Drugs and Medications Features
- When Heartburn Gets Serious
Ignoring heartburn -- just putting up with it, popping a few pills day after day -- isn't necessarily the best plan. There are complications that can result from letting the problem linger.
- How I Manage My Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
What is it like to have seasonal affective disorder? Read how one woman found out why her mood worsened every winter.
- Heartburn Surgery Offers Relief
If medication doesn't solve your heartburn woes, you may need to consider surgery.
- Gas, Bloating: Always Uncomfortable?
Upset stomach got you down? Gas, bloating, and bathroom problems are a constant battle for many people -- often the symptoms are related to diet, but there are some more serious medical conditions that may be the culprit.
- Gas, Bloating: Always Uncomfortable?
Upset stomach got you down? Gas, bloating, and bathroom problems are a constant battle for many people -- often the symptoms are related to diet, but there are some more serious medical conditions that may be the culprit.
- When Heartburn Gets Serious.
Ignoring heartburn -- just putting up with it, popping a few pills day after day -- isn't necessarily the best plan. There are complications that can result from letting the problem linger.
- GERD Surgery Pricey in Short Term
Even though it cuts the need for anti-acid drugs, GERD surgery isn't cost-effective in the short term.
- Eating for 2 -- but Not Too Much
You should gain weight while pregnant, but there's a way to do it so that you and your baby are healthy.
- Keeping Track of Your Kids
Child abductions are making headlines and parents are understandably nervous. And now, there are high-tech methods available for keeping tabs on your children. Should you consider one of these 'kid chip' microtransmitters?
- Is TV Really So Bad for Kids?
Is TV Really So Bad for Kids? Experts say it depends on what they're watching, and how much. And the key to keeping them safe and sound is monitoring their viewing, as well as your own.
- Breaking the Thumb-Sucking Habit
It's OK for infants and toddlers to soothe themselves by sucking a thumb or finger, experts say. But if that child enters kindergarten with his hand in his mouth -- it's time for mom and dad to intervene. Here's how to handle this common problem.
- Not Your Mother's Birth Control
Women today have a wide array of new and easy birth control options. Just pick your preference!
- Doomed to Get Old and Fat?
Sad to say, we all put on weight more easily as we get older. Women are especially prone to get a bigger waist. But it's not inevitable. Exercise and estrogen seem especially key in winning the war against late-life obesity.
- Cancer: Exploring the Alternatives
Supplements are popular among cancer patients, but most people don't discuss them with their doctor have no idea whether there are risks
- Don't Feel Well? Redecorate!
To be healthy, you need to feed all areas of your life. Changing your environment can have lasting good effects on your health, some say.
- Rite of Passage or Cry for Help?
Teen shoplifting is rarely habitual, but children should know there are consequences to their actions.
- Preventing Harm in Your Own House
Seniors are often one wrong step away from falling in their own homes. To reduce the chance of an accident, follow these tips.
- Eating to Fight Cancer
Beyond quitting smoking, drinking less, losing weight, and exercising, lowering your risk of cancer is all about a healthy diet. Here's what to eat, and what to avoid, to stack the odds in your favor.
- The Future of Breast Cancer Screening
An array of high-tech detection techniques and devices is on the scientific horizon.
- The Guy's Guide to Breast Cancer
If the woman you love is diagnosed with breast cancer, you have to cope, too.
- Clinical Trials: Cutting-Edge Care
Participating in a clinical trial can yield big benefits for cancer patients, but it's important to know the risks first.
- New Approaches to Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
From tweaking the size and timing of chemotherapy, to adjusting how it's administered, small improvements are making a big difference in women's lives.
- Internet Makes Hypochondria Worse
Health information on the web is valuable to most people, but for hypochondriacs, it can be too much information. Their condition can worsen into a modern malady called 'cyberchondria.'
- Yoga: Slim Bodies, Strong Minds
More than just a leaner and stronger body, yoga offers a path to self-respect and the discipline you need to revamp old eating habits.
- Better Sex for Women?
Vaginal plastic surgery used to be only for treating medical problems. Now, women are turning to it in hopes of improving their sex lives.
- Can Caviar Cure Depression?
Omega-3-rich diet could protect against some mental illnesses.
- Cutting-Edge Breast Cancer Therapy
Future breast cancer treatments will be a lot smarter about the cells they target.
- Big Gals Just Want to Have Fun
Fed up with feeling fat, 'women of size' are turning to nightclubs and groups where big is beautiful and the skinny ones are spurned.
- Having a Baby? Think Yoga
'Strength, flexibility, relaxation' -- what some say yoga can bring to your pregnancy.
- Making Memories
Researchers working to unlock the secrets of how memories are formed may one day offer treatments, or even cures, for some of our most devastating brain disorders -- from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's to mental retardation.
- Doctor's Office ATM
Never mind that side trip to the pharmacy. Your next prescription may come out of a vending machine, right in your doctor's front office.
- Coping With Terrorism
Finding meaning key to regaining peace of mind.
- How Drugs Affect the Sexes.
How Drugs Affect the Sexes
- Sept. 11 Eyewitnesses, 1 Year Later
Sept. 11 Eyewitnesses, 1 Year Later
- Healthy Ways to Face 9/11
As we approach the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks, we could all use some guidance on how to handle the potentially overwhelming feelings this day will inevitably bring. Experts offer their advice...
- American Kids After 9/11
American Kids After 9/11
- Docs at Front Line of Terror War
Is the U.S. healthcare system prepared for another attack?
- Docs at Front Line of Terror War.
Is the U.S. healthcare system prepared for another attack?
- Sleep Soundly During Pregnancy
When you're pregnant, a host of discomforts conspire to rob you of sleep. From heartburn to leg cramps to endless bathroom trips, catching those much-needed ZZZs can be a big challenge. Here's help.
- Taking a Trip? Be Prepared
Taking a Trip? Be Prepared
- Suffering From 'Let-Down Effect?'
Do you manage to stay healthy through the most stressful of times, only to succumb to colds or flu when you finally have some down time? Join the (post-stress illness) club ... and find out what you can do about it.
- How Safe Is the Atkins Diet?
Dieters swear by the low-carb, high-protein plan like the Atkins diet. You get to eat all the burgers, steak, bacon, and eggs you want -- and lose weight doing it. It's even been shown to lower cholesterol. But at what cost?
- Girls Just Wanna Be Mean
Kids call it 'outcasting.' Using gossip, innuendo, and other unsavory techniques to alienate and shun a peer. And it's a growing, potentially dangerous problem in our schools -- whether your child is on the receiving end or the one doing the bullying.
- Your Child and Anxiety: School Stress Starts Early
Call it pressure. Call it great expectations. Whatever its name the result is the same: school stress.
- Driving Is Hazardous to Your Health
Road rage, cell phones, inattentive drivers, pollution -- and that's just on a good day.
- Doulas: Easing Birth
Doulas traditionally are women who offer support and encouragement to pregnant women during labor and delivery.
- The Town That Lost 2 Tons
A community gets together to 'Fight the Fat' and loses almost 4,000 pounds.
- Making Memories
Researchers working to unlock the secrets of how memories are formed may one day offer treatments, or even cures, for some of our most devastating brain disorders -- from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's to mental retardation.
- When the Stock Market Gets You Down
You can stress and worry, or you can step back, give yourself a break from the daily ups and downs, and calmly wait for the market to correct itself.
- When the Stock Market Gets You Down.
You can stress and worry, or you can step back, give yourself a break from the daily ups and downs, and calmly wait for the market to correct itself.