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- 5 Fat-Burning Strategies
WebMD consulted an exercise physiologist and an exercise physiologist/registered dietitian to find out how best to burn fat -- once and for all!
- The New Heart Tests: Which Ones Should You Have?
Experts explain the pros and cons of coronary calcium scores, carotid artery ultrasound, and CT heart scans.
- Alzheimer's Caregivers: Sandwiched Between Parenting Your Kids and Your Parents
Caring for kids and a loved one with Alzheimer’s, too? Here’s how to make it easier -- for everyone.
- Good-Life Activities for Your Family
Make time for the good life together as a family. You’ll reduce stress and help your children grow up emotionally strong. Try these tips from WebMD.
- Healthy Cooking Secrets from Celebrity Chefs
What advice do celebrity chefs have for those of us looking to cook and eat healthy food at home?
- 10 Surprising Health Benefits of Love
Humans are wired for connection, and when we cultivate good relationships, the rewards are immense. But we’re not necessarily talking about spine-tingling romance.
- Fight Fairly and Keep the Peace in Your Relationship
Experts share suggestions for defusing marital disputes.
- Heartburn Prevention Tips for Spicy Food Lovers
You don’t have to stop eating spicy foods just because you have heartburn. Here are tips that can let you continue to enjoy those hot spicy dishes without igniting the heartburn fire inside.
- Cooking Tips for Heartburn-Friendly Meals
Having heartburn doesn’t mean you have to give up eating well. WebMD offers you cooking tips you can use to prepare delicious, heartburn-friendly meals.
- Women and Weight Training for Osteoporosis
Did you know that weight training for osteoporosis -- not just walking or doing aerobics, but lifting weights -- can help protect your bones and prevent osteoporosis-related fractures? Here's how to get started on weight training.
- Heartburn Worry: Serious or Not?
How do you know heartburn is heartburn, and when should you seek medical help? WebMD provides you the facts about heartburn, GERD, and heartburn treatment so you can make informed decisions about that burning sensation in your chest.
- The Secrets of Managing GERD and Heartburn
If you’re managing your gastroesophageal reflux disease with antacids by the fistful, it may be time to get serious about your GERD treatment. To get a sense of the current state of GERD treatment, WebMD turned to experts and to people living with the condition.
- The Top 5 Mistakes Divorced Parents Make
WebMD spoke with family and divorce expert M. Gary Neuman, who gives exes pointers on how to split up without emotionally destroying their kids.
- How I Quit Smoking With Stress Reduction and Martial Arts
Deep breathing and other stress reduction and relaxation techniques are commonly used to help new smokers quit. Here's how to find a technique that works for you.
- Sleepy Teen? Here’s Why – and What You Can Do
How to help your tired teen.
- Chef Curtis Stone Dishes Up Healthy Eating
Take Home Chef star Curtis Stone talks about favorite meals, food memories, healthy cooking, and his own health habits.
- Web Confessions: Guilty Pleasure or Healthy Habit?
Posting confessions on the web can actually be therapeutic
- Do You Know Which Symptoms Signal a Heart Attack in Women?
The warning signs of a female heart attack are different than men’s.
- Facing My Smoking Triggers
Certain foods, drinks, places, and even things you do can make you want to smoke. Learn about how to manage your triggers to quit smoking.
- Stopping Weight Gain While Quitting Smoking
Many people who quit smoking gain 10 pounds, but not you. Here's how to avoid weight gain when you quit smoking.
- Answers to Your Questions about Probiotics
Here are some answers to five common questions about probiotics and the products that contain them, from yogurt to supplements.
- Actress Shailene Woodley Takes Scoliosis in Stride
Actor Shailene Woodley shares her story of how she copes with scoliosis.
- Coffee's Surprising Health Benefits
As it turns out, coffee doesn’t just wake you up; it’s good for you, too.
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus On Acting, Parenting, and Going Green
Julia Louis-Dreyfus balances working, mothering, and environmental activism
- When All Else Fails, Parent With Humor
Taking a lighter touch with parenting may get you the results you want, faster.
- Swoon at the Sight of Blood?
Why the sight of blood might make you faint – and what you can do about it.
- Pros and Cons of DIY Waxing
Waxing, like tweezing, does hurt. But the pain comes with every strip, not hair by hair. Waxing is also better than cream hair removers because there’s no smell and less of a chance you’ll wind up with a nasty red rash.
- Raising a Child with Asperger’s Syndrome: Mary Walsh’s Story
The condition, similar to autism, requires patience from parents, structure, and sometimes a special dog.
- Actor Anthony Edwards Builds a Hospital
Actor Anthony Edwards is helping to build a children’s hospital in Kenya.
- Need to Lose a Few Pounds Fast? Here’s How
How to lose a few pounds fast
- What's Inside? Decoding Product Labels
You can’t always rely on labels to tell you what’s inside a product. But with a little detective work, you can make safer choices for your family. Here’s how.
- Healthier Hygiene
Have you ever read the ingredients on the many personal care products you use? What you put on your skin can impact your overall health. Here’s how to find products that are safer for you.
- Your Health and the Environment: Protecting Your Piece of the Planet
Finding a substitute for chemical lawn fertilizers and harmful pesticides. Disposing of used oil and old paint safely. Learn how protecting the environment can help protect your family’s health.
- 10 Affordable Ways to Make Your Home Safer and Healthier
Can you be green and healthy on a budget? Absolutely. Try these 10 simple steps to keep your home – and the planet – in good shape.
- Safer Food For a Healthier You
Pesticides in produce, hormones in milk. What are these unexpected ingredients doing in your food, and how can you avoid them?
- Give Your Baby the Best Start
Create a safe home for your baby. Find out why avoiding soft plastic toys and baby bottles with BPA helps get your baby off to a healthy start, and learn other important steps to take.
- Do You Really Need a Statin to Lower Cholesterol?
Why should you take a statin? Can’t you just improve your cholesterol levels by eating right and exercising? The answer is yes -- and no. Here’s a look at the benefits of statins.
- Why You’re Not Happy
Six common barriers to personal happiness and fulfillment and how to overcome them.
- Exercises to Control Your Cholesterol
Regular exercise raises levels of good HDL cholesterol, and lowers unhealthy triglycerides. Here’s what type of exercise – and how much – you need to help manage your cholesterol.
- In One Year, Out the Other
Here’s a New Year’s resolution anyone can keep: Resolve not to make any more New Year’s resolutions.
- How to Stay on a Diet
Will this be the year you find diet success, or will you end up a diet dropout? Find out why diets fail, and read expert tips about how to stay on a diet.
- Health Predictions for 2009
Experts make predictions about health trends in 2009.
- Staying Active and in Control Despite Their Allergies
Having allergies doesn’t mean you have to give up the things you love to do. Meet 4 allergy superheroes who are thriving despite – or maybe because of – their condition.
- Should Allergies Keep Your Child at Home?
Find out how to help your child avoid allergy problems at school, playing sports, on vacation, or at a friend’s house.
- Survival Guide for Pet Allergies
People who are allergic to pets can take precautions that can make it okay to bring a pet into the home. Find out how setting boundaries and making a few changes, such as how your floors are covered, can make a difference with pet allergies.
- Top 10 Videos of 2008: Readers' Choice
A list of WebMD's 10 most viewed videos of 2008.
- Is It a Cold or Sinus Infection?
How can you tell the difference between a cold and a sinus infection? And how do you treat them?
- Autism in the Classroom
When your child has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), for example Asperger's syndrome, school can be difficult. Autism in the classroom is something that’s hard for teachers, parents, and the child with the ASD to deal with.
- 6 Secrets of Super-Healthy People
Some people never seem to get sick. What are they doing that the rest of us aren’t? Learn their secrets.
- Top Men’s Health Stories of 2008: Readers' Choice
The 10 most viewed men’s health stories on WebMD for 2008.