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WebFact Sheets and Handouts. The NHLBI develops materials for patients and health professionals on many heart, lung, blood, and sleep conditions. Information from the …

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Heart-Healthy Living

(3 days ago) WebHeart-healthy living involves understanding your risk, making healthy choices, and taking steps to reduce your chances of getting heart disease, including …

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How the Heart Works

(8 days ago) WebEspañol. The heart is an organ about the size of your fist that pumps blood through your body. It is made up of multiple layers of tissue. Your heart is at the center of …

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Maintain a Healthy Weight

(2 days ago) WebReaching and maintaining a healthy weight is important for overall health and can help you prevent and control many diseases and conditions. If you are overweight or obese, you …

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Sleep Deprivation and Deficiency How Sleep Affects Your …

(5 days ago) WebPhysical health benefits. Sleep plays an important role in your physical health. Good-quality sleep: Heals and repairs your heart and blood vessels. Helps …

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Healthy Eating Plan

(9 days ago) WebA healthy eating plan also will lower your risk for heart disease and other health conditions. A healthy eating plan: Emphasizes vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat …

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What Are Sleep Deprivation and Deficiency

(Just Now) WebSleep deficiency can lead to physical and mental health problems, injuries, loss of productivity, and even a greater likelihood of death. To understand sleep …

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How the Lungs Work What Breathing Does for the Body

(7 days ago) WebWhen you breathe out, or exhale, your diaphragm and rib muscles relax, reducing the space in the chest cavity. As the chest cavity gets smaller, your lungs …

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Welcome to We Can!, NHLBI, NIH

(Just Now) WebWe Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition) is a national program designed to provide parents, caregivers, and communities with information and tools to prevent childhood obesity and …

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How the Lungs Work

(8 days ago) WebThe Lungs. Your lungs are the pair of spongy, pinkish-gray organs in your chest. When you inhale (breathe in), air enters your lungs, and oxygen from that air …

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How Sickle Cell Disease May Affect Your Health

(7 days ago) WebEspañol. The sickled cells that give the disease its name can lead to pain throughout the body and serious damage to organs such as the heart and kidneys. It is …

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High Blood Pressure

(2 days ago) WebTalk to your healthcare provider if your blood pressure readings are consistently higher than 120/80 mm Hg. NHLBI-supported research has shown that …

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Study challenges “good” cholesterol’s role in universally predicting

(7 days ago) WebA National Institutes of Health-supported study has found that high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, often called the “good cholesterol,” may not be as effective …

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PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE PHQ-9 FOR DEPRESSION

(6 days ago) WebPATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (PHQ-9) 1 Little interest or pleasure in doing things 0123 2 Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless 0123 3 Trouble falling or …

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Living with the DASH Eating Plan NHLBI, NIH

(7 days ago) WebTo benefit from the proven DASH eating plan, it is important to limit daily sodium levels to 2,300 mg, or 1,500 mg if desired, and to consume the appropriate …

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Obesity Research NHLBI, NIH

(7 days ago) WebCurrent research on obesity and health disparities. Health disparities happen when members of a group experience negative impacts on their health because …

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Cardiovascular disease is on the rise, but we know how to curb it.

(6 days ago) WebIn still others, health systems have managed to do something right. In Japan, for example, mortality rates for people with cardiovascular disease were six times lower …

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The Science Behind the DASH Eating Plan NHLBI, NIH

(9 days ago) WebFor about three decades, the NHLBI has funded several studies to see whether specific dietary changes helped to treat high blood pressure. Four studies tested …

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At-home monitoring devices, tools play leading role in patient …

(2 days ago) WebResults from clinical studies—especially the ones that show how a patient’s heart function correlates with their overall health—have been promising. And in a few more years, they could make possible more frequent assessments, allowing doctors to recommend dietary changes, exercise prescriptions, or changes to patient’s medication …

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Combinatorial Patterns of Histone Acetylation and

(1 days ago) Web1 Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 2 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring …

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Grade Health Lessons and Activity Challenges

(Just Now) WebPA7 / Version A / July 28, 2003 To be completed by TAAG staff: Teacher ID: _____ Form Code: PA7 Version: A Series #: ___ Seq. #: 06 7th Grade Health Lessons …

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Grade Health Lessons and Activity Challenges – Lesson …

(9 days ago) WebCL8 / Version A / July 1, 2004 To be completed by TAAG staff: Teacher ID: _____ Form Code: CL8 Version: A Series #: ___ Seq. #: 03 8th Grade Health Lessons …

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Center for cArdiometabolic Risk Reduction for South Asia …

(5 days ago) Webnational health survey from 1990-94, but has not mobilized unified, national efforts to collect subsequent health data in keeping with the transitioning socio-political …

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Health Lessons and Activity Challenges Teacher Interview – …

(5 days ago) WebThe purpose of this interview is to get your feedback about the TAAG health lessons with activity challenges curriculum. Your honest answers will help us improve …

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Grade Health Lessons and Activity Challenges – Lesson …

(Just Now) WebPA8 / Version A / July 1, 2004 To be completed by TAAG staff: Teacher ID: _____ Form Code: PA8 Version: A Series #: ___ Seq. #: 02 8th Grade Health Lessons …

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Grade Health Lessons and Activity Challenges – Lesson …

(9 days ago) WebCL7 / Version A / July 28, 2003 To be completed by TAAG staff: Teacher ID: _____ Form Code: CL7 Version: A Series #: ___ Seq. #: 01 7th Grade Health Lessons …

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Health Lessons and Activity Challenges Teacher Interview – …

(5 days ago) WebThe purpose of this interview is to get your feedback about the TAAG health lessons with activity challenges curriculum. Your honest answers will help us improve …

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