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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.

Food deserts, areas that lack full-service grocery stores, may contribute to rising rates of obesity and chronic diseases among low-income and racial/ethnic minority residents. Our corner store project, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative, aimed to increase availability of healthful foods in food deserts in Nashville, Tennessee.

This fact sheet provides information about helpful resources for people who have decided to quit smoking.

Kristen Wendorf, MD1,2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Gastrointestinal (GI) carcinoid tumor treatment options include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy. Treatment for carcinoid syndrome includes hormonal treatment, interferon, and other medications to control symptoms. Learn more in this expert-reviewed information summary.

Coenzyme Q10 is naturally made by the body and can be taken as a pill or injection. Studies have shown it to help protect the heart from damaging side effects of doxorubicin and to stimulate the immune system in cancer patients. Read about the results of clinical trials in cancer patients using coenzyme Q10 in this expert-reviewed summary.

In Tunisia, few studies have assessed the association between tobacco use and other lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease (eg, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity). We studied 1,880 adults to determine the association between tobacco use and other lifestyle risk factors in Tunisia.

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Adriana S. Lopez, MHS1, Cristina Cardemil, MD2, Laura J. Pabst, MPH2, Karen A.