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- A Focus on Fitness, Not Fatness
Instead of focusing on the number on the scale, paying attention to overall health could be the key to achieving real fitness goals.
- 9 Dos and Don’ts of Dieting With Diabetes
Maintaining a healthy diet can be hard enough without worrying about diabetes. But with blood sugar to factor it, here are some tips for eating right with diabetes.
- What You Should Know About 10 Popular Dietary Supplements
Learn key facts about 10 popular supplements, and what you should know if you choose to take one.
- Why Some Groups Hesitate on Vaccination
Misinformation could lead to widening vaccine disparities in babies and toddlers. Here’s what parents need to know to protect their kids.
- How I Decided to Hold Out for the Best Lung Cancer Treatment
Lung cancer isn’t always about smoking. For Leah Phillips, radon caused her inoperable lung cancer. Learn how targeted therapies brightened her outlook.
- Spotlight On: Inoperable Lung Cancer
"Inoperable lung cancer" can seem like a scary diagnosis with no options. But there is hope with traditional therapy and new treatments. Learn more.
- Treating a Cold or Flu When You Have COVID-19
It’s possible to catch COVID-19 and a cold or flu at the same time. Here are tips on how to feel better with a coinfection.
- What We’ve Learned About COVID-19 and Cold and Flu Season
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it harder predict how this year’s cold and flu season will play out. Here’s what you need to know.
- Q&A: Health Challenges Facing Aging Latinos
Alicia Arbaje, MD, PhD, MPH, of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, talks to WebMD about the health challenges of elders in America’s many Hispanic communities.
- Expert Q&A: The Biggest Health Challenges of Aging for Native Americans
Native Americans face a host of health challenges as they age. Geriatrician Blythe Winchester, MD, who is a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, discusses the biggest issues and what would help.
- How to Find an OB/GYN Supportive of Transgender Pregnancies
Many transgender men and nonbinary people can carry a pregnancy. Here are tips to find an OB/GYN who will offer supportive transgender pregnancy care.
- When Your Culture Expects You to Age in Place at Home
In many cultures, the expectation is that elders will age at home. How do families juggle that and what happens when it gets to be too hard?
- What You Need to Know About Body Fat
Body fat isn’t just about your size or how you look. It’s crucial to your body’s function and overall health.
- Making Mammograms More Accessible to Hispanic Women or Latinas
Spme Hispanic women or Latinas aren’t always able to get the breast cancer screening they need. Learn about programs to help change that.
- Is There Mental Health Teletherapy in Spanish?
Find out what mental health teletherapy services are available in Spanish.
- Sex After a Hysterectomy
Sex after a hysterectomy is a major concern for many women considering this surgery, but it doesn’t have to be.
- Social Media Linked to Rise in Eating Disorders
Social media is a big influence on many people. For some, certain types of posts may be triggers for disordered eating or body image problems.
- Beyond Medication: How to Stay on Top of Your Diabetes
Your lifestyle has a huge impact on your blood sugar. Learn how making a few changes to your daily routine can help you manage the disease.
- How Does Stress Affect Pregnancy?
Normal stress is expected during pregnancy, but find help for serious anxiety, which increases the risk of early birth or later problems.
- Being a Young Adult With Ankylosing Spondylitis
Living with ankylosing spondylitis as a young adult: One woman shares her story.
- How Science Has Transformed What We Know About Psoriatic Disease
A look at some of the latest advancements in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis – and why dermatologists are so vital to prevent severe disease.
- Self-Esteem and Vitiligo: It’s Possible to Have Both
It's possible to have vitiligo and self-esteem. Read one person's account.
- What’s Behind “Lockdown Nostalgia”?
With coronavirus stubbornly lingering, pandemic fatigue has fueled widespread longing for the perceived simplicities, innocence, and sense of togetherness of the early days of COVID-19.
- How a Shot Support System Helped Keep Me on Track With My Biologic
Kaleigh Wan is a 26-year-old who takes biologics for her psoriasis. Learn more about how her support system helps with her treatment regimen.
- Being a Young Adult With Psoriatic Disease
Amber McKnight, a 27-year-old New Jersey native, shares her complicated and lengthy journey to get a psoriasis diagnosis.
- BIPOC With Ankylosing Spondylitis
Living with ankylosing spondylitis as a person of color: One woman shares her experiences.
- Today’s Devices and Gadgets to Help With Ankylosing Spondylitis
Assistive devices, tools, gadgets, and aids to help you manage ankylosing spondylitis.
- Is It Time to Try a Biologic for CSU?
Find out if a biologic is a good option for treating chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), also called chronic hives.
- CSU: What to Wear and What to Avoid
With chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), also called chronic hives, some clothes are better than others. Get tips on what to wear and what to avoid.
- Planning Financially for Multiple Sclerosis
A multiple sclerosis case manager offers tips on how to plan your financial future.
- Spicing Up Senior Living Communities' Menus
Less mashed potatoes, more roti: Today's senior menus include more ethnic cuisines than ever before.
- Alone Together: Caregivers and Loved Ones Struggle With Alzheimer’s
Day after day, year after year, the struggles caregivers face, both big and small, take their toll.
- Why You Are Your Best Advocate When Managing Diabetes
With type 2 diabetes, it’s vital to know the facts and communicate with your care team, especially when you face care disparities.
- Indian Beauty: a (Re)Discovery
Many of the health and beauty treatments we pay top dollar for in the U.S. come from India and are hundreds – if not thousands upon thousands – of years old.
- Facing the Doubt of Vitiligo
People who live with vitiligo often doubt themselves. But the support and encouragement of others can help. Here’s one woman’s story of self-acceptance.
- Who Needs the Flu Vaccine?
Many new shots have been pointed our way since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Here's why you still need a flu shot.
- The Germiest Places in Your Community
Germs are everywhere, but some places and things are germ hot spots. Learn how to stay healthy wherever you go.
- Teach Your Kids to Avoid Colds
Kids spread germs like it’s their job. But teaching them these simple habits will help them – and your family – stay well and head off colds and flu.
- What Your Mucus Says About Your Health
Yes, mucus – or snot, or phlegm – is gross, but it has vital clues about your health. Learn what it might be telling you and when to see a doctor.
- Vitiligo Is More Than a Cosmetic Condition
Vitiligo causes patches of skin with lost pigment, but it can also raise your risk of eye and skin damage from UV rays. Find out how new and old treatments may work for your vitiligo.
- What Is Cuffing Season?
As the weather turns chilly, “cuffing season” starts for relationships. What exactly does that mean? Find out.
- When You Have Two Separate Cancers
You can get cancer twice - even at the same time. Here’s what to know about diagnosis, treatment, and your risk.
- Common Chemicals: Breast Cancer Link?
Experts discuss whether chemicals in our environment have a connection to the risk of breast cancer.
- Life After a Suicide Attempt: Finding a Path Toward Hope
There’s no magic answer to prevent suicide. The key is to somehow weather the emotionally turbulent storm instead of succumbing to the moment.
- Cancer in Dogs: What to Know
A veterinary expert answers commonly asked questions about cancer in dogs, including what common symptoms to look for, cancer rate differences by breed, and how to help prevent cancer in your pet.
- After Breast Cancer: Fitness and Nutrition Tips
Get back into exercise and adopt a diet rich in cancer-protective foods, which will boost your health and may even help prevent breast cancer from coming back.
- Choosing Single Parenthood in a Pandemic
Fertility specialists expected to see fewer clients during the pandemic. Instead, they saw a surge – especially among single women.
- Are Transgender People at Risk of Breast Cancer?
Breast cancer can happen in people of any gender. Learn about what factors affect breast cancer risk in transgender people.
- Does Skin Tone Affect Skin Care?
Should your skin tone affect your daily skin care routine? Find out what dermatologists say.
- Could Timing Chemotherapy Make Cancer Treatment More Effective?
Scientists hope “chronochemotherapy” could make cancer drugs less toxic and more effective but say we’re not there yet.