Drugs and Medications Features
- Fighting Off Sleepiness: Myths and Facts
Sleepiness affects the daily activities of 40% of Americans, say sleep exerts at Stanford University. No wonder we cling to so many fallacies about how to get by on little sleep. But what really works? What’s just a myth? Here are the facts.
- Pain: The Sleep Thief
Pain interrupts sleep, and lack of sleep often makes pain worse. Understand the pain-sleep connection.
- Your Dog's Teeth: Toothaches and Other Problems
If your dog had a toothache, how would you know? If their gums were receding and painful, could you tell? The answers may surprise you.
- The Perils of Gum Disease in Dogs
Untreated gum disease can wreak havoc in your dog’s mouth, leaving them in chronic pain. What can you do to help?
- Brushing Your Dog's Teeth: Why it Matters
Oral care is as important for your pooch as it is for you -- but can brushing your dog's teeth really help?
- Dental Foods and Treats for Dogs
Can treat, chews, and toys really help keep your dog's teeth healthy and shining?
- Dentistry for Dogs
You wouldn’t go years between dental exams and teeth cleanings. Should your dog?
- Too Sleepy for Sex?
If you're too tired for sex, you may want to ask yourself these questions to get your sex life back on track.
- Chocolate Chips Away at Stroke Risk
Eating a little bit of chocolate each week may not only lower the risk of having a stroke, it may also decrease the odds of dying from one.
- Are Allergies Making You Depressed?
Allergy symptoms can drain you and make you feel miserable. Try these simple strategies to conquer allergies and fight depression.
- Women's Guide to Conquering Allergies
Women's Guide to Conquering Allergies
- Memory Foam: Pros and Cons
The pros and cons of memory foam mattresses, pillows, and other products.
- 8 Embarrassing Sleep Secrets
WebMD article on what happens while we sleep. Learn about sleep behaviors from drooling to orgasms to sleepwalking.
- Michelle Obama Takes on Childhood Obesity
WebMD talks iwth Michelle Obama about curbing childhood obesity and the new "Let's Move" partnership.
- The Truth About C-Sections
WebMD explains why C-sections are on the rise and describes what is involved and what the recovery period is like.
- Is My Child a Troublemaker?
Parents can correct bad behavior in kids who are "troublemakers." Learn how to handle lying, fighting, and more.
- Solving Cat Litter Box Problems
WebMD provides solutions to some common cat litter box problems including medical conditions and other reasons your cat won’t use the litter box.
- Is Weight Training Safe for Kids?
WebMD article on strength training guidelines for kids.
- Diet and Autism
Are there certain foods, nutrients, or supplements that can help children with autism? What's the ideal diet for a child with autism? Expert Brian Udell, MD, answers these and other questions about diet and autism.
- Heart Attacks in Middle-Aged Women: Lower Your Risk
Think heart attacks only hit old men? You might be surprised to learn they can strike middle-aged women, too. Learn how to lower your risk.
- Make Kids’ Fitness Fun and Safe
Fitness can be a family affair. Here’s how you and your family can stay fit, safely and effectively.
- Find Your Smoking Triggers
What makes you crave a cigarette? Is it a cup of coffee? A drink? Talking on the phone? To quit smoking forever, it’s important to identify your smoking triggers.
- Is Fat the New Normal?
WebMD article on why Americans are gaining weight and calling it normal.
- Sex, Aging, and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Menopause signals the end of fertility -- not the end of sex for women. Here’s how to deal with sex and intimacy issues through menopause, RA, and aging.
- How to Manage Depression With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Find out ways to ease depression if you have rheumatoid arthritis, such as therapy, support groups, healthy eating, and exercise.
- Mistakes People Make Feeding Cats
WebMD examines common cat feeding mistakes people make and how to know how much food and water cats need.
- 5 Things RA Can Teach Your Kids
RA can help parents teach their kids some surprising and important life lessons that go beyond with coping with chronic illness in the family.
- How Rheumatoid Arthritis Affects Pregnancy
How will having RA affect your pregnancy -- and how will being pregnant affect your RA?
- Raising a Baby When You Have RA
Many women with rheumatoid arthritis have a flare after giving birth, making newborn care even more challenging. WebMD offers tips on caring for your baby when you have RA.
- Pets in Your Bed
WebMD discusses the health implications of pets sleeping in bed with you.
- Losing Pregnancy Weight When You've Got RA
If you have RA, these exercises will help you get your pre-pregnancy body back faster – and take some of the excess weight and pressure off of your aching joints.
- Eating for 2: Your RA Pregnancy Diet
For a woman with RA, the best way to avoid having too much weight to lose post-pregnancy is to keep weight under control during pregnancy. Here are tips eating right when you are pregnant with RA.
- RA and Pregnancy: The Facts About Conceiving
How does RA affect your chance of getting pregnant? What about taking RA drugs during pregnancy? WebMD tells you what you need to know if you have rheumatoid arthritis and are contemplating having a child.
- 10 Myths and Facts About Adult Acne
Much of what you may think you know about adult acne is probably a myth. Here are the facts.
- Sleeping Pill Safety: 10 Dos and Don'ts
WebMD provides instructions for taking sleeping pills safely, including what to tell your doctor and how to handle side effects.
- You Asked! Expert A's to Your Beauty Q's: Aging Skin and Acne
Getting wrinkles while you're still getting breakouts may not seem fair, but our expert dermatologists suggest some solutions for both.
- Viral Hepatitis: 8 Self-Defense Tips for Travelers
The risk of contracting viral hepatitis is higher for many Americans who travel abroad -- especially to regions where hepatitis is prevalent and sanitation is poor. Here are 8 tips to protect travelers.
- Viral Hepatitis: Eight Ways to Help Protect Your Family
Hepatitis A and B can lead to liver damage and sometimes death. But you can protect yourself and your family with these eight steps.
- Top 10 Causes of Death Worldwide
WebMD explains what to do when your doctor doesn’t listen to your concerns and how to find a new doctor for you and your family.
- What Lack of Sleep Does to Your Mind
Sleepiness doesn’t just make you have low energy. It can impair your thinking, work performance, mood, and safety.
- Are You Depressed -- or Just Sleepy?
Lack of sleep and depression often go together. And treating one can help treat the other.
- Can Better Sleep Mean Catching Fewer Colds?
Lack of sleep can compromise our immune system’s ability to fight off colds and flu, including H1N1, and even heart disease.
- Sleep and Weight Gain
How lack of sleep may cause you to gain weight, and tips to help you get better sleep.
- Sleep and the Night Shift
If you work the night shift or rotating shifts, poor sleep can put you at risk for accidents and health problems. Follow these tips for better sleep.
- What's Causing Your Sleepiness?
Are you sleepy all the time? Find out what could be causing your excessive sleepiness, from working shifts to an underlying sleep disorder.
- How to Cope With Jet Lag
How to reduce or prevent sleepiness and other jet lag symptoms with simple strategies before, during, and after your flight.
- 10 Tips to Improve Sleep for New Moms
WebMD provides expert 10 tips on getting more sleep when you're a new mom.
- Flu Breakthrough: The Search for a Universal Vaccine
Tired of having to get a different flu shot every year -- and sometimes even having to get two? Someday we may have one shot that protects us against all the strains.
- Good Solutions for Bad Breath
Got bad breath? You're not alone -- and we have lots of solutions for you.
- Senior Fitness: Why It's Never Too Late to Start
Even people in their 70s and 80s gain benefit when they start to exercise -- as long as they do it safely.