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Why I write "The Empowered Patient"

The Empowered Patient is a regular feature from CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen that helps put you in the driver's seat when it comes to health care.

Advice from the TV segment

How much sugar is too much?

Latest column

How to limit Alzheimer's wandering

The Empowered Patient book

Elizabeth talks about her book

Preventing Alzheimer's

How to cut your risk of memory loss

Genetic testing

When breast cancer tests get it wrong

Freezing your eggs

The costs and other realities

Careful, moms and dads

Stupid things that put kids at risk

Are dental X-rays dangerous?

Worries about children, thyroid cancer

Saving Isaac

Latino doctor helps Hispanics