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Stress and Disease: New Perspectives
National Institutes of Health — For thousands of years, people believed that stress made you sick. Up until the nineteenth century, the idea that the passions and emotions were intimately linked to disease held sway, and people were told by their doctors to go to spas or ...More…
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Spring 2003 [NIDCD Inside]
National Institute of Deafness — If Johnny can't read, then his health is likely to suffer too someday. Such are the stark findings of Dr. Dean Schillinger, University of California, San Francisco, associate professor of medicine at San Francisco General Hospital, whose research ...More…
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Total cholesterol
NHLBI — Less than 200 mg/dL 'Desirable' level that puts you at lower risk for heart disease. A cholesterol level of 200 mg/dL or greater increases your risk. - Total cholesterol is the sum of all the cholesterol in your blood. The higher your total ...More…
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Frequently Asked Questions: 1
National Institute of Drug Abuse — Drug users should be advised that stopping all drug use, including drug injection, is the most effective way to reduce their risks for contracting HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases, including hepatitis B and hepatitis C. However, not every ...More…
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Frequently Asked Questions: 2
National Institute of Drug Abuse — Comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, which includes the strategies and components of community-based outreach, drug abuse treatment, and sterile syringe access programs -- all in combination with testing and counseling for HIV and other infections ...More…
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Pap Test - National Cancer Institute
National Cancer Institute — A Pap test and pelvic exam are important parts of a woman's routine health care because they can detect abnormalities that may lead to invasive cancer of the cervix. These abnormalities can be treated before cancer develops. Most invasive cancers ...More…
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Pap Tests and Cervical Health: A Healthy Habit for You
National Cancer Institute — Cervical cancer is largely preventable and curable with regular Pap tests and pelvic exams. This page provides answers to commonly asked questions about Pap tests, as well as comments from women who have had Pap tests and pelvic exams. Knowing ...More…
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Cancer Screening
National Cancer Institute — In 2008, an estimated 1,437,180 people in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer, and 565,650 will die of cancer.[1] Estimates of the premature deaths that could have been avoided through screening vary from 3% to 35%, depending on a ...More…
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Cancer Prevention
National Institutes of Health (Cancer) — General information about cancer prevention and descriptions of the concepts used in cancer-specific prevention summaries. This section of the report focuses on factors that can affect a person's risk of getting cancer. Has information on adult ...More…