Drugs and Medications Features
- Traveling for Two: Advice for Pregnant Vacationers
Seat Belts and Air Bags Can Save Your Fetus' Life.
- Hospitals: Disclose Errors to Patients or Risk Losing Accreditation
Hospitals must either tell patients they have sustained treatment-related injuries or risk losing what amounts to their Good Housekeeping seal of approval.
- An Allergy-Free Vacation: It's Possible With Planning
Beaches and mountains are the best bet for allergy sufferers.
- Alternative Medicines Go Mainstream
The brand-new Physician's Desk Reference For Nutritional Supplements is the complete guide to which alternative remedies really work, which don't, and which need more testing. Taken together with the recently published PDR for Herbal Medicines, it's the definitive 'complementary copy'.
- Travelers' Advisory
When in Rome, where your health is concerned, you may not want to do as the Romans do -- and without travelers' insurance, you might not be able to, for that matter.
- Women Behaving Badly?
They're grumpy, they're grouchy ... and there's nothing wrong with that. A growing group of critics contend that there's nothing dysfunctional, dysphoric, or diseased about a woman's natural hormonal rhythms -- period.
- Spying on Your kids
Nannycams. Electronic kid trackers. Tattletale software. Parents today have a wealth of high-tech ways to keep tabs on their kids. But do these devices promote safety and peace of mind -- or distrust and anxiety?
- Forgive Their Trespasses
Science is beginning to verify advice long given by spiritual leaders and wise moms and dads: Nursing grudges against those who have done you wrong will hurt you worse than it hurts them. New work shows it can contribute to emotional problems and even heart disease. June 17 to 23 is National Forgiveness Week, an ideal time to work at finding it in your heart to save your heart by forgiving those w
- Birth of a Father
The thinking is there are no bad dads, just unprepared ones. With some hands-on advice from other guys who've been there, done that, a fatherhood 'boot camp' program aims to make sure expectant dads can hit the ground running -- and feeding, and diapering.
- Hospitals Alarmed at Shortage of Nurses and Pharmacists
As the baby boom generation ages, the nation is facing an unprecedented explosion in its elderly population.
- Parenting the Picky Eater
When you have a child who hardly eats, it seems everyone has an opinion. We asked the experts to help us sort the good advice from the bad.
- 'You've Got Prostate Cancer'
An American man has a 1 in 5 lifetime chance of hearing those 4 words. What he will do about them is a decision that will affect the rest of his life.
- Ain't Parenting Grand?
According to the latest census, nearly 4 million American children live in households headed by a grandparent. Many of these parental 'reservists' are finding that things have changed a good bit since their first tour of duty, and that parenting in the 21st Century is different from what they once knew.
- No More Cover-Ups
What's sarong about your body? Nothing that a few products and procedures (and sit-ups) can't take care of in time for fun in the sun this summer.
- The Kajukenbo Kid
Eleven-year-old Ian is one of 60 boys and girls enrolled in amartial arts class for children with cerebral palsy. The goals:to help kids learn to improve their balance and coordination,build self-esteem -- and kick major butt!
- You've Been Diagnosed With Cancer. Now What?
Fight back! It's the toughest battle you're likely to fight -- but your odds have never been better.
- Bringing Out Baby ... at Home
Home birth is not for everyone.
- Age-Old Medicine
Research is looking at ways to increase seniors' quality of life through physical means, but a growing group of professionals are concerned for the mental health of seniors and the question of who will care for them if they develop a psychiatric condition.
- Minding Your Own Medical Business
More and more, high-tech medical gadgets and gizmos are able to do some of the thinking for you when it comes to keeping track of your health. They're called smart devices -- but you don't have to be a dummy to use them.
- Turning Tragedy Into a Cause
Her life was turned upside down by her son's death. Now she's spearheading a campaign to protect other children from cars.
- Love at First Site
Want a better love life? Try casting your web worldwide, say the growing number of people who have found Mr. and Ms. Right online.
- Girls: Lighting Up to Calm Down?
Think that cigarette is a good way to calm your nerves, that it's just something to keep your hands busy? Better think again. New studies show that smoking actually increases anxiety levels -- especially in young girls -- and can trigger the onset of lifelong panic attacks.
- Banking on Umbilical Cord Blood
Developing more ways to use stem cells to treat disease, more parents are opting to save their newborns' umbilical cord blood as a sort of a 'biological insurance policy.'
- Are Herbs Good Medicine?
As mainstream medicine begins to subject herbal therapies to the rigors of scientific testing, the mixed results are leaving some consumers confused. As a result, sales have dropped sharply in the past year. Are we witnessing a pendulum swing -- or a fading fad?
- Workouts Without Heartburn
Tired of feeling the burn -- heartburn -- when you exercise? Try these 7 tips for heartburn relief.
- Mother Knows Best
Mom deserves a lot more credit than we give her. Here are 10 things that she got right.
- Who Will Take Care of Us?
Eeport details ER overflow, as a nursing shortage threatens to worsen.
- Cancer Risk: It's a Guy Thing
How can you cut your cancer risk -- and which tests are best for detecting the disease as early as possible? The cancer experts from the AACR explain it all to you.
- 'Cyberdieting' Takes Off
Are your sites set on losing weight? More and more people are using the Internet to become virtually fit.
- The New and Improved Senior Center
No one wants to live in a hospital. The designers of assisted-living facilities have finally figured this one out and are beginning to give today's seniors a real place to call home.
- Animal Assisted Therapy
Some therapists are going to the dogs -- and the rabbits, cats, and horses -- to reach patients in need.
- Gender: Some Painstaking Differences
Childbirth aside, women are comparative wimps when it comes to pain, say researchers. But is biology -- or society -- responsible for their lower pain threshold?
- Giving Baby a Chance, Before Birth
Fetal surgery for spina bifida is experimental, but doctors and parents hold out hope.
- Florida Case Spotlights the Need for Advance Directives
Experts Urge Family Members to Discuss Their Wishes for End-of-Life
- Kids and Petting Zoos
A visit to the petting zoo and your kids may leave with E. coli.
- Help Wanted: More Female Ob/Gyns
Across the country, women are making it clear that they prefer female physicians. Medical schools are responding -- but is it discrimination?
- When Cops Confront Mental Illness
A trend away from institutionalization means more emotionally disturbed people are on the streets. Police are seeking new ways to cope with the consequences.
- Pregnancy 101: Things Mom Never Told You
You know about the stretch marks and the morning sickness, but there are many other pregnancy symtpoms. Find out what to expect during pregnancy.
- When Cops Confront Mental Illness.
A trend away from institutionalization means more emotionally disturbed people are on the streets. Police are seeking new ways to cope with the consequences.
- When Good Drugs Lead to Bad Sex
Drugs that help control blood pressure and depression can wreak havoc on your love life. But there are ways to lessen the toll of treatment.
- Getting the Care You Need.
A strong relationship with your doctor doesn't just make office visits more pleasant -- it's key to having better health.
- Bush Health Budget: FDA Gets More, CDC Gets Less.
Taking a key early step in the annual Washington budget negotiations dance, the administration Monday officially delivered to Congress hundreds of pages of documents containing its proposals for national spending for 2002.
- Like a Rocket: 'Direct-to-Consumer' Drug Ad Spending.
Drug company spending on direct-to-consumer advertising rocketed 39% last year, and experts predict it's not going to slow down.
- Getting Rid of That Aching Back.
Some see VAX-D as a good alternative to surgery. Others aren't so sure.
- Getting Rid of That Aching Back
Some see VAX-D as a good alternative to surgery. Others aren't so sure.
- Does Seeing Execution Help or Hurt?
As more states pass right-to-view laws for witnessing executions, more professionals are wondering if this is really the way to find closure.
- Can Dad's Diet Make a Healthier Baby?
Pregnant women routinely are urged to get more folic acid. Research suggests the same advice might apply to fathers-to-be.
- Can Dad's Diet Make a Healthier Baby?
Fathers-to-be and pregnant women are urged to get more folic acid.
- Beating a Legacy of Marital Failure
Researchers are learning more about the children of divorce -- and whether they are doomed to repeat their parents' mistakes.
- Making Sure Kids Get the Message
A one-time lecture on drugs won't do the trick, research suggests. Parents should talk with -- not at -- their children.