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3 Breathing Exercises to Help You Relax
Here are three breathing exercises you can do when you need to relax and feel calm.

3 Signs Your Teen Is Struggling
Learn how to tell the difference between common teen behavior and behavior that could signal a problem.

4 Benefits of Healthy Eating
Learn how you can benefit from healthy eating.

4 Heart-Healthy Changes to Lower Blood Pressure
Learn how healthy lifestyle changes can help lower your blood pressure.

4 Tips to Encourage Self-Discipline in Kids
Learn 4 ways to encourage self-discipline in your child.

4 Tips to Encourage Self-Discipline in Teens
Learn 4 ways to encourage self-discipline in your teen.

5 Steps to Hand-Washing
Learn the five steps to hand-washing.

5 Things You Can Expect With a New Baby
Learn five things you can expect when bringing a new baby home.

5 Things to Know About Cervical Cancer Screening
Learn why cervical cancer screening is important.

5 Things to Know About Fentanyl
Learn about illicit fentanyl and why it is dangerous.

5 Tips to Build Healthy Cell Phone Habits
Learn to help your teen build healthy boundaries and habits around phone use.

5 Tips to Help Your Teen Manage Conflict
Help your teen learn to deal with conflict at school or on social media.

5 Tips to Keep Your Healthy Lifestyle Change Going
Learn five tips to help you keep a healthy lifestyle change going.

5 Tips to Teach Kids About Money
Use these tips to teach your child about money.

5 Ways to Cope When Things Feel Out of Control
Learn how to cope when things are out of your control.

5 Ways to Create Financial Stability
Learn about some things you can do to create financial stability.

5 Ways to Help Your Child Build Resilience
Learn how to encourage resilience so your child can better handle life's challenges.

5 Ways to Lower Financial Stress
Learn about things you can do to help reduce your stress about money.

5 Ways to Manage Your Emotions
Learn skills that can help you manage your emotions.

5 Ways to Practice Optimism
Learn some things you can try to help you become more optimistic.

5 Ways to Prepare for Breastfeeding
Learn five ways to prepare for breastfeeding.

5 Ways to Reduce Loneliness and Increase Connection
Learn some tips to help reduce loneliness and increase connection.

6 Survival Tips for New Parents
Learn 6 tips for surviving the first few weeks and months with a new baby in your home.

6 Tips to Build Healthy Gaming Habits
Help your teen balance gaming time with other activities.

6 Tips to Help Your Teen Manage Money
Teach your teen the important life skill of being responsible with money.

7 Ways to Build Resilience
Learn tips, including ideas for self-care and other support, to build resilience to help with challenging times.

7 Ways to Make Chores Positive
Find out how to make chores a positive part of your child's routine.

7 Ways to Use Loving Discipline With Toddlers
Try these tips for loving discipline, which can help your toddler learn how to behave.

A Good Support System Is Important
Learn how to connect with family, friends, and others for support with health issues.

ACE Inhibitors and ARBs: Helping Blood Flow Better
Find out why it's important to keep taking your ACE inhibitor or ARB and how to make it easier.

ACL Reconstruction Surgery
Learn how ACL surgery is usually done and what to expect after surgery.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Fast facts
Find out what an abdominal aortic aneurysm is.

Acne: Here's Help
Take a minute to learn about acne and what you can do about it.

Acute Sinusitis
Learn about acute sinusitis and how you can care for yourself at home.

Advance Care Planning: The Need for Ongoing Conversations
Learn more about what questions to keep asking—as your treatment and preferences change.

Advance Care Planning: Thinking About Hospice
It's common to have a lot of questions if you're thinking about hospice. Knowing more may help.

Advance Care Planning: Treatment Choices Near the End of Life
It can be hard to know which treatments you may or may not want near the end of life. Learning more can help.

Advance Directives
Learn how advance directives let others know your care preferences when you can't speak for yourself.

Advanced Cancer: Finding Hope
Learn how to find hope when facing advanced cancer.

After Your Pregnancy: The First 12 Weeks
Find out what happens to your body after giving birth and why it can take time to feel like yourself again.

After a Heart Attack: Taking Beta-Blockers
Learn how beta-blocker medicine helps your heart heal after a heart attack.

After a Heart Attack: Taking an Aspirin or Antiplatelet
Learn why it's important to take antiplatelet medicine or a daily aspirin after a heart attack.

After a Hospital Stay: Managing Appointments
Get tips for how to keep track of and prepare for your follow-up doctor appointments.

After a Stroke: Taking a Blood Thinner for A-Fib
Learn why it's important to take blood-thinning medicine after your stroke.

After a Stroke: Taking an Antiplatelet
Learn why it's important to take antiplatelet medicine after a stroke.

After a Stroke: Your Self-Care Plan
Learn how your self-care plan can help you manage after a stroke.

After the NICU: Caring for Your Baby at Home
Learn what to expect and what you'll need to know to take care of your baby at home after the NICU.

Alcohol: How to Deal With a Slip-Up
Use what you learn from a slip-up to help prevent a relapse and strengthen your plan to change your habits.

Alcohol: Taking Action
Get help making a plan to change your drinking habits.

Alcohol: The Space It Takes Up in Your Life
Learn the signs of possible risky use of alcohol and think about the role alcohol plays in your life.

Alcohol: Time for a Change?
Hear how others found the motivation to change their relationship to alcohol.

Alcohol: Treatment Options
Learn more about the different treatment options that can help you change your alcohol habits.

Alzheimer's Disease
Learn what steps you and your family can take to help you live well with this disease.

Anesthesia: Epidural for Childbirth
Learn about an epidural for labor: what it is, how it's done, and its safety and side effects.

Anesthesia: Spinal
Learn about spinal anesthesia: what it is, how it's done, and its safety and side effects.

Angioplasty for Peripheral Artery Disease: Before Your Procedure
Learn what to expect when preparing for angioplasty for peripheral artery disease. Includes an explanation of the procedure.

Angioplasty for Peripheral Artery Disease: Returning Home
Find out how you'll feel after angioplasty for peripheral artery disease and how to take care of yourself at home.

Antidepressants: Keeping Your Life in Balance
Discover how your antidepressant can make life better and how to make it easier to take.

Anxiety: How to Change Anxious Thoughts
Practice recognizing and replacing thoughts that cause anxiety.

Anxiety: Is Treatment Right for You?
See how treatment can help reduce anxiety.

Anxiety: Paying Attention to How You're Doing
Learn to track how well you are managing your anxiety.

Anxiety: Treatment Options
Learn about different treatment options for anxiety and how they can help.

Anxiety: What Is It?
Learn how anxiety is different from stress and how it can affect your life.

Appendectomy for Children: Before Surgery
Learn what happens during an appendectomy for children.

Appendectomy for Children: Returning Home
Learn how to care for your child after an appendectomy.

Appendectomy: Before Your Surgery
Learn what an appendectomy is and how the surgery is done.

Appendectomy: Returning Home
Learn about appendectomy and how to care for yourself after the surgery.

Arrhythmia: Living With a Pacemaker
Learn how to adjust to life with a pacemaker and have an active, healthy life.

Arrhythmia: What Is an ICD?
Learn how an ICD works and how it can help your heart.

Arthritis: Making Everyday Activities Easier
Get ideas about tools and changes to your home that can simplify your daily life.

Asthma Action Plan
Learn how following an asthma action plan can help you take control of your asthma.

Asthma Action Plan for Your Child
Learn how following an asthma action plan can help you control your child's asthma.

Asthma: Fast facts
Learn what asthma is.

Asthma: Helping a Young Child Take Medicine
Learn ways to encourage your young child to take asthma medicine with a nebulizer.

Asthma: Is Your Child Using the Quick-Relief Inhaler Too Often?
Learn how to tell when your child is using a quick-relief inhaler too often and when to call a doctor.

Asthma: Keeping Your Child Out of the Hospital
Learn ways to prevent a return trip to the emergency room for your child with asthma.

Asthma: Myths About Inhaled Steroids
Learn common myths about inhaled steroids, which are some of the best medicines for controlling asthma.

Asthma: The Importance of Controller Medicines
Learn why your controller medicines are so important.

Asthma: What Happens in Your Lungs
Learn what's happening in the lungs that can make it hard to breathe when you have asthma.

Atrial Fibrillation: Feeling More in Control
Hear how atrial fibrillation affected three people's lives and how each one found a way to manage it.

Atrial Fibrillation: Living Well
Learn how to have a healthy, active lifestyle with atrial fibrillation.

Atrial Fibrillation: Managing Your Symptoms
Learn how to manage your symptoms and live better with a-fib.

Avoiding COPD Triggers
Learn how to avoid the things that make your COPD symptoms worse.

Avoiding Infections in the Hospital
Learn how to prevent the spread of germs and avoid infections in the hospital.

Avoiding Triggers for Sudden Heart Failure
Learn how to avoid things that could make your heart failure worse.

Avulsion fracture: Fast Facts
Learn what an avulsion fracture is.

BMI, Waist Size, and Your Health
Learn how a high BMI and waist size affect your health.

Back Pain: 5 Ways to Take Care of Yourself
Here are five ways you can take care of yourself when your back hurts.

Back Pain: Acupuncture and Massage
Learn about acupuncture and massage for back pain.

Back Pain: Getting In and Out of Bed
Learn easy ways to protect your back when you get in and out of bed and while you sleep.

Back Pain: Self-Massage With a Tennis Ball
Learn an easy way to give yourself a back massage using a tennis ball.

Back Pain: What Is It?
Here's some help for understanding what back pain is and what you can do to feel better.

Back Surgery for Spinal Stenosis: Before Your Surgery
Learn how surgery for spinal stenosis pain is done and what you need to know to prepare for the surgery.

Back Surgery for Spinal Stenosis: Returning Home
Learn how to care for yourself after back surgery for spinal stenosis.

Bathing Your Baby
Learn how to safely bathe your newborn.

Beat Your Smoking Triggers
Learn how to get past those things that make you want to smoke by replacing them with healthier things.

Before Your Surgery: How to Prepare
Find out how to prepare for surgery.

Beta-Blockers: Helping Your Heart Relax
Learn why you need to take your beta-blocker and how to make it easier to take.

Big Baby: Vaginal Tears
Learn how vaginal tears can happen with any size baby. Tears can be treated, and they heal quickly.

Big Baby: What If My Baby's Shoulder Gets Stuck?
Learn how care providers help release a baby's shoulder if it gets stuck in the pelvis during delivery.

Big Baby: What's Happening at the End of Pregnancy?
Find out the important things that happen to your baby near the end of pregnancy.

Blister Care
Learn how to care for your blister so it will heal and won't get infected.

Blood Transfusion
Learn all about a blood transfusion: what it is, why it's done, what the risks are, and how to care for yourself at home.

Blood clot: Fast facts
Find out what a blood clot is.

Bottle-Feeding Your Baby
Here's a step-by-step guide to bottle-feeding your baby.

Bowel Resection
Learn what to expect during bowel resection surgery.

Breast Cancer: Help for Skin Changes From Radiation
Get tips for managing skin changes caused by radiation treatment.

Breast Reconstruction: How Others Decided
Hear what other women thought about as they decided whether to have breast reconstruction.

Breastfeeding Your Baby
Here's a step-by-step guide to the basics of breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding: Getting Your Baby to Latch
Learn how to get your baby to latch when breastfeeding and learn what to do if you're having problems.

Bronchoscopy
Learn what bronchoscopy is and how it is done.

Bypass Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease
Learn what bypass surgery does for your heart and what will happen during surgery.

CHG Bathing at Home: Before Your Surgery
Your doctor may have asked you to prepare for your surgery with CHG bathing. Here's how.

COPD: Eating Well for Strength and Energy
Learn how good nutrition can give you energy and help you stay healthy.

COPD: Exercises for Building Strength
Try a few gentle and safe exercises to build your strength.

COPD: How to Use a Nebulizer
Learn how to use a nebulizer correctly.

COPD: Keeping Your Quality of Life
Learn how you can stay as active and healthy as possible with COPD.

COPD: Take This Chance to Quit Smoking
Find motivation to quit by comparing what you tell yourself about smoking and what the facts are.

COPD: Taking Medicines After a Flare-Up
Learn how taking COPD medicines correctly helps prevent flare-ups and trips to the hospital.

COPD: Time to Decide About Smoking
Learn how continuing to smoke will affect your COPD symptoms.

COPD: Try a New Quit-Smoking Strategy
Hear how one man with COPD finally quit after many years of smoking.

COPD: What Happens to Your Lungs
Learn how COPD affects your lungs and makes it hard to breathe.

COPD: You Can Still Be Active
Commit to taking small steps to stay active with COPD.

COVID-19: 7 Ways to Stay Safe When You're at High Risk
Find out if you could be at higher risk for COVID-19 and learn how to stay safe.

COVID-19: Taking Care of Yourself When You Have It
Learn how to take care of yourself when you have COVID-19, and find out ways to prevent spreading it to others.

COVID-19: Why Get the Vaccine?
Keeping you and others safe from COVID-19 continues with the vaccine. Here's how.

Cancer Treatment: Help for Mouth and Throat Problems
Learn what you can do to help with throat pain and eating challenges caused by cancer treatment.

Cancer Treatment: Help for When You Feel Sick or Lose Your Appetite
Learn ways to manage nausea and loss of appetite from cancer treatments.

Cancer: Adjusting Over Time
Learn to check in with yourself and to be aware of your feelings when you have cancer.

Cancer: Dealing With Stress
Learn ways to cope with the stress of having cancer.

Cancer: Finding Peace in Spirituality
Learn how meeting your spiritual needs can help you cope with cancer.

Cancer: Finding Your Strength
Learn ways to cope with your feelings when dealing with cancer.

Cancer: Help for Fatigue
Learn how you can feel less tired when you're getting treatment for cancer.

Cancer: How It Affects Your Relationships
Learn how cancer can affect your relationships with others.

Cancer: How to Talk to Your Children
Learn how to talk about cancer with your children.

Cancer: Life After Treatment
Get tips on how to adjust to life after finishing cancer treatment.

Cancer: Preparing for Hair Loss From Chemotherapy
Get tips to prepare for and manage hair loss from chemotherapy.

Cancer: Understanding Your Feelings
Learn about the range of emotions you may experience when you have cancer.

Cancer: When You First Find Out
Learn to cope with your feelings after finding out you have cancer.

Cancer: Your Support Network
Learn how you can get the support you need when dealing with cancer.

Car Seat Safety
Learn how to keep your child as safe as possible in a car seat—in the next 3 minutes.

Cardiac Catheterization: Before Your Procedure
Learn what a cardiac catheterization is, how it is done, and how to prepare.

Cardiac Catheterization: Returning Home
Find out how you'll feel after a cardiac catheterization and how to take care of yourself at home.

Cardiac Rehab: How It Can Help
Hear how cardiac rehab helped others have less fear and be more sure about how to live with a heart problem.

Cardiac Rehab: What Is It?
Learn how cardiac rehab works and how it can help you get stronger and feel better.

Cardiac ischemia: Fast Facts
Learn what cardiac ischemia is.

Care for Minor Burns
Learn how to treat minor burns and prevent infection, and when to see a doctor.

Care for a Skin Wound
Learn how to care for your cut or scrape so it will heal and won't get infected.

Care in the Hospital: Bleeding Prevention and Blood Thinners
Learn what can be done to prevent bleeding while in the hospital when you're on blood thinners.

Care in the Hospital: CHG Bathing
Here's how to do CHG bathing while you're in the hospital.

Care in the Hospital: Central Vascular Access Device (CVAD)
Learn about central vascular access device (CVAD) use and care in the hospital, including information on infection prevention.

Care in the Hospital: Preventing Pressure Injuries
Learn what you can do and what your care team will be doing to help prevent pressure injuries during a hospital stay.

Care in the Hospital: Preventing a Urinary Catheter Infection
Learn why a urinary catheter may be used while staying in the hospital and what can be done to prevent infection.

Caregiving: Helping Someone Get In and Out of a Car
Learn how to safely help a person get in and out of a car.

Caregiving: How to Prepare
Learn a little about what to expect and how to prepare yourself and your home for caregiving.

Caregiving: How to Turn a Person in Bed
Learn how to safely turn a person in bed.

Caregiving: Take Care of Yourself Too
Learn tips for managing the stress of caregiving and how getting support can help.

Caring for Your Child's Drain After Surgery
Learn how to care for your child's surgical drain.

Caring for Your Child's IV Site
Learn how to care for your child's IV site.

Caring for Your Child's Tracheostomy
Learn how to clean and care for your child's trach.

Caring for Your Feeding Tube
Learn how to care for a feeding tube at home.

Caring for Your IV Site
Learn how to care for your IV site.

Caring for Your Implanted Port
Learn what an implanted port is and how to care for it at home.

Caring for Your Newborn: Diapers
Learn what to expect in the first few days when changing your baby's diapers.

Caring for Your Newborn: Feeding
Learn how often your baby needs breast milk or formula.

Caring for Your Newborn: Sleeping
Learn tips for creating a good sleep routine for your newborn.

Caring for Your Newborn: Umbilical Cord
Learn how to care for your newborn's umbilical cord stump.

Caring for Your PICC or Central IV Line
Learn how to care for a central or PICC IV line at home.

Caring for Your Stoma and Ostomy Bag
Learn about stomas and ostomy bags and how to take care of them.

Caring for Your Tracheostomy
Learn how to clean and care for your trach.

Caring for Your Urinary Catheter
Learn how to wear a urinary catheter and how to take care of it to prevent infection.

Caring for Yourself After Cesarean Delivery
Learn ways to care for yourself after giving birth.

Caring for Yourself After Vaginal Delivery
Learn ways to care for yourself after you give birth.

Caring for Yourself While Your Baby Is in the NICU
Learn why it's important to take care of yourself while your baby is in the NICU.

Caring for a Baby With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
Learn how to calm a baby with neonatal abstinence syndrome and when it's time to call the doctor.

Caring for a Drain After Surgery
Learn how to care for a surgical drain at home.

Carotid Artery Procedure: How Others Decided
Hear what other people thought about as they decided whether to have a procedure to help prevent a stroke.

Carotid Artery Procedures: Stroke Prevention
Explore your treatment options for stroke prevention when you have a narrowed carotid artery.

Carotid Artery Stenting: Before Your Procedure
Learn what carotid artery stenting is and how it is done.

Carotid Artery Stenting: Returning Home
Find out how you may feel after receiving a carotid artery stent and learn how to take care of yourself at home.

Carotid Endarterectomy: Before Your Surgery
Learn what a carotid endarterectomy is, how it is done, and how to prepare.

Carotid Endarterectomy: Returning Home
Find out how you'll feel after a carotid endarterectomy, and learn how to take care of yourself at home.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Few Tips for Preventing It
Learn what movements may help cause carpal tunnel syndrome. Get tips to help prevent it and manage symptoms.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Stretches
Learn stretches that can help you prevent carpal tunnel syndrome and manage your symptoms.

Cataract Surgery
Learn what to expect during cataract surgery and how it can improve your vision.

Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Before Your Procedure
Learn what catheter ablation is and how it is done to treat atrial fibrillation.

Catheter Ablation for SVT: Before Your Procedure
Learn about catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardia and how this procedure is done.

Catheter Ablation: Returning Home
Find out how you'll feel after a catheter ablation and how to take care of yourself at home.

Checking Peak Flow
Learn how to use a peak flow meter to check how well your lungs are working.

Child CPR
Learn how to do child CPR—just in case.

Childhood Leukemia: Understanding Treatment
Learn about some of the treatment options for childhood leukemia.

Childhood Leukemia: What Is ALL?
Learn what acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is and what to expect for care and treatment.

Childhood Leukemia: What Is AML?
Learn what acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is and what to expect for care and treatment.

Childhood Leukemia: Working With Your Care Team
Find out how to work effectively with your child's care team to get answers and support.

Children and Cough and Cold Medicines
Learn what's safe—and what isn't—when it comes to your child and over-the-counter cold remedies.

Children and Teens: What Is Type 2 Diabetes?
Find out what it means to be a kid with type 2 diabetes.

Cholecystectomy: Before Your Surgery
Learn how your gallbladder is removed and what you can do to prepare.

Cholecystectomy: Returning Home
Learn how to care for yourself and safely recover after gallbladder removal surgery.

Cholesterol Numbers: What They Mean for Your Health
Learn what your cholesterol numbers mean for your health.

Cholesterol Test: Understanding the Test
Learn what is checked during a cholesterol test, why you might need one, and what the results may mean.

Cholesterol: Choosing a Heart-Healthy Life
Learn about making healthy changes that can help lower your risk for heart attack and stroke.

Cholesterol: How It Raises Your Risk
Learn how high cholesterol raises your risk for heart attack and stroke.

Choosing a Counselor or Therapist for Your Child
Learn how to find mental health care for your child.

Choosing a Health Care Agent
Being a health care agent is an important job. Here are tips for thinking about who might be the best person for the job.

Chronic Low Back Pain: Is It Time to Try Something New?
Think about what you've tried for back pain and what you might consider trying now.

Chronic Pain: Finding Your Strength
Hear how others found strength and support to manage their pain.

Chronic Pain: How Medicines Can Help You Manage It
Learn how medicines can help you manage chronic pain.

Chronic Pain: Managing Pain With Healthy Thinking
Learn to reduce your pain by changing negative thoughts.

Chronic Pain: Tracking How You're Doing
Learn to track how well you are managing your pain.

Chronic Pain: Treatments Other Than Medicine
Learn about other ways to manage pain, in addition to medicine.

Chronic Pain: What Does It Mean For You?
Learn more about what having chronic pain means and what you can do to feel better.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): Fast Facts
Find out what chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is.

Closed head injury: Fast facts
Learn what a closed head injury is.

Cochlear Implant: Before Your Surgery
Find out what cochlear implant surgery is and how you can prepare for it.

Cochlear Implant: Returning Home
Learn how to care for yourself at home after a cochlear implant.

Colon Cancer: Screening Tests and What the Results Mean
Learn what tests are used to check for colon cancer (colorectal cancer) and what the results may mean.

Colon polyps: Fast facts
Find out colon polyps are.

Colonoscopy: Overview
Learn how to prepare for your colonoscopy and what to expect during the procedure.

Colostomy
Learn how a colostomy is done and what to expect after surgery.

Complete Blood Count (CBC) Test: Understanding the Test
Learn what happens during a complete blood count test and why you would need one.

Constipation: Here's Help
Take a minute to learn about constipation and what you can do to feel better.

Core Needle Breast Biopsy: Before Your Procedure
Learn how a core needle breast biopsy is done and what you can do to prepare.

Coronary Angiogram: Before Your Procedure
Learn how and why an angiogram is done as well as how to prepare for an angiogram.

Coronary Angiogram: How Others Decided
Hear what other people thought about as they decided whether to have a coronary angiogram.

Coronary Angiogram: Returning Home
Learn how you'll feel after a coronary angiogram and how to take care of yourself at home.

Coronary Angioplasty: Before Your Procedure
Learn how angioplasty opens narrowed or blocked coronary arteries to improve blood flow.

Coronary Angioplasty: Returning Home
Find out how you'll feel after coronary angioplasty and how to take care of yourself at home.

Coronary Artery Disease and Depression
Learn how keeping your mood healthy can also help keep your heart healthy.

Coronary Artery Disease: 5 Ways to Help Lower Your Risk
Learn how a heart-healthy lifestyle can help lower your risk for coronary artery disease.

Coronary Artery Disease: 7 Ways to Help Lower Your Risk for a Heart Attack
Learn seven ways that can help you lower your risk for a heart attack.

Coronary Artery Disease: Being Active
Learn how regular exercise can help your heart get stronger and healthier.

Coronary Artery Disease: Commit to Making an Exercise Plan
Picture an exercise plan you would enjoy, and commit to taking small steps to get there.

Coronary Artery Disease: Every Step Matters
Learn how heart disease affects you and how to help prevent a heart attack.

Coronary Artery Disease: Getting Back on Track
See how to get back to taking care of your heart.

Coronary Artery Disease: Making Peace With Medicines
Learn how others accept taking heart medicines as part of daily life.

Coronary Artery Disease: Moving Forward
See how a diagnosis of heart disease inspired others to care for their heart.

Counseling for Depression
Learn how working with the right counselor can help treat depression.

Cystic Fibrosis: Caring for Your Child at Home
Home treatment can help your child live longer. It's not always easy, but you can do it. Here's how.

Cystic Fibrosis: What It Means for You and Your Child
A diagnosis of CF is life-changing. But your child can still have a fulfilling life.

Dealing With Asthma Triggers
Learn how to avoid common asthma triggers to better control your symptoms.

Deciding About Breast Reconstruction
Compare the pros and cons of having breast reconstruction.

Deciding About Herniated Disc Surgery
Compare the pros and cons, including the risks and benefits, of having herniated disc surgery.

Deciding About Knee Replacement Surgery
Learn the pros and cons of having a knee replacement.

Deciding About Spinal Stenosis Surgery
Compare the pros and cons of having surgery for spinal stenosis.

Deciding About Taking Blood Pressure Medicine
Compare the pros and cons of taking medicine for your high blood pressure.

Deciding About Weight-Loss Surgery
Compare the pros and cons of having weight-loss surgery.

Deciding About a Hysterectomy for Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Compare the pros and cons of having a hysterectomy for abnormal uterine bleeding.

Deciding About: Hip Replacement Surgery
Explore the benefits, risks, and options that can help you decide whether or not to have hip replacement surgery.

Deep Vein Thrombosis: 7 Ways to Help Prevent DVT
Learn seven things that can help you prevent blood clots in leg veins (deep vein thrombosis, or DVT).

Degenerative disc disease: Fast Facts
Learn what degenerative disc disease is.

Depression Is Common
Find out just how common depression is and why treatment matters.

Depression Medicine Side Effects
Learn how to deal with common side effects of depression medicines.

Depression Medicine: Deciding to Quit
Learn why it's important to work with your doctor when stopping depression medicines.

Depression Medicines
Learn how depression medicines work to help you feel better.

Depression: Balancing Brain Chemicals
Learn how depression medicines balance chemicals in your brain to help you feel better.

Depression: Cost of Medicine
Get some tips on saving money on medicine for depression.

Depression: How It Affects Your Body
Learn about physical symptoms that may be linked to depression.

Depression: Mood Check-In to Prevent a Relapse
Learn to check your mood for warning signs that depression may be coming back.

Depression: Outside Looking In
See how depression can affect relationships and why treatment matters.

Depression: Rating Your Mood
Learn how tracking your mood can help you manage depression.

Depression: Social Support and Recovery
See how family and friends helped three people cope with depression.

Depression: Using Your Inner Strengths
Learn how to use your inner strengths to get through tough times and overcome challenges.

Diabetes and Wound Care
Learn the signs of infection with diabetes so that small skin problems don't become serious.

Diabetes in Children: 5 Ways to Help Your Child Eat Healthy Meals
Here are 5 ways to help kids with diabetes choose healthy foods and drinks.

Diabetes in Children: Healthy Eating at School
Help your child with diabetes make smart food and drink choices at school.

Diabetes in Teens: How You Can Help
Find out how to support your teen who has diabetes.

Diabetes: 3 Steps to Problem-Solving
Learn how to find solutions to a problem related to how you manage diabetes.

Diabetes: A1c Test and Making a Plan
Learn about the A1c test and how to make a plan to meet your safe target blood sugar level.

Diabetes: Benefits of Blood Sugar Testing
Learn how testing helps you make the connection between blood sugar levels and daily activities.

Diabetes: Blood Sugar Tests
Learn how to use blood sugar testing to see how food or activity can change your blood sugar.

Diabetes: Carbohydrates and Your Blood Sugar
Learn how carbohydrate foods raise your blood sugar.

Diabetes: Counting Carbohydrates
Learn what carbohydrates are and how to count them to help manage your diabetes.

Diabetes: Daily Foot Check
Learn why checking your feet daily when you have diabetes is important and how to do it.

Diabetes: How Exercise Can Help
Find out how exercise helps you control your blood sugar and helps you feel better in other ways too.

Diabetes: How Others Stay Motivated
Hear how other people stay motivated to manage their diabetes.

Diabetes: How Testing Helps You Stay In Your Range
Learn how testing your blood sugar can help you stay in your target range.

Diabetes: How to Build Your Plate
Learn how to build a healthy meal using the plate method to help manage your diabetes.

Diabetes: Insulin's Role
Learn how insulin works and why diabetes causes high blood sugar.

Diabetes: Making and Using an Action Plan
Learn how to make an action plan to help manage diabetes.

Diabetes: Managing Kidney Disease
Learn what you can do at home to manage kidney disease.

Diabetes: Planning for a Healthy Pregnancy
Learn what you can do to have a healthy pregnancy and baby when you have diabetes.

Diabetes: Preparing for Pregnancy
Learn what other women with diabetes have done to prepare for pregnancy.

Diabetes: Preparing for Surgery
Learn how to prepare for surgery when you have diabetes.

Diabetes: Taking Care of Your Heart
Learn why having diabetes raises your risk for heart disease and what you can do about it.

Diabetes: Testing Your Blood Sugar
Learn the best way to test blood sugar. Knowing your blood sugar levels helps you manage your diabetes.

Diabetic Retinopathy: Why Screening Matters
Learn about diabetic retinopathy and why screening is important.

Dialysis: Caring for Your Vascular Access at Home
Learn how to care for yourself at home after a vascular access procedure.

Dialysis: Living Better With Dialysis
Watch the personal story of someone who's living better with dialysis.

Dialysis: What Is It?
Understand what dialysis is and how it helps you feel better and live longer.

Dialysis: Your Vascular Access
Learn what to expect when you have a vascular access procedure for hemodialysis.

Diarrhea: Here's Help
Take a minute to learn about diarrhea and what you can do to feel better.

Diuretics: Making Them Easier to Take
Find out how to make it easier to take your diuretic.

Dressing Your Baby
Learn how to safely dress your newborn.

Drug Withdrawal: What to Expect
Learn what's happening to your body during drug withdrawal.

Ear Infections in Children
Learn about ear infections and how you can care for your child at home.

Ear infection (otitis media): Fast facts
Find out what otitis media (ear infection) is.

Eating for Gestational Diabetes
Learn how to eat to keep your blood sugar in your target range during pregnancy.

Echocardiogram for Children
Learn what an echocardiogram for children is and how it's done.

Electrocardiogram (EKG) for Children
Learn what an electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) for children is and how it's done.

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Learn how electroconvulsive therapy is done and what the benefits are.

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): How It Works
Learn how to do emotional freedom technique to manage emotions or troubling thoughts.

Endometrial Ablation
Learn how and why endometrial ablation is done.

Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Before Your Surgery
Learn what to expect when you have endoscopic sinus surgery and how to prepare for it.

Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Returning Home
Find out how you'll feel after endoscopic sinus surgery and how to take care of yourself at home.

Epidural Steroid Injection: Before Your Procedure
Learn how to get ready for your epidural steroid injection.

Epidural Steroid Injection: Returning Home
Learn what to expect and how to care for yourself after an epidural steroid injection.

Epilepsy: Tips for Keeping Your Child Safe
Learn how to keep your child with epilepsy safer at home, outdoors, and at school.

Ergonomics: Exercises to Do While Sitting
Learn seated exercises you can do at work or at home that can help you relieve stress and strain.

Ergonomics: Setting Up Your Work Area
Learn how your work area affects your health and safety and how to set it up.

Ergonomics: Using Your Computer
Get tips on how to set up and use your computer in a way that prevents aches and pains.

Exercise Electrocardiogram (Stress Test)
See how a stress test works and how it's done.

Exercising Safely With Arthritis
Learn how activity can help reduce joint pain and how to exercise safely when you have arthritis.

Fever: Here's Help
Take a minute to find out what it means when you have a fever.

Fine Needle Breast Biopsy: Before Your Procedure
Learn how a fine needle breast biopsy is done and what you can do to prepare.

Fitness: Increasing Your Core Stability
Learn how to keep your core strong and prevent injury with two simple exercises.

Fitness: Moving More
Learn how to start moving more and get back into exercising.

Fitness: What Will Move You?
Discover the benefits of being physically active, and explore ideas for activities you might try.

Five Ingredients for Healthy Eating
Learn simple tips for healthy eating.

Five Tips for Healthy Eating
Learn how to improve your diet with a few simple changes.

Gastric Sleeve Surgery
Learn how gastric sleeve surgery is done and what to expect after surgery.

Gastric Sleeve Surgery: Returning Home
Get tips on how to take care of yourself at home after you have gastric sleeve surgery.

Gestational Diabetes: Activity
See how other women who had gestational diabetes found ways to be active.

Gestational Diabetes: Avoiding Type 2 Diabetes
Learn what you can do to prevent getting type 2 diabetes after you have gestational diabetes.

Gestational Diabetes: Medicines
Learn why you may need to take medicine when you have gestational diabetes.

Gestational Diabetes: Reducing Risk
Learn how keeping the healthy habits you used to manage gestational diabetes can protect your child in the future.

Gestational Diabetes: Testing Blood Sugar
Learn why you need to test your blood sugar when you have gestational diabetes.

Gestational Diabetes: What Causes It?
Learn what causes gestational diabetes and how you will be tested for it.

Gestational Diabetes: What Is It?
Learn about gestational diabetes and what you can do to have a healthy pregnancy.

Getting Help When You Leave the Hospital
Learn why making a plan for getting help when you leave the hospital will help you heal.

Getting Started With Flexibility and Stretching
Loosen up and learn the basics of stretching.

Getting Treatment Through a PICC or Central Line
Learn about different kinds of treatments given through a PICC or central venous line.

Getting Up Safely After a Fall
Learn how to safely get up after a fall and what to do if you need to call for help.

Grief: Coping After Stillbirth
Let others, including your health care team, support you so you can grieve in your own way, when you're ready.

HIV: Understanding the Test
Learn what is checked during an HIV test, who might need one, and what the results may mean.

Hands-Only CPR
Learn how to do hands-only CPR on a teen or adult.

Headaches: Avoiding Triggers
Learn some common headache triggers so you can plan to avoid the ones that affect you.

Headaches: Keeping a Diary
Learn how keeping a headache diary can help you find what's causing your pain.

Healthy Eating: Getting Back on Track
Get help staying on track with your healthy eating goal.

Healthy Eating: Resisting Temptation in Social Situations
Learn how to practice saying no when friends and family offer you food and drink.

Healthy Eating: What Will Make It Work for You?
Get inspired to make some healthy changes to the way you eat.

Healthy Weight: Find Your Inspiration
What makes you want to reach a healthy weight?

Healthy Weight: Make Your Plan
Make your own plan for reaching a healthy weight.

Healthy Weight: What Works
Learn three proven strategies to help reach a healthy weight.

Healthy Weight: When Success Slows Down
You've had success with weight loss, but now you're stuck. Get help thinking about what's in your way.

Heart Attack and Stroke: A Woman's Risk
Learn why it's important to know your risks for heart attack and stroke if you're a woman.

Heart Attack and Stroke: Lowering a Woman's Risk
See how three women made heart-healthy lifestyle changes to help lower their risk for heart attack and stroke.

Heart Failure: Being Active
Learn how exercise is good for your heart and how to be active and safe.

Heart Failure: Checking Your Weight Daily
Understand how daily weight checks help you avoid heart failure emergencies.

Heart Failure: How Support Can Help
Learn how to reach out to family or friends for support when you have heart failure.

Heart Failure: Learn to Recognize Symptoms
Learn how checking your symptoms every day helps you manage your heart failure.

Heart Failure: Limiting Fluids
Learn tips for limiting fluids—if your doctor has asked you to—when you have heart failure.

Heart Failure: Limiting Sodium
Learn how sodium affects heart failure symptoms and get tips for low-sodium meals.

Heart Failure: Living Better by Caring for Yourself
Learn why your daily care plan is so important for managing your heart failure.

Heart Failure: Small Steps to Self-Care
Learn how to take small steps toward long-term self-care for heart failure.

Heart Failure: Support After Your Hospital Stay
Learn about help you'll get to manage your heart failure at home.

Heart Failure: Taking Medicines
Learn from another person with heart failure about the importance of taking your medicines.

Heart Failure: Taking Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medicines
Learn how to stay safe with prescriptions and over-the-counter medicines when you have heart failure.

Heart Failure: Track Your Symptoms
Learn to keep track of your symptoms to help manage your heart failure.

Heart Failure: What Are Daily Symptom Checks?
Learn how to easily check your symptoms daily so you can stay healthy.

Heart Failure: What Is It?
Find out what heart failure is, what it means when it's high, and how it's treated.

Heart Failure: When to Act on Your Symptoms
Learn how to know when changes in your symptoms mean you should get help.

Heart Failure: When to Call for Help
Learn why you need a written plan to know when heart failure symptoms are an emergency.

Heart Failure: Your Reason to Be Active
Find what motivates you to add a little activity to your life and benefit your heart.

Heart Health: Finding Support for Healthy Changes
Hear how one woman found the support she needed to make heart-healthy choices.

Heart Health: Where Will You Be in 5 Years?
Hear what motivated other people to make changes to keep their heart healthy.

Heart Valve Repair or Replacement: Before Your Surgery
Learn how surgery is done to repair or replace heart valves.

Heart attack: Fast facts
Learn what a heart attack is.

Heart failure: Fast facts
Learn the definition of heart failure.

Heart-Healthy Diet
Learn how to start eating foods that are good for your heart.

Heat or Ice for Low Back Pain
Learn when and how to use ice and heat to relieve low back pain.

Helping Your Child Deal With Asthma
Learn how to help your child deal with asthma and asthma treatments.

Helping Your Child Prevent and Manage Seizures
Here's help understanding how your child's treatment plan can help manage and prevent seizures.

Helping a Child Overcome Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Learn about adverse childhood experiences and how to help a child overcome them.

Hemodialysis Access: When Is the Right Time?
Learn how timing affects what type of vascular access you can get before you start dialysis.

Hemorrhoidectomy: Before Your Surgery
Learn how hemorrhoidectomy is done and how you can prepare.

Hemorrhoidectomy: Returning Home
Learn how to care for yourself and safely recover after surgery to remove hemorrhoids.

Here's Help: How to Apply a Topical Cream for Your Child
Here's help with applying a topical cream for your child.

Here's Help: How to Give Your Child Eardrops
Here's help with giving your child eardrops.

Here's Help: How to Give Your Child Eyedrops or Eye Ointment
Here's help with giving your child eyedrops or eye ointment.

Here's Help: How to Give Your Child Oral Medicine
Here's help with getting your child to take medicine.

Here's Help: How to Give Yourself Eyedrops or Eye Ointment
Here's help with using eyedrops or an eye ointment.

Here's Help: How to Insert Your Child's Suppository
Here's help with how to insert your child's suppository.

Here's Help: How to Use Nasal Spray or Drops for Your Child
Here's help with giving your child a nasal spray or drops.

Here's Help: Mild Dehydration in Your Baby or Child
Find out what to do and when to call for help if your baby or child has mild dehydration.

Here's Help: Mild Head Injury (Bump, Cut, or Scrape) in Children
Find out what to do and when to call for help when children bump their head.

Here's Help: Mild Heat Exhaustion in Children
Find out what to do and when to call for help if your child has mild heat exhaustion.

Here's Help: Mild Sunburn in Children
Find out what to do and when to call for help if your child has a mild sunburn.

Here's Help: Minor Burn in Children
Find out what to do and when to call for help if your child has a minor burn.

Here's Help: When Your Newborn Is Sick
Find out when to call your doctor or get emergency help when your newborn is sick.

Herniated Disc Surgery: How Others Decided
Hear what others thought about as they decided whether to have herniated disc surgery.

Herniated disc: Fast Facts
Learn what a herniated disc is.

High Blood Pressure: Make the Most of Home Monitoring
Learn how using a home blood pressure monitor can give you better control of your health.

High Blood Pressure: The DASH Diet
Learn how the DASH eating plan can help lower your blood pressure.

Hip Fracture Surgery
Learn about surgery to repair a broken or fractured hip and what to expect.

Hip Repair Surgery: Returning Home
Get tips on how to take care of yourself at home after hip repair surgery.

Hip Replacement Surgery: How Others Decided
Hear what other people thought about as they decided whether to have hip replacement surgery.

Hip Replacement Surgery: Returning Home
Learn how to take care of yourself at home after hip replacement surgery.

Hip Replacement: Before Your Surgery
Learn what to expect during hip replacement surgery and how to prepare.

Hip Replacement: When Can You Be Active Again?
Learn how long it may take to start doing your daily activities again after a hip replacement.

Home Health Care: What to Expect
Find out what home health care is and what to expect from it.

Home Treatment for Herniated Disc Pain
Learn how home treatment of back and leg pain from a herniated disc can help you avoid surgery.

Hormone Therapy for Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Learn how hormone therapy is used to treat abnormal uterine bleeding.

Hospital Isolation Rooms
Understand how an isolation room protects you and those around you.

Hot and Cold Therapy for Arthritis
Learn how to use heat and ice to treat pain from arthritis.

How Others Manage Diabetes
Hear how other people learned to do a better job managing their diabetes.

How Plaque Increases the Risk of a Heart Attack
Learn how plaque in blood vessels can become a problem and cause a heart attack.

How Secondhand Smoke Affects Your Child
Learn how breathing secondhand smoke can affect your child's health.

How You Can Help Manage Your Child's Pain in the Hospital
You know your child best, so learn how to assess your child's pain while in the hospital and to speak up.

How Your Mind and Body React to Stress
Learn how your mind and body respond to stress, and find out some things you can do to help care for yourself.

How a Heart Attack Happens
Get a clear, simple explanation of what happens during a heart attack.

How and When to Give Naloxone
Naloxone can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Here's how to give it—just in case.

How to Calm a Crying Baby
Learn some tried-and-true ways to comfort a crying baby.

How to Check Your Heart Rate
Learn how to check your heart rate with these simple steps.

How to Do Ankle Pumps
Help prevent blood clots with ankle pumps. They're easy, and really important.

How to Do Calf Stretches While Sitting
Stretch the muscles in the back of your lower leg with this seated calf stretch.

How to Do Chair Push-Ups
Chair push-ups can strengthen your arm muscles.

How to Do Curl-Ups
Learn how to do curl-ups to strengthen your core.

How to Do Glute Sets
Learn how to do glute sets to strengthen the muscles in your butt that help rotate and extend your legs.

How to Do Guided Imagery
Picturing a calm and peaceful place can help you feel more relaxed. Here's how.

How to Do Heel Raises
Heel raises strengthen your lower leg muscles, which help support your knees, ankles, and feet.

How to Do Heel Slides
Heel slides strengthen the muscles that bend your hip and your knee.

How to Do Mindfulness Meditation
Learn what mindfulness meditation is, and try a short meditation.

How to Do Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Learn how to do progressive muscle relaxation to help calm your body and mind.

How to Do Quad Sets
Quad sets can strengthen your quad muscles—the muscles in the front of your thigh that help straighten your knee.

How to Do Short-Arc (Terminal) Knee Extensions While Standing
Strengthen the thigh muscles that help support your knee by doing short-arc (terminal) knee extension exercises.

How to Do Stationary Biking for Knee Rehab
Riding a stationary bike is great for increasing the strength and mobility of your knees and legs.

How to Do Step-Up and Step-Down Exercises
Strengthen your glutes, quadriceps, and hamstrings with step-up and step-down exercises.

How to Do Straight-Leg Raises
Straight-leg raises strengthen the muscles in the front of your thighs and your hips.

How to Do a Hamstring Stretch While Sitting
Stretch the muscles in the back of your thighs with this seated hamstring stretch.

How to Do the Bird Dog Exercise
Learn how to do the bird dog exercise to increase strength and stability in your shoulder, core, and hips.

How to Do the Bridging Exercise
Learn how to do the bridging exercise to increase strength and stability in your core and your legs.

How to Do the Hamstring Stretch in a Doorway
Learn how to do the hamstring stretch exercise in a doorway to stretch the back of your leg.

How to Do the Hip Abduction Exercise
Hip abduction exercises strengthen the muscles that move your leg out to the side.

How to Do the Hip Flexor Stretch
Learn how to do the hip flexor stretch exercise to stretch the muscles in the front of your thigh.

How to Do the Knee Flexion Stretch While Sitting
Strengthen your knee and increase its range of movement with this seated knee flexion exercise.

How to Do the Long-Arc Quad Exercise
Strengthen your thigh muscles with the long-arc quad exercise.

How to Do the Passive Knee Stretch
Passive knee extension exercises will help you be able to fully straighten your leg.

How to Do the Pelvic Tilt Exercise
Learn how to do the pelvic tilt exercise to strengthen your core.

How to Do the Press-Up Exercise
Learn how to do the press-up exercise to stretch your belly muscles and increase flexibility in your lower back.

How to Do the Short-Arc Quad Exercise
Strengthen your thigh muscles with short-arc quad exercises.

How to Do the Single Knee-to-Chest Exercise
Learn how to do the single knee-to-chest exercise to stretch your hip and lower back.

How to Do the Single-Leg Balance Exercise
Single-leg balance exercises improve balance and strengthen the muscles that support the knees.

How to Do the Wall Sit Exercise
Learn how to do the wall sit exercise to increase strength and stability in your core and your legs.

How to Drain Blood From Under a Nail
Learn an easy way to drain blood from a smashed fingernail or toenail.

How to Get Help During a Mental Health Crisis
Learn how to get help during a mental health crisis.

How to Get Moving While in the Hospital
Learn how to stay mobile while you're in the hospital.

How to Give Yourself an Anticoagulant (Blood Thinner) Shot
Learn what an anticoagulant (blood thinner) shot is, and see how to give yourself an injection.

How to Give Yourself an Epinephrine Shot
Learn how to give yourself an epinephrine shot for a severe allergic reaction.

How to Give a Glucagon Shot
Learn how to give a glucagon shot to a person who is having a low blood sugar emergency.

How to Give a Subcutaneous Injection
Learn how to give an injection under the skin.

How to Give an Epinephrine Shot to a Child
Learn how to give a child an epinephrine shot to treat a severe allergic reaction.

How to Give an Intramuscular Injection
Learn how to give an intramuscular injection.

How to Hand Express Breast Milk
Learn some tips for how to hand express breast milk.

How to Help Someone During a Seizure
Learn what you can do to keep someone safe during a seizure and when you need to call emergency services.

How to Help Your Child Prevent a Fall in the Hospital
You're part of the team that keeps your child safe in the hospital. Here's how to prevent a fall.

How to Overcome Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Learn about adverse childhood experiences and how to overcome them.

How to Prevent Abusive Head Trauma
Learn why it's important to prepare for the times when your baby won't stop crying.

How to Prevent a Second Heart Attack
Learn how medicines and a healthy lifestyle help protect you from another heart attack.

How to Put On Compression Stockings
Learn some tips that will help you put on your compression stockings.

How to Stop a Nosebleed
Learn simple steps you can use to stop a nosebleed.

How to Swaddle Safely
Learn a safe way to swaddle your new baby.

How to Use Glucagon Nasal Spray
Learn how to give glucagon nasal spray to a person who is having a low blood sugar emergency.

How to Use a Breast Pump
Learn how to use a breast pump.

How to Use a Nebulizer With a Mask
Learn how to use a nebulizer, with a face mask, on your child.

How to Use an Incentive Spirometer
Learn how to use an incentive spirometer to improve the health of your lungs.

How to Use an Insulin Pen
Learn how to use an insulin pen.

How to Wear a Mask to Help Prevent Respiratory Infections
Learn how to wear a mask to help prevent the spread of respiratory infections.

How to Wear a Sling
Learn how to wear a sling to protect an injured arm.

How to Wrap a Sprained Ankle
Learn how to use a compression wrap for a sprained ankle to help control swelling.

Hydronephrosis: Fast Facts
Learn about hydronephrosis.

Hypertension (high blood pressure): Fast Facts
Learn what hypertension (high blood pressure) is.

Hysterectomy for Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: How Others Decided
Hear what other women thought about as they decided whether to have this surgery.

Hysterectomy: Before Your Surgery
Learn what a hysterectomy is and how it's done.

Hysterectomy: Returning Home
Learn how to take care of yourself at home after a hysterectomy.

Ileostomy
Learn what it's like to have an ileostomy procedure.

Imaging Tests for Low Back Pain
Learn why X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs may not find the cause of your low back pain.

In the Hospital: How to Get the Best Care
Learn about the importance of asking questions and taking charge when in the hospital.

In the Hospital: Three Tips for a Healthier Stay
Learn three important ways to prepare for a healthier hospital stay.

Infant CPR
Learn how to do infant CPR—just in case.

Informed Consent: What Is It?
Informed consent is more than paperwork. It's your right as a patient. Find out what it is.

Insect Bites and Stings: Here's Help
Take a minute to find out about an insect bite or sting and what you can do to feel better.

Insulin: Giving an Injection in the Arm Using a Syringe
Learn the simple steps to give yourself an insulin shot in the arm using a syringe.

Insulin: How to Prepare a Mixed Dose
Learn how to prepare and give yourself a mixed dose of insulin.

Insulin: How to Prepare a Single Dose
Learn how to prepare and easily give yourself a single dose of insulin.

Is It a Heart Attack?
Hear a story about how heart attacks may feel different than you expect.

Jaundice in Newborns
Find out what it means and what to do if your baby has jaundice.

Kangaroo Care for Your Baby and You
Learn what kangaroo care is, how to do it, why it's important, and how it benefits both your baby and you.

Kidney Transplant: Before Your Surgery
Learn what happens during a kidney transplant and how to prepare.

Kidney Transplant: Returning Home
Learn how to care for yourself after a kidney transplant.

Kidney stones: Fast Facts
Learn what kidney stones are.

Knee Arthritis: Nonsurgical Treatments
Learn about different treatments for knee arthritis other than surgery.

Knee Arthritis: Treatments
Learn about the different treatment options for knee arthritis, and hear stories of what others have tried.

Knee Arthritis: What Can I Expect?
Learn how osteoarthritis usually begins, and listen to stories of how it can progress differently in different people.

Knee Arthritis: What Is Knee Replacement Surgery?
Learn how cartilage is replaced by implants in knee replacement surgery.

Knee Arthritis: What Is Osteoarthritis?
Learn what knee osteoarthritis is and what may cause it.

Knee Arthroscopy
Learn how knee arthroscopy is done and what to expect after surgery.

Knee Arthroscopy: Recovering at Home
Learn what to expect and what to watch for as you recover from knee arthroscopy.

Knee Replacement Surgery
Learn what to expect during knee replacement surgery and how it can ease the pain of arthritis.

Knee Replacement Surgery: How Others Decided
Hear what other people thought about as they decided whether to have knee replacement surgery.

Knee Replacement Surgery: Pros and Cons
Learn about the pros and cons of having knee replacement surgery.

Knee Replacement: Learning About Rehab
Learn more about doing rehab right after knee replacement surgery, so you can find that sweet spot between resting and getting stronger.

Knee Replacement: Recovery
Learn about recovering from knee replacement surgery, and listen to stories about different recovery experiences.

Knee Replacement: When Can You Be Active Again?
Learn how long it might take to start doing everyday activities again after a knee replacement.

Laparoscopic Gastric Banding
Learn how laparoscopic gastric banding surgery is done and what to expect after surgery.

Laparoscopic Gastric Banding: Returning Home
Get tips on how to take care of yourself at home after laparoscopic gastric banding surgery.

Laparoscopy
Learn what a laparoscopy is and how the procedure is done.

Laparoscopy in Children
Learn what a laparoscopy is and how the procedure is done.

Learning About Anesthesia for Adults
Learn what types of anesthesia may be used to keep you pain-free during a surgery or a procedure.

Learning About Anesthesia for Your Child
Learn about the types of anesthesia that may be used for your child's surgery or procedure.

Learning About Blood Tests for Children
Learn what to expect when your child gets a blood test.

Learning About Circumcision
Learn about the risks and benefits of circumcision and what happens during and after the procedure.

Learning About General Anesthesia
Learn how general anesthesia may be used to keep you pain-free during surgery or a procedure.

Learning About General Anesthesia in Children
Learn how general anesthesia may be used to keep your child pain-free during surgery or a procedure.

Learning About Glucagon
Learn about glucagon and how it's used when someone is having a low blood sugar emergency.

Learning About Insulin Pens
Learn what an insulin pen is and how it works.

Learning About Noninsulin Medicines That Help Manage Type 2 Diabetes
Learn how noninsulin medicines help manage type 2 diabetes.

Learning About Peripheral Nerve Blocks and I.V. Regional Anesthesia
Learn how peripheral nerve block and I.V. regional anesthesia may be used to keep you pain-free during a surgery or procedure.

Learning About Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Your Child
Learn how peripheral nerve blocks may be used to keep your child pain-free during and after a surgery or procedure.

Learning About Risk for Heart Attack and Stroke
Learn what raises your risk for having a heart attack or stroke and how you can lower your risk.

Learning About Sedation for Adults
Understand what sedation is as well as how, why, and when it's used.

Learning About Sedation for Your Child
Understand what sedation for children is as well as how, why, and when it's used.

Learning About Spinal and Epidural Regional Anesthesia
Learn how spinal and epidural anesthesia may be used to keep you pain-free during a surgery or procedure.

Learning About Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia for Your Child
Learn how spinal, epidural, and caudal anesthesia may be used for your child's surgery or procedure.

Learning About Type 2 Diabetes
Learn what type 2 diabetes is and what it means for you and your life.

Learning About Your Blood Test
Learn what to expect when you have a blood test.

Learning About Your CT Scan
Learn what to expect when you get a CT scan.

Learning About Your Child's Bronchoscopy
Learn how to talk to your child about bronchoscopy, how to prepare, and how it's done.

Learning About Your Child's CT Scan
Learn what to expect when your child gets a CT scan.

Learning About Your Child's Laryngoscopy
Learn about your child's laryngoscopy, how to prepare, and how it's done.

Learning About Your Child's MRI Test
Learn what to expect when your child gets an MRI.

Learning About Your Child's Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG) Test
Learn how a voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) is done and how to prepare your child for this test.

Learning About Your Child's X-Ray Test
Learn what to expect when your child gets an X-ray.

Learning About Your MRI Test
Learn what to expect when you get an MRI.

Learning About Your X-Ray Test
Learn what to expect when you get an X-ray.

Learning About the NICU
Learn about the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), including the equipment, the role of the family, and how to communicate with the staff in NICU.

Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Before Your Procedure
Learn what a left atrial appendage closure is, how it is done, and how to prepare.

Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Returning Home
Find out how to care for yourself after a left atrial appendage closure.

Living With Chronic Pain
Learn about chronic pain and what you can do to feel better.

Long-Acting Bronchodilators for Your Child
Learn why a long-acting bronchodilator might be added to your child's asthma medicine.

Low Back Pain: Keep Moving
Learn about activity and exercise to help reduce low back pain.

Low Back Pain: Keeping It From Coming Back
Learn easy ways to help prevent the return of low back pain.

Lumbar Discectomy: Before Your Surgery
Learn how surgery can repair a herniated disc and how to prepare for the surgery.

Lumbar Discectomy: Returning Home
Learn how to care for yourself after a lumbar discectomy.

Lumbar spinal stenosis: Fast Facts
Learn what spinal stenosis is.

Lumbar spondylosis: Fast Facts
Learn what lumbar spondylosis is.

Lumpectomy
Learn what a lumpectomy is and how it is done.

Lumpectomy: Returning Home
Learn how to take care of yourself at home after having a lumpectomy.

Lung Problems: Breathing Exercises
Learn some exercises for your lungs that can help make it easier to breathe.

Lung Problems: Ways to Clear Mucus
Learn some ways to clear mucus out of your lungs so that you can breathe more easily.

Lung Surgery: Before Your Surgery
Learn how lung surgery is done and what you can do to prepare.

Lung Surgery: Returning Home
Learn how you'll feel after lung surgery and how to take care of yourself at home.

Lymph Node Dissection: Self-Care at Home
Learn how to take care of yourself at home after having lymph nodes removed.

Make the Most of Your Doctor Visit
Learn how to be an active partner in your care so you can get the most from your next doctor visit.

Making Meals With Less Sodium
Learn how to make meals that are low in salt.

Mammogram: What to Expect
Learn how to prepare and what you can expect during a screening mammogram.

Managing Morning Sickness
Learn tips for dealing with morning sickness, no matter what time of day you have it.

Managing Pain While You're in the Hospital
Learn how you can work with your doctor and care team to manage pain while in the hospital.

Managing Seasonal Allergies
Seasonal allergies are not fun. But you can learn how to manage them and feel better.

Managing Your Medicines
Learn how to keep track of your medicines and what you need to know about them.

Managing a Croup Attack
Learn how to use home treatment to stop a cough from croup.

Mastectomy for Breast Cancer: Before Your Surgery
Learn what a mastectomy is and how it is done as part of breast cancer treatment.

Mastectomy for Breast Cancer: Returning Home
Learn how to take care of yourself at home after having a mastectomy for breast cancer treatment.

Measuring the Intensity of Your Activity
Learn how to measure the intensity of an activity so you can achieve your goals for a healthier life.

Medicine for High Blood Pressure
Learn how medicine can help lower your blood pressure.

Medicines for Depression
Learn how depression medicines can help and why it may take time to find the right medicine for you.

Meniscus Repair: Before Your Surgery
Learn how surgery for a meniscus tear is done and what to expect after surgery.

Meniscus tear: Fast Facts
Learn what a meniscus tear is.

Mindfulness Tips for Teens
Learn how to practice mindfulness to become more relaxed and to better manage stress.

Mindfulness: What Is It?
Learn what mindfulness is and how it can help you become more calm.

Mittelschmerz (pain during ovulation): Fast facts
Learn the definition of mittelschmerz (pain during ovulation).

Moving More For Mental Wellness
Find out how adding a little movement to your life may help your mental wellness.

NICU: Getting Ready to Take Your Baby Home
Learn what you need to know and expect before your baby comes home from the NICU.

Needle Breast Biopsy: Returning Home
Learn how to take care of yourself after a fine needle or core needle breast biopsy.

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Learn how a negative pressure device helps heal your wound and what to expect when you take the device home.

Nicotine and the Brain
Learn why nicotine makes it hard to quit smoking and how it can be overcome.

Obstructive sleep apnea: Fast Facts
Learn what sleep apnea is.

Older Adults: Be Inspired to Get Active
Learn how one older adult started and stayed with a fitness program.

Older Adults: Getting Active After a Health Scare
Learn how a health crisis motivated others to get active.

Older Adults: Making Physical Activity a Routine
Picture yourself making physical activity a routine, and practice taking small steps to get started.

Older Adults: Overcoming Barriers to Fitness
Learn how to overcome obstacles to getting fit.

Open Breast Biopsy: Before Your Surgery
Learn how an open breast biopsy is done and what you can do to prepare.

Open Breast Biopsy: Returning Home
Learn how to take care of yourself after an open breast biopsy.

Open-Heart Surgery: Returning Home
Learn how to take care of yourself and what activities to avoid after open-heart surgery.

Opioids for Children
Learn more about how to use opioid medicines safely—if your child is prescribed one.

Opioids: Know What's Safe
Here's information to help you work with your doctor so you can take prescribed opioids safely.

Osteoarthritis: Fast facts
Learn what osteoarthritis is.

Osteoporosis: After Your Fracture
Learn why taking your osteoporosis medicine is so important.

PTSD: Checking In With Yourself
Learn how to check on how you're feeling during or after PTSD treatment.

PTSD: Finding Yourself Again
Hear how others decided to get treatment and how it helped them.

PTSD: Having a Plan
Learn how to plan ahead for coping with stress and symptoms at home.

PTSD: Signs and Symptoms
Learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

PTSD: Treatment Options
Learn about the treatment options for PTSD.

Pacemaker Placement: Before Your Procedure
See what you can expect and how to prepare for getting a pacemaker.

Pacemaker Placement: Returning Home
Get tips for taking care of yourself after your procedure.

Packing a Wound at Home
Learn how to pack a wound at home.

Parathyroidectomy: Before Your Surgery
Find out what to expect and how to prepare for surgery to remove one or more of the parathyroid glands.

Parathyroidectomy: Returning Home
Find out how you'll feel after a parathyroidectomy and how to take care of yourself at home.

Parent or Smoker: How Does Your Child See You?
Get motivated to quit by thinking about the example you are setting for your child.

Pelvic Exercises for Urinary Incontinence
Learn how to do exercises that can help prevent urine leakage.

Pericardial effusion: Fast facts
Learn about pericardial effusion.

Pericarditis: Fast Facts
Learn what pericarditis is.

Placenta previa: Fast Facts
Find out what placenta previa is in this brief definition that uses 3D medical animation.

Pneumococcal Vaccine
Learn how the pneumococcal vaccine protects you from serious infections.

Pneumonia: Self-Care
Learn what you can do at home to help yourself get better from pneumonia.

Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac: What to Do First
Learn how to wash so you won't spread the rash.

Practicing Self-Compassion
Learn how to go easy on yourself when things don't go as planned.

Prediabetes: Healthy Changes You Can Make
Learn how to make healthy changes that can help delay or prevent type 2 diabetes.

Prediabetes: Which Path Will You Take?
Learn how prediabetes motivated one woman to change her habits.

Pregnancy: Dealing With Back Pain
Learn how to protect your back and relieve pain during pregnancy.

Pregnancy: Eating the Right Foods
Learn about the nutrients you need to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.

Pregnancy: High Blood Pressure and Preeclampsia
Learn what it means for you and your baby when you're pregnant and have high blood pressure.

Pregnancy: How to Exercise Safely
Learn about the benefits of exercise during pregnancy and how to do it safely.

Pregnancy: Learning About Doctors and Midwives
Learn about the different ways doctors and midwives handle pregnancies and deliver babies.

Pregnancy: Signs of Preterm Labor
Find out the important differences between "practice contractions" and preterm labor.

Premature Baby: Special Care in the NICU
Learn what to expect and what you'll need to know if your premature baby is in the NICU.

Preparing Your Child for a Hospital Stay
Learn how to talk to your child about his or her upcoming hospital stay.

Prescription Medicine Misuse: Could You Have a Problem?
Learn some common signs of a problem with prescription medicine misuse.

Prescription Medicine Misuse: Getting Back on Track
Learn how to renew your commitment to stopping medicine misuse after a slip-up.

Prescription Medicine Misuse: Setting Goals for Quitting
Learn the simple steps that can help you reach a goal of quitting medicine misuse.

Prescription Medicine Misuse: Support for Recovery
Learn about the importance of finding support for recovery.

Prescription Medicine Misuse: Treatment Options
Learn about the different types of treatment that can help with prescription medicine misuse.

Preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in the Hospital
Learn how to help prevent dangerous blood clots (DVT) while in the hospital.

Preventing Falls in Older Adults
Learn how to prevent falls by taking care of yourself, preparing your home, and following a few safety tips.

Preventing Falls in the Hospital
Find out why you're at risk for falling in the hospital and how to prevent a fall.

Preventing Falls: Get an Eye Exam
Learn how getting an eye exam may help you stay safe and independent.

Preventing Falls: Leg Lifts
Learn how to do a simple exercise to strengthen your core and prevent falls.

Preventing Falls: Make Your Home Safe
Learn how to fix some common tripping hazards around your home.

Preventing Falls: Medicine Safety
Learn how some medicines can make you dizzy or drowsy and how you can stay safe.

Preventing Falls: The Four Fall Stoppers
Learn what causes most falls and what you can do to stay safe.

Preventing Falls: Two Good Exercises
Learn how to do two exercises to improve your strength and balance.

Preventing Falls: Use a Home Safety Checklist
Learn to spot hazards in your home by using a home safety checklist.

Preventing Problems After Surgery
Learn how to prevent problems and recover well after surgery.

Preventing Sepsis After You Leave the Hospital
After a hospital stay, it's important to prevent sepsis and watch for signs of it. Learn how.

Preventing a Heart Attack or Stroke: How Aspirin May Help
See why your doctor may prescribe aspirin to help prevent a heart attack or stroke.

Proper Lifting to Protect Your Back
Learn the right way to lift objects to protect your back.

Prostatectomy Surgery
Learn what a prostatectomy is and how it's done.

Prostatectomy: Returning Home
Learn how to care for yourself after a prostatectomy.

Protecting Your Skin From the Sun
Get tips on how to stay safe in the sun.

Quit Smoking: How to Tell Your Friends
Practice talking to your smoking friends about your decision to quit.

Quitting Smoking: Medicines Increase Success Rates
Learn how medicine can double or triple your chances of stopping smoking.

Quitting Smoking: Medicines to Help With Cravings
Learn about products and medicines that can take the edge off nicotine cravings.

Quitting Smoking: The Rewards Start Now
Learn some of the many immediate and long-term health benefits of quitting smoking.

Quitting Tobacco: Have Your Own Reasons
Learn why it matters that your reasons for quitting come from inside you.

Quitting Tobacco: How Medicines Can Help
Learn how other people quit tobacco by using nicotine replacement and other medicines.

Quitting Tobacco: It May Take Many Tries
Learn how it may take a few attempts before you quit tobacco for good.

Quitting Tobacco: Managing a Slip-Up
Learn how to assess the things that led to a slip-up and get back on track with quitting.

RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
Learn steps you can take at home to reduce pain and swelling after a sprain or strain.

Reading a Food Label
Learn how reading a food label can help you make healthy food choices.

Rebound Headaches
Learn why taking headache pain medicine too often may be causing even more headaches.

Reframing Your Thoughts About Managing Weight
Learn how reframing your thoughts about managing your weight can make a healthy difference.

Rotator Cuff Surgery
Learn about surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff.

Rotator Cuff Surgery: Returning Home
Get tips on how to take care of yourself at home after rotator cuff surgery.

Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
Learn how Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is done and what to expect after surgery.

Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: Returning Home
Get tips on how to care for yourself at home after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.

Safe Sleep for Babies
Learn how to make sure your new baby sleeps as safely as possible.

Safe Use of Non-Warfarin Blood Thinners
Learn how to be safe when taking a blood thinner other than warfarin.

Safely Storing and Getting Rid of Medicines
Protect yourself and others by knowing how to safely store and get rid of medicines.

Saving Money on Medicine
Get some tips on how to save money on your prescriptions.

Seated Exercises for Older Adults
Learn simple exercises that you can do while sitting down.

See Yourself as a Nonsmoker
Imagine your life without smoking or vaping.

Should My Son Be Circumcised?
To circumcise or not? It's your choice. Here are some things to think about.

Shoulder Replacement Surgery: Returning Home
Get tips on how to take care of yourself at home after shoulder replacement surgery.

Shoulder Replacement: Before Your Surgery
Learn about shoulder replacement surgery.

Shoulder and Arm Exercises After Breast Surgery
Learn exercises to reduce stiffness and soreness and get your shoulder and arm back to normal.

Signs of Labor
Learn the signs of labor so you'll know what to do when you're ready to have your baby.

Skin Cancer Prevention: How to Check Your Skin
Learn how to check your skin for possible signs of skin cancer.

Sleep Apnea: Having Trouble With CPAP?
Learn ways to get past common problems with using CPAP.

Sleep Apnea: How Is It Treated?
Learn about treatment choices for sleep apnea.

Sleep Apnea: How Treatment Can Improve Your Life
Learn about the benefits of treating sleep apnea.

Sleep Apnea: Time to Get Checked
Learn about the different ways that sleep apnea can affect the quality of your life.

Sleep Apnea: Using CPAP
Learn how CPAP works and how to use a CPAP machine to treat sleep apnea.

Sleep Apnea: What Is It?
Learn what sleep apnea is and why it's important to treat it.

Sleep Importance
Learn why good sleep matters to your health.

Sleep Problems: Getting Past Barriers to Powering Down
Learn how to reduce technology use before bed for better sleep.

Sleep Problems: Make a Plan to Power Down
Take steps to reduce your technology use before bed.

Sleep and Your Health
Learn how too little sleep affects your health, and how getting enough can undo these effects.

Sleeping Better
Learn tips for getting a good night's sleep.

Smoker's Cough: What Do You Tell Yourself?
Learn what many people tell themselves about a cough that won't go away.

Sore Throat: Here's Help
Take a minute to learn about a sore throat and what you can do to feel better.

Spinal Stenosis Surgery: How Others Decided
Hear what others thought about when deciding whether to have back surgery.

Spinal Stenosis: Home Treatment and Physical Therapy
Learn how home treatment and physical therapy can help you avoid surgery.

Spirometry Tests for Children
Learn about spirometry tests for children.

Statins Are Important After a Heart Attack
Learn why taking a statin pill is such an important part of your treatment.

Statins: Overcoming Barriers to Taking Them
Learn how to find what is getting in the way of taking your statin pill every day.

Statins: Should You Take Them to Lower Your Risk?
Compare the pros and cons of taking a statin to lower your risk for heart attack and stroke.

Stem Cell Transplant: Before Your Procedure
Find out how a stem cell transplant replaces damaged cells with healthy ones.

Stem Cell Transplant: Returning Home
Learn what to expect and how to care for yourself after a stem cell transplant.

Stories From People Controlling Their Asthma
Hear how others with asthma have learned to control their symptoms.

Stories From People Recovering From Depression
You can make it through your depression. Hear from people who have recovered from depression.

Stories From People With New Depression
You are not alone in feeling down. Hear from others who have depression.

Stories From People With Recurring Depression
Hear from others who have repeated bouts of depression.

Strep Test for Children
Learn what a strep test is and how it's done.

Stress Management: Using Yoga to Relax
Learn two simple yoga poses that can help reduce stress.

Stress and Coping: Mindfulness Can Help
Learn how two people practice mindfulness to help them cope with stress or a health problem.

Stress incontinence: Fast Facts
Learn what stress incontinence is.

Stroke Recovery: Finding What Inspires You
Getting better after a stroke takes patience and effort. See how others found inspiration to keep going.

Stroke Recovery: Using Support to Stay Positive
Get help thinking about ways to stay positive and hopeful after a stroke.

Stroke: Fast facts
Learn the definition of a stroke.

Stroke: Know the Signs and BE FAST
Learn how to recognize stroke symptoms and know when to call for emergency services.

Stroke: Understanding Your Emotions
Learn about the range of emotions you may experience after you've had a stroke.

Stroke: Understanding the Symptoms
Learn the symptoms of stroke and why it's important to call emergency services right away.

Stroke: What Is Stroke Rehab?
Learn how stroke rehab works and how it can help you get stronger and feel better.

Stroke: What's Your Risk?
Learn about some of the risk factors for stroke and find out how to help reduce stroke risk.

Substance Use Disorder: Treatment Options
Learn about your treatment options for substance use disorder.

Taking Blood Pressure Medicine: How Others Decided
Hear what other people thought about as they decided whether to take blood pressure pills.

Taking Care of Pinkeye at Home
Learn ways to ease the discomfort of pinkeye and keep the infection from spreading.

Taking Care of Stitches
Learn how to care for your stitches to help them heal properly.

Taking Care of a Cast or Splint
Learn how to take care of your cast or splint at home.

Taking Medicine to Stop a Migraine
Learn how taking medicine at the first sign of a migraine can help manage headache pain.

Taking Statins: How Others Decided
Hear why some people choose medicine and why others try to change their habits first.

Taking Your Blood Pressure at Home
Learn how to use a home blood pressure monitor.

Taking Your Child's Temperature
Learn 3 ways to take your child's temperature and the pros and cons of each way.

Teaching Your Child to Use an Inhaler With a Spacer
Learn how your child should use an inhaler with a spacer.

Teaching Your Child to Use an Inhaler Without a Spacer
Learn how your child should use an inhaler without a spacer.

Teenagers: Feeling Different Because of Asthma
Learn how expressing your negative feelings about asthma will help you feel better.

Teens and Healthy Eating: What Gets in Your Way?
Hear how other teens got past the things that kept them from healthier eating.

Teens: Get Moving!
See how other teens have gotten more active and had fun too.

Teens: Overweight? You're in Charge
Hear how one teen got motivated to take charge of his weight and eating habits.

Teens: Who Do You See in the Mirror?
Learn what body image is and how to feel better about the way you look.

Testing for Asthma in Children
Learn about asthma tests for children.

The Effects of High Blood Pressure
Learn how high blood pressure that isn't treated can cause serious health problems.

The Pain-Mood Connection
Learn how negative and positive thoughts affect the way you experience pain.

Thinking About a Coronary Angiogram
Learn what a coronary angiogram is and explore ideas for talking to your doctor to decide if this test is right for you.

Thinking Differently: Jess's Story
See how a person started reframing their thoughts so they could feel better about themselves and their life.

Thyroid Blood Test: Understanding the Test
Learn what a thyroid blood test checks for, why you may need one, and what the results mean.

Thyroid Scan: Understanding the Test
Learn what happens before and during a thyroid scan and what the test looks for.

Thyroidectomy: Before Surgery
Find out what to expect and how to prepare for a thyroidectomy.

Thyroidectomy: Returning Home
Find out how you'll feel after a thyroidectomy and how to take care of yourself at home.

Tips for Building Healthy Meals
Learn how to build healthy meals and gain confidence in the kitchen.

Tips for Finding a Therapist
Learn how you can find the right professional to meet your needs.

Tobacco: 5 Ways to Fit Quitting Into Your Social Life
Learn how to fit your new tobacco-free life into social settings.

Tracheostomy Surgery
Learn what a tracheostomy is and how it is done.

Tracheostomy: Returning Home
Learn how to take care of yourself at home after a tracheostomy.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): Before Your Procedure
Learn what transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is, how it is done, and how to prepare.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): Returning Home
Find out how to care for yourself after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

Treatment for Depression
Get a brief introduction to the ways depression can be treated.

Tubal Ligation
Learn what a tubal ligation is and how it's done.

Tubal Ligation: Returning Home
Learn how to take care of yourself at home after a tubal ligation.

Tube Feeding for Children
Learn about tube feeding for children and how it works.

Tubes for Ear Infections
Learn how temporary ear tubes help treat ear infections.

Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Bryson's Story
Watch Bryson's story with your child to learn about type 1 diabetes in children.

Type 1 Diabetes in Children: How to Support Your Teen
Find out how to support your teen who has type 1 diabetes.

Type 1 Diabetes: What Does It Mean for My Child?
Learn what type 1 diabetes means for your child, your family, and the rest of your child's life.

Type 2 Diabetes in Children: What Is It?
Find out what type 2 diabetes in children means.

Understanding Postpartum Depression
Learn about postpartum depression and how it's treated.

Upper GI Endoscopy
Learn what an upper GI endoscopy is used for and how it's done.

Upper GI Endoscopy for Children
Learn what an upper GI endoscopy for children is used for and how it's done.

Urethral Sling Surgery for Stress Incontinence: Before Your Surgery
Learn how urethral sling surgery for stress incontinence is done and how you can prepare.

Urethral Sling Surgery for Stress Incontinence: Returning Home
Learn how to take care of yourself after urethral sling surgery for stress incontinence.

Urinary Incontinence: Talk to Your Doctor
Learn more about leaking urine and why you should talk to your doctor about it.

Urinary Tract Infection: Here's Help
Take a minute to learn about a urinary tract infection and what you can do to feel better.

Urine Test: Understanding the Test
Learn what happens during a urine test, why it's done, and what it shows.

Urine Tests for Children
Learn about urine tests for children and how they're done.

Using Crutches
Learn how using crutches the right way will help you stay stable and safe while you heal.

Using Oxygen Therapy at Home
Learn how to safely use oxygen in your home.

Using Oxygen When Away From Home
Learn how to take oxygen along when you travel by air, train, or cruise ship.

Using Oxygen: Tips for Cannula and Skin Care
Learn how to take care of your skin and your oxygen nosepiece.

Using a Cane
Learn how to use your cane correctly so you can stay stable and safe.

Using a Dry Powder Inhaler
Learn the right way to use a dry powder inhaler to help control your asthma.

Using a Metered-Dose Inhaler With a Mask Spacer
Learn how to use a mask spacer to give a child an inhaled asthma medicine.

Using a Metered-Dose Inhaler Without a Spacer
Learn the correct way to use an inhaler that doesn't have a spacer.

Using a Rubber Bulb to Clear a Baby's Nose
Learn how to use a rubber bulb to remove mucus from a baby's nose.

Using a Walker
Learn how to use your walker correctly so you can stay stable and safe.

Using an Inhaler and Spacer
Learn the correct way to use a spacer with your inhaler.

Uterine fibroids: Fast facts
Learn about uterine fibroids.

VBAC or C-Section: What Birth Experience Feels Right for You?
Explore the different options for giving birth after a cesarean section to find what's right for you.

VBAC: Choosing a Hospital
Learn what questions to ask when choosing a hospital to have a vaginal birth after a cesarean section.

VBAC: Safe Labor After a Cesarean
Learn how your medical team makes vaginal birth after a cesarean section as safe as possible.

VBAC: Why Alex Chose a Vaginal Birth
Hear Alex's story and why she chose to have a vaginal birth after a past cesarean section.

VBAC: Why Rachel Chose a Cesarean Birth
Hear Rachel's story about why she chose to have a cesarean birth instead of a VBAC.

Vaginal Yeast Infection: Here's Help
Take a minute to find out what a vaginal yeast infection is and how to treat it.

Vasectomy: Before Your Surgery
Learn about a vasectomy, how it's done, and how to prepare for the surgery.

Vasectomy: Returning Home
Learn how to care for yourself and safely recover after a vasectomy.

Vertigo: Head Movements That Help
Learn simple head movements to help with vertigo and balance problems.

Vertigo: The Epley Maneuver
Learn how the Epley maneuver can help you get rid of your vertigo.

Vision Problems: Aids to Help You Cope
Learn about vision aids that can make life easier and safer.

Vision Problems: Making Your Home Safer
Learn how to use lighting and contrast to make your home safer.

Warfarin: 5 Things You Can Do to Take It Safely
Learn what you can do to be safe when you're taking warfarin.

Warfarin: Keeping Vitamin K in Balance
Find out how to eat a consistent amount of vitamin K so your warfarin (Coumadin) medicine will work the way it should.

Warfarin: Why Taking It Is Worth It
Learn why you need to keep taking warfarin and how to get help so you can keep taking it.

Ways to Keep Your Baby Safe
Here are just a few of the many ways to keep your baby safe.

Weight-Loss Surgery: How Others Decided
Hear what other people thought about as they decided whether to have weight-loss surgery.

Well-Baby Visits to the Doctor
Find out what happens at well-baby visits, how they help you, and why they're important.

What Are Opioids?
Prescribed an opioid? Get the facts so you can safely manage your pain.

What Difference Could the Flu Vaccine Make?
Find out the important things that happen for you and others when you're protected by the flu vaccine.

What Is Atrial Fibrillation?
Find out what atrial fibrillation is and how it's treated.

What Is Chemotherapy?
Learn what to expect when getting chemotherapy.

What Is Clot-Busting (Thrombolytic) Treatment?
Learn how clot-busting medicines are used for emergencies like stroke and heart attack.

What Is Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)?
Learn what can cause a DVT, why it's so dangerous, and what the symptoms are.

What Is Endometriosis?
Find out what endometriosis is and how to work with your doctor to find relief.

What Is High Blood Pressure?
Learn what blood pressure is, what it means when it's high, and how high blood pressure may be treated.

What Is Radiation Therapy?
Learn what to expect when getting radiation therapy.

What Is Sepsis?
Find out what sepsis is, how it happens, and how it's treated at the hospital.

What Is Type 1 Diabetes?
Learn what type 1 diabetes is and how it's treated.

What Is a Hospital Patient Advocate?
Learn what a hospital patient advocate is and what problems an advocate can help with.

What Is a Sleep Study?
Learn what sleep studies are and why they're done.

What Is a Stroke?
Learn what a stroke is and what problems it can cause.

What Is a TIA?
Learn about transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and what the risks are when you have one.

What Platelets Do
Learn what important blood cells called platelets do.

When You're Not Sleeping Well
Discover some lifestyle changes that can help with sleeplessness.

Why Are Blood Tests Needed With Some Medicines?
Find out which types of medicines require a regular blood test and why.

Why Children Don't Need Antibiotics for Colds or Flu
Learn why antibiotics shouldn't be prescribed to children who have a cold or flu.

Why Get Screened for Glaucoma?
Learn why getting a glaucoma test is important.

Why Get Your Child Immunized?
Learn how immunizations protect your child, your family, and your community.

Why Get Your Older Child or Teen Immunized?
Learn how immunizations protect your child, your family, and your community.

Why Get a Chlamydia Test?
Learn why getting a chlamydia test is important.

Why You Don't Need Antibiotics for Bronchitis
Learn why you probably don't need an antibiotic when you have acute bronchitis.

Work Closely With Your Doctor
Get ideas on how to work with your doctor to make the most of your visits.

Your Baby's Pyloric Stenosis Repair: Before Surgery
Find out what to expect when your baby has surgery to repair pyloric stenosis.

Your Baby's Pyloric Stenosis Repair: Returning Home
Find out what you can do at home to care for your child after a pyloric stenosis repair.

Your Child's Cardiac Catheterization for PDA: Before the Procedure
Learn what cardiac catheterization for PDA is and how to prepare your child for it.

Your Child's Cardiac Catheterization for PDA: Returning Home
Learn what you can do at home to care for your child after a cardiac catheterization for PDA.

Your Child's Cochlear Implant: Before Surgery
Find out what cochlear implant surgery is and how to prepare for it.

Your Child's Cochlear Implant: Returning Home
Find out what you can do at home to care for your child after a cochlear implant.

Your Child's EP Study and Ablation: Before the Procedure
Learn what an EP study and ablation are and how to prepare your child for each one.

Your Child's EP Study and Ablation: Returning Home
Learn what you can do at home to care for your child after an EP study and ablation.

Your Child's Hernia Repair: Before Surgery
Find out what to expect when your child has surgery to repair a hernia.

Your Child's Hernia Repair: Returning Home
Find out what you can do at home to care for your child after a hernia repair.

Your Child's Orchiopexy: Before Surgery
Find out what orchiopexy surgery is and how to prepare your child for it.

Your Child's Orchiopexy: Returning Home
Find out what you can do at home to care for your child after orchiopexy surgery.

Your Child's Skin Graft: Before Surgery
Learn what skin graft surgery is and how to prepare your child for it.

Your Child's Skin Graft: Returning Home
Learn what you can do at home to care for your child after a skin graft.

Your Child's Tonsillectomy: Before Surgery
Find out what to expect when your child has a tonsillectomy.

Your Child's Tonsillectomy: Returning Home
Find out what you can do at home to care for your child after a tonsillectomy.

Your Child's Wound Debridement: Before Surgery
Learn what wound debridement surgery is and how to prepare your child for it.

Your Child's Wound Debridement: Returning Home
Learn what you can do at home to care for your child after wound debridement surgery.

Your Corticosteroid Inhaler: Making It Easier to Breathe
Learn why you need to keep using your corticosteroid inhaler and how to make it easier to use.

Your Hospital Stay: Going Home
Learn how your discharge plan can help you feel more confident about leaving the hospital.

Your Hospital Stay: Moving to Another Care Facility
Learn how your discharge plan can help you feel more confident about moving to a care facility.

Your Pregnancy: The First Trimester
Learn about what the first trimester of pregnancy can bring, including body changes and symptoms.

Your Pregnancy: The Second Trimester
Learn what to expect during the second trimester, including how the baby is growing.

Your Pregnancy: The Third Trimester
Learn what to expect during the third trimester as well as the signs that you may need to call your doctor or midwife.

Your Pregnancy: Ways to Advocate for Yourself
Learn ways to advocate for yourself during pregnancy and childbirth.

Your Thoughts Affect What You Feel and Do
Learn how your thoughts affect what you feel and do.