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• Arthritis
  • Xarelto: A New Drug for New Joints
  • Tai Chi for Fibromyalgia: Should You Try It?
  • Tackling B Cells to Fight Lupus
  • Does Complementary Medicine Work for Osteoarthritis? Here’s What We Know …
  • Research Report: Aquatic Exercise Aids Recovery After Knee Replacement
  • Advice to Help You Sleep Better with Fibromyalgia
  • In the Pipeline: DMOADs for Osteoarthritis
  • More Alerts...
  • Arthritis in Your Ankle? You've Got Choices!
  • 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
  • Fibromyalgia: Understanding a Mysterious Ailment
  • Chronic Lyme Disease vs. Post-Lyme Disease
  • More Special Reports...
• Back Pain
  • Research Update: Manual Mobilization Improves Kyphosis
  • 5 Tips to Help You Maintain a Healthy Back
  • The Alexander Technique: An Alternative Therapy for Chronic Back Pain
  • Improving Posture to Prevent Back Pain
  • Neck Strength Training: How It Can Help
  • Yoga for Low Back Pain Relief: Alternative No Longer
  • Adult Scoliosis: Could It Be the Cause of Your Back Pain?
  • More Alerts...
  • 9 Exercises to Strengthen Your Back
  • Back Pain – Is It All in Your Head?
  • Advice To Help You Get a Good Night's Sleep With an Aching Back
  • A Back-Strengthening Program
  • An Imaging Arsenal for Diagnosing Back Pain
  • Corticosteroid Spinal Injections for Back Pain Relief
  • Back Pain and Osteoporosis Glossary
  • More Special Reports...
• Cancer
• Caregivers | Caregiving
• Colon Cancer
  • Colonoscopy Prep Advice
  • Do Colon Polyps Always Lead to Colon Cancer?
  • Preventing Colorectal Cancer Recurrence with Aspirin Therapy: Yea or Nay?
  • Many Reasons for Optimism in the Fight Against Colorectal Cancer
  • Follow-Up After Colorectal Surgery: What to Expect
  • Interpreting the Signs and Symptoms of Colorectal Cancer
  • The Virtues of Virtual Colonoscopy
  • More Alerts...
  • The Promise of Personalized Colon Cancer Therapy
  • How Old Is Too Old for Colorectal Cancer Surgery?
  • 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
  • More Special Reports...
• Complementary Medicine
• Depression and Anxiety
  • Bipolar Disorder Type 1 or 2: How to Tell the Difference
  • Research on Bright-Light Therapy for SAD and Bipolar Disorder
  • Research on Vitamins B6 and B12 and Depression
  • Weight Gain: An Unwelcomed Side Effect of Psychiatric Medications
  • When Electroconvulsive Therapy Is the Right Choice
  • When Anxiety Spins Out of Control
  • What Causes Dysthymia?
  • More Alerts...
  • Treating Mood Disorders With Hallucinogenic Drugs
  • Facing Your Fears With Exposure Therapy
  • 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
  • More Special Reports...
• Diabetes
  • Which Comes First: Diabetes or Depression?
  • Sugars and Sugar Alcohols: What’s the Difference?
  • Diabetes and the Glycemic Index
  • Diabetes and Sex: Don’t Give Up Hope
  • Carbohydrates: How Low Should You Go?
  • How to Recognize the Symptoms of Hypoglycemia
  • Going on the Offensive to Protect Yourself Against Heart Disease
  • More Alerts...
  • Prediabetes: Meeting an Epidemic With New Treatment Goals
  • 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
  • More Special Reports...
• Digestive Health
  • Ask the Doctor About GERD
  • Depression & Celiac Disease: A Growing Problem
  • Signs and Symptoms of Gallstones
  • Six Strategies to Protect Against Esophageal Cancer
  • Primer on Hiatal Hernia
  • What’s So Great About Fiber?
  • Diagnosing Pancreatic Cancer: What to Expect
  • More Alerts...
  • On the Horizon: Two New Surgical Treatments for GERD
  • Focus on Peptic Ulcers
  • 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
  • More Special Reports...
• Enlarged Prostate
  • Should You Try Saw Palmetto for Your BPH Symptoms? What We Recommend
  • Should You Have a PSA Screening Test? Johns Hopkins Responds to Recent USPSTF Recommendations
  • How Severe Is Your BPH? Take This Prostate Symptom Questionnaire to Find Out
  • Which Is It: Prostatitis or Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS)?
  • Keeping Enlarged Prostate in Check
  • A Look at the UPOINT System
  • Should You Try an ED Drug for BPH?
  • More Alerts...
  • Two-Drug Options for BPH
  • Do You Have BPH? Take This Prostate Symptom Questionnaire to Find Out
  • 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
  • More Special Reports...
• Exercise and Fitness
• Healthy Living
  • Research on Compression Stockings to Prevent Blood Clots
  • Advice to Help You Stay Healthy When You Travel
  • Guidelines on Alcohol Consumption: How Much Is Too Much?
  • Male Stoicism: Bad for the Health
  • Fluzone High-Dose: A Flu Vaccine for Older Adults
  • Fighting Pancreatic Cancer: Treatments on the Horizon
  • 9 Do’s and Don’ts for Older Drivers
  • More Alerts...
  • Do You Have a Thyroid Disorder?
  • Impulse Control: The Link Between Parkinson's and Gambling
  • The Pain-Mood Connection
  • Your Cosmetic Dentisty Options
  • How the FDA Approval Process Works
  • Are You At Risk For Gallstones?
  • Breathe Easier With An Air Purifier
  • More Special Reports...
• Heart Health
  • 10 Steps to Lower Triglycerides
  • Migraines Linked to Risk of Heart Attacks
  • Grapefruit Interactions: Advice to Help You Stay Safe
  • After a Heart Attack: Nine Important Steps to Follow
  • Angina Basics
  • Gum Disease and Heart Disease: What’s the Link?
  • Heart Attacks Decreasing … Survival Increasing
  • More Alerts...
  • The Research on Psoriasis and Cardiovascular Disease
  • Cardiac Rehab Works: Here’s How
  • Protecting Your Heart With Whole Grains
  • What You Should Know About C-Reactive Protein
  • Zapping Abnormal Heart Rhythms
  • Ways to Boost Your HDL Cholesterol
  • The Best Screening Tests for People Without Symptoms of Heart Disease
  • More Special Reports...
• Hypertension and Stroke
  • Understanding the Two Types of Stroke
  • Sleep Apnea Linked to Increased Stroke Risk
  • Another Reason to Rev Up Your Exercise Regimen
  • Where Do Migraines Come From?
  • Research: Blood Pressure Fluctuations Linked to Stroke Signs
  • How Worried Should You Be About a Stroke?
  • Can Moderate Alcohol Consumption Prevent Hypertension?
  • More Alerts...
  • Hypertension and Your Sex Life
  • Are You At Risk For Vascular Dementia?
  • 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
  • More Special Reports...
• Knee Replacement Surgery
  • Is Age an Obstacle to Knee Replacement Surgery?
  • Weighing the Pros and Cons of Knee Replacement Surgery
  • Resuming Physical Activities After Your Knee Replacement
  • Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Surgery
  • Female Knee Replacements
  • After Knee Replacement Surgery: Rehab and Recovery
  • What Happens During Knee Replacement
  • More Special Reports...
• Lung Disorders
  • Lung Cancer: When Nonsmokers Are Affected
  • Sleep Apnea Linked to Increased Stroke Risk
  • Fluzone High-Dose: A Flu Vaccine for Older Adults
  • Research on Smoking and Prostate Cancer
  • Asthma in Older Adults: Misdiagnosed and Undertreated
  • E-cigarettes: Another Option to Help You Quit Smoking?
  • COPD and Sleep Disorders: Common and Serious
  • More Alerts...
  • Bronchoscopy: Taking a Closer Look
  • Planning Ahead: The Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney
  • On the Horizon: A New Treatment for COPD
  • Four Steps to Better Asthma Control
  • COPD: Catching the “Silent Killer”
  • Home Monitoring for Sleep Apnea
  • Looking At How The Lungs Work
  • More Special Reports...
• Memory
  • Research Shows That Having a Purpose in Life May Lower Alzheimer's Risk
  • Advice to Keep Dementia at Bay
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment: Is It a Sign of Alzheimer’s?
  • How Dr. Folstein Created the MMSE
  • Unraveling the Mystery of Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease Patients
  • Research Update: Dementia Linked to Atrial Fibrillation
  • Does Namenda Work? Dr. Rabins Addresses a Difficult Question
  • More Alerts...
  • Food for Thought
  • Your Aging Brain: What’s Normal, What’s Not
  • 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
  • More Special Reports...
• Men's Health
• Nutrition and Weight Control
  • BMI Isn’t the Only Way To Evaluate Your Weight: Here Are Others
  • Gaining Weight? It Could Be Your Medication
  • Advice to Help You Kick-Start Your Metabolism
  • Research: Exercise Plus DASH Diet Lowers Blood Pressure More
  • Understanding Why Metabolism Matters
  • Research on Vitamins B6 and B12 and Depression
  • Fight Disease With Phytochemicals
  • More Alerts...
  • Making Sense of Health Claims
  • 7 Easy and Effective Weight-Loss Strategies
  • 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?
  • More Special Reports...
• Osteoporosis
  • Recovering From a Hip Fracture: What to Expect
  • Personalizing Your Fracture Risk with FRAX
  • The Sobering Facts About Hip Fracture
  • Rethinking the Role of Protein-Rich Diets in Osteoporosis Prevention
  • Osteoporosis Screening: When Should You Start?
  • What Does “Osteopenia” Really Mean?
  • How Long Can You Safely Take Bisphosphonate Medication for Osteoporosis?
  • More Alerts...
  • Talking About Hip Fractures with Dr. Bellantoni
  • Osteoporosis: Not Just a Woman’s Disease
  • Osteopenia: To Treat or Not to Treat?
  • Osteoporosis and Digestive Disorders
  • Is it Ever Okay To Discontinue Your Osteoporosis Medication?
  • 6 Exercises To Help Build Bone Strength and Help Prevent Osteoporosis
  • Calcium Supplements Still Count
  • More Special Reports...
• Prescription Drugs
  • In the Trash? Down the Drain? What’s the Safest Way to Dispose of Unused Meds?
  • Straight Talk on the Health Risks of Herbal Supplements
  • Why Is Prescription Medication So Costly?
  • Your Pharmacist: An Underutilized Resource
  • Safely Disposing of Unused Medications: Advice from the FDA
  • Antibiotics: How They Can Cause Diarrhea
  • How Oral Drugs Are Metabolized in the Body
  • More Alerts...
  • How a New Healthcare Initiative Could Lead to Better Treatment
  • Drug Abuse and the Elderly
  • 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
  • Will This Medication Work? Look to Your Genes
  • More Special Reports...
• Prostate Disorders
  • Urinary Incontinence: A Common Side Effect of Prostate Cancer Treatment
  • Understanding the TNM Prostate Cancer Staging System
  • True or False: Prostate Cancer Growth Is Faster in Black Men?
  • Using Nomograms to Predict Prostate Cancer Risk
  • Research on Smoking and Prostate Cancer
  • "Plan B”: Cryotherapy as Salvage Therapy for Prostate Cancer
  • Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Hormone Therapy Before Brachytherapy
  • More Alerts...
  • A New Look at Cryosurgery
  • Planning Ahead: The Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney
  • 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?
  • More Special Reports...
• Sexual Health
• Vision
  • Drugs for Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Are They Too Expensive?
  • How Diabetic Retinopathy Affects Vision
  • New Technologies to Brighten Low Vision
  • Lowering IOP Through Exercise
  • A Look at Two Alternative Treatments for AMD
  • How to Make the Most of Limited Vision and Mobility
  • Staying on Track With Your Glaucoma Regimen
  • More Alerts...
  • Glaucoma and Your Genes
  • Your Glaucoma Treatment Options
  • What You Should Expect After Cataract Surgery
  • 4 Promising Treatments for AMD
  • Glaucoma: A Family Matter
  • How the Eye Works
  • Advice To Help You See Better When You Drive
  • More Special Reports...
• Womens Health

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