Nutrition basics
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Dietary fiber: Essential for a healthy diet
Some of the health benefits of eating dietary fiber might surprise you. Find out what fiber can do for you and how to get more in your diet.
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
These antidepressants require diet restrictions and avoiding certain medications to prevent serious side effects. They may help if other treatments fail.
Diabetes treatment: Using insulin to manage blood sugar
Learning how this treatment affects your blood sugar can help you better manage your diabetes.
Cancer surgery: Physically removing cancer
Surgery is a common treatment for many types of cancers. Learn how health care providers use surgery to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.
Alpha blockers
Learn how this type of blood pressure medicine works and how it also can ease symptoms of an enlarged prostate.
Water: How much should you drink every day?
Know how much water to drink to stay healthy and hydrated.
Treatment-resistant depression
Standard treatments may not help much at all, or your symptoms may improve, only to keep coming back. Explore options for treatment-resistant depression.
Treating asthma in children under 5
Learn more about this breathing condition in children younger than 5 years old. Get the facts on symptoms and which treatment options may work best.
Central-acting agents
Learn how these blood pressure medicines work, what else they treat and the possible side effects.
Beta blockers
Find out how beta blockers lower blood pressure and when your doctor might recommend one of these medicines.
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