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Emergency essentials: Putting together a survival kit
Keeping emergency essentials handy helps you respond safely if trouble strikes. Learn how to assemble a survival kit for your home.
Blood pressure tip: Get more potassium
Want to lower your blood pressure? Cut back on sodium in your diet and add more potassium. Sodium increases your blood pressure. Potassium can reduce the effects of sodium on blood pressure. Many fruits and vegetables are good sources of potassium, including bananas, strawberries, cantaloupe, spinach, peas and tomatoes.
Nuts and your heart: Eating nuts for heart health
Discover how walnuts, almonds and other nuts can improve heart health.
Strength training: Get stronger, leaner, healthier
Strength training can help you look good — and feel even better.
Headaches: Reduce stress to prevent the pain
Headaches seem worse when you're under stress — and stress by itself can trigger headaches.
Artificial sweeteners and other sugar substitutes
Get the facts on products that make food and drinks sweeter.
10 ways to control high blood pressure without medication
You can lower your blood pressure without medication. Try these 10 lifestyle changes.
DASH diet: Sample menus
Interested in following the DASH diet? Here are sample menus to get you started.
Migraines: Simple steps to head off the pain
Learn how these self-care strategies may lead to less frequent and less severe migraines.
Tension-type headaches: Self-care measures for relief
Most headaches respond to medicine. But healthy lifestyle choices are important too.
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