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Fact Sheet
Talking with Your Doctor About Valve Disease
This quick guide to talking with your doctor about valve disease includes information for patients who think they may have a valve problem, as well as for those who know they have valve disease. This resource can help make these important conversations with your doctor a little bit easier.
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Fact Sheet
Valve Disease: Patient Information
This fact sheet includes basics on valve disease--what it is, how you get it, how you know you have it, how it's diagnosed, and how it's treated. It also covers broad treatment options, what to expect after surgery, and a list of helpful resources.
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Report
2009 Task Force on Aging Research Funding
The 2009 Task Force on Aging Research Funding--more than 65 non-partisan disease groups, patient advocates, and foundations--urges Congress and the President to restore a national commitment to medical research on behalf of America's aging population. This year's report of the Task Force calls for a at least a 7% increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health in FY 2010. It also presents data on the burden of diseases and conditions that predominately affect older Americans, highlights the emerging research the NIH is doing to decrease these burdens, and serves as a resource for policymakers working to establish the funding levels necessary to advance healthy aging.
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Report
2007 Task Force Report on Aging Research Funding
The 2007 Task Force on Aging Research Funding--more than 85 non-partisan disease groups, patient advocates, and foundations--urges Congress and the President to chart a better course for medical research on behalf of America's aging population. This year's report of the Task Force calls for a 6.7% increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health in FY 2008. It also presents data on the burden of 27 diseases and conditions that predominately affect older Americans, highlights some of the exciting work the NIH is doing to decrease these burdens, and serves as a resource for policymakers working to establish the funding levels necessary to advance healthy aging.
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Feature Article
What Men Don't Know About Their Health And Aging Can Hurt Them
If you are a middle-aged or older man, do you assume that a decline in energy, low libido, moodiness, and weight gain are just part of “normal aging”?
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Fact Sheet
Low Testosterone - Men's Health Condition in the Shadows:
Survey Highlights
In order to raise awareness about low testosterone, the Alliance commissioned a survey of over 522 American men over the age of 39. Harris Interactive conducted this on-line survey in January 2006. This fact sheet includes background information on low testosterone, as well as highlights from the survey.
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Fact Sheet
Low Testosterone & Testosterone Replacement Therapy for the Aging Male
Read this fact sheet and learn about:
- Testosterone & its function as men age
- Symptoms of low testosterone
- Diagnosing low testosterone
- Testosterone replacement therapy
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Fact Sheet
What Men Should Know About their Health
Men continue to struggle to manage many health concerns and heart disease, stroke, and diabetes are among the leading causes of death in men over 40. Read this fact sheet and learn more about some of the leading health conditions facing men today.
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Fact Sheet
Patient Checklist:
Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Low Testosterone
Use this checklist of questions to help start a discussion with your doctor about low testosterone.
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Science in the Spotlight
What You Should Know About BPH
As they get older, many men find themselves making more nightly trips to the bathroom. They may fear that this sort of problem is an unavoidable consequence of aging, or - worse - a sign that they have prostate cancer.
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Feature Article
Testosterone: An Antidote to Aging?
Testosterone, the most important of the male sex hormones, has been both touted and blamed for the critical role it plays in making men.
