Patient Education

Videos & Handouts

• Bed Rest Exercises during Pregnancy
• BioBank Information
• Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Taking Warfarin
• Cardiac Catheterization | Spanish
• Cervical Cryotherapy
• Circumcision: A Guide for New Parents
• Colonoscopy | Spanish (video)
• Colposcopy
• Dilation & Curettage (D&C)
• EEG for Kids
• Endometrial Ablation in the Clinic
• Endometrial Biopsy
• Having a Colonoscopy
• Having an EGD: Upper Endoscopy
• Heart Failure | Spanish
• How to Prevent Opioid Constipation
• Incentive Spirometer - Correct Use
• Intravitreal Injection
• Introduction to Prenatal Screening
• LEEP
• Lung Cancer Screening Decision Tool
• Mirena/Kyleena IUD
• Nexplanon Implant - The Rod
• Opioids: Safe Use and Side Effects
• Outpatient Surgery Center
• Pain Management after Surgery or Procedure
• Patient Pick-up after Discharge
• Prepare Your Skin with CHG Cloths
• Preparing your home
• Safe Movement After Trial or Implantation of a Spinal Cord Stimulator
• Saline Sonohysterogram (SSH)
• Shiley Tracheostomy Home Care - Adult
• Shiley Tracheostomy Home Care - Pediatric
• Sleep Study for Kids
• Sonohysterosalpingogram (HSG)
• Staying Active and Healthy with Blood Thinners | Spanish
• Tonsils or Adenoids are Removed Age 2 through 5 | Hmong | Spanish
• Tonsils or Adenoids are Removed Age 6 through Adult | Hmong | Spanish
• Total Hip Replacement – Exercises & Massage
• Total Hip Replacement – Strengthening Exercises
• Total Hip Replacement Workbook
• Total Joint Academy - Hip
• Total Joint Academy - Knee
• Total Joint Replacement – Daily Activities
• Total Joint Surgery Checklist
• Total Knee Replacement – Exercises & Massage
• Total Knee Replacement – Strengthening Exercises
• Total Knee Replacement Workbook
• Upper Endoscopy: EGD (video)
• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)

Health Magazines

• Brain & Life
• Consumer Reports on Health
  
• Cure (Cancer Updates, Research & Education)
• Harvard Health Letter
• Harvard Heart Letter
• Harvard Women's Health Watch
• Journey to Wellness (for African Americans)
• MedlinePlus: the magazine
• MedlinePlus Salud
• NIH News in Health
• Vegetarian Times

Resources

Health Websites

• MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine) This site is librarian-recommended for beginning your health search.
• Health Information in Many Languages
• KidsHealth
• Lab Tests Online
• Medicare
• UpToDate (Health Information for Patients)

Health Brochures

Books, CDs and DVDs available from the Library are outlined in the following brochures. The Library is also happy to fill your request(s) for brochures about other topics.

• Adult ADHD
• ADHD in Children
• Alzheimer's - Caregivers
• Bariatric Surgery
• Breast Cancer Online
• Cancer - Nutrition
• Caregiver Resources
• Children & Healthy Eating
• Depression in Adults
• Diabetes Cookbooks
• Eating Disorders
• Exercise for Pain and Fitness
• Fibromyalgia
• Grief and Children
• Grief - Adult Resources
• Guided Imagery and Relaxation
• Health Information: Apps
• Marriage and Divorce
• Meditation & Healing for Cancer
• Midlife Resources for Women
• Natural Medicine
• Parenting
• Pregnancy & Childbirth
• Stress Relief
• Women & Sexuality