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Nutrition: How to Make Healthier Food Choices
Making healthier food choices allows you to have more control of your weight and your cholesterol and helps to prevent… excess calories to your diet. This can lead to weight gain and obesity or increase your risk for certain issues. Heart disease, diabetes, some cancers,…
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OTC Medicines: Know Your Risks and Reduce Them
Over-the-counter (OTC) medicines can be purchased at the store without a doctor’s prescription, but care should still be taken to… of medicine. People who have the following conditions are also at a higher risk: Asthma Bleeding disorders Blood clotting disorders Breathing problems Diabetes Enlarged prostate glands Epilepsy…
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Teenagers: How to Stay Healthy
Developing healthy habits when you’re a teenager will help you as you grow into an adult. Learn tips for staying… can’t talk to my parents or teachers about my problems. Who can I talk to? Resources Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Information for Parents…
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What to Eat Before and After a Workout
Exercise is important for maintaining your health. What you eat before and after your workout can have an impact on… health condition that would affect my ability to exercise? Am I taking any medication that would interfere with exercise? How does my diabetes affect what…
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Scleroderma
Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disorder. There are 2 types of scleroderma. One type affects the skin. The other type… and legs. You may have 1 or more patches as small as half an inch or as large as 12 inches in diameter. With the…
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma is a common form of skin cancer… Changes in the color of a skin spot. This could be darkening, loss of color, spreading color, or multiple color. D for diameter: A skin spot more than ¼ inch in diameter E or evolving: Skin spot…
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Skin Cancer
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer and highly preventable with regular screening… What is skin cancer? Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. Almost all skin cancers are the result of too much exposure to ultraviolet light. This…
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Dilation and Curettage (D and C) Procedure
Dilation and curettage (D and C) is a surgical procedure of the uterus… What Is a Dilation and Curettage (D&C) Procedure? Dilation and curettage (D and C) is a surgical procedure of the uterus. It consists of manually dilating, or opening, your cervix. A…
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Child Safety: Keeping Your Home Safe for Your Baby
If you have a baby in your house, you need to make sure they stay safe. You may need to… If you have a baby in your house, you need to make sure they stay safe. Children don’t understand danger. And as they grow,…
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What do I need in my first aid kit?
A well-prepared first aid kit is an important tool in treating minor injuries that commonly occur at home and when… First aid is important for a number of situations that don’t require a trip to the hospital or emergency room. These situations include minor…
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Effects of Early Sun Exposure
There is a direct link between sun exposure and most skin cancers. The ultraviolet (UV) rays in sunlight are invisible… There is a direct link between sun exposure and most skin cancers. The ultraviolet (UV) rays in sunlight are invisible. But they penetrate skin and…
