Healthy eating | Talk with your doc | Balance | Sickle cell disease | Parkinson’s disease

National Institutes of Health (NIH) sent this bulletin at 12/27/2018 03:00 PM EST

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Tips for Healthy Eating

A plate of vegetables, beans, seeds, and chicken.

Make a plan for good health in 2019. Eating well is one of the best ways to prevent or delay health problems. (From NIH News in Health)

How to Talk With Your Doctor

A patient discussing questions and concerns with her doctor.

Take a list of questions and concerns with you to your next doctor’s appointment. (From NIH)

Improve Your Balance

A fitness trainer teaching a senior man exercises to improve balance.

Losing your balance puts you at risk of falling and becoming injured. Check out these exercises to help you improve balance. (From NIH’s NIA)

Stories of Sickle Cell Disease

Five young adults smiling with their arms around each other.

Discover the real people who live with sickle cell disease, as well as the nurses, doctors, and researchers who help them. (From NIH’s NHLBI)

Study Links Appendix to Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers discovered that people who’d had their appendix removed had a lower chance of developing Parkinson’s disease later on. (From NIH Research Matters)

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