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- Living with IBS: One Young Woman's Story
Irritable bowel syndrome is a painful, scary, and sometimes embarrassing condition. Here's how one young woman has learned to cope.
- Dos and Don'ts for Kids' Allowances
Should allowance be tied to chores? To good behavior? Should kids be forced to save? Follow this guide to finally getting your allowance system right.
- Four Heavenly, Heart-Healthy Entrees
Warm heart and soul this Valentine's Day with easy-to-make entrees that are as good for you as they are delicious.
- How to Cope With a Bad Bed Partner
A restless, snoring bed partner can keep you up half the night. Here's how to cope.
- How Anger Can Hurt Your Heart
Yellers, ragers, and door slammers beware -- frequent high levels of anger have now been linked to heart disease.
- How to Help Your Child With Homework
Experts talk about how to help your child with homework -- without doing the work yourself.
- Body Wraps: What to Expect
Body wraps are popular spa treatments, but before you get one, find out what claims you can believe.
- Is Smoking Dragging You Down?
Here are 10 common daily side effects of smoking that often create the incentive to quit.
- Healthy Pets Holiday Gift Guide
WebMD discusses ideas for pet gifts, from dog beds to music for cats. Get your pet something healthy and useful this year.
- COPD and Sex
COPD symptoms can interfere with sex. But you don’t have to say goodbye to intimacy. Here are nine helpful strategies for sex and intimacy when you have COPD.
- How to Design Your Own Diet
Expert advice on how to design your own diet.
- When You Don't Drink But Your Friends Do
Tips on how to stay sober in social situations where other people are drinking.
- COPD: Nutrition and Your Health
If you have COPD, your calorie requirements may be higher than you think. A person with COPD can burn 10 times as many calories breathing as a healthy person. Here are 11 feel-better foods and beverages that are rich in calories and nutrients.
- 21 Ways to Boost Energy
How can you boost your energy during a 10-minute break? WebMD turned to diet, fitness, and integrative medicine experts for these 21 tips.
- 7 Signs Your Nutrition Isn't On Track
Many Americans, young and old, fall short on vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. But the challenge of getting adequate nutrition may be trickiest for seniors. Research shows that older people may need more of certain key nutrients, such as B vitamins and calcium.
- Foods for a Strong Heart, Brain, and Bones
Staying healthy as you enter your golden years has a lot to do with your diet. Here are some foods that are good for your heart, your brain, your bones, and your muscles.
- Nutrition Challenges When You're Older or Sick
Loss of appetite can make it difficult to get adequate nutrition, especially when you’re sick or not feeling well. What can you do to be sure you’re getting the nutrients you need? Experts recommend these 10 strategies for getting nutrients and calories.
- Clean House Faster: Great Cleaning Shortcuts
Clean up quick with these tips on how to speed-clean clean your house.
- Easy Ways to Get More Closet Space
Who doesn't need more closet space? These tips from experts on organizing your closet will help you get the storage space you need.
- Technology Plays Key Role in Health Care Reform
Technology must play a central role for proposed health care reform to contain costs, improve access and save lives. But will we have to sacrifice our privacy to reach these lofty goals?
- Expert Q&A: Tips from 'The Biggest Loser'
Cheryl Forberg, RD, nutritionist with 'The Biggest Loser,' shares her top weight loss tips with WebMD.
- RA and Exercise: Getting Fit at Home and With Your Family
Easy rheumatoid arthritis exercises to try at home or with family to help you move more easily and with less pain.
- Moms With RA: Helping Your Family Understand Pain
Parenting With RA: Tips for explaining to your children how pain, stiffness, and fatigue affect mom. Plus, parenting and family coping strategies.
- Training and Caring for a Deaf Dog
WebMD discusses how you can train and communicate with a deaf dog using hand signals and lists breeds most prone to deafness.
- 9 Ways to Wean a Child off Thumb Sucking
Got a preschooler who won't stop thumb sucking or finger sucking? Find out what to do about it.
- 13 Ways to Fight Sugar Cravings
WebMD discusses 13 ways you can fight sugar cravings.
- Pregnancy-Proofing Your Beauty Regimen
WebMD discusses how you can alter your beauty regimen when you’re pregnant to avoid chemicals in common skin care and beauty products.
- 10 Home Remedies for the Flu
Simple home remedies can be all you need to relieve mild to moderate flu symptoms. Try these 10 natural remedies for flu.
- Tempted to Quit Antidepressants?
Thinking about quitting your antidepressant? Find out what you should do before you take matters into your own hands.
- Dry Skin Solutions for Aging Skin
Help your skin stay smooth and healthy as you get older. Start with these dermatologist-recommended tips.
- 6 Quick and Easy Dry Skin Relievers
Give your dry skin the relief it craves with these tips from skin care experts.
- Lifestyle Tips for Treatment-Resistant Depression
If you have treatment-resistant depression, your diet, exercise, and lifestyle can help support expert medical care.
- Are Allergies Cramping Your Sex Life?
Nasal allergies may make you feel anything but romantic. Here's how to get back in the mood.
- Want to Help Feed America's Hungry Children?
Want to help feed America's hungry children? Here's how to donate time, money, and food to make sure kids get the nourishment they need.
- Supplements for IBS: What Works?
Experts discuss fiber, probiotics, prebiotics, and more for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
- Swine Flu and Asthma
WebMD discusses possible complications and heightened risk factors posed to asthma sufferers who contract H1N1.
- Stanley Tucci on His Toughest Role Yet
Julie & Julia star Stanley Tucci talks about the loss of his wife, keeping children safe, his love of food, and his upcoming role in The Lovely Bones.
- How to Handle Parents Who Brag About Their Kids
Her children are math geniuses, gymnastic stars -- and did you know they started reading at 3? How to respond to mothers who brag too much.
- Scarlett Johansson Feeds Hungry Children
2009 WebMD Health Hero Scarlett Johansson is on a mission to feed hungry kids for a very personal reason. She used to be one of them.
- When Nightmares Won't Go Away
Everyone has an occasional bad dream, but some have chronic nightmares. In this story, experts describe chronic nightmare therapy.
- Trouble Waking Up?
Here's how to rise and truly shine in the morning -- even if you aren't a "morning person."
- Sex: Why Foreplay Matters (Especially for Women)
When it comes to sex, taking the time to let things heat up can be key to satisfaction.
- The Truth About Tooth Whiteners
Learn about the effectiveness -- and safety -- of at-home tooth-whitening products.
- Is Hypochondria Stressing Your Marriage?
Hypochondria is a true mental disorder, one that takes a big toll on those who have it -- and those who live with them. Here's how to cope in a healthy way.
- Get a Head Start on a Healthy Pregnancy
Planning on getting pregnant? This guide to preconception care will help you make healthier choices about avoiding toxins.
- 10 Budget-Friendly Exercise Gadgets
Tight budgets are no excuse to let yourself get flabby. There are plenty of inexpensive ways to exercise. Some won’t even cost you a thin dime.
- Healthy Fast Food at Home –- In a Flash
Is it possible to cook healthier fast food at home that will please your pocket book and your fast-food loving family? The answer is yes.
- Family Fitness Made Fun
Become an active role model for your kids. Here’s how to make fitness fun for the whole family.
- 6 Things Marcia Cross Knows About Cancer
The actress advocates for cancer prevention but also has a personal connection to cancer – most recently learning about caregiving for her husband.
- A Partner’s Guide to Erectile Dysfunction
What you should know about your partner’s erectile dysfunction.