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Being pregnant affects you physically, mentally, and emotionally. It may require you to learn new skills. This handout explains why a healthy diet is important when you are expecting multiples (twins, triplets, or more).

This booklet contains many tasty recipes to help add important protein and calcium to the diet. Protein helps build and repair body tissues, and helps the body fight infection. Calcium keeps bones and teeth strong, controls blood pressure, and keeps muscles working well.

This handout describes what visitors and family members can expect while their loved one is having surgery at UWMC - Montlake campus. It includes a list of hospital resources that may be helpful, and a map showing the location of the surgery waiting rooms.

This handout describes what to expect and how to prepare for whipple surgery, also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy. In this surgery, the head of the pancreas is removed, along with part of the small bowel, part of the bile duct system, and part of the stomach.

This handout is a chapter in the Spine Care Companion and reviews what a physiatrist is, and why patients may see one after spinal procedures.

This handout gives pre-procedure and post-procedure information for surgical removal (wide local excision) of skin melanoma or other lesions. It explains the excision process, what to do 2 weeks and 24 hours before the operation, and instructions to follow after surgery on precautions, self-care tips, wound care, showering, drains, pain management, pathology results, and returning to work.

This handout explains what a wireless localization device is, and gives instructions to follow after the reflector is placed in your breast or lymph node.