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Tobacco Addiction
Smoking or chewing tobacco is very dangerous for your health, but there are many resources available to help you… It’s no secret that smoking or chewing tobacco is dangerous for your health. Many people try to quit and are successful. Still, many others try…
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Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs During Pregnancy
Even minor usage of tobacco, alcohol, or drugs during your pregnancy can cause serious risks for the health of your… birth weight or certain birth defects. Smoking during or after pregnancy also has been linked to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Other tobacco products, such…
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Smokeless Tobacco: Tips on how to stop
Smokeless tobacco products are just as bad for you as smoking. They can lead to health problems including cancer. Resources… Rather than being inhaled, smokeless tobacco is consumed orally. Chewing tobacco and snuff are the two main forms. Newer forms of smokeless tobacco include: Snus,…
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Illegal Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Your Child
Children are exposed to drugs, alcohol, and tobacco through a number of sources. Talking to your child about these issues… Alcohol, tobacco, and drugs are a health risk to everyone, especially children. They also are more harmful to children because they affect proper development. Most…
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Substance Use Disorder
Substance use disorder can happen when products aren’t used in the right way. Prescription medicines, illegal drugs, tobacco, and alcohol… Substance use disorder can happen when some products aren’t used in the right way. This includes prescription medicines, over-the-counter medicines, recreational and illegal drugs,…
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Non-substance Addiction
A non-substance addiction includes things like gambling, sex, food, the internet, mobile devices, and shopping. It is also known as… What is a non-substance addiction? Most people associate addiction with tobacco, drugs, and alcohol. A non-substance addiction includes things such as gambling, risky sex, pornography,…
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The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
Just because you aren’t the person smoking the cigarette doesn’t mean it can’t harm you. Secondhand smoke contains more than… Secondhand smoke is the combination of smoke exhaled by a smoker and smoke that comes out of the burning end of a tobacco product…
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How to Support an Addict
Supporting a loved one who has an addiction, whether to alcohol, drugs, gambling, or something else, can be tough. But… Addiction is a serious disease that can happen to anyone. It affects a person’s brain and behavior. There are many things that people can be…
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Lifestyle Changes to Help Lower Your Blood Pressure
Lowing high blood pressure is possible with small lifestyle changes… also include taking blood pressure-lowering medicine. However, your lifestyle changes will be just as important. Path to improved health How do tobacco products affect blood pressure? The nicotine in cigarettes and other tobacco products causes your blood…
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Getting Help to Quit Smoking
Quitting smoking is difficult, to say the least, but it’s worth making a priority in your life. Don’t go it… Quitting smoking is difficult, to say the least, but it’s worth making a priority in your life. Don’t go it alone. There is plenty of…
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Adolescents and Young Adults: Getting the Preventive Services You Need
Get an early start on good lifelong health by learning about the services and advice your family doctor can provide… When you are young, you may not think much about going to the doctor unless you’re sick or hurt. But your doctor is there in…
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Air Pollution
Outdoor air pollution is a mix of gases and toxic particles in the air we breathe. Regular exposure to it… Outdoor air pollution is a mix of natural and man-made particles in the air. Regular exposure to it can harm our health when we breathe…
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Preventive Services for Healthy Living
A preventive service might be a test, an immunization or vaccine, or advice from your doctor. These services can detect… In addition to treating you when you are sick, your doctor can help you follow a program designed to help you stay healthy. Many physicians…
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RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common virus. It affects your lungs, making it difficult to breathe. The virus is… What is RSV? Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common virus. It affects your lungs. It makes it difficult to breathe. The virus is…
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Antioxidants: What You Need to Know
Antioxidants are chemicals that help stop or limit damage caused by free radicals. They also boost your immunity… Your body’s cells face threats every day. Viruses and infections attack them. Free radicals also can damage your cells and DNA. Some cells can heal from the…
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Asthma in Kids
Asthma is a disease that often starts in childhood and makes it difficult for your child to breathe… What is asthma? Asthma is a disease that often starts in childhood. Asthma makes it difficult for your child’s lungs to get air. That makes it…
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Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
Erectile dysfunction is when a man cannot get or keep an erection. It can be caused by a number of… What is erectile dysfunction? Erectile dysfunction (ED) is when a man cannot get or keep an erection. The condition prevents the man from having…
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Nicotine Patch
A nicotine patch adheres to your skin and can help you stop smoking… Congratulations on your decision to quit smoking! This is called smoking cessation. Quitting is the best thing you can do to improve your heath. It lowers your risk of cancer and heart…
