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Lifestyle Health- Risks, Preventions, and Resources

Definition of Lifestyle disease (www.medterms.com)

Lifestyle disease: A disease associated with the way a person or group of people lives. Lifestyle diseases include atherosclerosis, heart disease, and stroke; obesity and type 2 diabetes; and diseases associated with smoking and alcohol and drug abuse. Regular physical activity helps prevent obesity, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, colon cancer, and premature mortality.

1. Cancer

http://articles.health.msn.com/id/100099695

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165458,00.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165359,00.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165248,00.html

http://familydoctor.org/159.xml

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/08/11/prostate.cancer.ap/index.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165244,00.html

 

2. Obesity

http://www.obesityhelp.com/

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165440,00.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165123,00.html

 

3. Alcoholism

http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/alcoholism.html

http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/

 

4. Sexual Health

http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/safesex.html

http://www.health.qld.gov.au/sexhealth/factsheets/SafeSex.shtml

 

5. Diabetes

http://www.diabetespreventionsource.com/default.aspx?ref=d001ps

 

6. Heart Disease

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartdiseases.html

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/11/news/midcaps/nyc_restaurants/index.htm?cnn=yes

 

7. Stroke

http://www.strokecenter.org/

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