search health topics, find information on medications and a symptom checker can help you determine your health care options. This may be a home treatment for a minor ailment, or information on when and where to get professional help. The information on MyHealth.Alberta.ca can also prepare you for an upcoming consultation, test or treatment.

These are the types of content you can find on MyHealth.Alberta.ca:

Health A-Z:  find common health topics, topics by gender, by age and by body part, a symptom checker and other health tools.

Healthy living:  find information about fitness and exercise, healthy eating, healthy weight, dealing with stress, travel health, aging well, healthy kids, mental health, and sexual health.

Tests and treatments guides:  find out why and how the test is done, how to prepare for it, how it feels, potential risks, results, what affects the test, and what to think about.

Medication guides:  find out how and how well they work, why they are used, potential side effects, and important things to keep in mind while using the medication. There is also information on the impact on children.

Health services:  find an Alberta health professional, services and program details and locations.

Health Alerts:  provide warnings about potential health issues in Alberta, restaurant inspections, and travel health advisories (information on disease outbreaks around the world).

Decision tools:  can help you make a decision about a treatment option (such as should I get an insulin pump?) and decide how you want to care for your body (should I breastfeed my baby?) These tools use both facts and feelings to help you make decisions about your health and they can be found throughout the website.

Health checkup tools:  these are personal calculators that can help you figure out how you’re doing (such as if you’re a healthy weight, if you’re at risk for heart attack) and make changes in your lifestyle that can improve your health and manage health conditions. These tools can be found throughout the website.

MyHealth.Alberta.ca was developed in partnership between Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services. Content was reviewed by a panel of clinical experts to ensure it is accurate and meaningful to Albertans. As content, tools and functionality expand, continued feedback from health care providers and Albertans will be vital.

Visit MyHealth.Alberta.ca to explore health information and tools.