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| Diabetes and Heart Disease Diabetic cardiovascular disease (DCVD) is the leading cause of death for people with diabetes. | ||||||||||||
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| Oral Health News Oral cancer kills one American almost every hour and it's not just the smokers, chewers and heavy drinkers who are at risk. | ||||||||||||
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| Breast Cancer Progress Report Breast cancer death rates have decreased almost 2 percent each year since 1989, on average. | ||||||||||||
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| When Addiction Comes Home Drug and alcohol use, abuse and addiction are causing problems for many families today. | ||||||||||||
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| Heart Health Update This year, 1.1 million Americans will suffer their first or a recurrent heart attack and about 440,000 of them will die as a result, according to the American Heart Association. | ||||||||||||
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| Animals Are Good For Your Health Just 10 minutes of physical interaction with a beloved pet can lower blood pressure. | ||||||||||||
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| Coping With The Aftermath Of Tragedy While everyone will have a different reaction, there are four steps that many will find helpful. | ||||||||||||
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| Fighting Osteoporosis Osteoporosis has been called the "silent" disease because the loss of bone tissue progresses gradually — often without pain or symtptoms. | ||||||||||||
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| Runner's Knee When it comes to chondromalacia patella, a.k.a. anterior knee syndrome, biology is destiny. | ||||||||||||
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| Take Charge Of Your Vision Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of legal blindness in Americans over 50, yet a disease that few talked about until recently. | ||||||||||||
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| Special Section Medical Editor: William S. Wanago, M.D., is medical director of Comprehensive Health Services, providing medical services to corporations and government agencies. CHS specializes in the delivery of nationwide examination programs and management of on-site medical facilities. He is also the founder of OccuHealth (212-486-8033), specializing in occupational and environmental medicine, and is a Master in the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. To order reprints please e-mail Newsweek Magazine. | |