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- How to Get the Most Out of Your Dental Visit
A top dentist offers tips on having a productive dental visit -- and tells us how he keeps his own pearly whites in tip-top condition.
- Build a Healthy Mother-Daughter Bond
The mother-daughter relationship lays the foundation for key life skills. But it's often fraught with conflict. Here's how to do it right.
- How to Prepare Your Pet for Airplane Travel
Make airplane travel easier for cats and dogs with these expert tips.
- Should You Have Knee Replacement Surgery?
Learn the pros and cons of getting a new knee, and find out how to decide if knee replacement surgery is right for you.
- Can Low Cholesterol Keep Your Brain Healthy?
Some studies show that high levels of cholesterol may be linked to Alzheimer's disease or other kinds of dementia.
- Are You Destined to Get Your Parents' Illnesses?
With conditions like cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, and heart disease, your genes aren't always destiny. You can likely overcome your heredity and stay disease-free by making smarter health decisions.
- 5 Ways to Reset After a Binge
Getting back on track after a binge-eating episode may not be easy. But there are ways to do it that might even help you avoid the urge to binge next time around.
- Bottle Feeding and Formula: Expert Q&A
From how to hold the bottle to how much to feed, new parents havemany questions about feeding. Here are some answers.
- Can Couples Counseling Help?
You know to see a doctor for an ache or cough that won't go away. But where can you turn if your relationship needs a shot in the arm?
- Caregiving: Be There for Your Older Loved Ones
Find out how to help a loved one as they grow older and need you the most.
- Caregiving Help: How to Ask for What You Need
Caregiving can be hard, but you don't have to do it alone. These tips can show you how to ask for the help you need -- from friends, family, and community members.
- Overcoming Caregiver's Guilt
When you're a caregiver, you may feel like you can never do enough. But guilt doesn't help you or the person you're caring for.
- Neil Patrick Harris: Actor, Singer, Dad
The multitalented performer switches gears by trading Hollywood for Broadway and learning to make time for fatherhood.
- Life After Rehab
Don't let challenges of daily life derail the hard work you did in rehab. Learn how to build a support network and make wise choices.
- Going to Rehab
When you can’t kick drugs or alcohol, special hospitals -- known as rehabilitation facilities (rehab for short) -- may be your best bet.
- Ask the Expert Q&A: Peyronie’s Disease
An expert answers your questions about your bent penis and what, if anything, you should do to treat it.
- Peyronie’s Disease: When to See a Doctor
If you have a curved penis or a bent penis, find out when and why to see a doctor.
- Peyronie's Disease and Your Sex Life
If your penis is curved, what does Peyronie's disease mean for your sex life?
- Nicole Kidman: Actress, Mom, Women's Advocate
The award-winning actress opens up about how she keeps up with two energetic young children, an intense film career, the travel required to stay close to her musician husband, and her international advocacy work.
- Q&A With Terry Crews
The former pro-football player talks about his health, his acting, and his new book, "Manhood."
- Personal Best: Q&A With Bella Thorne
The teen actress is shaking things up with a new book deal, a solo single, and two new movies.
- Helping Your Loved One Get Schizophrenia Treatment
Find out the steps you can take to help your loved one with schizophrenia when he or she is refusing to get treatment.
- Can You Prevent Schizophrenia?
A look at whether there are ways to reduce the risk of developing schizophrenia.
- Female Masturbation: 5 Things You May Not Know
Female masturbation is good for your health and your relationship.
- Fight the Good Fight: Turn Spats Into Solutions
Six ways to turn spats into solutions.
- Tips to Help Your Child Eat Better, Live Healthier
Tips for showing children that eating well and living healthy is fun and feels good.
- Why Do Cats Have Whiskers?
What do cats’ whiskers do? How do they work?
- WebMD Interviews President Obama
President Obama Interview Transcript
- Knee Arthritis Shots: What to Know
Whether it's corticosteroids or hyaluronic acid, injections may be a good treatment for your knee osteoarthritis.
- Puppy Training: Tips for Success
Advice on how to train your puppy, including tips for house-training and ways to stop him from biting.
- How to Put Your Dog on a Diet
A look at the steps you can take to help your dog lose weight.
- How to Prepare for a New Dog
Tips for getting your home ready if you're about to bring back a new dog.
- Best Dog Breeds for Kids
Find out which dog breeds are recommended if you have children in your house.
- Walking to Ease Knee Pain
Get moving! Walking is good for your joints and can help you lose weight, and that can help ease your osteoarthritis knee pain.
- What Is Your Knee Telling You?
Know your knee noises. When your knee creaks, pops, or cracks, is it a sign of an injury or no big deal?
- Ground Zero in Colorado's Pot Rush
Denver pot shops are at the center of Colorado’s marijuana rush.
- Managing Sexual Concerns if You Have BPH
Advice for managing sexual problems if you have an enlarged prostate, or BPH.
- Helping a Loved One Stick With Schizophrenia Meds
Advice for caregivers of people with schizophrenia on how to get patients to stick with their medications.
- Schizophrenia: How to Take Care of Your Health
Tips for schizophrenia patients on how to stay healthy.
- What a Schizophrenia Expert Wants You to Know
An expert explains the latest treatments for schizophrenia.
- Schizophrenia: How to Ask for Help
Tips for schizophrenia patients on how to reach out to family, friends, and health care professionals to get a support system in place.
- Clutter vs. Hoarding: What's the Difference?
When do you need to worry about the mess? Find out the difference between clutter and hoarding, and how to keep mess in check.
- Schizophrenia: How to Avoid Caregiver Stress
Advice for caregivers of schizophrenia patients on how to avoid caregiver stress and burnout.
- How to Talk to Others About Schizophrenia
Advice for caregivers or schizophrenia patients on how to talk to others about the condition.
- How Clean Should We Be?
Should we forget the 5-second rule and hand sanitizer and learn to live with germs and bacteria? Experts say germs may be good for us.
- Holistic Health Care for Pets
Pet owners can figure out whether holistic health care treatments are right for their cats or dogs.
- Medical Marijuana: The Last Hope for Sick Children
Why families move to Colorado for medical marijuana.
- Medical Marijuana: What the Research Shows
What does the scientific research into the effects of marijuana show?
- Emotional Cheating: Are You Guilty?
Does emotional infidelity count as cheating? Psychologists say yes. And it can ruin your relationship.
- When Procrastination Is a Problem, and How to Fix It
Many people put things off to an unhealthy degree. Find out why we do this and how to get things done on time.