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Here are some important handouts you should read.

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Activity Guidelines
Walking Guidelines During the Early Phase of Recovery

Advanced Healthcare Directives
Advance Health Care Directive
Instrucciones adelantadas, o Poder legal duradero para el cuidado médico

Asthma
Asthma - Your Personal Action Plan
Asthma Action Plan for Adults - NCR Form
Asthma Questionnaire - Adult Asthma Care Management Program
Asthma Self-Management Plan (Adult)
Asthma: 2 Week Diary (Adult)
How to Manage Asthma: A Guide for Adults and Children
How to Use Inhaled Medications for Asthma and COPD
Asthma Action Plan - Pediatric
Asthma After-Care Instructions

Asthma handouts in Chinese
Asthma Action Plan 哮喘行動計劃- 兒科
Inhaled Medications for Asthma & COPD 吸入性的類固醇

Asthma handouts in Spanish
Su niño y el asma
Cómo usar medicamentos inhalados para el asma y para la enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica
Acerca de los esteroides inhalados
Plan de acción para el asma
Plan de autocontrol para el asma (basado en los síntomas)
Plan de cuidado propio para adultos con asma
Su asma

Chest Pain
Chest Pain
How to Manage Your Angina
Irregular Heart Rhythms

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Your COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
About Inhaled Steroids
How to Use Inhaled Medications for Asthma and COPD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) handouts in Chinese
Inhaled Medications for Asthma & COPD 吸入性的類固醇

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) handouts in Spanish
Cómo usar medicamentos inhalados para el asma y para la enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica
Acerca de los esteroides inhalados
Su asma

Diabetes
Alcohol & Diabetes
Blood Glucose Monitoring
Taking Care of Your Diabetes: Managing Sick Days and Infections
Diabetes and Air Travel: What You Should Know
For Men: Diabetes and Sexual Health
For Women: Diabetes and Sexual Health
Diabetes Education Resources Guide for Members
Diabetes Medications: How They Work
Diabetes Urine Testing
Diets for Diabetics
Eating Well with Diabetes and Carbohydrate Basics
Being Active With Diabetes: How to Get Started
Intensive Control of Diabetes
Personal Diabetes Record
Type 2 Diabetes: Act Now to Reduce your Risks
Testing Your Own Blood Sugar
Vomiting, Diarrhea, and Other Illnesses in Diabetics

Diabetes handouts in Spanish
Cómo alimentarse bien si sufre de diabetes e información básica sobre los carbohidratos
La actividad física y la diabetes: cómo comenzar
El cuidado de su diabetes: Cómo manejar los días de enfermedad y las infecciones
Control intensivo de la diabetes
Cuidado de los pies para los diabéticos
Diabetes y la preparación para el embarazo
El alcohol y la diabetes
Examen de orina en los diabéticos
Medicamentos para la diabetes Como Funcionan
Cómo medir su nivel de azúcar en la sangre
Neuropatía diabética
Para mujeres: Diabetes y salud sexual
Para los hombres: La diabetes y la salud sexual
Registro personal de diabetes
¿Debería Ud. hacerse una prueba de detección de la diabetes?

Diabetes handouts in Chinese
Diabetes & Carbohydrate 糖尿病健康飲食需知
Diabetes and Sexual Health-Men 糖尿-男性與性功能
Diabetes and Sexual Health-Women 糖尿-女性與性功能
Diabetes and Exercise 糖尿病與運動
Personal Diabetes Record 個人糖尿病記錄
Testing Your Own Blood Sugar 檢查自己的血糖

Heart Attack and Heart Failure
Congestive Heart Failure
Heart Attack
Heart Attack - Am I Having a Heart Attack?

Heart Failure Medicines - How They Work

Heart Attack and Heart Failure handouts in Spanish
Ataques cardiacos
Dolor en el pecho
Injertos de puentes coronarios arteriales
Instrucciones para pacientes acerca de la niacina
Insuficiencia cardiaca congestiva
Presión arterial alta
¿Tiene presión sanguínea alta? Esto es lo que puede hacer

Pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pulmonía - in Spanish

Pressure Ulcers
Pressure Ulcers - JAMA patient page (Spanish) - in Spanish

Sepsis
Sepsis - What You Should Know

Smoking Cessation Aids
Advice for the Friend of Someone who Smokes
Developing a Plan for Quitting Smoking
Secondhand Smoke
Smoke Signals (Secondhand Smoke)
Smoking - Clearing the Air - A Guide to Quitting Smoking
Smoking - Getting Ready to Get Ready to Quit Smoking
Medications to Help You Quit Tobacco: What's Best For You?
What's the Real Deal? Information for Teens about Tobacco
Why Do You Smoke?
Why People Smoke
You Can Quit Smoking

Smoking Cessation handouts in Spanish
¡Puede Dejar de Fumar!
Medicamentos para ayudarle a dejar de fumar: ¿Cuál es el mejor para usted?
Marihuana, alucinógenos e inhalantes
Señales De Tobaco
Usted puede dejar de fumar

Stroke
Stroke
Derrame cerebral – in Spanish

Ulcers
Peptic Ulcers
Úlceras pépticas in Spanish

 


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