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- Boosting 4 Vital Nutrients Kids Need
Tips to help your kids get enough of 5 essential nutrients they need -- and are often missing.
- Deadly Diet: School Lunches Flunk Out
Is your kid's diet at school getting a failing grade?
- Beach Safety 101
Experts offer advice for a safe day at the beach.
- What to Feed Your Baby and Toddler
Experts give the feeding basics for infants and toddlers.
- American Idol Runner-up Admits Bulimia
American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee talks about her battle with bulimia in the weeks before appearing on the show.
- Serve Up Good Nutrition for Preschool Children
Get even picky eaters to eat healthfully – with a minimum of fuss.
- 5 Summertime Tips for Healthy Ears
Experts explain how to avoid ear problems that are triggered by everything from swimming to loud music.
- 10 Painless Ways to Lose Weight
Easy weight loss tips you can slip into your everyday life
- TV for Tots?
Experts talk about the pros and cons of letting very young children watch TV.
- Hollywood Takes Action on Health
Celebrities are increasingly trying to raise awareness of a variety of health issues.
- Eat Smart for a Healthier Brain
Add these 'superfoods' to your daily diet, and you will increase your odds of maintaining a healthy brain for the rest of your life.
- 11 Meal Planning Tips to Prevent Heartburn
Need heartburn relief? Find out which foods can cause heartburn -- and why.
- Even a Little Weight Gain – or Loss -- Can Affect Your Heartburn
Even a few extra pounds increases your risk of heartburn. Losing weight can bring fast relief.
- Why Tobacco Use May Make Heartburn Worse
Find out the hidden connection between smoking, nicotine, and heartburn and GERD.
- Adult Immunizations: Are You Protected?
The flu vaccine, tetanus boosters, hepatitis shots -- why adults still need vaccinations.
- Treating Disease With Vaccines
Can therapeutic vaccines cure illnesses we already have -- like HIV, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer?
- Vaccines for Adults
Are you up to date on your vaccines? Find out which ones you should be getting as an adult.
- Chronic Pain: Integrative Treatments
Clinics and programs with a multidisciplinary, or comprehensive, approach to pain management are becoming more popular as people reject the traditional pill-and-surgery model of treating pain because they find it's not always effective.
- Dying to Be Beautiful
Beauty may be only skin-deep, but dangers associated with some beauty procedures can cause damage to the core.
- Nap Quest
The benefits of napping.
- Cyber Straying: Is Online Sex Cheating?
He likes online porn. She thinks he's virtually cheating. Who's right?
- Menopause and Sleep
How to Sleep Better With Menopause
- Share Bear: Grieving the Loss of a Sister
Grieving the Loss of a Sister
- Got Hay Fever? Get to Work!
With improved over-the-counter allergy drugs, people are able to function better without allergies knocking them down.
- What's Hot in Food and Beverages
The aroma of mouth-watering food wafted in the air along with the sounds of thousands of people, clanging equipment, demonstrations, ice carvings, and even demos of dancing waiters and waitresses profiling the latest in designer uniforms on the exhibit floor of the National Restaurant Association show.
- Rx Drug Abuse: Common and Dangerous
Experts explain how teens and adults alike are vulnerable to prescription drug abuse for medications ranging from Oxycontin to Ritalin.
- Water and Food Safety After Hurricanes
To help you prepare for this hurricane season, WebMD gives advice from the FDA about what is safe to drink and eat in the aftermath of a storm.
- 6 Foods and Tips for More Fiber
We all know fiber is good for us. Not only can dietary fiber lower cholesterol, it also helps keep us trim and feeling full.
- Diplomatic Guide for Grandparents
Grandparents have a role in the lives of their grandchildren, but what exactly is that role? Let your adult children take the lead and discuss your expectations with them.
- Top 10 Parenting Pitfalls
Experts offer advice that will help you raise a well-behaved child -- instead of a brat.
- Treating Your Migraine Headache
These are the medications and devices that can treat your migraine headaches.
- The Do's and Don'ts of Wedding Weight Loss
Some simple lifestyle changes to avoid married life weight gain.
- 15 Tips for Saner Swimsuit Shopping
Find the right bathing suit to fit and flatter -- tips for all sizes and shapes.
- Lifesaving Tests for Women
Find out what kinds of screening tests women should get to check for heart disease, breast cancer, osteoporosis, and other conditions.
- 5 Lifesaving Health Care Screening Tests for Women
WebMD ranks the top five lifesaving health care screening tests every woman needs.
- Diet Secrets From Around the World
What other cultures can teach us about keeping down the pounds
- Coping With Closure
What is closure and is it really achievable en masse or even personally?
- Is Guilt Getting the Best of You?
Is Guilt Getting the Best of You?
- Label Conscious
Fashion designer Dana Buchman refuses to brand her learning-challenged daughter as disabled-and she wants to educate others to do the same
- Imaging the Heart: The New Frontier
New advances in MRIs, CT scans and echocardiography reveal the mysteries of the malfunctioning heart.
- A Look Back at Old-Time Medicines
Antique medicines contained everything from arsenic to opium -- and promised instant cures.
- Secret Agent Mom
From little black boxes to GPS tracking systems, parents these days are outfitted with all sorts of secret agent gadgets. Here's the scoop on today's hottest parenting technology.
- Helpful Hints for Healthy Teeth
Don't believe everything you hear about what is good or bad for your pearly whites.
- Learning to Live With Celiac Disease
Experts explain why celiac disease can rob the body of nutrients it needs to thrive.
- How to Avoid the 'Demons' of Summer
Tips for keeping your cool when obnoxious behavior tries to ruin your summer fun.
- The Perfect Bridal Beauty Guide
Top bridal experts tell WebMD how to plan ahead to ensure your day is picture perfect- no matter what!
- Are Family Dinners Still a Thing?
Families have changed and so have dinners. But many families still make it a priority to connect over a meal. Here’s how.
- HRT: Where Are We Now?
A few years ago, the use of hormone replacement therapy looked like a medical mess. For decades, women were told that HRT -- usually a combination of estrogen and progestin -- was good for them during and after menopause. Then, the 2002 results of the Women's Health Initiative study seemed to show just the opposite: hormone replacement therapy actually had life-threatening risks.
- 7 Most Effective Exercises
Not all exercises are created equal. Some are simply more efficient than others, whether they target multiple muscle groups, are suitable for a wide variety of fitness levels, or help you burn calories more effectively.
- How to Stop Overeating
Try these tips for getting more satisfaction from fewer calories.