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Management & Support

Here are some suggestions to help make your home safer for someone with epilepsy.

Epilepsy and Your Child's School

Explain that your child has epilepsy. Turk offers this example: If your daughter has a seizure in class and the teacher isn't informed about epilep...

Fiber: How Much Do You Need?

Soluble fiber is found in beans, peas, lentils, oatmeal, oat bran, nuts, seeds, psyllium, apples, pears, strawberries, and blueberries. Soluble fib...

Getting Too Much of Vitamins and Minerals

So you'll want to think about the supplements you take and fortified foods or drinks. 'Most people don't realize there's no real advantage to takin...

Lower Your High Cholesterol

Besides the cholesterol, extra fat can increase your chances for high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and other issues. If you’ve improved...

Will Exercise Really Lower Triglycerides?

Don't stress if it’s hard to get in a 30-minute workout every day. You reap the benefits of exercise even if you don’t lose weight. And burning cal...

Delicious Foods that are Heart-Healthy

Omega-3s seem to lower triglycerides, fight plaque in your arteries, lower blood pressure, and reduce your risk of abnormal heart rhythms. The Amer...

Diagnosis & Tests

A cholesterol screening test is the first step in diagnosing cholesterol problems.

Nutrition and Exercise During Breast Cancer Treatment

Generally, diets for breast cancer patients are higher in protein, which provides the building blocks your body needs. Your treatment diet may be m...

What Kind of DoctorsTreat Bipolar Disorder?

A psychiatrist is a type of medical doctor (MD or DO) with specialized training in mental health care. Primary care doctors (also sometimes called ...

Treating Bipolar Depression

Treatment for bipolar depression has come a long way from the days (not so long ago) when patients were given sedatives and medications with numero...

Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorder

People with bipolar disorder (and their families) often benefit from learning about the disorder -- its symptoms, early signs of an episode, and ty...