Overweight and Obesity

Obesity and Being Overweight

American society has become ‘obesogenic,’ characterized by environments that promote increased food intake, unhealthy foods, and physical inactivity. Policy and environmental change initiatives that make healthy choices in nutrition and physical activity available, affordable, and easy will likely prove most effective in combating obesity.

Breast Facts

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Many changes occur in your breasts during your lifetime. It's important to understand which changes are normal and which are not.

The first step is to learn about the structure of your breasts and how they function.

Understanding Breast Cancer provides basic information about breast health, breast cancer and other breast conditions.

Although breast cancer is more common in women, it can also occur in men. This section includes information about male breast health and male breast cancer.

Prevent Stroke

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A stroke, sometimes called a brain attack, occurs when a clot blocks the blood supply to the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts. You can greatly reduce your risk for stroke through lifestyle changes and, in some cases, medication.

Stroke can cause death or significant disability, such as paralysis, speech difficulties, and emotional problems. Some new treatments can reduce stroke damage if patients get medical care soon after symptoms begin.

Prostate Cancer – A man’s Issue and A Woman’s Concern

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Not counting some forms of skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men, and second only to lung cancer in the number of cancer deaths. Every year, more than 200,000 new cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed, and more than 30,000 men die from it every year.

When cancer starts in the prostate, it is called prostate cancer.The prostate is a walnut-sized organ located just below the bladder and in front of the rectum in men. It produces fluid that makes up a part of semen.

CDC provides men, doctors, and policymakers with the latest information about prostate cancer.