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If you feel down most days or are having problems with appetite or sleep, you may have depression. Depression is as real and serious an illness as heart failure. But depression is treatable.

Obesity can increase your risk for many serious health issues. These include problems with your heart, lungs, blood vessels, brain, and joints.

The perineum is the area of tissue between the vagina and anus. After childbirth, this area may be very sore.

An ICD is a device that is placed permanently inside your body. An ICD keeps track of your heart rhythm (the speed and pattern of your heartbeat). If this rhythm becomes too fast or too slow, the ICD sends out electrical signals that help bring the rhythm back to normal. Read on to learn more.

A helpful look at medicines to control heart failure, and how they work.

Your incision may be open to the air by the time you go home. But if you need to change your dressing, follow these steps.

An exercise stress test shows your heart's response to exercise. The test records your heartbeat while you walk on a treadmill or ride a stationary bike. It can be done in a hospital, a test center, or a doctor's office. The test is also called a stress electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG).

If you have diabetes, you are twice as likely to have heart disease than someone without diabetes. You can reduce your health risks by making some changes in your life.

Cooking with less fat may mean learning some new ways to cook. But it doesn't mean eating bland, boring food. And it doesn't mean spending hours in the kitchen. There are lots of ways to cook and season foods using less fat.