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While 90 percent of people in the United States and United Kingdom support organ donation, only 30 percent know what steps they need to take to become an organ donor. Are you one of the other 70 percent? Learning the facts about organ donation can help you to decide whether you want to register as an organ donor. Here’s a rundown of the top ten organ donation myths – and the truths to dispel them.

For people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), short winter days often mean misery. Symptoms of SAD may include intense mood swings, strong food cravings, overwhelming fatigue, sleeping too much, and general malaise. Other symptoms include anxiety, lethargy, difficulty sleeping, and social and sexual problems. Here’s how you can beat seasonal affective disorder this winter. About

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has declared November 2011 “American Diabetes Month.” The slogan is  “Stop Diabetes” accompanied by a picture of a lovely, trim, young lady with a hand outstretched like a traffic cop. The ADA maps out a truly ambitious plan for its “Stop Diabetes Movement,” urging people to get involved in multiple ways. So how do we stop diabetes? YourMedicalSource spoke with Dr. Joel Zonszein, Director of the Clinical Diabetes Center of Montefiore Medical Center and Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York.

As parents, we stock our kids’ lunchboxes with a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, yogurt, hummus, salads, and other healthful foods. Then we ship them off to school, feeling confident that we’re offering them healthier food for lunch than the high-sodium, fat, and sugar meals of hot pockets, corn dogs, and meatloaf so common

WebQuit, an online study to help people stop smoking, is looking for people who want to quit the cigarette habit. People who sign up for the program will recieve free online help, including tips and advice about how to quit smoking and the benefits of quitting smoking. On June 25, we spoke with WebQuit study

Is microwaved food really hazardous to your health? Do hidden dangers lurk in the chemical structures of foods cooked in a microwave oven? Type “microwave food dangers” into any web search engine, and you’ll discover a multitude of claims about the supposed hazards of microwave ovens. According to these stories, foods cooked in microwave ovens

Bottled water is possibly one of the greatest environmental, economic, and health disasters of our time. Public health professionals – the people who were first responsible for widespread water treatment systems and water quality standards – should recognize that. But when it comes to bottled water, most of the people working in public health agencies I’ve consulted with over the years are deaf, dumb, and blind.