Caregivers play a vital role in the lives of cancer patients. But when you are busy caring for a loved one with cancer, who’s taking care of you? It’s common for caregivers to neglect their own health when coping with the demands of such an important job.

In the 1940s, cocktails of appetite suppressants — brightly colored capsules often containing amphetamines, diuretics, laxatives and thyroid hormones — were heavily marketed to American women to maximize weight loss.