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• Can Coffee Prevent Gout?
• Talking About Rotator Cuff Injury
• Researchers Identify Genes Associated with Increased Gout Risk
• New Drugs Offer Hope to Gout Sufferers
• Got Arthritis? Try Yoga
• The Challenge of Driving With Arthritis
• Advice for Fibromyalgia Sufferers
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• Chronic Lyme Disease vs. Post-Lyme Disease
• Chronic Pain: It's Not Just About Your Joints
• The Pros and Cons of Minimally Invasive Hip-Replacement Surgery
• Spinal Stenosis -- Osteoarthritis Is Often To Blame
• Arthritis Glossary
• TNF Inhibitors for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
• Botox and Knee Osteoarthritis
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• Should Men Be Screened For Osteoporosis?
• How Disks Herniate
• What's the Best Exercise for Chronic Back Pain?
• Pain-Free Driving Advice
• Should You Have Surgery For Sciatica?
• Is It Safe To Exercise With Osteoporosis?
• Six Stretches for Pain-Free Travel
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• 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
• A Back-Strengthening Program
• Back Pain and Osteoporosis Glossary
• The Mind-Body Connection
• Calcium Supplements Still Count
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• Questioning Colonoscopy for the Very Elderly
• Talking With Your Doctor About Your Colon Cancer Diagnosis
• For Colonoscopy, Location Matters
• How Often Should You Have a Colonoscopy?
• The Size of a Pea and a Lot More Dangerous
• Chinese Herbals Reduce Side Effects of Chemotherapy
• Can Diet Prevent Colon Cancer From Coming Back?
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• Surviving the Emotional Aftershock of Colorectal Cancer
• How Old Is Too Old for Colorectal Cancer Surgery?
• Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Colon Cancer
• Time for Your Colonoscopy? Here are 9 Tips To Make It Easier
• New Tests Ease the Colorectal Screening Process
• Colon Cancer Glossary
• How Doctors Grade Colon Cancer
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• Spinning Out of Control With GAD
• Treatment Alternatives For Depression and Anxiety
• Managing Your Weight on Antidepressants
• Antidepressants and Personality Changes
• Can Taking an Antidepressant Make Me Suicidal?
• Talking About Social Phobia
• Research Update on Depression and Anxiety
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• Anxiety and Your Physical Health
• Eating Disorders: Not Just for the Young
• Coping With Panic Attacks
• Managing Anxiety Without Drugs
• Depression and Anxiety Glossary
• The Anatomy of Mood -- Biology and the Brain
• Antidepressant Warnings
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• 9 Steps to Help You Control Blood Glucose Levels During an Illness
• Women, Diabetes, and Sexual Health
• What's Better for Diabetes Prevention -- Weight Loss or Exercise?
• More Good News About Exercise and Diabetes
• Your Guide to Key Diabetes Lab Tests and Physical Exams
• Am I a Good Candidate for an Insulin Pump?
• Focus on Gastroparesis
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• Getting a Better Look at Blood Sugar Levels
• Making Sense of Type 2 Diabetes Medications
• Diabetic Neuropathy: An Underdiagnosed Complication
• Is it Type 2 Diabetes or LADA?
• How the Pancreas Regulates Blood Glucose
• Diabetes Glossary
• Diabetic Retinopathy on the Rise
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• Botox -- Not Just For Wrinkles
• How Excess Pounds Can Lead to GERD
• Separating the Wheat From the Teff
• Sequential Therapy Works
• Surgery Offers Hope for Patients With Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer
• Should You Take GERD Medication Over the Long Term?
• What Should You Eat If You Have Diverticulosis?
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• Four Relaxation Techniques to Soothe Your Digestive Discomfort
• How to Banish Bloating
• Digestive Disorders Glossary
• Recognizing 12 Common Digestive Disorders
• The H. Pylori Story
• Dispelling Myths About Constipation
• When Diverticulosis Leads to Diverticulitis
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• 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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• The Facts on Super-Staph
• Diet and Longevity
• Screening Tests After Age 50
• The Hospitalist--A New Model of Patient Care
• Will a Pedometer Help Me Stay Fit?
• How Safe Are Sleeping Pills?
• Avoiding Hepatitis When You Travel
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• Chronic Pain: Johns Hopkins Symptoms and Remedies
• Breathe Easier With An Air Purifier
• Good Nutrition in a Hurry
• How Vitamin C Stops The Big "C"
• Uncovering the Benefits of Aspirin
• Healthy Teeth, Healthy Heart?
• Are the New Sleeping Pills Right for You?
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• Dr. Margolis Talks About Metabolic Syndrome
• Why a Yearly Flu Shot Can Protect Your Heart
• Healthy Teeth, Healthy Heart?
• Another Reason to Enjoy Dark Chocolate
• Choosing a "Heart Healthy" Hospital
• Should You Have a Coronary Calcium Scan?
• The Many Meanings of Heart Disease
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• When Atherosclerosis Strikes in the Legs
• The New Blood Lipid Tests -- Sizing Up LDL Cholesterol
• Preventing Heart Disease in Women – Updated Guidelines
• Heart Glossary
• Unclogging Carotid Arteries: Stents or Surgery?
• Controlling Cholesterol -- Is There a 'Best' Drug?
• Alcohol and Heart Attacks -- Does a Drink a Day Lower Your Risk?
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• Questions About Hypertension Medication
• The Best Exercises To Lower Your Blood Pressure
• How High Blood Pressure Can Affect Your Memory
• Stroke--A "Man's Disease" No Longer
• How Low Should You Go?
• More Reasons to Eat Dark Chocolate
• Is It A Stroke? Signs You Should Know
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• Get Moving To Lower Your Blood Pressure
• Thriving on a Low-Salt Diet
• Advice to Help You Remember Your Blood Pressure Medication
• Blood Pressure Basics
• Hypertension and Stroke Glossary
• Stents for the Carotid Arteries
• Is it Alzheimer's disease or stroke-related dementia?
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• How Lung Disorders Block the Airways
• Talking About Flu Shots
• Breathing Advice From Dr. Terry
• Thick Waist? Trouble Breathing!
• Diet Do's and Don'ts For Patients With COPD
• The Asthma-Cough Connection
• Treatment Options for COPD
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• Looking At How The Lungs Work
• Advice on Home Air Cleaners
• 9 Common Mold Myths
• Why Popular Asthma Drugs Got the Black Box Warning
• The Facts Behind Pillar Palatal Implants
• Lung Disorders Glossary
• What You Should Know About Treating Lung Cancer
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• Coping with Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms
• How Memory Is Affected in Alzheimer's
• How to Recognize Symptoms of Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease
• Red-Flag Changes in Mental Functioning
• Dr. Rabins' Walking Prescription
• Keeping Your Mind Sharp With Stress Reduction
• The Link Between In-Hospital Delirium and Dementia
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• Caregivers -- The Hidden Patients
• New Frontiers in Alzheimer's Research
• Low-Tech Screening Tests for Dementia
• Your Memory Timeline
• Memory Loss, Alzheimer's and Dementia Glossary
• Transitioning to a Residential Facility
• The Role of Insulin in the Development of Alzheimer's Disease
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• Losing Weight the Smart Way
• How To Maintain Your Weight Loss
• Small Changes Equal Big Impact on Your Cholesterol
• Food Safety Advice
• Which is Healthier: Butter or Margarine?
• Over-The-Counter Alli For Weight Loss
• Fitting Exercise into Your Life
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• Dietary Supplements: Yea or Nay?
• A Guide to Choosing Lean Meats and Poultry
• 7 Easy and Effective Weight-Loss Strategies
• Your Aging Metabolism -- Tips on Revving Your Metabolic Motor
• Research Update on Folate
• Nutrition and Weight Loss Glossary
• Are Antioxidant Supplements Worth Your Money?
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• 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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• 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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• Dietary Changes for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
• Underscoring the Importance of Experience
• Understanding the TNM Prostate Cancer Staging System
• HIFU: Testing a Novel Prostate Cancer Procedure
• Clinical Trials Q & A
• Multivitamins and Prostate Cancer
• Refining What PSA Levels Mean
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• Testosterone-Replacement Therapy: Does It Increase Prostate Cancer Risk?
• Understanding Your Pathology Report
• Simple Steps to Protect Yourself Against Prostate Cancer
• Advice to Help You Cope With Side Effects of Prostate Cancer Treatments
• New Treatments for BPH
• Prostate Disorders Glossary
• New Biomarkers Offer Hope for Improving on PSA Test Results
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• The Causes of Double Vision and What You Can Do About It
• Cataract Surgery and Macular Degeneration
• 7 Tips To Help You Cope With Vision Loss
• How Do You Know When It's Time For Cataract Surgery?
• Need Reading Glasses? Perhaps You Should You Try Multifocal Contact Lenses.
• Low Vision Patient Resources
• LASIK Surgery Safe and Effective, Even at Middle Age and Beyond
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• Advice To Help You See Better When You Drive
• Learning More About Antioxidants and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• Farsighted? LASIK Isn't Your Only Option
• Herpes Virus and Vision Loss
• Vision Disorders Glossary
• Artificial Vision -- New frontiers in sight
• Special Genetics Update -- The role of heredity in age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma
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• Losing Weight the Smart Way
• How To Maintain Your Weight Loss
• Small Changes Equal Big Impact on Your Cholesterol
• Food Safety Advice
• Which is Healthier: Butter or Margarine?
• Over-The-Counter Alli For Weight Loss
• Fitting Exercise into Your Life
• More alerts...
• Dietary Supplements: Yea or Nay?
• A Guide to Choosing Lean Meats and Poultry
• 7 Easy and Effective Weight-Loss Strategies
• Your Aging Metabolism -- Tips on Revving Your Metabolic Motor
• Research Update on Folate
• Nutrition and Weight Loss Glossary
• Are Antioxidant Supplements Worth Your Money?
• More Special Reports...