Health A-Z News & Features
- The Emotional Side of Incontinence
Female incontinence is physical, but it can also have a psychological impact.
- At Work With Urinary Incontinence
Incontinence can unsettle your work day. Try these tips to get through long meetings and business lunches.
- Medical Marijuana: The Last Hope for Sick Children
Why families move to Colorado for medical marijuana.
- ZZTest Med Ref What Causes Sinus Problems?
If you are plagued by sinus problems, take a moment to consider these valuable parts of your body. What can turn good sinuses into problem sinuses?
- ZZTEST FEAT What Causes Sinus Problems?
If you are plagued by sinus problems, take a moment to consider these valuable parts of your body. What can turn good sinuses into problem sinuses?
- Healthy Beauty: How To Tips
Healthy Beauty: How To Tips
- Eat to Ease Your Allergies
Can what you eat make your hay fever better or worse?
- Stem Cell Treatments: 6 False-Hope Warning Signs
Some stem cell treatments are unproven and risky. WebMD reports on the warning signs that stem cell treatment claims go too far.
- Stem Cell Clinical Trials: 11 Key Areas
WebMD summarizes stem cell clinical trials being tested in people with heart disease, ALS, stroke, spinal cord injury, and other conditions.
- Larenz Tate on Sickle Cell Disease
The actor wants people to know how serious the disease is and why it's important to get screened.
- Rafael Nadal's Secrets for Success
Rafael Nadal is on course to be the greatest player in the history of the tennis. The 25-year-old Spanish wonder just won his sixth French Open, racking up another Grand Slam title for a total of 10.
- Will Airplane Air Make Me Sick?
It's not the air on airplanes that makes you sick. It's the proximity to all the other passengers.
- Denny Sanford Biography
WebMD explains who Denny Sanford is and how his generous giving is helping many children overcome disease.
- Types of Health Charities
There are so many types of health charities that it can be hard to figure out which one to support. WebMD helps you with your decisions.
- How to Choose a Health-Related Charity
WebMD discusses how to find out more about a charity before making a donation.
- Myths and Facts About Charitable Giving
WebMD looks at common misconceptions about charities and explains the facts.
- Evaluating Your Charitable Gift
WebMD discusses how charities use donations and how to find out where your money is really going.
- Julie Bowen: Modern Mother, Modern Family
Julie Bowen shares her tricks and tips for balancing TV's No. 1 comedy and family -- including three kids under age 3.
- Ready to Make Your Home and Yard More Eco-Friendly?
Follow our tips to create a greener, healthier home and habitat.
- Staying in Shape During Sports Season
WebMD helps teen boys get and stay in shape during sports seasons.
- Green Cleaning Spruces Up Environment
Green cleaning products are in. From kitchen sprays and bathroom scrubs to dishwashing detergents and liquid soaps, manufacturers all seem to be going au naturel.
- Do We Really Lose Most of Our Heat Through Our Heads?
The idea that heat loss occurs primarily through our head is an old wives tale, says this expert in wilderness medicine.
- Top Trending Searches of 2010
WebMD's top search trends of 2010.
- Fliers' Survival Guide for Airports, Planes
Want to avoid catching something on the plane? WebMD shares tips for avoiding germs and bacteria in airports and on airplanes.
- Top Stories of the Year 2010
WebMD looks back at the most memorable stories of 2010.
- Top Physician Topics of 2010
The top 5 medical topics for doctors in 2010.
- Top Celebrity Health Topics of 2010
WebMD's top celebrity health topics of 2010 include Michael Douglas' throat cancer, Brett Michaels' brain hemorrhage, Bill Clinton's heart surgery and weight loss, Phil Mickelson's psoriatic arthritis, and Glenn Beck's macular dystrophy.
- How Dupuytren’s Contracture Progresses
How does Dupuytren’s contracture progress? Which treatments are available as it progresses? Get the facts on Dupuytren’s contracture progression.
- Dupuytren’s Contracture: Causes and Risk Factors
Is Dupuytren’s contracture inherited from family members? What causes this condition, and what are the risk factors for Dupuytren’s?
- El Dengue
El Dengue: Cómo prevenir dengue durante viajes
- Miranda Cosgrove's Surprisingly Healthy Take on Teen Stardom
Teen actress and singer Miranda Cosgrove talks to WebMD the Magazine about how she balances her TV series, making movies, singing, doing her homework -- and, yes, staying healthy.
- New Prescriptions
Always ask your doctor these questions when you get a new prescription.
- Actress Lisa Edelstein Rescues Abandoned Animals
Actress Lisa Edelstein has a pet cause: rescuing abandoned animals.
- Green Tips for a Cool Summer
A green guide for keeping your home cool this summer, from simple steps to bigger projects.
- Antibacterial Soap: Do You Need It to Keep Your Home Clean?
Antibacterial cleaners don’t work any better than regular ones – and they damage the environment.
- What's Inside? Decoding Product Labels
You can’t always rely on labels to tell you what’s inside a product. But with a little detective work, you can make safer choices for your family. Here’s how.
- Your Health and the Environment: Protecting Your Piece of the Planet
Finding a substitute for chemical lawn fertilizers and harmful pesticides. Disposing of used oil and old paint safely. Learn how protecting the environment can help protect your family’s health.
- Healthier Hygiene
Have you ever read the ingredients on the many personal care products you use? What you put on your skin can impact your overall health. Here’s how to find products that are safer for you.
- 10 Affordable Ways to Make Your Home Safer and Healthier
Can you be green and healthy on a budget? Absolutely. Try these 10 simple steps to keep your home – and the planet – in good shape.
- Health Predictions for 2009
Experts make predictions about health trends in 2009.
- Should Allergies Keep Your Child at Home?
Find out how to help your child avoid allergy problems at school, playing sports, on vacation, or at a friend’s house.
- Cold and Flu Tips to Help You Stay Well
Small children can get six to 10 colds a year. How do you keep everyone else in the family healthy when one child is sick? These tips can help you brave the cold and flu season.
- How to Use Your Immune System to Stay Healthy
Do you seem to always catch whatever illness is going around? Maybe you need to strengthen your immune system. These healthy habits can boost your immunity for a lifetime.
- Tips to Help Prevent Colds and Flu
Surveys show that Americans suffer a billion colds each year. Here are ways to avoid becoming one of those miserable statistics.
- ZZTEST FEAT Allergy Tips for Outdoor Living
Don’t let allergies keep you indoors on nice days.
- Drugs in Our Drinking Water?
A report says small amounts of drugs have made their way into the water supply; experts contacted by WebMD put the potential risks in perspective.
- Help for Medical Billing Errors
Overwhelmed by medical costs? Worried you've been overcharged? It may be time to call in a medical billing advocate.
- What's Ahead for Health in 2008
Experts make predictions about health trends in 2008.
- Readers' Choice: Top 10 Blog Posts of 2007
A list of 2007's most popular posts from the WebMD blogosphere.