Healthy ankles: Your mobility depends on them
Sprains and strains are common and usually not serious. Tendon stretches and proper footwear can prevent further injury.
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Know your triglycerides: Here’s why
Triglycerides are fats in the blood that, like “bad” LDL cholesterol, may contribute to risk of heart attacks and strokes. Unless triglycerides are very high, they do not require medication to lower them. Healthy lifestyle changes can help.
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Ask the doctor: Donating blood if you have heart disease
I have heart disease but would like to donate blood. Is it safe?
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Getting to the heart of kidney disease
Heart disease and kidney failure are linked by two powerful underlying risk factors: diabetes and high blood pressure, each of which damages the heart and kidneys independently.
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Physical therapy and back surgery equally effective, study shows
One of the few clinical trials to compare surgery to physical therapy for low back pain indicates that they are equally effective.
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Calm your anxious heart
Anxiety disorders promote the stress response, which influences the same brain systems that affect cardiovascular functions.
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Insomnia therapy helps reduce knee pain
A form of counseling called cognitive behavioral therapy can help people with wear-and-tear knee arthritis to get more restful sleep and control their pain better.
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High-tech heart scans: Who might need one?
Computed tomography angiography is one of several techniques used to evaluate people with chest pain. It’s faster and easier to endure than other tests, but it requires radiation exposure and provides no clear long-term advantages.
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Not all processed foods are unhealthy
Processed foods may contain trans fat, added sugar, and sodium that can be unhealthy. But certain processed foods may offer convenience and nutritional value.
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There is something you can do about Alzheimer’s disease-join a study
Several clinical trials are testing promising new drugs to prevent and treat dementia.
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