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How Will Treating My Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Affect My Quality of Life?
Early-stage prostate cancer can be treated in different ways. The three main ways are active surveillance, surgery, and radiotherapy. Active surveillance means having your prostate checked every few months to make sure the cancer is not spreading. Surgery would take out the prostate, and...
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PREPARE for your care website
PREPARE is a program that can help you:
- make medical decisions for yourself and others
- talk with your doctors
- get the medical care that is right for you
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PREPARE Patient Web Tool
PREPARE is a step-by-step program with video stories to help you:
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Have a voice in YOUR medical car
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Talk with your doctors
- Give your family and friends peace of mind
PREPARE videos help you answer questions...
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The EveryONE Project Neighborhood Navigator
As part of a continued commitment to help our members address social determinants of health (SDOH) at point of care, the AAFP’s EveryONE Project offers tools for ...
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The Mediterranean Diet: What You Need to Know About Eating the Mediterranean Way
When you think about Mediterranean food, your mind may go to pizza and pasta from Italy, or lamb chops from Greece, but these dishes don’t fit into the healthy dietary plans advertised as “Mediterranean.” A true Mediterranean diet consists mainly of fruits and vegetables, seafood, olive oil,...
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Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH
A condensed version of "Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure With DASH" this easy-to-read fact sheet includes an overview of DASH research findings and suggestions on how to start and stick with a eating plan.
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Making Sense of Probiotics and Prebiotics – What We Know, Have Yet to Learn
They are everywhere – foods and supplements containing bacteria that claim to improve your gut health and overall wellness. Can these bacteria improve your digestion, boost your immune system and even combat disease?
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Patient Education Resources from the CDC
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"CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate...
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