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.
Cancer survivors: Care for your body after treatment
Cancer survivors can improve their health after cancer treatment with simple changes.
Family planning: Get the facts about pregnancy spacing
Consider the risks of timing pregnancies too close together or too far apart.
Diabetes treatment: Using insulin to manage blood sugar
Learning how this treatment affects your blood sugar can help you better manage your diabetes.
Mental health: What's normal, what's not
Normal mental health vs. mental illness — Find out how mental disorders are defined and diagnosed.
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.
Stress and high blood pressure: What's the connection?
Discover how relaxation and exercise can improve your blood pressure numbers.
High blood pressure and sex: Overcome the challenges
High blood pressure may affect sex. Talking openly with a health care provider about problems and possible solutions can help.
Alpha blockers
Learn how this type of blood pressure medicine works and how it also can ease symptoms of an enlarged prostate.
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