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- 6 Ways Pets Can Improve Your Health
Owning a pet can ward off depression, lower blood pressure, and boost immunity. It may even improve your social life.
- How Christina Applegate Stays Healthy and Happy
The funnylady and mom taps into the lessons of her own life to help her daughter develop a healthy sense of self-esteem and confidence.
- Q&A With Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles
Over the last year this country music star has given birth to a baby and a new solo album.
- It's Not Your Mother's Menopause
Get ready for today’s modern, more optimistic approach to life during -- and after -- menopause.
- 13 Tips for Using Blood Thinners
Blood thinners can save your life, but they can also put you in danger of bleeding. These tips should help you stay safe and healthy.
- Bone Thieves: How to Defend Yourself
What’s robbing your bones of what they need?
- Soothe Dry Skin When You Have a Cold
Tips to heal dry, chapped skin, nose, and lips.
- How to Look Your Best When You Have a Cold
Snuggle up! Getting enough sleep can help your beauty routine when you have a cold.
- Q&A With Demi Lovato
Chart-topping singer Demi Lovato opens up about where she's been and what's ahead for her hot career.
- Soothe a Nighttime Cough
Are you up at night coughing because of a cold or flu? Find out how to soothe your nighttime cough.
- 5 Ways to Treat Your Baby's Stuffy Nose
Ease your baby's congestion with these simple home remedies for a cold and stuffy nose.
- Tips to Comfort Your Sick Baby
Simple home remedies can help your baby feel better when he has a cold or cough.
- Your Baby's Cold: When to Call a Doctor
Know when home remedies aren't enough for your baby's cold and it's time to call the doctor.
- 9 Foods to Help You Lose Weight
Losing weight is a matter of simple math. To drop pounds, you need to eat fewer calories than you burn. These nine foods can help.
- The Truth About Pregnancy Stretch Marks
Along with a new baby, there are the many physical changes you’ll see. Chief among them is stretch marks. For many women, stretch marks are as much a part of having a baby as diapers and feedings.
- Live Healthy on a Retirement Budget
How do you live healthy and keep costs low at the same time? We give you the secrets.
- Tips to Feel Better All Day
Here are 7 tried and true ways to feel better from the time you wakeup, until you go to bed.
- Can You Really Boost Your Happiness?
If you feel down in the dumps, these ideas may help you find greater joy in your daily life. Ideas may include: volunteering, fitness, managing stress, and more.
- Make Time for Play
Playtime isn’t just for kids. Learn how to incorporate play into your life and how to find opportunities for fun.
- Winter Asthma
Here’s how to breathe easier during the cold months.
- Hair Care During Pregnancy
Pregnant and want a new flair for that hair? Read more on what to do and not to do with your hair.
- How to Rekindle the Spark in Your Relationship
Has your sizzle fizzled? Reconnect with your partner.
- 5 Myths and Facts About Multiple Sclerosis
Find out how to separate myths and facts about multiple sclerosis, including the truth about MS and pregnancy, exercise, and work.
- Q&A With Tia & Tamera
The actresses, reality TV stars (and identical twins!) share their secrets for balancing work, motherhood, and sibling rivalry.
- Could Your Child Have an Ear Infection?
Learn the symptoms of ear infections –- and what to do next.
- Julianna Margulies: Working Mom, ALS Advocate
This super-busy actress takes time for herself and those with ALS.
- Road Trip Tips for Parents
Need a vacation from "Are we there yet?" Try these expert tips.
- How to Deal With Back-to-School Anxiety
School's back in session and your child might have the jitters. But you can help your child minimize the fear factor.
- Q&A With Judy Greer
The busy actress and stepmom shares her healthy living tips on and off the set.
- Healthy Aging: What Can You Control?
Genetics isn't the only factor in aging. Your lifestyle can help you break the mold.
- Clicker Training 101
Time to get training underway? Learn to do it with a click.
- Breast Lumps: 8 Myths and Facts
When you find a breast lump, you need to get it checked out to see if it's breast cancer or something else, like a breast cyst or fibroadenoma. Do that even if breast cancer doesn't run in your family. Find out the truth about breast lumps.
- Cord Blood Banking
Find answers to common questions parents have about banking their newborn's umbilical cord blood.
- Hiring Baby Care Help
What to look for when you want to hire a baby nurse, nanny, or doula, or other specialist to help care for your newborn.
- 5 Solutions for Dark Circles
Have dark circles under your eyes? Get tips for camouflaging them!
- 8 Best Ways to Use Your Skin Products
If you want to get the most for your money when using beauty products, there are some things you should know first.
- Male Masturbation: 5 Things You Didn't Know
WebMD explores some little known things about male masturbation and answers questions such as: is masturbation safe, normal, or unhealthy?
- Preventive Double Mastectomy: FAQ
Preventative double mastectomy (also called prophylactic double mastectomy) is surgery to remove both breasts to try to prevent breast cancer. Who gets a prophylactic mastectomy, why, and what are the risks and benefits? Read about the reasons some women consider this surgery to prevent breast cancer before it starts.
- 10 Mammogram Myths and Facts
Afraid of an abnormal mammogram? Think you're not at risk for breast cancer? WebMD explains why mammogram benefits outweigh these and other excuses.
- What's in Your Dog Food?
Find out how to read a dog food label to make sure you're getting healthy food for your pet.
- Nutritional Needs of Different Breeds of Dogs
Learn about how your dog can get the nutrition he needs based on his breed, age, size, and energy level.
- 9 Dog Myths and Facts
Experts debunk some common myths about dogs, such as raw meat is the best diet for your dog.
- Are You Ready to Get a Dog?
Find out what you need to know if you're trying to decide if getting a dog is right for you.
- 6 Common Sex Mistakes Women Make
These 6 common mistakes women make may keep you from the sexual pleasure you deserve. But you can fix them.
- Adult Acne: Why You Get It, How to Fight It
There are many reasons you can get acne as an adult. Stress or changes in your hormone levels, like menopause or switching or stopping birth control pills, are two possibilities.
- How to Teach Your Kids about Positive Self-Talk
Make it your family mantra to be positive. Here's how to teach your kids about positive self-talk.
- How to Meditate
Ease stress with meditation. Meditation is an easy way for the whole family to relax.
- Relaxation Techniques: Learn How to Manage Stress
Stress isn’t all bad, but too much and for too long can cause health troubles. Learn how to relax with proven techniques.
- 8 Social-Life Tips for IBS-D
Is IBS-D limiting your social life? Here are eight tips that can help get you back out there.
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Dieting
When kids show an interest in being healthier, it’s important to steer the conversation away from dieting to adopting healthy habits they can keep up.