Eating Hints is written for you—someone who is about to get, or is now getting, cancer treatment. Your family, friends, and others close to you may also want to read this book.
You can use this book before, during, and after cancer treatment. It has hints about common types of eating problems, along with ways to manage them.
Gestational diabetes is a kind of diabetes that can happen during pregnancy. It usually goes away after delivery.
Gestational diabetes is treated by controlling blood sugar. Some women can do this with a special diet for diabetes and staying active. Other women will need insulin shots or diabetes pills.
This guide to staying healthy is brought to you by womenshealth.gov because we understand women's needs for quick and trustworthy information to help their constantly changing bodies and minds. Your health needs nurturing to live long and well throughout the years, which requires a holistic approach throughout the "health span"- the quality years you can have in addition to just your years of life. This approach to life-long health begins with healthy behaviors to prevent and manage the many health conditions that can affect you. Although there are genetic risks that you cannot control for many diseases, there are some risks that you can overcome by following key preventive steps. These steps are outlined in this booklet and are not difficult to follow! Please use them to make healthy choices for yourself and for the people you love.
This booklet reflects many discussions, suggestions and comments made by health professionals, professional bodies, lay and voluntary organisations, people with eating disorders and their friends and family.
Most persons with dementia remain undiagnosed by their primary care providers, and families often fail to recognize the significance of early cognitive symptoms. In response, there has been a growing interest in screenings for memory problems. The proposed answer is that screening for memory dysfunction, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is important, but raises pragmatic, ethical as well as theoretical considerations that need to be addressed before general screening practices can be widely implemented.
This booklet is intended for those who have just learned that they have osteoporosis and those who may still have questions about how to manage this disease. It contains the collective wisdom of many individuals who have adjusted to their diagnosis and now live full and active lives.
The National Aging in Place Council published Modifying Your Home Environment to Promote Greater Independence: A Guide to Aging in Place to give consumers ideas they can use to live more safely and confortably in their homes.
This easy-to-read tip sheets contain the basics about reducing risk for type 2 diabetes for children and their families. Includes a list of resources for more information.
The report looks at the importance of exercise at all ages, including its role in youth, in maintaining strong bones in adulthood and in preventing falls and speeding rehabilitation.
Whether you live an hour away or across the country, this booklet offers a roadmap for those new to the challenges of caring from afar for ill or elderly loved ones. Included: how to assess your care situation; develop a care team; hold a family meeting; access community organizations and private agencies; and balance work and caregiving.
Does your life move at a hectic pace?
You may feel stressed from school, after-school activities, peer pressure, and family relationships. Your busy schedule may lead you to skip breakfast, buy lunch from vending machines, and grab whatever is in the refrigerator for dinner when you get home.
This brochure talks about schizophrenia, its symptoms and causes, treatment options and where to go for help.
This patient brochure provides information about the use of aspirin to prevent ischemic strokes in men.
The more you know about Parkinson's disease, the better you will be able to live with it. You can find a lot of information out there. Be careful to use only resources from trusted sources.
Click on the image to download fact sheetThis two-sided page is part of the NICHD Milk Matters campaign, designed to teach parents, children, and health care professionals about the importance of calcium for children and teens. In addition to calcium, bones need weight-bearing activity to make them strong. This fact sheet explains bone-building activities, lists some examples, and describes their benefits for bone health. This item is also available through the We Can! program.
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This information is about the tooth and gum problems caused by diabetes. You will learn what you can do each day and during each year to stay healthy and prevent diabetes problems.
Treatments for osteoarthritis of the knee can help reduce pain. They can also help you stay active. Most people can find a treatment plan that works for them. A combination of treatments often works best.
This guide can help you learn about options. It can help you come up with a treatment plan that works for you. This guide covers ways to help you feel better. It also covers research about treatments that usually don’t help.
Osteoporosis means that bones become less dense (or less solid). Bones that are less dense are weak and break easier. If your doctor has told you that you have osteoporosis, this guide is for you. It looks at ways to prevent broken bones caused by osteoporosis. It can help you talk to your doctor or nurse about ways to lower your risk of broken bones. It covers:This guide is based on a government-funded review of research reports about osteoporosis treatments to prevent broken bones.
- Different kinds of treatments for preventing broken bones from osteoporosis.
- How well they work.
- Side effects of osteoporosis medicines.
- Price.
A booklet for people with anorexia nervosa, their families or anyone who is interested in learning more about the condition. The booklet looks at causes and treatments and lists contacts for further help.
