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Your knees are complex joints, and that makes them more likely to be injured. Learning how to prevent knee injuries and treating them if they occur can help you stay active at work and play. Test your knowledge of knees by taking this quiz, based on information from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
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Older adults often suffer from depression needlessly because they fail to recognize its signs or are reluctant to talk with their doctor about it. In addition, friends and family may think that the symptoms of depression they see in an older person are just a passing mood. Depression, however, is a medical illness. Learn more about depression in the elderly by taking this quiz.
Test your knowledge of lead poisoning and how to protect your family. This quiz is based on information from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
People who need long-term care include those with a chronic illness or a physical handicap. Learn more about long-term care planning by taking this quiz, based on information from the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
What's the secret to a long, healthy life? The secret is that it depends on you -- and you can take steps to keep yourself healthy in the long run. Find out what you know about living longer by taking this true-false quiz.
There's a lot of information about the dangers of high blood pressure, but low blood pressure can endanger your health, too.
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Test your knowledge of what steps to take to catch breast cancer in the early stages.
Knowing about marijuana can help you recognize its use in others, so you can encourage them to seek treatment. Marijuana is a street drug made from the flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves of the hemp plant. It is usually smoked as a cigarette, in a pipe or in a cigar in which the tobacco has been replaced with marijuana. Marijuana also can be consumed by mixing with foods or brewing into a tea. To learn more about marijuana, take this quiz, based on information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Learn how to better manage your medications by taking this quiz.
To keep your memory sharp, it's helpful to understand factors that affect memory for better or for worse.
Test your knowledge of menopause by taking this quiz.
So you think you know how to eat right—what foods are healthy, what foods keep the weight off—yet you can't avoid peeking at the latest fad diet. A voice inside says you'd lose the weight without cutting calories if you ate your cheeseburger without the bun, drank a liquid protein concoction, and stopped eating for three hours before you go to bed, or ate exactly 40 percent of calories from carbohydrate, 30 percent from protein, and 30 percent from fat at each meal and snack.Sound crazy? Sure it does. Yet at any given time, about two-thirds of us are trying to lose weight or keep it off. That helps make weight loss a $43-billion-a-year industry.
So you're having more than one! You're not alone. The number of multiple births has increased dramatically in recent years.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system, the brain and spinal cord. Its symptoms can range from benign to severe. Find out more about this mysterious illness by taking this quiz, based on information from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
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Learn how dependence on nicotine develops, and how it can affect your body.
If you work the night shift, you face unique health and productivity challenges. Take this quiz to see
how much you know about making the most of the night shift.
Eating a healthy diet is essential for people of every age. But as you age, doing so is especially important. To assess how much you know about good nutrition, take this quiz.
A diet that includes plenty of fruits, vegetables and whole grains is important for good health. What effect does diet have on your risk for cancer? Find out by taking this quiz, based in part on information from the American Cancer Society (ACS).
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Over-the-counter pain relievers can quickly relieve a headache, backache, cramps, and other aches and pains. But even though they are readily available and inexpensive, care should be used whenever you take them or give them to a child. Take this quiz to see how much you know about OTC pain relievers.
There is an epidemic of obesity in this country, health experts say. But what is obesity? How is it measured? Find out the answers to these questions and others by taking this quiz, based on information from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Getting older doesn't have to mean getting wider, the experts say. The first step in the fight against flab is knowing your opponent. Take the following quiz to find out how well armed you are.
Organic foods, once sold only in health food stores and farmers markets, are slowly
becoming a staple in your local supermarket. Organic ingredients are grown and processed without artificial additives and used in a wide variety of products. Find out more about organic foods by taking this quiz.
Learn more about osteoarthritis, the most common type of arthritis, by taking this quiz.
Osteoporosis is a disease that thins and weakens a person's bones, making them less dense and more fragile.
Overactive bladder is a health problem that can have a debilitating effect on nearly every part of daily living. It can cause isolation, depression, guilt, denial, fatigue from sleeplessness, work absenteeism and problems with relationships.
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