Drugs and Medications Features
- Coming to Terms With Depression
You’ve been diagnosed with depression -- now what? Find out more about treatment, support, and life with this common mental disorder.
- Can Antidepressants Work for Me?
Antidepressants are a common way to treat depression. But they work a little differently for everyone.
- Follow-Up Treatment for Depression
You probably got your antidepressants from your primary care doctor. But how should follow-up care work?
- Things People With Multiple Myeloma Wish You Knew
Multiple myeloma can take a toll on your life, but better treatments are bringing hope. And a diagnosis doesn’t mean you have to put your life on hold.
- Multiple Myeloma: What to Know When Newly Diagnosed
When you get a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, you may not even know what it is. Find out why this type of cancer is different from most others and what your treatment options look like.
- Eczema: Keeping a Positive Body Image
Eczema can cause bumps, blisters, swelling, red rashes, cracked, or scaly skin. This may lead to self-image issues. Find out how eczema and mental health are related and what you can do to build your self-confidence during a flare.
- How to Co-Parent With a Narcissist
What can you do if your partner or ex-partner is narcissistic? Find out how to tell if someone is a narcissist, what to do, what not to do, and how to protect your child.
- How to Handle a Narcissistic Mother
Learn how to tell if your mother is a narcissist, what to do, and what not to do.
- Post-College Depression: Why You Feel Lonely
Is it normal to feel lonely after college? Find out why post-college depression happens to many graduates and what you can do about it.
- Multiple Myeloma: Getting the Support You Need
People who have multiple myeloma often need emotional and psychological support. You can get this from social workers, psychologists, support groups, and peer counselors.
- How to Deal With a Controlling Mother
Does your mother still try to control your life even though you have your own home, career, and kids? Controlling moms may fear letting go because they worry about you. Learn how to set boundaries, engage in respectful discussions, and learn when to let some differences of opinion slide.
- How to Stop Feeling Lonely When You’re in a Relationship
Even if you’re part of a couple, you may still feel lonely from time to time. Here’s how to spot the signs of trouble and what to do.
- How to Deal With Anxiety at Work
Having anxiety at work can interfere with your career. Learn about the signs and causes of workplace anxiety, and try some of these doctor-recommended tips.
- Do You Need a Nature Prescription?
Nature therapy (or ecotherapy) pairs people with natural environments to encourage healing. Learn about the benefits nature therapy has to offer.
- How to Handle Emotional Vampires
Sometimes people drain your energy. Learn how to spot -- and what to do about -- these emotional vampires.
- Therapeutic Ways to Change Negative Thoughts
Being aware of your negative thoughts can help you build the skills to overcome them.
- Staying With Your Depression Treatment Plan
It's tempting to stop taking antidepressants when you feel better, but doing so could make your condition more difficult to manage.
- ADHD in Children: Focus on the Positives
Can your child use certain ADHD traits to their advantage? Find out how focusing on the positives can help kids with ADHD build confidence and overcome obstacles.
- How to Deal With Toxic Family Members
Not every family fits the happy, loving ideal. For some, family dynamics are downright unhealthy, or even dangerous. Learn how to spot toxic behavior, shed guilt, put up boundaries, and keep distance to safeguard your own well-being.
- How to Deal With Toxic Parents
Not every parent-child relationship is healthy. If you have a toxic parent it can be hard to shed the child role and look after yourself. Learn how to spot toxic parental behavior, lose guilt, set boundaries, and practice self-care.
- Things Parents of Kids With ADHD Wish You Knew
Millions of children have ADHD, but faulty ideas about the disorder are widespread. Here’s what some parents of kids with ADHD want you to know.
- What Is Neurodiversity?
There’s a growing push to focus on our brain differences, not deficits. This wider view of "normal" is a big part of something called neurodiversity.
- How Meditation Can Help Manage Your OCD Symptoms
If you have OCD tendencies, you may want to try meditation. Learn more about how this holistic therapy works to curb compulsions and obsessive thoughts.
- How to Be in a Relationship With Someone With PTSD
If someone you love has PTSD, you’re living with it too. Learn how you can help them and yourself.
- 12 Ways to Beat Loneliness
Feeling lonely these days -- maybe more than normal? Take these steps to help you get through it.
- How to Help a Depressed Spouse
Is your spouse depressed? If your loved one withdraws from activities or sex, spends more time alone, or drinks more alcohol than they once did, they may have depression. Find out what to do if your partner refuses to get therapy and get tips to protect your own mental health.
- How to Deal With the Loss of a Parent
Even as an adult, the death of a parent is devastating. These strategies can help you learn about and manage your grief.
- How Your Joints Change as You Age
Is joint pain just part of getting older? Find out why your joints change as you age and what you can do to prevent joint pain and stiffness.
- ADHD and Your Child’s Self-Esteem
When your child has ADHD, constant criticism and negative feedback on their behavior can lead to low self-esteem. But there are things parents can do to boost it.
- Same-Sex Couples Face Fertility Issues When Trying to Conceive
Same-sex couples face fertility issues, financial challenges, and more when trying to conceive.
- Meditation for PTSD
If you’ve been struggling with PTSD, this simple daily practice you can do anywhere may be able to help. Learn how meditation can lower your stress levels.
- Coming Out Later in Life
Two members of the LGBTQ community share why they waited to come out and what the experience was like for them.
- Advanced Prostate Cancer: Practical Self-Care Tips
Treatment advances are helping people live longer with advanced prostate cancer. But like other ongoing illnesses, the disease can affect your relationships and quality of life. Learn how to make things easier.
- Big Emotions From Learning You Have Adult ADHD
From confusion to grief to relief, three women with ADHD talk about how they felt when they got diagnosed, and they share how they took charge of their lives.
- From Curing to Controlling Your Prostate Cancer
There isn’t one way to control advanced prostate cancer. It depends on a mix of things. That includes your age, symptoms, and how fast your cancer grows.
- How to Keep Your Pet Bright-Eyed and Bushy-Tailed
Our pets give us unconditional love. In return, we should keep them healthy and happy.
- What Does High-Functioning Adult ADHD Look Like?
Learn about what makes for “high-functioning” ADHD in adults and why some people with ADHD call it their superpower.
- Joint Pain Isn’t Inevitable With Age
Creaking knees, hips, and ankles aren't necessarily normal aches and pains that come with age. Your pain might be arthritis. Luckily, medicine has a lot to offer --- from exercise and alternative supplements to medications and joint replacement.
- How Genes and Genetic Biomarkers Affect Lung Cancer
Genetic biomarker testing is a must if you have non-small-cell lung cancer. Get the facts on lung cancer biomarkers and your genes.
- Adult ADHD: What Happens When You Stop Meds?
Before you try going off your ADHD meds, talk to your doctor and learn what you should expect.
- Posture Changes in Older Adults
Have you noticed that your spine isn’t as straight as it used to be? Our postures can start to change as we get older. Find out why and what you can do to prevent a hunched back as you age.
- The Pain in My Leg Turned Out to Be a Blood Clot
Since my first DVT in 2005, I’ve had 14 instances of blood clots and pulmonary embolisms of the lung. This battle has changed the way I live.
- What to Know About Suicide Rates in Older Adults
Older adults, especially men, have a much higher death rate than other groups. One in 4 seniors who attempt to kill themselves will die, compared to 1 in 200 youths.
- Actor Rita Wilson Reflects on Surviving Cancer, COVID
Actor Rita Wilson expresses gratitude and takes nothing for granted as she reflects on surviving breast cancer and COVID-19.
- Being Transparent About My MS
Mariska Breland, the creator of Pilates for Neurological Conditions, opens up about her path to opening up about her multiple sclerosis diagnosis.
- The Importance of Staying With Your MS Treatment
Kathleen Costello, a research associate at The Johns Hopkins MS Center, gets candid about what the best thing you can do to manage your multiple sclerosis.
- Adult ADHD: Find the Right Therapy
With the right therapeutic approach, you can grow the skills you need to thrive with ADHD. Find out how to make the right choices for you.
- Pregnant at 50: What You Need to Know
It’s rare to get pregnant at 50 or older, but it can happen. Here’s what you need to know.
- Things People With AFib Wish You Knew
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) can make your heart beats too fast, too slow, or erratically. Here’s what some people say it's like to live with AFib.
- ADHD: Deciding Not to Use Medication
Some people decide not to take medications for ADHD. Learn about some of the strategies that work for them.