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Lose weight if you are
over weight |
Many Americans are overweight. Carrying too much weight increases
your risk for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes,
heart disease, stroke, some cancers, gallbladder disease and
arthritis in the weight-bearing joints (like the spine, hips or
knees). A high-fiber, low-fat diet and regular exercise can help
you lose weight gradually and help you keep it off.
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Health
Issues
Body Talk: Low-Carb
Fact or Fiction
Health
Care for Minority Women
Health
Finder
Men's
Health Network
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Healthy
Living:
What You Can Do to Keep Your Health
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Does what I do really affect my health?
Very much so. All of the major causes of
death--cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung disease and injury--can
be prevented by things you do.
Don't smoke or use tobacco.
Using tobacco is one of the most dangerous
things you can do. One out of every 6 deaths in the United States
can be blamed on smoking. More preventable illnesses are caused by
tobacco than by anything else.
Limit how much alcohol you drink.
Too much alcohol can damage the liver and
contribute to some cancers, such as throat and liver cancer.
Alcohol also contributes to deaths from car wrecks, murders and
suicides.
Eat right.
See the boxes below for tips on eating healthy.
Heart disease, some cancers, stroke, diabetes and damage to your
arteries can be linked to what you eat. Fiber, fruits and
vegetables can help reduce your risk of some cancers. Calcium
helps build strong bones.
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LINKS
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Office of Minority
Health |
The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to
improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations
through the development of health policies and programs that will
eliminate health disparities. |
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National
Center on Minority Health |
The mission of
the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) is
to promote minority health and to lead, coordinate, support, and assess
the NIH effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities. In
this effort NCMHD will conduct and support basic, clinical, social, and
behavioral research, promote research infrastructure and training,
foster emerging programs, disseminate information, and reach out to
minority and other health disparity communities.
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Office
on Minority Women's Health |
The Office on Women's Health coordinates women's
health efforts for the Health and Human Services Department, to eliminate disparities in health status and
supports culturally sensitive educational programs that encourage women
to take personal responsibility for their own health and wellness.
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Drug
and Treatment Options |
Drug Digest is a noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health and drug
information site dedicated to empowering consumers to make informed
choices about drugs and treatment options. |
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National Library of Medicine
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The National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE plus information pages
are designed to direct you to resources containing information
that will help you research your health questions. It contains
links to health information from the National Institutes of
Health, clearinghouses, dictionaries, directories, clinical
trials, and health information in Spanish and other languages.
The MEDLINE plus Spanish language version can be found at http://medlineplus.gov/spanish |
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African American Women's Agenda |
This organization is comprised
of African-American Women of many educational, religious, occupational
and familial backgrounds. A common goal and determination to create a
better foundation, first for African-American women and other women of
color, then all women and families in general, has bought us together.
Each committee is born from the original agenda as set forth, to engage
the city of Cleveland's leadership to be inclusive of the needs of
African-American women and their families when making decisions, setting
policy, and creating programs, or jobs. |
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