Learn more about advanced care planning and options

The National Institute on Aging has resources on palliative and hospice care. Understanding these options and when to use them can benefit both people with these conditions and their loved ones.

Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes

The NHLBI Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Program aims to help people lower blood cholesterol numbers and improve heart health. The TLC Program’s step-by-step plan combines healthy food choices, physical activity, and weight management to lower the risks for heart disease, metabolic syndrome, and other serious medical conditions.

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NHLBI study assesses health of residents in rural South for heart, lung disease Adults in the rural South region, which includes Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta, have some of the highest rates of heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the country. Heart failure rates, for example, are...
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Low sodium, high potassium combo tastes like salt and could be ‘game changer’ Let’s face it: Americans eat too much salt. The popular seasoning, also known as sodium chloride, is found in many food favorites, including pizza, chips, burgers, and breads. On average, people consume more than 3,400 milligrams of sodium chloride daily, or roughly over...
Abstract image of a human lungs in the form of a starry sky or space, consisting of points, lines, and shapes in the form of planets, stars and the universe
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Hadi Nia, Ph.D. wanted to learn about the inner workings of the lung in a way nobody had, but he knew he’d need something close to a crystal ball to see what was really happening. That idea, it turns out, wasn’t exactly far-fetched. Nia, an assistant professor in the Biomedical Engineering department at Boston University, already knew a thing or...