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This handout gives basic information about blood glucose and how to test it. It includes recommended blood glucose levels for adults with cystic fibrosis-related diabetes.

This one-page handout is for kidney patients who need to track their blood pressure. It provides spaces to record date, time, blood pressure reading, heart rate, and comments.

This handout for parents of premature infants explains what bonding will be like with a NICU baby, and how the parent can help the bonding process.

This handout explains bone densitometry (also called a DEXA scan), an exam to assess bone health and fracture risk. It includes how the scan works, how it is done, how to prepare for it, what to expect, and how to get the results.

This handout explains a bone scan, a diagnostic nuclear medicine procedure used to assess abnormalities of the bones and joints. It includes how to prepare for the scan, how it works, how it is done, what the patient may feel during the scan, and how to get the results.

This handout explains bone X-rays, which are done to assess bone injuries. How the exam works, how it is performed, how to prepare for it, what to expect, and receiving results are discussed.

This handout lists several books and websites that may be helpful for someone who is dealing with bereavement.

This handout explains Bosentan, a medicine used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Included are how to take it, possible side effects, and warnings.

This one-page handout gives helpful hints for bottle feeding a preterm baby at home.

This handout gives dietary guidelines for people who have diabetes who are preparing for a colonoscopy. Sample menus and food selection guidelines are included.

This handout explains how to prepare the bowel for spinal surgery.

Discusses training the bowels for regular emptying by following a daily routine including activity, diet, stool softeners, bulk enhancers, laxatives, and enemas and avoiding certain medications. Lists steps for self-administering a suppository. Gives warning signs for medical attention.

This handout explains brachytherapy and drug-coated balloon therapy. It includes how doctors diagnose and evaluate in-stent restinosis at University of Washington Medical Center.

This handout explains a DaTscan: how it works, how to prepare, how the scan is done, and how to get your results.

This handout offers information for families and loved ones of patients. It explains how doctors determine that a person is dead based on their brain function.

This handout explains a brain perfusion scan, used to detect altered blood flow of the brain. It includes how to prepare for the scan, how the scan works, how it is done, what the patient may feel during the scan, and how to get the results.

This handout explains embolization for a brain tumor. Embolization is a procedure that blocks or reduces blood flow to cancer cells. The handout includes how to prepare for the procedure at Harborview Medical Center, what to expect during the procedure, and self-care at home afterward.

This handout is for brain tumor patients. It tells how a rehabilitation program can help their recovery, and how physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, neuropsychology, rehab psychology, and rehab counseling may be used.

This handout explains the brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) test, which measures how well sound travels from the ear to the brain and how the brain, especially the brainstem, responds to sound.

This handout describes how to prepare for a branched thoracic endovascular aortic repair (B-TEVAR) and what to expect afterward. This surgery is done to repair a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA). A TAAA is a bulge (aneurysm) in part of the aorta that goes from your chest to your belly. 

This handout explains the early warning signs of breast and ovarian cancer. It also covers screening and detection and lists related resources.

This handout explains the words on breast biopsy results, such as "benign," "increased risk," and "malignant." It lists the types of conditions that fall into each of these result categories. It also includes a brief overview of the types of non-invasive and invasive breast cancer.

This handout explains breast care after the loss of a baby. Included are reassurances about the grieving process, suggestions to help with breast engorgement, signs that require a call to the doctor, quotes from other bereaved mothers, and a list of helpful resources.

This handout explains how to monitor your breast health after your treatment for breast cancer. Breast imaging surveillance uses mammography and other imaging to help your doctors find any second cancer early. Finding second breast cancer early can help increase survival.