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Prevention

Basic, preventive health care is an essential part of an effective overall health care plan. Many diseases can be prevented, so providing patients with the information and skills to reduce health risks — like reducing substance use, practicing safe sex, maintaining good emotional/mental health, eating healthy foods and engaging in physical activity — can dramatically reduce the occurrence of chronic conditions.

In this section, you’ll find the latest news and articles that discuss topics related to the following categories: Emotional Health, Fitness, Men's Health, Nutrition, Positive Aging, Women's Health and Trip Tips.

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03/27/2002 - Articles

Diet Still Important for People on Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs

Cholesterol-lowering "statin" drugs work best in combination with a heart-healthy low-fat diet. Read more

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03/07/2002 - Articles

Review -- "Defy Aging"

While physical health improvements can add years (even decades) to your life, you'll want to be sure that you are emotionally equipped for this benefit, by lessening your risk of falling into loneliness, depression, and deteriorating mental abilities -- themselves likely to shorten your life in the long run. With this book, you can learn how to defy aging, and live a longer life to the full. Read more

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03/07/2002 - Articles

Looking After Grandmother

American women, on average, outlive men by six years. They are more likely than men to be sick, poor, and alone when they die. What must be done to provide more help for them as they approach the end of their lives? Read more

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02/26/2002 - Articles

Increased Vitamin A Intake May Raise the Fracture Risk

It looks as if a high intake of vitamin A may actually increase the risk of breaking a bone when you fall... Read more

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02/26/2002 - Articles

Taking a Bite Out of Cholesterol

As part of a low-fat diet, a cholesterol-lowering margarine can give you an edge in fighting high cholesterol. Read more

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02/08/2002 - Articles

High Triglycerides Tied to Stroke Risk

A new study has identified a link between blood triglyceride levels and the risk of stroke. Read more

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01/16/2002 - News

Attitude towards depression is a cultural thing

A new study of attitudes towards depression, alcohol and suicide in two cultural groups reveals widely differing views. Read more

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01/16/2002 - News

Suppressing anger only makes it worse

If you hide conceal or substitute emotions, they will find a way of expressing themselves eventually, according to new research. Read more

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01/14/2002 - News

You're never too old for weights

Till now, you may have believed that training with free weights - dumb bells and bar bells - is best kept for younger people. Well, think again. Bruce Craig, of the Human Performance Laboratory at Ball State University, says that men and women well past retirement age have much to gain from resistance training. Read more

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01/11/2002 - Articles

Omega-3s, the Heart-Healthy Fats

After years of telling consumers to eat less fat, health professionals are now advising them to eat more of one particular kind -- omega-3 fats, which seem to play a role in the prevention of heart disease. Read more

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