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Living With Heart Failure

The special health report will help you understand heart failure so that you can actively participate in your care. Living with Heart Failure describes the different types, causes and stages of the disease. You’ll also learn how to identify and respond to the early warning signs of potentially serious problems. Read more

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Living Better, Living Longer: The Secrets of Healthy Aging

Age successfully! We designed Living Better, Living Longer to help you avoid or slow the onset and course of common health woes of aging, such as heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and sight and hearing disorders. Its pages pose and answer many questions about aging. Read more

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Healthy Eating: A guide to the new nutrition

Forget your old ideas about healthy eating. Research done since the 1990s shows beyond all doubt that you can lower your risk for the most serious diseases of our time by following a healthy diet. Healthy eating, based on this new science, can ward off 25% of all cancers and, combined with exercising regularly and not smoking, can prevent possibly 90% of cases of type 2 diabetes. Healthy Eating supplies the information you’ll need to choose safe, nutritious foods. Read more

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Heatlhy Eating for a Healthy Heart

Changing how you eat can lower your risk of heart attack and losing 10 pounds dramatically lowers your risk for heart disease. This report tells you how to achieve a healthy weight and eat well at the same time. Learn the basics of a heart-healthy diet, how to plan a balanced meal at home, and what to eat when you dine out. As an added bonus, we’ve included 40 heart-healthy, original recipes created by a chef. Bon appetit! Read more

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Improving Memory: Understanding and Preventing Age-Related Memory Loss

Does it take you longer to recall facts? Does something you heard just a moment ago fade quickly from your mind? If you're like most people, you worry that your memory isn't as sharp as it used to be. But memory loss is not inevitable. This report is a practical guide to the causes of memory loss and the steps you can take to improve your ability to learn and remember for a lifetime. Read more

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The Aging Eye: Preventing and Treating Eye Disease

Don’t let age or disease rob you of your vision! Three eye disorders pose the greatest threats to vision in the later part of life, but you’ll learn how to recognize the symptoms and what you can do to maintain healthy vision!. Read more

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Cosmetic Surgery A to Z

Who hasn’t looked in the mirror and wanted to change a feature? Today, a growing variety of cosmetic procedures make it possible to address many problems. In 2004 along, 11.9 million cosmetic procedures were performed in the United States, and American consumers spent $8.4 billion on these treatments. Cosmetic Surgery A to Z offers in-depth information about the latest skin rejuvenation procedures and cosmetic surgeries from Botox and liposuction to laser resurfacing and facelifts, and many more. Read more

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Hands: Strategies for strong, pain-free hands

While most people feel comfortable talking about pain in their back, a lot of people try to hide or mask hand pain, which his often just as debilitating. Learn about such common hand-pain-inducing problems as carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis, gout and tendonitis in Hands: Strategies for strong, pain-free hands. Read more

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Hearing Loss: A Guide to Prevention and Treatment

Excuse me? Say that again? Nearly 28 million Americans, or 10% of the population, have some degree of hearing loss. A major cause is age, but the single biggest cause of hearing loss is also on the rise: loud noise. Learn what you can do to prevent and treat hearing loss in Hearing Loss: A Guide to Prevention and Treatment. Read more

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Perspectives on Prostate Disease

Perspectives on Prostate Disease is filled with breaking news and advances in the treatment of prostate cancer and other important prostate disorders.

Perspectives provides information of interest and importance, including explanations of procedures, critical analyses of clinical trials, provocative roundtable discussions with leading physicians, and frank interviews with real patients. Read more

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Preventing and Treating Kidney Disease

About 1 in 9 people have some form of Chronic Kidney Disease, and another 20 million are at risk, yet many are unaware. A plethora of less serious, common kidney ailments exist but are bothersome nonetheless, from kidney stones to infections to cysts. Prevention is a key factor in keeping your kidneys healthy. Read more

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A Guide to Living Wills and Health Care Proxies

No one likes to think about what could happen to him or her in the event that they are unable to make medical decisions for themselves, but it’s an inevitable part of life. Advance care directives allow you to choose someone to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to do so, and let you specify what kinds of treatment you’d like in different circumstances.

Although advance care directives are important forms to fill out, they’re not difficult to understand, and you don’t need a lawyer’s help. A Guide to Living Wills and Health Care Proxies will explain the process, give you tips on talking about this difficult subject, and provide you with most of the forms you need. Read more

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Caregiver's Handbook: A Guide to Caring for the Ill, Elderly, or Disabled... and Yourself

As a caregiver, you surely could use a helping hand, too! The Caregiver’s Handbook can help. It offers detailed information on putting together a caregiving plan, talking to your loved one about the situation, drawing on resources in the community, and addressing legal, medical, and financial planning issues. Read more

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Coping with Grief & Loss: A Guide to Healing

Have you recently lost a loved one or know someone who has? Grief often produces a host of emotions, including numbness, despair, anger, sadness, and guilt. Coping with Grief & Loss can help with the wide range of emotions and ease sorrow in a time of loss. Read more

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Home Safety for Older Adults

In Home Safety for Older Adults, we will show you how to implement a comprehensive home safety plan. You’ll learn how to address or compensate for the typical physiological changes that occur with age. You’ll find out about the most common types of home injuries and how to avoid them, or how to administer first aid if they occur. This report also contains a list of the top five things you can do to keep yourself safe at home and provides a room-by-room inventory of top safety concerns. Read more

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Living Independently in Your Later Years

Americans are living longer than ever before! For many, those extra years prove satisfying and productive. Thankfully, there is a lot you can do to shape your future. Living Independently in Your Later Years offers advice on what you can do to preserve your independence and protect your health as you continue to age. Read more

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Preventing and Treating Colorectal Cancer

Prospects look good for preventing and treating colon cancer, the third most common form of cancer in men and women. New, more accurate screening tests make it possible to prevent this disease by removing colon polyps. Scientists are homing in on risk factors such as eating red meat and living a sedentary lifestyle that are possible to change. Learn everything you can about the prevention and treatment of the disease in the Preventing and Treating Colorectal Cancer Report. Read more

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Harvard Heart Letter

If you’re concerned about heart disease, you need expert information and advice you can trust. The Harvard Heart Letter, from Harvard Medical School, is your monthly advisory on the latest developments in heart health, new treatments, prevention, and research breakthroughs. Read more

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Harvard Health Letter

The Harvard Health Letter delivers timely, authoritative health information from one of the world’s most trusted sources – the experts at Harvard Medical School. Read more

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Harvard Women's Health Watch

Harvard Women’s Health Watch – the monthly newsletter that focuses on the special health concerns of women, with expert information and advice from the specialists at Harvard Medical School. Read more

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Harvard Men's Health Watch

Harvard Men’s Health Watch addresses the health issues that matter to men the most. From prostate disease to hair loss, from exercise programs to heart health, this monthly newsletter helps men lead longer, healthier lives. Read more

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