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Your mental health is just as important to your overall well being as your physical health. Here's information on a range of mental health topics, plus ideas on how to cope when your life hits an emotional bump.
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Heart Disease
Heart disease is the biggest health risk Americans face today. If you don’t have heart disease now, you can help prevent it. If you’ve already been diagnosed with heart disease, you can keep it from getting worse. Here are the tools to get you started.
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Older Adults
Although genetics determines how long we will live, it's the lifestyle we choose that will determine how healthy we are as we age.
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Cigarettes Boost Plaque Buildup
Cigarette smoking contributes to heart disease by choking off the heart's supply of blood. The byproducts of smoking damage the linings of arteries and promote the buildup of blood-vessel-clogging plaque. And these harmful effects extend beyond the heart's large arteries into the network of tiny blood vessels that supply blood to most of the heart muscle, according to the American Heart Association.