Drugs and Medications Features
- Tips to Help You Manage a Weakened Immune System
If your immune system is weak due to illness, chemotherapy, HIV, or for other reasons, use these tips to take care of yourself so you stay as healthy as possible.
- How to Handle the Emotions of Hearing Loss
Losing your hearing, or learning a loved one is, can bring about a range of uncomfortable emotions. Here’s how you can deal with this tough transition.
- Ways to Celebrate Without Alcohol This Season
Yes, you can celebrate without a drink. How to mark an occasion without popping a cork.
- How to Talk to Your Teen
A guidance counselor's cheat sheet for healthy communication.
- What Your Pet's Fur Says About Her Health
Learn how to spot common fur problems and what they mean for your four-legged friend.
- Time for a Mammogram?
When to get a mammogram depends on some key things, from your age to your risk factors.
- Palliative Care and Quality of Life
Palliative care for cancer patients helps ease discomfort, anxiety, nausea, and emotional distress. Find out how palliative care can improve quality of life during and after cancer treatment.
- 10 Questions With Jeff Daniels
"Dumb & Dumber" star Jeff Daniels talks about his career, his health philosophy, and the importance of family.
- How to Stop a Cold
Before your sniffles morph into a nasty sinus, chest, or ear infection, here's how to fight back.
- Mariska Hargitay Protects and Serves
'Law & Order: SVU' actor works to help abuse victims –- on the screen and off.
- 6 Devices That Help With Bottle-Feeding
Bottle-feeding your baby is pretty simple, but there are some products that could come in handy. Find out what really helps.
- Healthy Ways to Gain Weight
Get tips on adding pounds without loading up on junk food. Learn how to pick high-calorie foods that have plenty of nutrients, too.
- Life With Insulin Injections
Treating your type 2 diabetes with insulin? Learn the ins and outs of giving yourself daily injections.
- ACL Tear: It Can Happen to Anyone
Torn ACL? Find out what lies ahead. Do you need surgery? What’s rehab like? Will your knee be the same?
- Does Heart Disease Run in Your Family?
Family history plays a big role in the health of your heart. What can you do to lower your risk of heart disease -- today?
- Is There an Alternative Vaccine Schedule?
Experts from the CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics talk about alternative vaccine schedules for infants.
- How to Get More Veggies Into Your Family
Do you hate vegetables? Here are some tips and recipes to help you learn to love those healthy veggies.
- Never Ignore These 11 Heart Symptoms
11 possible symptoms of heart problems that you may not be aware of, such as dizziness, fatigue, and nausea.
- Techniques to Help You Breathe Easier
Anxiety and panic are normal reactions to feeling you can’t get your breath. It’s also hard to watch someone you care for struggle to breathe. WebMD offers tips that COPD patients and caregivers can use during episodes of breathlessness.
- Seth Meyers, Night Rider
The TV host stays up late – and stays healthy, too.
- 10 Questions With Kevin Bacon
The actor opens up about his new movies Cop Car and Black Mass, his fitness routine, and how he de-stresses on the set.
- Does Your Pet's Breath Pass the Sniff Test?
Bad breath can be a sign of more serious health issues in your dog or cat.
- What Exercise Can Do for Your Arthritis
If you've got aching joints and arthritis, exercise can help.
- Guys' Guide to Menopause
Learn what goes on during a woman's menopause -- and how to help your partner.
- 5 Must-Have Makeup Tools
Just like carpenters and mechanics, you need the right tools for the job at hand, and applying makeup is no exception.
- Back-to-School Homework Routine
Need a little homework help? Get back into the swing of things with these 6 simple steps.
- How Common Is ADHD?
Is ADHD more common now than before? Who gets the disorder? Do you grow out of it? Learn what we know and don’t know.
- Tips to Ease Your Fear of Pooping in Public Places
Worried you’ll have an urgent need to hit the restroom when you’re away from home? Here’s how to be prepared.
- 9 IBS Myths, Debunked
Do you know the truth about irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)?
- The Risks of Belly Fat -- and How to Beat Them
Got a big belly? You may be at risk for heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, and cancer.
- How to Make Smart Medication Choices
Find out how to talk to your doctor about choosing medicines that work best for your lifestyle and won't break your budget.
- How to Deal With Side Effects of Medicine
Tips for keeping medication side effects from putting a damper on your life.
- Ways to Improve Your Energy
Here's a rundown of some of the most popular energy supplements – what’s likely to help and what isn’t.
- How to Eat Healthy When You Dine Out
How to dine out without overdoing it
- Super Foods for Lower Cholesterol and Heart Health
Adding certain foods to your diet can help lower cholesterol – if you do it correctly. Here’s how to use foods effectively to bring down high cholesterol.
- Can Supplements Help With Pain?
If you’re living with chronic pain, you may have already tried the usual treatments. Could supplements offer an alternative?
- What's It Really Like to Have ADHD?
Having ADHD can make you feel paranoid. Explore a personal story of one man's experience with adult ADHD.
- The Truth About Gas
Many people don’t know much about intestinal gas, even though we all have it. It’s time to take the air out of some of the myths behind flatulence and belching.
- Why Can’t I Stay Asleep?
The first step toward sleeping through the night is understanding what’s causing the interruptions.
- Do You Have an Addictive Personality?
Find out what an addictive personality is and whether you might have one.
- 6 Tips for Sound Sleep When You Have a Cold
Too stuffy to sleep? Try these tricks to breathe easier and sleep better when you’re sick.
- Tips for Bottle-Feeding Your Baby on the Go
You’re heading out on a trip with your baby. Whether you’re going across town or across the country, you’ll want to be ready to feed your little one. Get tips to make it easier.
- Slim Down Cause a Split-Up? Sex and Weight Loss
Does sex change after drastic weight loss? Are couples happier after one partner loses weight?