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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
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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