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Delicious Heart Healthy Recipes

National Heart Lung Blood Institute - Healthy Eating

Shares healthy shopping and cooking tips, videos on food preparation, and free healthy recipes. Register for a free account to join the online community, where you can save your favorite recipes in a personalized virtual recipe box.

Smoke Free Lifestyle

Smokefree.gov - Tools & Tips

Can help you or someone you care about quit smoking. Use the step-by-step quit guide, talk to an expert, and find other tools to help you quit.

Rethinking Drinking

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Provides research-based information about how your drinking habits can affect your health. Learn to recognize the signs of alcohol problems and ways to cut back or quit drinking. Interactive tools can also help you calculate the calories and alcohol content of drinks.

Protect Your Hearing

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Can teach you about the causes and prevention of noise-induced hearing loss so that you and your family can enjoy healthy hearing for life. Approximately 26 million Americans have noise-induced hearing loss, but it is completely preventable.

Teens: Drug Use and the Brain

National Institue on Drug Abuse for Teens

Learn how drugs affect the body and hear from teens who’ve struggled with addiction. This interactive web site has quizzes, videos, games, and a blog that shows the science behind drug abuse.

Information for Health Eyes

National Eye Institute

Offers science-based tools and tips for keeping your eyes healthy. Learn about eye exams, low vision, glaucoma, and diabetic eye disease.

Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute - We Can!

A national education program designed to give parents and communities ways to help kids stay at a healthy weight, can help your family avoid excess pounds. Get tips on choosing low-calorie snacks, getting active, and cooking fun, healthy meals.

Clear Communication: Talking to Your Doctor

National Institutes of Health

Links you to NIH resources that can help you make the most of your conversations with your doctor. Communication is key to good health care. Get tips for asking questions and talking openly about your symptoms and concerns.

Diet Supplement Info

National Institutes of Health: Office of Dietary Supplements

Here you can learn how to choose and use dietary supplements wisely. This site provides reliable answers to common questions. You can also download a free mobile app for the iPhone or iPad to track supplements you take to share with your doctor.

Bone Resource Center

NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center

Provides information about the role of bones in your body and what you can do to protect them. Learn from interactive tools, find out about bone disorders, and get ideas to help kids build strong bones.

Signs and Symptoms of Stroke

National Institutes of Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strok

Know the Signs. Act in Time.Know StrokeCan help you learn the signs of stroke and the importance of getting to the hospital quickly. Fast medical action is key to successful recovery from stroke. Stroke strikes fast, and you should too.

Why Is a Healthy Weight Important?

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute: Aim for A Healthy Weight

Aim for a Healthy Weight can help you learn how to reach and maintain a healthy weight by taking small steps to change your lifestyle. Find tips for eating well at home and on the road, and for becoming more physically active.

Make A Commitment To Your Heart

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute: Heart Disease Info

Can help you learn about the dangers of heart disease in women and how to lower your risk.

Weight-control Information Network

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Provides science-based information on obesity, physical activity, and weight control.

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