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• 5 Steps for Eating Healthier

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• Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs)

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• Before You Start Your Diabetes Exercise Plan

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• Cancer Care- Controlling Constipation

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• Colorectal Surgery: Recovering in the Hospital and at Home

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• Controlling High Blood Pressure

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• Controlling Your Risk Factors After Bypass Surgery

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• CT Colonography (Virtual Colonoscopy)

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• Diabetes and Drinking Alcohol

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• Diabetes and Heart Disease

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• Diabetes and Kidney Disease

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• Diabetes and Periodontal Disease: An Increased Risk

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• Diabetes and Your Child- The A1C Test

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• Diabetes and Your Child: Tests and Vaccines

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• Diabetes and Your Child: Understanding Type 2

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• Diabetes: Activity Tips

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• Diabetes: After Delivery (Postpartum)

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• Diabetes: Caring for Your Body

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• Diabetes: Driving Issues

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• Diabetes: Exams and Tests

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• Diabetes: Getting Started with Exercise

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• Diabetes: Inspecting Your Feet

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• Diabetes: Keeping Feet Healthy

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• Diabetes: Living Your Life

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• Diabetes: Meal Planning

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• Diabetes: Shopping for and Preparing Meals

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• Diabetes: Sick-Day Plan

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• Diabetes: The Benefits of Exercise

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• Diabetes: Treating Minor Foot Infections

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• Diabetes: Treating Severe Foot Infections

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• Diabetes: Ways to Take Medicine

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• Discharge Instructions for High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

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• Discharge Instructions for Malignant Hypertension (Hypertensive Emergency or Urgency)

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• Discharge Instructions for Surgery for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum

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• Discharge Instructions for Total Abdominal Colectomy

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• Discharge Instructions: Eating a High Fiber Diet

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• Discharge Instructions: Taking Diuretics

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• Discharge Instructions: Taking Vasodilators

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• Do You Have Diabetes?

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• Eating a High-Fiber Diet

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• Eating Heart-Healthy Food: Using the DASH Plan

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• Eating Out When You Have Diabetes

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• Exercise to Manage Your Blood Sugar

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• For Kids: Food Facts When You Have Type 1 Diabetes

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• Getting Support When You Have Diabetes

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• Having Bowel Surgery: Ileoanal Pouch

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• Having Bowel Surgery: Proctocolectomy with Permanent Ileostomy

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• Having Rectal Surgery

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• Health Screening Guidelines, Men Ages 18 to 39

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• Health Screening Guidelines, Men Ages 40 to 49

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• Health Screening Guidelines, Men Ages 50 to 64

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• Health Screening Guidelines, Men Ages 65 and Older

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• Health Screening Guidelines, Women Ages 18 to 39

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• Health Screening Guidelines, Women Ages 40 to 49

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• Health Screening Guidelines, Women Ages 50 to 64

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• Health Screening Guidelines, Women Ages 65 and Older

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• Healthy Meals for Diabetes

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• High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease

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• High Blood Pressure and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)

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• High Blood Sugar (Hyperglycemia)

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• Living with High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease

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• Long-Term Complications of Diabetes

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• Low-Salt Choices

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• Managing Diabetes: The A1C Test

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• Managing Stress When You Have Diabetes

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• Managing Type 1 Diabetes

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• Managing Type 1 Diabetes in Your Child: Getting Started

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• Managing Type 2 Diabetes

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• Managing Your Glucose Level for Diabetes and Kidney Disease

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• Metabolic Syndrome: Lowering Your Blood Pressure

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• Oral Medicines for Type 2 Diabetes

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• Planning for Travel When You Have Diabetes

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• Resources for People with Diabetes

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• Sigmoidoscopy

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• Smoking and Diabetes

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• Step-by-Step: Checking Your Blood Pressure

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• Step-by-Step: Checking Your Blood Sugar

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• Step-by-Step: Giving Yourself an Insulin Shot

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• Step-by-Step: Inspecting Your Feet (Diabetes)

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• Step-by-Step: Treating Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia)

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• Step-by-Step-Checking Ketones

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• Taking ACE Inhibitors

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• Treating Constipation

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• Type 1 Diabetes and Your Child: Meals and Snacks

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• Type 1 Diabetes and Your Child: Using Insulin

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• Type 1 Diabetes: Getting Active

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• Types of Colon Resections

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• Understanding Carbohydrates

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• Understanding Carbohydrates, Fats, and Protein

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• Understanding High Blood Pressure

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• Understanding the Link Between High Blood Pressure and Stroke

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• Understanding Type 1 Diabetes

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• Understanding Type 2 Diabetes

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• Understanding Type A Insulin Resistance Syndrome

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• Using a Blood Sugar Log

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• When Your Child Has Constipation

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• Your High Blood Pressure Risk Factors