Your Health

REALTOR^® Magazine Online's Your Health page is a portal for consumer health information and articles for real estate professionals. It provides links to health-related topics from REALTOR^® Magazine, REALTOR^® Magazine Online, reliable federal sources, and national nonprofit health organizations that provide consumer information on a variety of health topics.

Choose from the following health topics:

• General Health and Well-Being
  
• Personal Safety
  
• Fitness and Nutrition
  
• Common Health Concerns
  
• Aging
  
• Top 5 Health Issues
  
  1. Heart Disease
     
  2. Cancer
     
  3. Stroke
     
  4. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases
     
  5. Accidents (Unintentional Injuries)
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GENERAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
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• Prepackaged Sales Meeting on Reducing Stress* (REALTOR® Magazine Online)
  
• 10 Stress Warning Signs* (REALTOR® Magazine Online's Learn to Lead Tool Kit)
  
• Achieve Success and Still Have a Life(Blanche Evans, REALTOR® Magazine Online, December 2003)
  
• Keep Energy Wasters in Check(Sales Clinic, REALTOR® Magazine Online, October 2003)
  
• NAR Library's Field Guide to Family Time
  
• NAR Library's Field Guide to Mold & Health Issues
  
• Healthy Eating Tips (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
  
• Stress at Work Brochure(National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
  
• Stress: When and How to Get Help (American Psychological Association)
  
• HelpCenter (American Psychological Association)
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  PERSONAL SAFETY
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• Prepackaged Sales Meeting on Safety* (REALTOR® Magazine Online)
  
• To Meet or Not to Meet(REALTOR® Magazine Online, September 2003)
  
• Whatley Report: Put Your Safety First(REALTOR® Magazine, September 2003)
  
• Protect Your Life(REALTOR® Magazine, September 2003)
  
• Service Monitors You on the Job(REALTOR® Magazine, July 2003)
  
• NAR Library's Field Guide to REALTOR Safety
  
• NAR's REALTOR® Safety Week Web Site
  
  FITNESS AND NUTRITION
  
  
• (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
  
• How Active Do Adults Need to Be to Gain Some Benefit? (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
  
• Overweight and Obesity (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
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  COMMON HEALTH CONCERNS
  
  
• The Common Cold (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
  
• Arthritis (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
  
• Osteoarthritis (American College of Rheumatology)
  
• Rheumatoid Arthritis (American College of Rheumatology)
  
• Exercise and Arthritis (American College of Rheumatology)
  
• High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
  
• Back Pain (American College of Rheumatology)
  
• Checklist for the Prevention of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning (National Center for Environmental Health)
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  AGING
  
  
• Health Information for Older Adults (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  
• Falls and Hip Fractures Among Older Adults(National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
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  TOP 5 HEALTH ISSUES
  
  The following is health information on the top 5 leading causes of death among Americans, as reported by the National Center for Health Statistics.
  
  1. HEART DISEASE
  
  
• Check Your Cholesterol and Heart Disease I.Q. (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
  
• Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
  
• Coronary Heart Disease Explained (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
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  2. CANCER
  
  
• Breast Cancer Home Page (National Cancer Institute)
  
• Colorectal Cancer (American Cancer Society)
  
• Lung Cancer Home Page (National Cancer Institute)
  
• Ovarian Cancer Home Page (National Cancer Institute)
  
• Prostate Cancer Home Page (National Cancer Institute)
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  3. STROKE
  
  
• Stroke Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
  
• Know Stroke. Know the Signs. Act in Time (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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  4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
  
  
• Facts About Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (National Center for Environmental Health)
  
• Pneumonia Fact Sheet (American Lung Association)
  
• Pulmonary Embolism (MayoClinic.com)
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  5. ACCIDENTS (UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES)
  
  
• Unintentional Injury Prevention (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
  
• Impaired Driving (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
  
• Pedestrian Injuries (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
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  RECOMMEND A TOPIC
  
  If there are any other health topics, articles, or resources you would like to see included on this page, please contact Haley Hwang, Web Editor, at  hhwang@realtors.org.
  
  Updated: December 2004