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Quitting smoking is a critical step toward diabetes control. It is not known whether smoking rates in adults with diabetes are similar to rates among adults who do not have the disease or whether people with diabetes have increased motivation to quit.

Make sure that your children are up-to-date on vaccines before sending them back to school.

Division of Bacterial Diseases Bulletin Fall

Treatments for peripheral artery disease include lifestyle changes, anti-clotting medicines, statins to control cholesterol, and medicines to treat high blood pressure. When peripheral artery disease is advanced or does not respond to lifestyle changes and medicines, your doctor may recommend surgery or procedures such as bypass grafting, angioplasty and stent placement, and atherectomy.

Find out what vitamin C is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about vitamin C supplements.

Find out what zinc is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about zinc supplements.

Grief, bereavement (mourning), and coping with loss are common challenges following the loss of a loved one from cancer. Learn about coping and the grief process in adults and children in this expert-reviewed information summary.

Keren Z. Landman, MD1,2, Kathrine R. Tan, MD2, Paul M.

Find out what iron is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about iron supplements.

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