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Managing Sinus Problems

Persistent congestion, postnasal drip, pressure around the eyes and cheekbones are all symptoms of sinusitis. Learn about the most common symptoms of sinusitis, new diagnostic techniques and surgical procedures used to correct the condition.
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Nasal Congestion and Controlling Your Allergies

Allergic Rhinitis, sometimes called Hay Fever, is an aggravating disease that more than 50 million people in America suffer from. This program looks at the status of this disease today, the latest treatments, and how personal awareness makes a difference.
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Preventing Flu and Pneumonia

What are the best ways to prevent influenza and pneumonia? In our program, Preventing Flu and Pneumonia, we will highlight various ways to avoid getting the flu, and prevent acquiring pneumonia during a hospital stay.
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Asthma One Breath at a Time

One in 15 people living in the United States suffers from Asthma. Our program looks at the causes, treatments and management of this disease.
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Osteoarthritis: Fighting Joint Pain

More than 20 million people in the United States have osteoarthritis and, as they age, the risk of developing the disease increases. This program looks at some of the causes of osteoarthritis and how it's treated. We'll look at the roles that exercise, medication, and sometimes surgery play in coping with the pain of this disease.
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Osteoporosis: Strength for Life

According to an estimate from the National Osteoporosis Foundation, there are almost 34 million people who are at risk for osteoporosis. Are you are at risk? In our program, you'll learn if you are at risk for this condition and its prevention and treatment.
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Breast Cancer: New Reasons For Hope

More women are surviving breast cancer than ever before. This program looks at ways to prevent, treat, and manage this all too common disease.
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Preventing Colon Cancer

This program looks at the substantial number of lives that can be saved through simple screening and cancer awareness. Interviews with expert physicians will help you learn more about colon cancer prevention and what to do if you are diagnosed with it.
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Lung Cancer: Improving Survival

Produced in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, this program explores new treatments that can make a difference as well as steps to help prevent this disease. Join our experts from Rush University Medical School, Indiana University and Holy Name Hospital to learn more.
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Living With Prostate Cancer

One in six American men will develop prostate cancer. Our program looks at early detection through prostate screening and how to reduce your risk of prostate cancer. We’ll also explore the many treatment options men now have as well as the emotional impact of the disease.
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Cancer Related Fatigue

Cancer and its treatment can be difficult to manage, including the associated physical fatigue. We’ll look at what causes this extreme fatigue and provide tips on how to cope with it.
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Living With Cancer

Cancer today is not what it was decades ago. Like high blood pressure or diabetes, cancer is becoming more like a chronic disease. In this program, you'll meet patients who are fighting the good fight. You'll hear what their secrets are to staying strong, happy, and, relatively healthy.
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Cancer And Nutrition

Discover the importance of good nutrition during cancer treatment. Diet will effect your treatment and recovery. Learn what questions you should ask your medical professional early on about your specific dietary needs, and empower yourself.
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Diabetes: Avoiding Complications

Not long ago there was a belief that if you had developed diabetes you would eventually suffer complications. Today a patient with diabetes doesn’t necessarily have to lose a limb or require kidney dialysis. Our program provides a comprehensive look at coping with diabetes and avoiding, or at least delaying, its complications.
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Diabetes: Prevention

Diabetes diagnoses are on the rise. However, you can do a number of things to help prevent diabetes or delay the onset of it. Our program shows the critical role a healthy lifestyle plays in keeping diabetes at bay.
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Diabetes: Treatments

Diabetes is a life-long disease requiring lifestyle changes, but with careful management, it doesn’t have to be a devastating illness. Our program discusses the latest treatments available and coping techniques designed to help maintain a good quality of life.
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Managing Your Diabetes

Serious complications of advanced diabetes, such as blindness, amputation and kidney dialysis, can be devastating but are avoidable with proper management. This program explains what diabetes is, its role in cardiovascular disease, and new treatments to help maintain your quality of life.
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Taking Medications Safely

When patients’ are discharged from the hospital they often go home with a handful of medications to take to assist with their recovery. Our program, Taking Medications Safely, provides some basic information about keeping safe while taking medications as well as tips to help make following directions easier.
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Living With Migraines

Migraines interfere with the quality of everyday life and prevent sufferers from living life to the fullest. Living With Migraines features valuable information on what migraines are, the types of treatments that work, and how to cope with them.
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Alcohol and Drug Addiction

No matter how it begins, dealing with addictions is difficult. Our program, Alcohol and Drug Addiction explains what addictions are, different treatment options and ongoing recovery tips.
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Controlling Your Cholesterol

Discover how lifestyle and diet can affect cholesterol as well as the importance of screenings. Also featured in this program is the role medical therapy plays in helping to lower levels and current and new drug treatments available.
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Managing High Cholesterol

Managing High Cholesterol features multiple ways to help you take charge of your cholesterol levels. Learn the relationship between cholesterol and cardiovascular disease, and how to lower your elevated cholesterol level through diet, exercise and medication.
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Preventing High Cholesterol

Learn what cholesterol is, what are ideal cholesterol levels and how good nutrition and exercise play a role in keeping cholesterol levels in check.
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Nutritional Needs: Prescription for Health

With obesity on the rise, it’s more important than ever to understand how nutrition influences your health. This program shows you how to make better food choices, limit portions, and manage special dietary needs. Sound nutrition when combined with physical activity can truly make a difference in not only how you look but also how you feel.
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Obesity: Winning The Battle

Obesity is a disease that often starts in childhood and can lead to severe co mplications for those who remain obese in their adult years. Our program reviews various forms of obesity and the causes linked to this disease. Through patient stories, we show you how other people are losing weight and keeping it off.
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Physical Activity: Improving Your Health

Lack of physical activity is a major risk factor for diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis, but our aging population finds it more and more difficult to incorporate exercise in their daily lives. There are exercises that will work for you whether you are healthy or have limiting physical conditions. Learn the role physical activity plays in your recovery, how to keep exercising, and how to make it part of your life.
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Understanding Obesity: The Key to Effective Weight Loss

Nearly two-thirds of adult Americans are overweight or obese and the numbers are escalating. This program describes what obesity is and how to prevent it. Healthy eating and exercise tips are offered for those who are already battling obesity. Finally, we learn how to help our children from becoming overweight.
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Managing Weight Issues in Children

Childhood obesity is sweeping the nation and causing numerous problems for our youth. Did you know that grandparents and parents could change the course of obesity in children? This program helps grandparents and parents understand the importance of being good role models by eating right and exercising.
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Chronic Care: Improving Quality of Life

Sooner or later, most of us will face the need to deal with a chronic illness. This program explores the many options available including homecare and professional care. It looks at the problems from all angles and provides the tools to make these critical decisions.
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Healthy Aging

Thanks to numerous medical breakthroughs people are living longer today than ever before. Healthy Aging looks at nutrition, exercise, diagnostic tests and other tips to maintain the best quality of life possible.
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Hospital-Acquired Infections: What You Need to Know

It is estimated that one in ten hospital patients will acquire an infection while staying in the hospital. Our program looks at what hospitals are doing to keep infection to a minimum. Specifically highlighted is methicillin-resistant staph aureus, or MRSA, and the steps being taken to fight MRSA infections. We'll also explore what patients can do to decrease their risk of hospital-acquired infections, including proper hand washing and sanitizing.
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Hospital Stays: What You Need To Know

One out of ten Americans will stay in a hospital at one point during the coming year. This can be an overwhelming experience. Our program helps you gain a better understanding of the procedures and regulations that hospitals follow including information and patient requirements that help you.
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Preventing Flu and Pneumonia

Smoking Cessation: One Day At A Time

Our program focuses on why it's so hard to quit smoking, strategies on what you can do to stop, psychological aspects of this addiction and where to find more help.
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Staying Safe in the Hospital: Patient Essentials

With the ever-increasing complexity of medical treatments, hospital procedures and medications, learning to prevent falls and hospital-acquired infections can be vital information in saving your life or the life of a loved one. Be a partner with your healthcare team and help keep yourself in good health.
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Taking Medications: A to Z

Did you know that there are over 3,000 medications on the market to treat various health disorders including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental illness, and Alzheimer's disease? Discover what you need to know about prescription drugs including valuable patient information, the proper use of prescription drugs and how to tell if the medications are not working.
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Tests That Can Save Your Life

"Tests That Can Save Your Life", shows you what routine tests you should have to find health problems before they become apparent. Learn The American Academy of Family Physicians medical screening guidelines, and find out what you can do to live a longer and better life.
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Taking Antibiotics Properly

Today there is a lot of discussion about Super Bugs and their resistance to antibiotics, which can lead to severe illness and even death. In this program, you learn when antibiotics can be used, when they are not effective and how that impacts healthcare.
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Advance Directives: Making Family Health Decisions

This program discusses the importance Advance Directives such as Living Wills, Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare, and Organ Donation and provides practical tips on how to develop a plan for your family.
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The Dangers of Blood Clots

Each year nearly one million people develop a blood clot. In our program, The Dangers of Blood Clots, viewers will learn how to recognize when they might have a blood clot, the types of treatments available and ongoing management once they go home.
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Congestive Heart Failure: Beating The Odds

Each year, nearly 500,000 patients are diagnosed with congestive heart failure. In this program, we'll look at exactly what this disease encompasses, how it's treated and what you can do to help prevent it.
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Controlling Hypertension

Hypertension affects over 50 million people in the United States. People are often unaware that they have the disease because the symptoms are typically silent. This program explores exactly what hypertension is, who is at risk, what you can do to help prevent it and how to manage it once it's discovered.
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Stroke Care: Every Minute Counts

Someone has a stroke every 45 seconds. This program explores the risk factors and symptoms of a stroke and when to get help. Treatments and avenues for rehabilitation are also discussed.
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Going Home on Blood Thinners

Patients who require anticoagulation therapy, more commonly called blood thinners, have to be very careful when taking this medication. This program will teach patients which areas they need to monitor and how they can use this medication safely and effectively.
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Leg Pain: When To Act

Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.) takes many older people by surprise. Often the first symptom is leg pain during physical activity, but if not caught early, it can lead to more serious problems. Learn how to recognize P.A.D., and learn what to do if you develop it.
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Angina: When To Get Help

What is angina? How important is it to recognize it as a symptom of heart disease? This program highlights the continuum of coronary artery disease and what measures you need to take if you develop symptoms that suggest angina.
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Heart Disease: Women At Risk

Some risks and symptoms of heart disease are unique to women. This program explores the role hormone replacement therapy plays in heart disease and discusses ways to treat and manage cardiovascular illness.
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Heart Disease: Recognizing the Risks

For many people, the first symptom of coronary artery disease is a heart attack. In this program, we’ll learn about the warning signs, what you need to do to prevent heart disease, and how to manage the condition if you already have it.
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Healthy Living After a Heart Attack

When someone has a heart attack, they automatically think about what is going to happen to them next. This program provides a beginners guide on how to manage your quality of life when you get home and includes tips on diet, exercise, taking medications, and emotional needs.
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Irregular Heartbeats: Restoring The Rhythm

Did you know that there might be a cure for your racing heart, pounding chest and fainting spells? Recent clinical studies and advances in medical technology have led to new treatments that can control or eliminate many abnormal heart rhythms.
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Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis: Coming Up For Air

Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema, sometimes called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. A majority of cases result from smoking, but there are ways to lessen its impact even in long time smokers. Learn how to prevent this disease and learn ways to manage it.
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Smoking Cessation: One Day at a Time

This program focuses on why it's so hard to quit smoking, strategies on what you can do to stop, psychological aspects of this addiction and where to find more help.
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Living With Prostate Cancer

Osteoporosis: Strength for Life

SIDS and Safe Sleep

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is a confusing and mysterious disease. Our program, SIDS and Safe Sleep, explains the basics about this syndrome. It also features practical tips for new parents on how to make sure their new baby sleeps as safely as possible.
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A Mother's Gift

A unique gift that only new mothers can provide, this program answers all of mom's questions about breastfeeding. Dr. Lillian M. Beard, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, offers advice that helps eliminate moms' fears of breastfeeding.
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Baby Basics

Bringing home a new baby can be daunting. Our program, Baby Basics, will help new parents get through the first few months. Parents will learn about immunizations, mothering instincts, and the value of play.
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Healthy Mother

Baby isn't the only one that needs special care. In our program, Healthy Mother, moms will learn how to cope with postpartum depression and how to recover from C-section.
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Newborn Care

"Newborn Care" provides new parents with an overview of their newborn's basic needs and helps them begin to bond with their baby. This program will help parents anticipate their newborn's needs and may help them to formulate questions for healthcare providers.
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The Safe Patient Infants and Children In The Hospital

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Antiseptic Tubes

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Clean Stethoscope

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Hand Washing

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Health Journal

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Patient Identification

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Safe Hospital Visits

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Wristband Importance

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Hospital-Acquired Infections: What You Need to Know

Hospital Stays: What You Need To Know

Staying Safe in the Hospital: Patient Essentials

Patient Safety: Protecting Yourself in the Hospital

Learn how to be a valuable member of your healthcare team. This program explores some critical patient safety areas including how to keep from falling in the hospital, how to take care of your wounds, communicating with your healthcare team, and the importance of understanding your discharge information.
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Patient Safety: Doctors Stories

No one understands hospitals like healthcare professionals. Hear first-hand from healthcare professionals about their hospital experiences and their tips for improving your hospital stay. Learn how to improve communications with your healthcare team, the importance of having an advocate on your team, and infection control.
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DVT: Are You at Risk?

Deep Vein Thrombosis, or DVT, is a condition where blood clots form in the deep veins of the leg. Once largely unrecognized, it is now becoming a common condition. Our program explores ways to avoid getting DVT and treatments for those already suffering from it.
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Coping with Low Back Pain

Four out of five people will have back pain at some time in their lives. Our program discusses the causes of the pain and when to seek treatment. We will separate myth from fact and discuss how to manage back pain.
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Managing Chronic Pain

In many illnesses, the stumbling block to a useful recovery is not the disease itself as much as it is the unrelenting pain that accompanies it. This program helps clarify when to get help and where. In addition to traditional pain medications, we also look at coping strategies and alternative ways to help fight chronic pain.
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Managing Side Effects of Anti-Inflammatory Medications

Many chronic pain sufferers rely on anti-inflammatory drugs to keep pain at bay. But sometimes the very medication that helps can hurt in other ways. In our program you will learn what steps you can take to prevent that from happening to you.
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Controlling Stomach Acid Reflux

Living with undesirable acid reflux is an everyday occurrence for many Americans. But it doesn't have to be that way. In our program, you'll learn what causes it, types of treatments, and ways to keep it under control.
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Depression: Treatments That Work

The most important element of treating depression is recognizing the condition and seeking treatment for it. Our program explores the various types of depression; ways to help loved ones suffering from depression, and the latest in treatments.
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Your Surgery: Before, During and After

This program highlights critical things you need to know if you are facing surgery. You'll learn what to do before you go in for elective surgery, things to watch out for while you are still in the hospital, and how to manage when you get home. Learn how to help make your surgery safe.
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Women’s Health: Advice to Baby Boomers

Aging doesn’t have to be devastating. In Women’s Health: Advice to Baby Boomers viewers will learn what changes to expect at mid-life, ways to avoid some of them, compensate for others and in some cases, how to accept and manage them. This program features Dr. Robin Miller, co-author of The Smart Women’s Guide to Midlife and Beyond and Dr. Mike Roizen, co-author of “You Staying Young” and other You series books.
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Healthy Aging

Chronic Care: Improving Quality of Life

Osteoarthritis: Fighting Joint Pain

Osteoporosis: Strength for Life

Alzheimer's Disease: Hope and Help

This program provides an overview of Alzheimer's Disease, how to recognize its symptoms, and treatments that are available. More importantly, it offers sufferers and their loved ones thoughts on continuing to live a full life with this disease.
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Women’s Health: Advice to Baby Boomers

Breast Cancer: New Reasons For Hope

More women are surviving breast cancer than ever before. This program looks at ways to prevent, treat, and manage this all too common disease.
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Heart Disease: Women At Risk

Osteoporosis: Strength for Life

Coping With Cancer And Its Side Effects

Many patients experience side effects as a result of cancer treatment, or symptoms due to the cancer itself. Learn about the importance of discussing your symptoms with your physician so that the side effects of cancer can be managed. Visit M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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How Cancer Is Diagnosed

One of the most powerful weapons we have against cancer is early and accurate diagnosis. Today’s technology provides physicians with sophisticated and exacting tools for cancer diagnosis. Learn about the many new ways of detecting and diagnosing cancer today. Visit M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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How Cancer Is Treated

Improvements in cancer therapy are resulting in better treatments and in more effective treatments with fewer side effects. This program discusses the traditionally known ways of treating cancer and the new technologies for treating cancer today. Visit M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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What Is Cancer?

Did you know that cancer isn't just one disease? There are more than 100 common types of cancer and many more subtypes, which can occur anywhere in the body. Learn how cancer begins in the body and about the many different types of cancer. Visit M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Preventing Flu and H1N1

Learn tips on how to keep seasonal flu and H1N1 away from you.
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Protecting Your Newborn from Flu and H1N1

Newborns are especially vulnerable to seasonal flu and H1N1. Watch these tips on how to keep your new baby safe.
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Red Face After Drinking Beer

Learn how a red face from alcohol consumption may be a sign of increased cancer risk
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Why does my pediatrician check my baby’s hips at each check up?

A well-baby exam is like a baby tune up. One necessary maintenance check is on the mechanics of a baby’s hips.
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Why is movie popcorn so bad for you?

Nutritionists say that popcorn is a great snack food – it’s got lots of fiber, it fills you up, and it’s quick and easy to make. But the stuff in the movie theatres that’s not what they’re talking about.
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Why do they say breakfast is the most important meal of the day

Think about it, by the time breakfast rolls around even with a midnight snack, you’ve been fasting for a 1/3 of the day.
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I’d like to know why I can’t put my granddaughter’s car seat in the front of the car?

New babies come with a check list of safety instructions. The most important has to do with the baby’s car seat.
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Why should I exercise if it hurts my joints?

You don’t want to overdo it, but avoiding exercise altogether because you have pain, that may be the exactly the wrong prescription.
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Why are hot dogs and hamburgers bad for you?

It may sound un-American, but if you love to grill perhaps the best advice is to stay away from those hamburgers and hot dogs!
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How can I increase breast milk so I can feed my baby?

Breast feeding is one of the best things you can do for yourself and your baby. But let’s face it… nobody’s going to be happy if there’s not enough milk
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When should I see my doctor about memory loss?

As the saying goes, if you forgot where you put your car keys, don’t worry. If you put them in the refrigerator – that’s a problem.
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What do I really need in a baby bag?

Well when you feel like you’ve been toting around a piece of luggage, it may be time to check in the items you’ve chucked into that baby bag.
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Why should I snack more often even though I’m trying to lose weight?

Adding snacks to your daily menu can actually help subtract pounds. But they have to be the right snacks. Skip the chips and dip…pass the carrots and the celery.
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Why am I gaining weight when all I eat is salad?

Salad is supposed to be the supreme diet food. But a host of high calorie extras can hide inside this multi-colored meal.
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