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Sickle Cell 101
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Knowledge Matters: You Must Be Your Own Health Literate Advocate
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Who Is Affected by Sickle Cell Disease?
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What Causes Sickle Cell Disease?
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What is sickle cell disease?
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What Health Problems Do Sickle Cell Disease Cause?
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How Is Sickle Cell Disease Treated?
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Living with Sickle CellIs There a Cure for Sickle Cell Disease?
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Six Steps to Living Well With Sickle Cell Disease
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Emergency Guide: When to See the Doctor
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Five Tips to Help Prevent Infections
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Coping With Stress
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Fifteen Reasons Why Exercise Is Good
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Tools for Managing your HealthWhy should we live by this toolkit?
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Where Can I Find and Print the Forms for My Self-Care Toolkit?
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How Often Should I Update the Information in My Self-Care Toolkit? Teach me about the App.
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Who Should Know About My Self-Care Toolkit?
Quizzes
Fifteen Reasons Why Exercise Is Good
Being physically active can help with maintaining overall good health.
The following are examples of the benefits of exercising:
- Helps to improve and maintain good overall health.
- Strengthens the cardiovascular system—heart, lungs and blood vessels
- Reduces the risk of persistent illness.
- Increases muscle strength.
- Improves flexibility.
- Increases endurance and stamina.
- Increases natural pain killers (called endorphins) in the body’s nervous system, which help control pain.
- Helps with weight control.
- Helps to improve quality of sleep.
- Helps balance and coordination.
- Reduces fatigue and increases energy.
- Reduces muscular tension, stress, and depression. 9 Helps combat depression and anxiety.
- Helps you maintain a positive outlook.
- Helps to prevent constipation.