Like Quizzes? Try Health Check Tools

Do you like quizzes? Check out the quizzes, calculators, self-assessments and decision guides on the MedlinePlus Health Check Tools page.


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New on NIHSeniorHealth: High Blood Cholesterol

Visit the new NIHSeniorHealth page about high blood cholesterol. Also, visit the MedlinePlus cholesterol topic page.

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Like Quizzes? Try Health Check Tools

Do you like quizzes? Check out the quizzes, calculators, self-assessments and decision guides on the MedlinePlus Health Check Tools page.


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Like Quizzes? Try Health Check Tools

Do you like quizzes? Check out the quizzes, calculators, self-assessments and decision guides on the MedlinePlus Health Check Tools page.


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Like Quizzes? Try Health Check Tools

Do you like quizzes? Check out the quizzes, calculators, self-assessments and decision guides on the MedlinePlus Health Check Tools page.


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Live Webcast: Shoulder Surgery in Children

Watch a live webcast of Shoulder Surgery in Children on February 21 at 5 p.m. EST.

Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.

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Live Webcast: Shoulder Surgery in Children

Watch a live webcast of Shoulder Surgery in Children on February 21 at 5 p.m. EST.

Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.

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Live Webcast: Shoulder Surgery in Children

Watch a live webcast of Shoulder Surgery in Children on February 21 at 5 p.m. EST.

Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.

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Go Local! Health Services in Your Area

Need information on health services? Go Local!

Go Local connects users with local health services. For example, check out East Texas, South Texas and Texas Gulf Coast. To find local resources, you can go straight to your local area or use the Go Local link on a MedlinePlus Health Topic Page.

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Director's Comments: Add 14 Extra Years to Your Life?

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Adding 14 Extra Years to Your Life. The transcript is also available.

A combination of modest exercise, no-smoking, moderate alcohol intake, and consuming five daily servings of fruits and vegetables added an estimated 14 years to the lives of some British adults, a recent study in PLoS Medicine found. Five researchers at Cambridge University (United Kingdom) reported significant, comparative reductions in mortality among adult participants in a study if they followed four routinely recommended health guidelines. The mortality reduction for adults who followed these life style changes was four times greater than for adults who did not adopt any of them, which was equivalent to adding about 14 years of life...

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February 14 is National Donor Day

February 14 is National Donor Day. Learn more from the MedlinePlus Organ Donation topic page.


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Director"s Comments: Ethnicity and Pain Relievers

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Ethnicity and Pain Relievers. The transcript is also available.

Emergency room patients, who are white, receive more pain relievers than other Americans, finds a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers primarily based at the University of California-San Francisco found all emergency room patients received significantly more pain relievers nationwide during a 13 year period. Of the approximately 375,000 emergency department visits assessed in the study, about 42 percent were pain-related...

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Go Local! Health Services in Your Area

Need information on health services? Go Local!

Go Local connects users with local health services. For example, check out East Texas, South Texas and Texas Gulf Coast. To find local resources, you can go straight to your local area or use the Go Local link on a MedlinePlus Health Topic Page.

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February 14 is National Donor Day

February 14 is National Donor Day. Learn more from the MedlinePlus Organ Donation topic page.


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February is Low Vision Month

February is Low Vision Month. Take the low vision quiz and review the eye disease simulations from the National Eye Institute. Also check out the low vision tutorial from NIHSeniorHealth and the MedlinePlus Vision Impairment and Blindness topic page.


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February is Low Vision Month

February is Low Vision Month. Take the low vision quiz and review the eye disease simulations from the National Eye Institute. Also check out the low vision tutorial from NIHSeniorHealth and the MedlinePlus Vision Impairment and Blindness topic page.


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Live Webcast: Discussion on Women's Heart Health

Watch a live webcast of a discussion on Women's Heart Health on February 11 at 7:00 p.m. EST.

Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.

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February NIH News in Health Now Available

The February issue of NIH News in Health is available. Featured stories cover preventing cancer and shingles. Also check out the health capsules and the featured Web site.

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Director"s Comments: Homeopathy Pushback in England

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Homeopathy Pushback in England. The transcript is also available.

A recent issue of the British medical journal, The Lancet, reports the United Kingdom's National Health Service will stop reimbursing patients for some homeopathic medical care. This follows an active campaign by some British scientists and physicians to stop public funds to support homeopathic medical treatment -- because of an alleged lack of evidence regarding its clinical efficacy...

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Children's Dental Health Month

February is Children's Dental Health Month. Check out the MedlinePlus Child Dental Health topic page.


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Director"s Comments: Slow Cardiac Arrest Response

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Slow Cardiac Arrest Response. The transcript is also available.

In almost one of three cases, American hospitals take too long to respond to an in-patient cardiac arrest, reports a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine. Moreover, the study suggests it may be better to have a cardiac arrest outside of rather than within a hospital...

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February NIH News in Health Now Available

The February issue of NIH News in Health is available. Featured stories cover preventing cancer and shingles. Also check out the health capsules and the featured Web site.

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American Heart Month

February is American Heart Month. Check out the MedlinePlus topic pages on Heart Diseases and Heart Disease Prevention. Also read the latest news on heart disease.


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Director"s Comments: Homeopathy Pushback in England

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Homeopathy Pushback in England. The transcript is also available.

A recent issue of the British medical journal, The Lancet, reports the United Kingdom's National Health Service will stop reimbursing patients for some homeopathic medical care. This follows an active campaign by some British scientists and physicians to stop public funds to support homeopathic medical treatment -- because of an alleged lack of evidence regarding its clinical efficacy...

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