Drugs and Medications Features
- 5 Health Mistakes Dog Owners Make
Even the best dog owners sometimes make mistakes – especially when it comes to their dog’s health. Here are 5 common health mistakes dog owners make and how to avoid them.
- Treating Symptoms in Babies
Which over-the-counter medicines can help treat common infant symptoms? Get expert answers here.
- 6 Ways Your Teen Is Playing You
WebMD explains why and how teens manipulate their parents and how parents can respond effectively.
- Home Treatments for Babies
Your guide to natural and alternative treatments for infants. Are these home treatments safe for baby? What you should know.
- Baby Tips From Moms and Doctors
Advice and practical tips from moms and doctors on easing common infant symptoms.
- OTC Pain Relief: Beware of Double-Dosing
Taking too much of over-the-counter pain relievers can lead to liver damage, stomach bleeding, and kidney disease. Learn how you can protect yourself and your family from an accidental overdose.
- OTC Drug Safety for Seniors
A guide to drug safety for seniors, including information on NSAIDs, aspirin, acetaminophen, antihistamines, and more.
- OTC Pain Relief: Understanding NSAIDs
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are over-the-counter medications that can be used to reduce fever, relieve mild aches and pains, and reduce inflammation. Learn how these pain relievers work and how to take them safely.
- Nutrients Your Kids May Be Missing
Are your kids getting what they need from their food? Check this list to learn what nutrients they might miss out on.
- Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Ozone, and Children's Eyes
Avoiding irritating fumes that can make eyes red and watery.
- Taking Care of Baby's Sensitive Skin
Worried about chemicals like phthalates and parabens in your baby shampoos, soaps, and lotions? See what the experts say.
- What's In Your Personal Care Products?
Many personal care products contain controversial chemicals. What do experts say about making healthy choices?
- When Your Child Has Allergies
How to avoid common triggers around an allergic child.
- Keeping Your House Clean Without Harsh Chemicals
Tips on keeping your house germ-free.
- 10 Signs Your Partner's Still Into an Ex
WebMD discusses how to know if your partner is still into an ex-relationship and how to resolve the problems that arise. Learn how to work together and eliminate jealousy.
- Is Your Marriage Toxic?
WebMD describes some signs of an unhealthy marriage and provides tips for finding help and repairing the damage.
- Spices and Herbs That Can Help You Stay Healthy
Herbs and spices not only add flavor to your food, but they can help you stay healthy, too.
- Low Pain Threshold? Here's Why
Your gender, your stress level, and your genes all contribute to your sensitivity to pain.
- A Holistic Approach to Treating Depression
A holistic approach to treating depression focuses on treating your whole being -- body and mind -- to help you feel better and stay healthy. A healthy diet, exercise, and talk therapy are just a few of the holistic approaches you can use to treat depression.
- Getting Started: Talk Therapy for Depression
Talk therapy can be a powerful tool in fighting depression. Here’s how to get started with the types of therapy most commonly used for depression – cognitive behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy.
- How Your Depression Medicine Can Affect Your Life
If you’re taking an antidepressant, it’s important to know what to expect and how it will affect your life. Here are the answers to five common questions about taking antidepressants.
- Getting Started: Eating Right for Depression
If you’re feeling depressed, what you eat can affect your mood and your health. Here are 8 steps you can take to get the right nutrition to help you through depression.
- Getting Started: Exercise for Depression
Exercise may be as effective as medication in treating depression. Any type of exercise is helpful. These 6 tips will help get you started with an exercise program.
- Get Your Bed Back
Get answers to common concerns about children who co-sleep with their parents at night and how to help them break the habit and sleep in their own beds.
- Eating Disorders and Depression
Eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating can be linked to depression. A guide to depression and eating disorders, and finding effective treatment for both.
- How Long Should You Take Antidepressants?
Not everyone needs to take antidepressants long-term. If you want to stop, talk to your doctor about when and how to do it safely.
- Unusual Ways to Quit Smoking
WebMD discusses ways you can kick the smoking habit for good.
- 5 Tips to Get Your Kids Up for School
Expert advice on how to help your child get up in time for school.
- How Dupuytren’s Contracture Progresses
How does Dupuytren’s contracture progress? Which treatments are available as it progresses? Get the facts on Dupuytren’s contracture progression.
- Dirty Secret: Do You Skip Washing Your Face at Night?
You're tired, you're cranky, you've had a long day. So can you skip washing your face tonight? Not really.
- What's in Lipstick?
Find out what ingredients are used (and not used) in lipstick these days, plus how to get those stubborn stains out of your clothes.
- What's in Mascara?
Find out what ingredients are used in mascara these days, plus how to apply it correctly.
- Dupuytren’s Contracture: Causes and Risk Factors
Is Dupuytren’s contracture inherited from family members? What causes this condition, and what are the risk factors for Dupuytren’s?
- The Makeup of Makeup: Decoding Eyeliner
Learn what ingredients are used in eyeliner these days, plus how to apply it correctly.
- El Dengue
El Dengue: Cómo prevenir dengue durante viajes
- Whooping Cough: What You Need to Know
WebMD asks CDC expert Tom Clark about whooping cough and its causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
- Crohn's Disease: Diet and Nutrition
What foods might make your Crohn’s symptoms worse – or better? Find out more about Crohn’s disease and diet.
- Tips for Finding a Lost Pet
Tips for finding a lost dog or cat, including flyers, rewards, microchips, and more.
- Can You Reverse Osteoporosis?
WebMD talks to experts about whether it's possible to reverse osteoporosis.
- Children’s Vision and Eye Care Basics
Routine eye exams play an important role in maintaining your child’s eye health. Learn how eye exams can detect vision problems and help protect your child’s eye health.
- Treatment Options for Crohn's Disease
Medications to help slow the progression and reduce pain and diarrhea of Crohn's disease.
- Foods That May Trigger Pollen Allergies
Learn about oral allergy syndrome, foods that may trigger this condition, and what tests can identify it.
- Avoid Common Mistakes When You Have Crohn's
Don't make these 6 common mistakes when you have Crohn's disease.
- Healthy Eats: How to Satisfy the Picky Eaters in Your Family
How do you satisfy the picky eaters in your family? The secret lies in offering variety while avoiding cooking everyone separate meals. Plus, check out our fail-proof chicken breast recipe.
- Heartburn 101
Got a burning, burping feeling in your chest? Read our basic primer on what causes heartburn, how you can manage it, and when to see your doctor.
- 6 Meals a Day for Weight Loss
How eating six meals a day affects your weight.
- When You Have Trouble Waking Up
Some people can't fall asleep for so long it's actually hard to wake up in the morning. Here's how to embrace your inner early bird.
- Helping an Obese Teen Lose Weight
Our reader's daughter has lost 90 pounds -- and wants to lose 25 more. Find out what a mom is supposed to do?
- The Benefits of Mineral Makeup
Learn about mineral makeup -- how it started, what's in it, and just what it can do for you.
- Get Back to Happy
How to recover your happiness after a setback.