Patient Education

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Videos & Handouts

Bed Rest Exercises during Pregnancy
BioBank Information
Blood Pressure Handbook
Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Taking Warfarin
Cardiac Catheterization | Spanish
Cervical Cryotherapy
Circumcision: A Guide for New Parents
Colonoscopy | Spanish (video)
Colposcopy
Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) for Knee Replacement Surgery
Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) for the Hip or Knee
Dilation & Curettage (D&C)
EEG for Kids
Endometrial Ablation in the Clinic
Endometrial Biopsy
Guide for Pain Management After Your Bariatric or Metabolic Procedure (MBSAQIP) | Spanish
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
Lumbar Facet Joint Injection
Lung Cancer Screening Decision Tool
Medial or Lateral Branch Block
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
Pulmonary nodules
Radiofrequency Ablation
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)
What to Expect Before, During, and After Your First Chemotherapy Infusion

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.