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Health Tip: Coping With Chronic Illness
By LadyLively on May 30, 2014
Learning how to manage your chronic illness can help make coping easier.
The American Academy of Family Physicians offers this advice:
- Examine your lifestyle and choose one unhealthy practice to address.
- Create a specific goal to address your issue, such as exercising three days per week.
- Create a plan to deal with factors that may interfere with your goal.
- Make sure your goal is realistic.
- Schedule regular follow-up appointments with your doctor to track your progress.
Source: HealthDay
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