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Health Highlights

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Protect Your Skin from the Sun

Summer’s here and you’re outside more. Slather on sunscreen, slide on your sunglasses, and slip on a hat!

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Healthy Food Choices at Summer Outings

Cookouts and picnics are a big part of summer. If you’ve got diabetes or high blood sugar, get tips for building a plate of healthy food choices.

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Help for Drug Abuse

Find out what you can do if you know or suspect that someone close to you has a drug problem.

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Men and Mental Disorders

Did you know that depression and other mental disorders may impact men differently than women? Learn the warning signs of mental health issues in men.

Featured Tools

Rethinking Drinking — Do you know the risks of heavy drinking? Thinking about cutting back? Check out the interactive quizzes and calculators from NIH’s National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. You can evaluate your drinking and find tools to help you stay in control.

Screenshot of the Rethinking Drinking website.