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Take Charge!                             Back Pain                                                                      This pamphlet talks about the most common, big
                                                   More than 80% of Americans suffer back pain at
                                                   one time or another.  Most pain comes from strain                                health concerns and the ways you can impact       Wellness
                                                   or disk problems. Repetitive movements may                                         them. Doctors are willing to work with you      & Nutrition
               „ I have the right to choose a      cause pain. Chronic back pain, caused by injury, is                                to give you options to improving your health.   No. 5
               lifestyle that supports health or   a major cause of disability.                                                       You need to believe you can improve and
               take risks. It’s my choice.
                                                                                                                                      you can follow the advice of the health-care
               „ I can educate myself on my        Treatment: Use pain relievers, exercise regularly,
               condition so I can make my life     and lose weight. Surgery is an option if pain is                                   professionals you use. You have to make a
               better.                             severe.                                                                         commitment to wanting to be healthy.

                                                   from the National Institute of Health


          HIV/AIDS                                 Obesity                                             The Doctor Says...                            Top Health Concerns

          AIDS is caused by HIV which is           It’s estimated that 66% of Americans are overweight                                          Heart disease, which causes heart
          commonly spread by sexual contact or     or obese. Excess fat can mean a greater chance of                                            attacks and strokes, kills the largest
                                                   heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes,
          by sharing unsterilized, intravenous     gallbladder disease, and some cancers. Carrying     8   It will be your choice whether to pop   number of Americans per year. Heart

          needles.  HIV destroys the white blood   around excess weight can put extra pressure on                                               disease kills more people than all      Concerns  Special Health
          cells that fight off infection.          your joints and can make arthritis worse. Reducing      a pill or change the way you live.   forms of cancer combined.
                                                   your weight can be a major factor in improving your   8   You can have any of these problems    Addressing the following health
          Treatment: AIDS has no cure, but there   health.                                                 because of your lifestyle choices.   concerns can improve your lifestyle:

          are new medicines that attack the        from the National Center for Health Statistics      8   It’s your choice to stop smoking, or
          virus and slow development of new                                                                change your diet, or choose risky        „ Heart disease
          complications. Practice safe sex.        Treatment: Begin exercising, cut down on calories                                                „ Diabetes

                                                   and eat a healthy diet. Losing weight takes time and    behavior.                                „ High blood pressure
                                                   the right combination of diet and exercise. Cut down   8   If some of these illnesses or
                                                   on fatty foods, high in salt and sugar.                 diseases come into your life, it will     „ Obesity

                                                                                                           be my job to help you maintain the       „ HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis C
                                                          Disclaimer:                                      best quality of life you can.            „ Back pain
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