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• Lupus and Heart Disease
• Going Vegan With RA
• The Promise of Tanezumab
• Can Vitamin D Prevent Arthritis?
• What Should You Do About Bone Spurs?
• Building Bone Density With Exercise
• A Negative Verdict for Glucosamine and Chondroitin Supplements
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• Gentle Workouts Relieve Arthritis Pain
• What's the Link Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Cancer?
• Gout and Soda: What's the Connection?
• Joint Replacement: It's Not Just Knees and Hips
• Chronic Lyme Disease vs. Post-Lyme Disease
• Fibromyalgia: Understanding a Mysterious Ailment
• Chronic Pain: It's Not Just About Your Joints
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• How Often Should You Have Bone Density Testing?
• Soy and Osteoporosis Prevention: What's the Connection?
• Another Reason to Practice Yoga
• Common GERD Drug Increases Risk of Osteoporosis
• Can Massage Help Back Pain?
• 6 Simple Stretches for Pain-Free Travel
• Is Surgery Your Best Option for a Herniated Disk?
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• Osteoporosis: Not Just a Woman's Disease
• Osteopenia: To Treat or Not to Treat?
• Osteoporosis and Digestive Disorders
• Back Pain – Is It All in Your Head?
• Advice To Help You Get a Good Night's Sleep With an Aching Back
• Is it Ever Okay To Discontinue Your Osteoporosis Medication?
• 6 Exercises To Help Build Bone Strength and Help Prevent Osteoporosis
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• Chewing Gum Is Good For Your Recovery
• Exercise Your Way to a Healthier Colon
• Colonoscopy Prep: Going Liquid
• The Outlook for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
• Colon Cancer Surgery: Open or Laparoscopic?
• Research Update on Colorectal Cancer
• Clinical Trial Terminology Explained
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• In the Pipeline: Biomarkers for Detection of Colorectal Cancer
• Flat Colon Lesions: Cause for Concern?
• Making Your Colonoscopy Count
• Coping With the Mental Side Effects of Chemotherapy
• Surviving the Emotional Aftershock of Colorectal Cancer
• How Old Is Too Old for Colorectal Cancer Surgery?
• Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Colon Cancer
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• The Challenge of Antidepressant Medication and Intimacy
• Antidepressant Medication: How Long Is Enough?
• Insomnia and Mood Disorders
• Do You Need a PAD?
• Antidepressant Medication "Poop Out"
• Exercise is Medicine for the Brain
• Electroconvulsive Therapy Update
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• Why Older Women Have Eating Disorders
• What Happens When Stress Doesn't Go Away
• The Pain-Mood Connection
• Report on Substance Abuse and Aging
• Anxiety and Your Physical Health
• Eating Disorders: Not Just for the Young
• Coping With Panic Attacks
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• Treating Type 2 Diabetes With Lap-Band Surgery
• Is Diabetes in Your Genes?
• Are Your Feet at Risk?
• Preventing Hypo- or Hyperglycemia During Exercise
• Putting Portion Control to the Test
• Should You Take Avandia for Diabetic Retinopathy?
• New Approach to Slow Diabetic Kidney Disease
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• Looking Out for Number One: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
• Traveling Safely With Diabetes
• Understanding How Insulin Regulates Blood Glucose
• The Role of Insulin in Blood Glucose Control
• Getting a Better Look at Blood Sugar Levels
• Making Sense of Type 2 Diabetes Medications
• Diabetic Neuropathy: An Underdiagnosed Complication
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• Restaurant Rules
• Eating Advice for People With Diverticulosis
• Pros and Cons of Daily Medication for GERD
• Alternative Goes Conventional for IBS
• Foodborne Illness: Separating Fact From Fiction
• The Truth About Food Safety Claims
• Should You Try a Gluten-Free Diet?
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• Life Without a Gallbladder
• 7 Tips to Help You Reduce Bloating
• How Your Gut Can Affect Your Bones
• What to Expect From Your Endoscopy
• Four Relaxation Techniques to Soothe Your Digestive Discomfort
• How to Banish Bloating
• Digestive Disorders Glossary
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• Overactive Bladder Concerns
• Complaining About Prostatitis
• Should You Try Botox for Nocturia?
• Options for Treating Chronic Prostatitis
• When the Chronic Pelvic Pain of Prostatitis Takes a Toll on a Man's Sex Life
• Primer on Prostatitis
• Alternative Treatment for Chronic Prostatitis May Help
• What Causes BPH?
• Should You Try Combination Treatment for Your BPH?
• The Importance of a BPH-Friendly Diet
• A Lexicon of BPH Surgical Techniques
• When Should You Treat Your BPH?
• Talking About Prostatitis With Dr. Alexander
• Should You Avoid Alcohol If You Have BPH?
• Can You Prevent BPH With NSAIDs?
• Weight Gain Triggers BPH
• Get Moving to Protect Your Prostate
• More Good News About Vegetables
• Dialogue With Dr. A: Will Prostatitis Affect My Quality of Life?
• Dialogue With Doctor M: Are my Urinary Problems Caused by LUTS, BPH, or LOO?
• Prostatitis--Nailing Down the Diagnosis
• Do You Have BPH?
• What Causes Prostatitis?
• Should You Consider Watchful Waiting?
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• PVP or TURP for BPH?
• In the Pipeline: New Treatments for BPH
• BPH: New Discoveries May Lead to Better Treatment
• What Does It Mean? PSA Terminology Explained
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• Are Your Ears Ringing?
• Pill Splitting Advice
• Urgent Care or the ER – Which is the Right Choice?
• Chronotherapy: Taking Medications at the Right Time
• The Truth About Toenail Fungus
• Is White Wine Good For Your Heart?
• Does Insomnia Run in Families?
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• Your Cosmetic Dentisty Options
• The Pain-Mood Connection
• How the FDA Approval Process Works
• Are You At Risk For Gallstones?
• Chronic Pain: Johns Hopkins Symptoms and Remedies
• Breathe Easier With An Air Purifier
• Good Nutrition in a Hurry
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• Genetic Testing for Heart Disease: Is It a Good Idea?
• 15 Tasty Ways to Eat More Fruits and Vegetables
• Are You At Risk for an Aortic Aneurysm?
• Flu shot a MUST for People with Heart Disease
• What Is Non-HDL Cholesterol?
• Is White Wine Good For Your Heart?
• Key Heart Attack Prevention Strategies
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• Protecting Your Heart With Whole Grains
• What You Should Know About C-Reactive Protein
• Ways to Boost Your HDL Cholesterol
• Zapping Abnormal Heart Rhythms
• The Best Screening Tests for People Without Symptoms of Heart Disease
• When Atherosclerosis Strikes in the Legs
• The New Blood Lipid Tests -- Sizing Up LDL Cholesterol
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• Treating Hypertension as You Age
• Why You Should Monitor Your Blood Pressure at Home
• Blood Pressure Basics
• What to Ask Your Doctor About Blood Pressure Medication
• 7 Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Blood Pressure Medication
• 5 Tips to Help You Remember Your Blood Pressure Medication
• Transcendental Meditation and Your Blood Pressure
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• Can You Pass the Stroke Symptom Test?
• Controlling Difficult-to-Control Hypertension
• When Your Heart Feels Like It's Skipping a Beat
• Guidelines on Controlling Pain Without Raising Your Blood Pressure
• Get Moving To Lower Your Blood Pressure
• Thriving on a Low-Salt Diet
• Advice to Help You Remember Your Blood Pressure Medication
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• Should You Be Screened for Lung Cancer?
• The Mental Health Consequences of COPD
• Got Asthma? Get a Flu Shot
• COPD Patients: Take a Deep Breath
• Research on Dangers of Sleep Apnea
• Is Fiber Good For Your Lungs? Stay Tuned
• Getting Rid of Dust Mites
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• On the Horizon: New Treatments for COPD
• Four Steps to Better Asthma Control
• COPD: Catching the "Silent Killer"
• Home Monitoring for Sleep Apnea
• Looking At How The Lungs Work
• Advice on Home Air Cleaners
• 9 Common Mold Myths
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• The Potential of Repurposed Drugs to Slow Alzheimer's
• Living With Alzheimer's: Two Stories From the Front
• Symptoms of Early-Stage Alzheimer's You Should Know
• Update on The Search for an Alzheimer's Cure
• Talking About Alzheimer's
• The High Cost of Information Overload
• Restrict, Reassess, Reconsider, Rechannel, Reassure, Review
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• Does Light Therapy Help Alzheimer's Patients Sleep?
• Habilitation: A Better Caregiving Approach
• Guarding Your Memory
• Activities to Engage the Dementia Patient
• Caregivers -- The Hidden Patients
• New Frontiers in Alzheimer's Research
• Low-Tech Screening Tests for Dementia
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• How Much Calcium Is Really in Your Supplement?
• Weight Loss Fact or Fiction
• Testing Your Vitamin D Levels
• Calculating Your Calcium
• What Is "Normal-Weight Obesity" and Do You Have It?
• Serving Size Basics
• Phytochemicals: Essential to Good Health
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• The Wisdom of Cutting Back on Salt
• The Psychology of Mindless Eating
• 7 Strategies to Rev Up Your Aging Metabolism
• Changing Behavior to Lose Weight
• Dietary Supplements: Yea or Nay?
• A Guide to Choosing Lean Meats and Poultry
• 7 Easy and Effective Weight-Loss Strategies
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• Protecting Yourself From a Serious Fall
• Warning Signs of Prescription Drug Abuse in the Elderly
• Is It Safe to Split My Pills?
• Drug Safety and the Elderly
• When Your Health Insurance Company Asks You to Switch Medications
• The Wisdom of Timing Your Meds
• What Is a Lifestyle Drug?
• Medication Sharing -- Common and Dangerous
• Viagra for Women?
• Health Reporting Comes Up Short
• Why Generic Drugs Cost Less
• How Antibiotics and Other Drugs Work
• How Long Do Medications Last?
• Why You Should Talk to Your Pharmacist
• Remembering to Take Your Medication
• The FDA Approval Process
• Understanding How Our Body Responds to Drugs As We Age
• Using Pain Relief Patches Safely
• 5 Steps To Help You Avoid Common Drug Side Effects
• Adverse Drug Reactions and Other Age-Related Medication Concerns
• What Is an Authorized Generic Drug?
• The Connection Between Sedatives and Fractures in Elderly Patients
• What Is Pharmacogenomics?
• Ask the Doctor About Nanopharmaceuticals
• How To Dispose of Your Medications
• Affording Your Medications
• The Risks of Drug Flipping
• Monitoring Your Medications
• Using Acetaminophen Safely
• Chemical Culprit in Grapefruit-Drug Interactions Identified
• Should Physicians Use Secret Placebos?
• Big Pharma and Generic Drugs
• Shingles Vaccine Update
• Direct-To-Consumer Drug Ads -- What's in them for you?
• Medication and the Media
• Using Generic Drugs Safely
• Safe Use of Antibiotics
• Your Pharmacist -- An Underutilized Resource
• Drug Safety in the News
• The High Cost of Chemotherapy
• Drugstore Aisle Updates on Warfarin, DHEA, Black Cohosh
• Generic Drugs
• Drugstore Aisle Updates on Amplichip, St. John's Wort and Gleevec, and medication mistakes
• How Aging Affects the Body's Response to Drugs
• Ask the Doctor About Your Prescriptions
• Prescription Drugs That Cause Weight Gain
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• The Wait for Generic Biologic Drugs
• How Antibiotics and Other Drugs Work
• What Is Pharmacogenics and Can It Help You?
• The Life Cycle of a Pill
• User-Friendly Information Inserts
• When Herbs and Prescription Drugs Don't Mix
• New Choices in Sleeping Pills
• How Medications Work
• Prescription Drugs Glossary
• How To Stay Safe on Coumadin (warfarin)
• Ordering Your Drugs Online
• Did I Take That Pill...Or Not?
• Will This Medication Work? Look to Your Genes
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• Linking Obesity and Aggressive Prostate Cancer
• Understanding the TNM Prostate Cancer Staging System
• Stay Active to Reduce Your Risk of Prostate Cancer
• Testosterone Supplements: Yea or Nay?
• Is a Clinical Trial Right for You?
• Clinical Trial Terminology Explained
• Surgery With the da Vinci Surgical System
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• Should You Take Proscar to Prevent Prostate Cancer?
• Proton Beam Therapy for Prostate Cancer
• Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer
• Taxotere: Chemotherapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer
• Testosterone-Replacement Therapy: Does It Increase Prostate Cancer Risk?
• Understanding Your Pathology Report
• Simple Steps to Protect Yourself Against Prostate Cancer
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• Eye on the Eyedrops
• Do Antioxidants Prevent Cataracts and Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
• Practical Advice to Help You See Better When You Drive
• 7 Tips to Help You Stay Safe With Low Vision
• What Causes Dry Eye?
• Protect Your Eyes With Omega-3s
• Should You Take Avandia for Diabetic Retinopathy?
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• What You Should Expect After Cataract Surgery
• Your Glaucoma Treatment Options
• 4 Promising Treatments for AMD
• Glaucoma: A Family Matter
• How the Eye Works
• Advice To Help You See Better When You Drive
• Learning More About Antioxidants and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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• How Much Calcium Is Really in Your Supplement?
• Weight Loss Fact or Fiction
• Testing Your Vitamin D Levels
• Calculating Your Calcium
• What Is "Normal-Weight Obesity" and Do You Have It?
• Serving Size Basics
• Phytochemicals: Essential to Good Health
• More alerts...
• The Wisdom of Cutting Back on Salt
• The Psychology of Mindless Eating
• 7 Strategies to Rev Up Your Aging Metabolism
• Changing Behavior to Lose Weight
• Dietary Supplements: Yea or Nay?
• A Guide to Choosing Lean Meats and Poultry
• 7 Easy and Effective Weight-Loss Strategies
• More Special Reports...