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- Peer-to-Peer: Multiple Sclerosis and Your Mental Health
Two people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis discuss the ups and downs of living with the condition.
- Peer-to-Peer: The Financial Impact of Multiple Sclerosis
Living with multiple sclerosis can be expensive for some. Two people discuss how they manage the costs in a peer-to-peer conversation.
- Giving Yourself Grace When You're a 'Bad' Migraine Patient
Even if we know all the right things to do, we’re still human. We may eat a bunch of chocolate or pull an all-nighter. And that can trigger a migraine.
- Being Intentional About Your Mental Health and Migraines
Migraines can be occasional and unpredictable and chronic and long-term. After dealing with pain for a while, it can start to impact your mental and emotional health. A renewed focus on your mental well-being may help.
- Cultivate Serenity: Gardening for Migraine Relief
If you love playing in the dirt, you might be happy to hear there are herbs that may help your migraine. Check out these herbal remedies – some as old as time – that may provide relief from pain using plants.
- Managing Migraine With the Right Recipe of Diet and Exercise
“I’m starting to understand the relationship between food and my body,” says WebMD migraine blogger Michele Jordan.
- Stopping Migraines From Becoming a 'Thief of Joy'
For Michele Jordan, one of WebMD’s migraine bloggers, some of her favorite things – flowers and perfume – trigger her migraines. She didn’t let that stop her from enjoying her favorite scents on a recent trip to Paris.
- DNA Ancestry Tests and Family History Genealogy Tips
Get information on DNA ancestry tests and other genealogy tips.
- Managing Your Migraine When It's Triggered by Things You Love
Over the course of 30 years, Michele Jordan’s learned some important lessons on dealing with this often debilitating condition.
- How Menopause Affects Your Weight
In this webinar, Beverly Tchang, MD, explained the shifts that happen during menopause, what causes them, and what tools you can use to feel better.
- From Symptoms to Diagnosis: How One Woman Manages Her RA
Jennifer Holder was 29 when she got diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and she’s been learning how to avoid triggers and manage her symptoms ever since.
- Why Is It So Hard to Lose Weight and Keep It Off? Q&A With Amanda Velazquez, MD
In this WebMD webinar, viewers asked Amanda Velazquez, MD, about what things affect your weight and why weight loss can be challenging.
- ‘RA Can Take a Toll on Us Mentally’: Finding Ways to Take Care of Yourself
For Jennifer Holder, taking care of her mental health while managing her rheumatoid arthritis means celebrating victories both big and small.
- ‘I’m a Cake Lover’: Managing Your Diet and Exercise When You Have RA
Jennifer Holder knows what foods can cause inflammation, but knowing her “limits” lets her enjoy her life while managing her rheumatoid arthritis.
- Factores que conducen a la diabetes tipo 2
Los latinos tienen un índice más alto de diabetes tipo 2 que otros grupos. ¿Cuáles son las razones?
- Cómo hablar con tu familia sobre la diabetes
Tu diagnóstico no te afecta solo a ti. Averigua cómo puedes ayudar a que se adapten tus seres queridos.
- Cómo crear un equipo de cuidados de la salud que te comprenda
Aprende cómo encontrar profesionales médicos que entiendan lo que estás pasando.
- ¿Recién diagnosticado? Qué puedes esperar
La diabetes tipo 2 te cambiará la vida. Obtén información sobre lo que puedes esperar.
- Tu familia, tus amigos y la comida: nuevas costumbres
Obtén más información sobre cómo puedes minimizar los efectos de la diabetes en tu vida social.
- Psoriatic Disease: An Autoimmune Disease Expert’s View
A rheumatologist explains what to expect when psoriatic disease affects your joints.
- Taking Control of Your Cancer Risk: Q&A with John Whyte, MD, MPH
In this WebMD webinar, viewers asked John Whyte, MD, MPH, about cancer and how it’s related to food, genetics, underlying conditions, and more.
- Why Is It So Hard to Lose Weight and Keep It Off?
In this webinar, Amanda Velazquez, MD, explained why obesity is a chronic disease and what goes into losing weight without gaining it back.
- ‘Too Young for This’: When Young Adults Get an RA Diagnosis
Thanks to early diagnosis and new treatment options, people with RA – even younger adults in the midst of career development, family-building, and active lives – can experience remission.
- Accepting a Geographic Atrophy (GA) Diagnosis
If you’re having trouble accepting a geographic atrophy (GA) diagnosis, there are support groups and resources that can help you lead a full life.
- Finding Support for Geographic Atrophy (GA)
Family, friends, and support groups can help you adapt to life with geographic atrophy (GA). Find out where to find the best sources of support for you.
- Endometriosis Care in Transgender Adults: What to Know
Endometriosis isn’t only seen in cisgender women. Read about endometriosis signs, symptoms, and care in transgender people.
- Maintaining Relationships When Loved Ones Have Alzheimer’s
When you care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, relationship-centered care can help you maintain your relationship as the disease progresses.
- Get Creative to Ease Alzheimer’s Agitation
Agitation and anxiety are common Alzheimer’s symptoms. Learn creative ways to calm your loved one and help take the angst out of Alzheimer’s.
- To All the RA 'Cures' I've Loved Before
Many people with rheumatoid arthritis try various kinds of remedies to improve their pain before finding the best solutions for their symptoms.
- To All the Migraine 'Cures' I’ve Loved Before
It’s understandable to want to do whatever it takes to make migraines stop. But some home remedies are better ideas than others.
- Taking Control of Your Cancer Risk
In this webinar, John Whyte, MD, MPH, spoke about cancer risk factors and explained the tools you can use to lower yours.
- The Insulin Coma Therapy Mystery
Despite its serious risks and studies showing the therapy had no real medical value, as late as 1969, one leading textbook of psychiatry called insulin coma therapy “a landmark in psychiatric progress.” Why?
- 19th-Century Doctors Prescribed a Dangerous Douche: Liquid Mercury
Patients dabbed it on their sores or inhaled it. Doctors administered it using a device made by a French instrument-maker: a receptacle for holding the liquid mercury compound, with a green hose and attachments of various sizes for insertion into the vagina or urethra.
- Focus on the Mental Impact of Inoperable Lung Cancer
Physical impacts of inoperable lung cancer are widely discussed, but the mental impact is not. Arif Kamal, MD, shares why it’s key and how to find help.
- What I’ve Learned From My Patients About The Challenges of Inoperable Lung Cancer
A pulmonologist describes how, though lung cancer may remain inoperable, targeted therapies and early screening have changed the game.
- What Does It Take to Get to Remission?
An expert shares his perspective on how to get to remission with myasthenia gravis.
- How I Found My Balance With Exercise
Myasthenia gravis didn’t stop Charlotte Laycock from summiting one of the world’s tallest mountains. Read her story here.
- Prioritizing Your Well-Being in Work, Social Life, and Family
Life with a chronic illness can take a toll on your work, social life, and family. Read one woman’s story about how to manage well-being with myasthenia gravis.
- Changing My Pace With Myasthenia Gravis
After living with myasthenia gravis for over 20 years, SeAndrea Collins has learned how to manage her condition and still do the things she loves.
- Ketamine for Migraine: One Person’s Journey
Ketamine is not FDA-approved to treat migraine, but it shows some promise in some people. Read one person’s story.
- Beyond Finances: Other Types of Retirement Planning
Building a retirement fund isn’t enough to prepare for life after work. Consider the social and emotional aspects of retirement, too.
- Advocate for Yourself as a Person of Color on Medicare
Medicare improves access to health insurance, but disparities in medical care remain. Here’s how to advocate for yourself as an older person of color.
- Making the Best Medicare Decision for You
It can be tricky to make a Medicare decision that best fits your needs. Here are some expert tips for finding a plan that works for you.
- Creative Ways to Keep Your Retirement Budget in Check
It can be hard to change from earning a regular paycheck to living on a fixed income. But retirement doesn’t have to mean giving up your favorite things.
- The Emotional Shock of Retirement
The end of your working life can bring conflicting emotions. Learn why retirement causes anxiety and depression, and how to prepare for the changes ahead.
- Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids: Good News, With Some Complications
Audiologists, even those who generally support the idea of non-prescription hearing aids, worry that without an initial evaluation and ongoing care, people will buy the devices without understanding how to use or adjust them.
- You Don’t Have to Live With Hearing Loss
Hearing loss can be stressful, but hearing aids can help. Here’s how.
- The Mental and Emotional Impact of Hearing Loss
Uncorrected hearing loss can lead to depression, isolation, and even cognitive decline.
- Stomach Cancer Risk in Asian Americans: Expert Q&A
People of East Asian descent have a higher risk of stomach cancer than other groups. Here’s what Haejin In, MD, wants them to know about symptoms and screening.
- Truth and Myths About B12
Vitamin B12 supplements are hailed as a remedy for everything from weight loss to Alzheimer’s. Do they really help? Learn the truth.