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- Does Sex Hurt?
A little-known condition called vulvar vestibulitis may be the cause of your pain.
- Avoiding Weight Loss Crash and Burn
Lots of diets promise quick and easy weight loss. But what do you do afterward? Instead of rapid loss, focus on slow changes that result in sustainable weight management.
- WebMD Presents: Arthritis - Therapy in Motion - Stretching
WebMD Presents: Arthritis - Therapy in Motion - Stretching
- WebMD Presents: Arthritis - Therapy in Motion - Aquatics
People with arthritis increasingly turn to water exercise for several key reasons.
- WebMD Presents: Arthritis - Therapy in Motion - Strengthening
WebMD Presents: Arthritis - Therapy in Motion - <FONT size=2>Strengthening</FONT>
- Arthritis - Therapy in Motion - Tai Chi
The Gentle Exercise
- Staying Safe in the Surf
Here are 10 things you'll need for a safe time at the beach.
- Providing the Alternative
Does your health insurance cover yoga, chiropractic, and massage? Many insurers are realizing that alternative medicine can have a positive effect on health.
- Hope on the Horizon for Advanced Breast Cancer
New Treatments Are Prolonging Survival and Improving Quality of Life
- Stress and the Sexes
Gender differences extend to nearly every aspect of human behavior, including how we handle stress. While men face troubles head on or ignore them completely, women in stressful situations focus on bonding with friends and nurturing family. Researchers may now understand why.
- Surviving Summer Scorchers
Can't take the heat? Many people can't, and too often they end up in the hospital.
- Nutrition Bars: Healthy or Hype?.
Nutrition bars have exploded onto the scene as meal replacements and 'healthy' snacks. But are they as healthy as they claim to be?
- Back-to-School Health Checkup
Here's a primer on exactly what your child needs to have a safe and healthy school year.
- Family-Sized New Year's Resolutions.
New Years Resolutions: The usual time of the year when you say you are going to trim down on both the junk food and where it ends up on the waistline.
- Viagra: How Young Is Too Young?
Men in their 30s and 40s also have erectile dysfunction, and Viagra is being marketed to an ever-wider audience, including younger men and even women.
- The Rise of Oxygen Bars
Want to boost your energy, reduce stress, and get relief from headaches and hangovers? Try oxygen bars, say proponents. But the medical community isn't buying it.
- Beat the Heat When You're Expecting
Sweating for two? Here's how to stay healthy, safe, and cool when temperatures soar.
- Your Medical Roots
Learning about your family tree -- from your great-grandparents' birthplace to the story of your parents' courtship -- is fun and interesting. But knowing your medical genealogy can help save your life.
- The Changing Face of Fatherhood.
Today, parents' roles are anything but typical. With divorce, custody battles, and changes in the workplace, dads are treading uncharted terrority.
- What Can You Catch in Restrooms?
People petrified of public toilets can rest assured that the chances of actually catching something are low -- if they follow some simple advice.
- Addicted to Sex.
It may sound funny, but for those whose lives are controlled by their insatiable desire for sex or love, it's anything but a laughing matter. If you or someone you care about is suffering, help is available. Read on.
- Find Yourself After Having a Baby
As a pregnant woman, people reach out to touch you; you're like a magnet. Once baby is born, the focus shifts to the child.
- Addicted to Nicorette
Many smokers have kicked the habit only to get hooked on something that was supposed to help: nicotine chewing gum. Just how dangerous is it?
- Find Yourself After Having a Baby.
You're no longer pregnant, no longer the center of attention. All the focus is on your new bundle of joy. So, how do you regain and strengthen your sense of self? Turn to our handy A-Z guide.
- Planning a Family
Despite medical advances -- from new contraceptive options to high-tech fertility treatments -- having the family you want, when you want it, seems more complicated than ever.
- Training Like the Boys of Summer
So you're not a professional baseball player. Not even close. But you weekend warriors can be like them in one way -- adapting their preseason conditioning to keep yourself free of injury.
- How to Pick a Summer Camp
There are more than 8,000 summer camps in the U.S., offering everything from canoeing to computers. Take some time with your kids to decide which summer camp is right for them and how long they should be away from home.
- Erase Aging With a 'Mid-Facelift'?
Some claim a new cosmetic technique helps to restore youth; others are doubtful.
- The Change Before 'The Change'
Hot Flashes, Infertility, Happen Earlier Than You'd Expect
- You Are Feeling Better, Better
Hypnotherapy is entering the mainstream as a means of behavior and pain control. Could it be right for you? Read on.
- 'Sleep Sex' Unromantic, Even Dangerous
It's like a racier, grown-up version of sleep walking, and it isn't as unusual as you'd imagine. It's also potentially harmful. Now, scientists are studying so-called sleep sex to see what's behind this strange phenomenon.
- Trading the Car Keys for a Bus Pass
Older drivers are not able to process and react to information at speeds necessary for behind-the-wheel safety.
- Mothers Share Their Sept. 11 Stories
In time for Mother's Day, these amazing moms explain how they're coping with loss and loneliness, and getting on with life, in the wake of the terrorist tragedy.
- The Risks of Cancer-Related Anemia
You don't have to be bone-tired during treatment.
- Giving Birth the Old Way
Variations of natural childbirth are popular these days. Most of us know someone who gave birth at home, or without any drugs, or in water, or assisted by a midwife.
- Ordinary vs. Powered Toothbrushes
They come in colorful shapes and sizes, and kids love them. Powered toothbrushes may be the way to get stubborn children to brush.
- The Secrets of Aging Well.
Many people think that long life is just genetics and good luck. But you'd be surprised at how many factors that contribute to long life are within your control.
- Pregnant Moms Getting Fishy Advice
Expectant women should eat plenty of fish. Or should they? Sure, we know to steer clear of mercury-laden swordfish. But what about that can of tuna?
- You Are Getting Skinny, Skinny
If diets and exercise just aren't working, you might want to consider hypnotherapy. The technique is proven to help relieve pain and anxiety, and there's evidence that as part of a comprehensive weight loss plan, it also can help people conquer bad eating habits and slim down for good.
- You Give Me (Spring) Fever
New Season Brings Boost of Energy, but Also Unplanned Pregnancies
- The Men in Your Life
All too often, women -- wives, moms, sisters, friends -- are either nagging the men in their lives about their lax attitude toward health care or playing caretaker to them when things go wrong. Here are some expert tips for helping the men in your life get healthy.
- Elderly Depression Often Unnoticed
Depression is as common in the elderly as it is in younger people, but the cure can often be very different.
- Old-Fashioned Medicine Back Again
"Boutique" medical practices offer first-class care and 24-hour access to doctors -- if you're willing to pay.
- New Weapons to Fight Osteoporosis
It's not just hormones anymore. Today, there are several ways to fight the brittle bones and potentially deadly fractures due to osteoporosis.
- Myth vs. Reality on Anti-Aging Vitamins
Despite Wrinkle-Reducing Claims, Few Vitamins Actually Work on Skin
- The Endless Dating Game
What do you do when your love life is an unbroken series of disasters? Get some advice.
- When It Hurts, Gender Matters
One in five women lives with chronic pain, and she may find it difficult to get help. The problem can be traced back to the differences in how boys and girls are raised as well as lagging medical knowledge of how treatments affect women specifically.
- Chiropractic During Pregnancy
As the general population seeks alternative healthcare options in greater numbers, so are pregnant women.
- Animal-Assisted Therapy
Dogs and other animals are helping many people through rough and troubled times.
- How to Cope With Cabin Fever
By now, you're probably tired of dark, dreary days. If you're holed up at home, feeling low -- take heart. Here's what to do when winter, and the world outside, get you down.