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- The Link Between Sugar and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Added sugars in your diet may play a larger role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than you think. Learn more about the link between sugar and RA.
- How Alcohol Affects Lung Cancer
Alcohol can cause cancer in many parts of your body, but research hasn’t linked it to lung cancer. Still, it’s important to note the many other ways it can affect your lung health.
- Breast Cancer Facts Doctors Might Not Tell You
When you have breast cancer, there’s a lot of information to keep track of. Here are some facts that may go unmentioned at your medical appointments.
- Best Foods for Lung Cancer
How can the foods you eat affect your lung cancer? Find out more about the nutrients you need to help your body through treatment, side effects, and more.
- Dating With MS
Multiple sclerosis (MS) can make dating more challenging. Learn how to find the right person for you, and how to reveal your diagnosis to them.
- Is Kombucha Good for Rheumatoid Arthritis?
If you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), you may have thought about trying kombucha to boost the “good” bacteria in your digestive tract. But experts advise caution with the probiotic drink.
- MS: Apps That Can Help You Manage Your Condition
You’ll find tons of apps for multiple sclerosis, but they won’t all suit your needs. Here’s how to choose the right MS app for you, whether you want a serious tool to monitor your health or a useful app to help you stay on top of your medications and appointments.
- Managing Fatigue As Your MS Worsens
What can you do about MS fatigue? What do experts say about beating fatigue? What works for people who have MS? Learn how to beat fatigue as MS progresses.
- Is My Psoriasis Treatment Working?
Here's how to tell if your psoriasis treatment is meeting the requirements it should or if it's time to try something else.
- Staying Fit Through Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis can make it hard to stay active. Andy Pendergrass of Louisiana shares how he keeps his athletic dreams alive.
- How I Took Control of My MS With Healthy Habits
The mind, body, and spirit are just as important when living with MS.
- Do Multiple Sclerosis and Alcohol Mix?
Here's what’s safe and what to look out for when it comes to these two.
- How We Handle Our Migraines
Three people share their experiences with the chronic condition and what they've learned about finding treatments that really help.
- Embracing My Body Amid Metastatic Breast Cancer
Three women living with metastatic breast cancer share their stories.
- Can’t Sleep? When to Just Get Out of Bed
It seems counterintuitive, but if you just can’t sleep, it may help to get out of bed. Here’s how do it so that you can get back in bed and back to sleep as soon as possible.
- Catching Germs at School and in Sports
Kids are exposed to all sorts of nasty germs on the bus, at school, and while playing sports. Here’s how to keep them healthy.
- How I Stick to a Heart-Healthy Game Plan
Living a heart-healthy lifestyle doesn’t have to be boring or tasteless. Jenny Petz shares the small tweaks that let her beat her cholesterol numbers while enjoying life -- and her favorite foods -- to the fullest.
- When You Know Your Levels, You Level the Playing Field
Endocrinologist Robert Eckel discusses the importance of knowing your cholesterol numbers, why some types are “bad,” and what you can do to keep your cholesterol under control.
- My Defensive Strategy for High Cholesterol
If you have high cholesterol, how do you manage it instead of letting it manage you? Get some strategy tips from someone who does it every day.
- What’s New in Cholesterol Treatment
An expert shares new discoveries are changing the lives of people with high cholesterol for the better.
- Diet Tips for Advanced Prostate Cancer
There's no one diet that's best for prostate cancer. But healthy eating habits can make a difference in your condition.
- How to Self-Advocate for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Being an advocate for yourself means taking an active role in your care.
- Voices of Crohn’s Disease
Four people living with Crohn's disease share their stories.
- Early Skin-to-Skin Contact Helps Baby's Brain
Research suggests that skin-to-skin contact in the first few months of an infant's life can play a key role in baby’s development.
- Living My Best Life With Type 2 Diabetes
Having type 2 diabetes doesn’t mean life is over -- it’s just different. See how one man made the changes for a healthy -- and happy -- life with the condition.
- How Close Are We to a Cure for Type 2 Diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes affects over 400 million people worldwide, but right now there’s no cure. Here’s the latest promising research.
- Talking About Hepatitis C
Whether or not you tell people about your hepatitis C is your decision. If you want to tell folks about it, but don't know where to start, read on.
- Innovative Businesses Help the Homeless
Innovative organizations around the U.S. provide unhoused people with second chances at life through job opportunities, health education, long-term housing, and more. Read about a few of them.
- Virologists: What Do They Do?
Virologists are highly skilled medical experts who manage the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases such as hepatitis C, Ebola, and now COVID-19. Learn more about them.
- The Race for Quicker Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Doctors have made big leaps in recent years to catch rheumatoid arthritis early. But diagnosis still takes too long, costing people valuable time to prevent long-term damage to their joints.
- What’s Next for Ankylosing Spondylitis Treatment?
Ankylosing spondylitis can be challenging to diagnose and treat. WebMD looks into the latest promising therapies and treatments.
- Living My Best Life With Ankylosing Spondylitis
Diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) at age 14, Jayson Sacco shares his day-to-day routine and offers hope to others with the condition.
- Overcoming the Challenges of Ankylosing Spondylitis
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) advocate Jed Finley details growing up with the condition and shares how its challenges led him to his passion: creating community.
- Take 10 With Folake Olowofoyeku
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- Crohn's: A Full-Body Disease
A doctor explains what to expect from a disease that can impact your entire body.
- Crohn's: A Day in the Life
Kristen Weiss Sanders provides insight into what a typical 24 hours looks like for her while living with Crohn's.
- Meal Planning for Crohn’s Disease
Kalee Eichelberger was inspired to become a dietitian based on the challenges she faced in eating healthy while living with Crohn's disease.
- Managing Crohn’s Challenges
One woman explains how she took life into her own hands while managing her Crohn's disease.
- Narcolepsy: Give Your Experience a Name
Narcolepsy advocate Julie Flygare shares how she spreads the word to help others with this condition.
- Narcolepsy in Focus: The Future of Sleep Research
Narcolepsy researcher Lois E. Krahn, MD, shares her insight into emerging treatments and efforts to understand the disease’s origins.
- Narcolepsy: My Daily Routine
From eating healthy to getting to sleep on time, learn about the daily routine former professional golfer Nicole Jeray follows to keep her narcolepsy under control.
- A Narcolepsy Diagnosis Brings Hope and Challenges
Narcolepsy expert Kimberly Truong, MD, talks about challenges for those new to narcolepsy, from getting diagnosed to setting sleep schedules to explaining their condition to others.
- Narcolepsy: A Day in the Life
Luis E. Ortiz, MD, a pediatric sleep medicine doctor and the conference and research chairs for the Narcolepsy Network, also has narcolepsy. Learn about the routine that helps him get through his day.
- Gaining Access for Minorities to Health Screenings
Learn how lower health screening rates in minority communities is having an impact on health outcomes, and find out what some are doing to improve the situation.
- How Geography Affects the Health Care of Minorities
Learn about the impact of geography on the health care in minority communities, including issues like lack of access to medical care and lack of "walkable" neighborhoods.
- Why Treatment Is Different If You’re a Person of Color
Research shows certain racial and ethnic groups are sometimes treated differently in health care settings. Learn more about why this happens.
- Distrust of Medical System and Minority Health Care
Why people in minority groups may not trust the medical community, and how that impacts health care.
- Minorities and Chronic Disease: Obstacles to Care
Rates of chronic conditions in the U.S. are higher in minority groups than in white populations. Learn more about the social and systemic causes for these health inequities.
- Institutional Racism and Health Care for Minorities
Learn about the ways racism within medical schools and the health care system results in poorer quality of health care for minorities.
- Why Diversity Matters in Clinical Trials and Research
Having people from all racial and ethnic backgrounds in clinical trials helps to ensure that treatments are safe and effective for everyone.