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Diseases and Conditions
10 Facts About AIDS and HIV Infection
2 Flu Types = 2 Shots
3 Hiccup Remedies
5 Steps to a Healthy Heart
5-Minute Stress Solutions
6 Facts on Obesity
7 Ways to Avoid Colds and the Flu
8 Mistakes Heart Patients Make
A Better Understanding of Stroke
A Checklist to Help You Spot Hearing Loss
A Closer Look at Arthritis Treatments
A Closer Look at Three Breast Cancer Myths
A Disease Often Misdiagnosed as Asthma
A Fresh Look at Common Skin Problems
A Joint Approach to Treat ADHD
A Kids' Asthma Journal
A Lifestyle for Lower Blood Pressure
A Primer on Parkinson's Disease
A Red Face Could Signal Rosacea
A Simple Way to Keep the Flu Away
A Woman's Guide to Beating Heart Disease
A Woman's Guide to Cancer Screenings
Ability to Concentrate Isn't What It Used to Be
About Balance and Safety
About High Blood Pressure
Action Plan for Osteoarthritis
Acupuncture Can Help Relieve Headache Pain
ADHD Drugs Safe, Experts Say
ADHD Is More Than Child's Play
After Breast Cancer, Challenges Remain
After Your Surgery
Age and Asthma
Aging Eyes and Glasses
AIDS Prevention Is Still Important
AIDS: Live by the Facts
Air Pollution Can Break Your Heart
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Q and A
All About Age-Related Macular Degeneration
All About Aging Eyes
All About Blood Pressure Medication
All About Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs
All About Gallstones
All About Hip Replacements
All About Kidney Stones
All About Menopause
All About Muscle Cramps
All About Viruses
All About Work-Related Asthma
All About Your Nails
All Kinds of Problems Beset Your Nails
Allergies on Vacation
Allergies: Nothing to Sneeze At
Allergy Medications and Vaccinations for Older Adults
Allergy Terms to Know
Alternatives to Alcoholics Anonymous
An Rx for RSV
Answers About Anxiety
Answers to Questions About HPV
Answers to Questions About Your Child's Mental Health
Antibiotics Not the Cure for the Common Cold
Are Feet at Fault for Back, Hip, and Knee Woes?
Arthritis and Exercise: Q and A
Asthma on Campus
Asthma Terms to Know
Asthma: A Worsening of Symptoms
Asthma: Dealing With Your Child's School
Asthma: Exercising Indoors
Asthma: First Doctor Visit for Your Child
Asthma: HFA Inhalers
Asthma: Out of Breath at a Meal
Asthma: When to Get an Allergy Test
Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults
Autism Has Many Faces
Autonomic Neuropathy
Avoiding Fall Allergy Triggers
Babies Need 'Tummy Time'
Back Pain: It May Not Be What You Think
Barotrauma: A High-Flying Condition
Basketball Star: Rebounding From Kidney Disease
Beat the Ulcer Bug
Beating an Eating Disorder
Bed-Wetting: Help Your Child Stay Dry at Night
Beware of Diarrhea Dehydration in Infants, Toddlers
Beyond Cholesterol
Biofeedback: Another Way to Manage Pain
Blood Pressure Rising Among Children
Bone Spurs Are a Thorny Problem
Boning Up on Osteoporosis
Break Through the Alcoholic's Psychological Defenses
Breaking the Habit: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Breathe Easier with COPD
Burning Questions on Heartburn
Can You Turn Heart Disease Around?
Cancer Survivor Tips
Caring for a Child With Type 1 Diabetes
Caring for an Ill Loved One
Caring for Your Sick Child
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carrots Help Protect Against Macular Degeneration
Celiac Disease Can Harm Digestion
CHF and Physical Activity
Children and Cholesterol
Chlamydia Can Lead to Infertility
Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Still a Mystery
Cleft Palates Can Be Repaired, Overcome
Clinical Guidelines for Good Heart Care
Cold Sores: A Common Complaint
Colds and Influenza: What's the Difference?
Common Balance Problems
Concussions: Caution Is a No-Brainer
COPD Remains Widely Undetected
COPD: A Quit-Smoking Plan
COPD: Boost Your Strength with Exercise
COPD: Coping with Stress
COPD: End-of-Life Care
COPD: Good Nutrition Is Important
COPD: Heartburn Is Common
COPD: Home from the Hospital
COPD: Managing Sodium and Potassium Intake
COPD: Medicines for Maintenance
COPD: Safe Oxygen Tips
COPD: Tips for Easier Dressing
COPD: When Symptoms Get Worse
Coping with Chronic Pain
Coping with Miscarriage
Coping with PMS
Could That Stomachache in Your Child Be Appendicitis?
Could This Be Menopause?
Couric's Colorectal Cancer Crusade
Cut Your Cholesterol, Without Drugs
Cybill Shepherd's New Role: Fighting IBS
Dealing With Late-Life Depression
Dental Implants Can Last a Lifetime
Depressed Kids Need Help
Depression Is More Than Feeling Blue
Depression Myths and Facts
Depression Not a Normal Part of Aging
Depression Q and A
Diabetes Can't Give Patti LaBelle the Blues
Diabetes Tops Child Obesity's Health Risks
Diabetic Skin Troubles
Diabetics Need to Discuss Sensitive Topics
Discovering Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy
Diseases from Your Pets, Both Common and Exotic
Dispelling Myths About Autism
Doctors Advised to Wait and See on Ear Infections
Don’t Be a Snore
Don’t Let Asthma Triggers Dampen Spring Fever
Don't Ignore Dry Eyes
Don't Let Anxiety Control Your Life
Don't Rule Out Adult-Onset Asthma
Don't Rush into Cataract Surgery
Don't Sell a Short Kid Short
Dousing Heartburn's Flame
Drugs Used to Treat Spinal Cord Injury
Ease the Pain of Muscle Cramps
Eating Disorders in Men
Eating Disorders: More Thin Kids Say, 'I'm Fat'
Eating Disorders: When Food Is the Enemy
Eczema in Kids: Annoying, but Treatable
Eight Facts You Should Know
Emergency Symptoms for People Who Use Insulin
Emotions and Cardiac Health
Essential Eye Care for Diabetes
Essential Foot Care
Essential Self-Care for Arthritis
Essential Self-Care When You Have Diabetes
Evaluating Complementary Cancer Cures
Exercise Can Ease Fatigue of Chemotherapy
Exercise Can Help to Exorcise Stroke Risk
Exercise Helps Stroke Survivors Recover
Facing Up to Alcohol in the Workplace
Facts About Hypertension
Feeling 'Pins and Needles' Is a Circulation Problem
Female Athlete Triad: An Unhealthy Condition
Female Athletes: Know the Score on Your Body
Fight Cancer with Lifestyle Changes
Finding Your Asthma Management Plan
Flu Shot Important for High-Risk Groups
For a Smile That Dazzles Think Veneers
For More Babies, Birth Comes Too Soon
For Obese Teens, Surgery Is the Last Resort
For Seniors: Is It More Than the Blues?
For Young Women, What's Your Stroke Risk?
Free Your Home of Asthma Triggers
Freedom From Indoor Respiratory Allergies
Get a Grip on GERD
Get Help to Get Around
Get Tested for a Silent STD, Chlamydia
Get the Facts About GERD
Get the Right Help for Headaches
Get the ZZZs You Need
Getting Help for Impotence
Getting the Better of Back Pain
Getting the Most From Physical Therapy
Getting the Most From Your Mammogram
Give Bad Breath the Brush-Off
Glasses Can Help Even Young Children
Good News In Breast-Cancer Detection, Care
Guard Your Baby from Rotavirus
Guidelines for COPD Treatment
H1N1: What Can Parents Do?
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
He Lost 214 Pounds in Eight Months
Head Lice Are No Reason for Shame
Head Stuffy? It's Not Always Sinusitis
Healing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Health Risks of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Heart Attack Treatment Options
Heart Attacks and Women
Heart Disease: Communicating with Several Providers
Heart Disease: Considering Cold Relief
Heart Disease: How Disease Management Helps
Heart Disease: Keep Your Gums Healthy
Heart Disease: Terms to Know
Heart Failure: Breathe More Easily
Heed the Warning of Prehypertension
Help for COPD and Depression
Help for Heel Pain
Help for Inguinal Hernias
Help for Tension Headaches
Help Your Children Breathe Easier
Help Your Teen Take Charge of Asthma
Helping Others Understand Your Migraine
Helping Someone With a Mental Illness
Helping Someone With Depression
Helping Someone With Memory Loss
Helping the Heart Through Cardiac Rehab
Helping to Prevent a Second Heart Attack
Helping to Prevent Atherosclerosis
Helping Your Adult Family Member with Diabetes Management
Hepatitis C: A Threat from the Past
Hepatitis: From A to G
High Blood Pressure Can Damage Kidneys
High Blood Pressure Glossary
High-Tech Help for Heart Attacks
Holiday Stress? It's All Relative
Hope for Chronic Fatigue Sufferers
Hope for Depression in Adults
Hope for Hypertension
Hope for Lupus: Taming the Wolf
Hope on the Horizon for Breast Cancer
Hospices Offer Comfort at Life's End
How a Football Star Tackled Asthma
How a Woman's Gender Affects Her Health
How Much Do You Know About Alzheimer's?
How Much Do You Know About Kidney Health?
How Much of a Threat Is Bird Influenza?
How to Assess Your Risk for Chronic Disease
How to Cope With a Child's Chronic Condition
How to Fight Stress-Related Diseases
How to Have a Healthy Pregnancy
How to Improve Your Mental Health
How to Keep Your Gums and Teeth Healthy
How to Make Better Treatment Decisions
How to Manage Diabetes During Illness
How to Manage Prehypertension
How to Prevent and Treat Ingrown Hairs
How to Prevent Osteoarthritis
How to Reduce the Risk of SIDS
How to Soothe Sun-Damaged Skin
How to Stay Healthy at Work
How to Stick With Your Treatment Plan
How to Survive the Sniffles
How to Take Part in Every Medical Decision
How to Treat Eye Allergies
How Wilford Brimley Deals with Adult Onset Diabetes
How You Can Beat the Stomach-Ulcer Bug
Hypertension: Children Can Have It, Too
Hypothyroidism and Depression
If Anxiety Takes Over, Seek Help
If Your Children Need Treatment
In Children: Corticosteroids for Asthma
In Support Groups, You Get (and Give) Help
Incontinence: A Fairly Common Problem
Indoor Air Can Cause Health Problems
Infectious Diseases in the 21st Century
Inflammation: The Body's New Bad Guy
Insulin and Type 2 Diabetes
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Is an Insulin Pump for You?
Is Bursitis Busting Up the Joint?
Is It a Milk Allergy or Intolerance?
Is It a Virus or a Bacterium? Know the Difference
Is It an Allergy or a Cold?
Is It Time for a New Joint?
Is This Test Necessary?
Is Your Child Too Sick for Day Care or School?
Is Your Hearing Going Out With a Bang?
Is Your Teen Depressed?
Jeepers, Sleepers, Shut Your Peepers
Joe Montana's New Goal: Lower Blood Pressure
Keep an Eye on Your Child's Vision
Keep Tabs on Your Child's Development
Keep Your Kidneys Working Well
Keeping Blood Sugar in Check
Keeping Depression at Bay
Keeping Your Liver Healthy
Kids' Headaches: The Diagnosis Is Difficult
Know Your Family's Health History
Know Your Peak Flow
Lance Armstrong's Cancer Inspired Foundation's Work
Learn About Gestational Diabetes
Learn How to Prevent Fatigue
Learning More About Autism
Learning to Live with Heart Disease
Life After a Stroke
Lifestyle Choices for Cancer Survivors
Live an Active Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
Live Well with Congestive Heart Failure
Living Better With Low Vision
Living Well with Asthma
Living With a Chronic Health Condition
Living With Bipolar Disorder
Living with COPD and Asthma
Living With Eczema
Loosen the Grip of Sinusitis
Lower Your Risk for Heart Disease
Lupus Alert
Make Sure You Understand Your Treatment
Make Your Dentist Your Partner
Male Menopause
Managing a Chronic Condition
Managing Adult Acne
Managing Arthritis With Exercise
Managing High Blood Pressure
Managing Menopause
Managing Midlife Weight Gain
Managing Mitral Valve Prolapse
Managing Prehypertension Without Drugs
Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Massage Therapy for Back Pain
Medication Strategies During Pregnancy
Medications that Can Treat Alzheimer's Disease
Medications to Treat ADHD in Children
Men and Depression
Men Over 50 Need Annual Prostate Exam
Mental Health Glossary
Mental Health: Finding the Help You Need
Metabolic Syndrome and Pre-Diabetes
Metabolic Syndrome and Soft Drink Consumption
Metabolic Syndrome Worksheet
Metabolic Syndrome: At Risk for Depression
Metabolic Syndrome: Lowering Your Heart Disease Risk
Metabolic Syndrome: Managing Salt
Middle Ear Infections in Children
Midlife Moms: Pregnancy at Age 35 or Older
Migraines and Auras
Migraines and Endometriosis
Migraines No Match for Monica Seles
Migraines: More Common in Women
Migraines: Should You Take Preventive Medication?
Ministrokes Deserve Maximum Attention
Mold Can Affect Your Health
Monster Mites
More of Us Are Out of Breath
More Patients Discover Melanoma
More Than Just the Baby Blues
Morning Sickness
MRSA Infections on the Rise
MS and Daily Life
Music as Therapy
Neuropathy: Painful, Costly -- and Unknown
New Flu Strain Targets Younger People
New Rules for OTC Cold Relief
New Ways to Fix Old Joints
Old Makeup Can Cause Serious Eye Infections
On the Road to Recovery
Oral Health and Asthma
Osteoporosis: Evaluate Your Risk
Out-Foxing Parkinson's Disease
Overcoming Exercise Barriers With COPD
Overcoming Incontinence
People with Diabetes Must Take Care from Head to Toe
Peptic Ulcers Can Be Cured
Periods, Pregnancy, Menopause—And Sleep
Pertussis Protection
Phobias Are Common, But Treatable
Planning for End of Life
PMDD: Debilitating but Treatable
Pneumonia and Influenza
Pregnancy: What’s Normal … and What's Not
Prescription Drug Addiction
Preventing Colon Cancer
Prevention of Heart Disease Starts in Childhood
Prostate Cancer: A Range of Treatment Options
Protect Yourself Against Chlamydia
Q and A: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Q and A: Pre-Diabetes
Questions About Asthma Medication
Questions for Men About Prostate Cancer
Rally With Sally Fields for Bone Health
Real-Life Ways to Manage Diabetes
Recognize the Signs of a Stroke
Recuperating from Same-Day Surgery
Reducing Your Risk for Low Back Pain
Responding to Asthma Attacks
Rheumatoid Arthritis Raises Heart Attack Risk
Rosacea and Adult Acne
Rules for Managing Asthma
SAD: Let the Light In
Say Good-Bye to Dry Skin
Scoliosis
Score an A+ With Your Child’s Asthma Action Plan
Screening for Prostate Cancer
Second Opinions for Cancer
Secondhand Smoke, Firsthand Problems
Seeing Beyond Macular Degeneration
Seek Help for a Leaky Bladder
Seek Support if Cancer Strikes
Self-Treat? Or See a Doctor?
Sensible Use of Sleep Aids
Series' Star Wants to Arrest Smoking
Seven Proven Treatments for Arthritis Pain
Shingles: A Second Strike by the Chickenpox Virus
Side Effects of Medicine May Increase With Aging
Sidetrack Your Stress
Skin Cancer Facts
Sleep and Your Child
Sleep Disturbances
Smoking Adds Another Wrinkle to Aging
Smoking and Asthma
Smoking and Asthma Don't Mix
Smoking and Gum Disease
Smoking Hurts Your Back
Smoking: Truth and Consequences
Sniffing Out Myths About Winter Colds
Solving the Breast Cancer Puzzle
Some New Information on Alcoholism
Soothe That Sore Throat
Sore Throat: Is It Strep or Viral?
Sounding Off About Coughs
Special Caution on Concussions
Special Foot Care for Diabetes
Spring Survival Guide
Stages of Substance Abuse
Stay Healthy After Breast Cancer
Staying Ahead of Head Lice
Steps Women Can Take to Reduce Their Diabetes Risk
Stop the Spread of Germs at Work
Stopping Blood Pressure Drugs Risks a Stroke
Strategies for Managing Type 2 Diabetes
Strength Training and Heart Disease
Stroke Awareness for All Ages
Stroke Recovery Begins With Rehabilitation
Strokes and Heart Attacks: What's the Difference?
Stuttering Causes Back-To-School Woes
Stuttering Is Normal - to a Point
Sudden Weight Gain: What's the Cause?
Summer Foot Care for Diabetes
Swimmer's Ear: Not Just for Swimmers
Symptoms of Heart Attacks in Women
Take Action to Beat Heart Disease
Take Care With Nasal Sprays
Take Charge of Your Cancer Risk
Take Heart — You've Got Control!
Taking Care of Acute Bronchitis
Taking Care of Arthritis Flares
Taking Care with Lyme Disease
Taking Control of Your Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain
Taking OTC Pain Relievers
Taking Steps Against Athlete's Foot
Teaching Asthmatics to Be Their Own Doctor
Teens and Prescription Drugs
The Cluster Headache: Just Like Clockwork
The Common Cold
The Connection Between Heart Failure, COPD
The Diabetes-Heart Disease Connection
The Doctor Who Discovered Aspirin Therapy
The Exercise and Osteoporosis Connection
The Facts About Fibroids
The Good and Bad News About Stomachaches
The High Cost of Smoking
The Link Between Depression and Suicide
The Lowdown on High Blood Pressure
The Lowdown on Low Blood Pressure
The Many Causes of Insomnia
The Mystery and Misery of Endometriosis
The Quest for Whiter Teeth
The Side Effects of Cancer Treatment
The 'Soft Teeth' Myth
The Story Behind Sleep Apnea
The Symptoms of ADHD
The Threat of Metabolic Syndrome
The Truth About Triglycerides
The Warning Signs of Kidney Disease
The Word on Talk Therapy
There's Hope for Sciatica
This Doctor Linked Genes to Breast Cancer
This Is the Reason... Fall's a Great Season
Thriving After a Heart Attack
Thyroid Trouble Is Tough to Pin Down
Tinnitus: Stopping the Sound in Your Head
To Treat Depression, a Healthy Dose of Exercise
Tracking Symptoms of Heart Failure
Traveling With Asthma
Traveling? Take Steps to Reduce Your Risk for Infection
Treat Depression: Don't Let the Blues Hang Around
Treat Kids' Headaches Seriously
Treating Back Pain
Treating Teen Acne
Treatment Options for Testicular Cancer
Trying to Control Rheumatoid Arthritis
Turning Pre-Diabetes Around
Twins and Premature Birth
Understanding Angina
Understanding Atherosclerosis
Understanding Depression
Understanding Diuretics
Understanding Exercise-Induced Asthma
Understanding Fibromyalgia
Understanding Heart Surgery
Understanding Joint Pain
Understanding Kidney Disease
Understanding Prehypertension
Understanding Status Asthmaticus
Understanding Teenage Depression
Understanding the Power of Addiction
Understanding Tonsillitis
Understanding Your Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
Understanding Your Osteoarthritis Medication
Unlocking the Mystery of Recurrent Miscarriage
Use Your Best Defenses Against Breast Cancer
Using a Surgeon's Tools to Erase the Years
Using Allergy Medications Wisely
Using Antibiotics Safely and Wisely
Using Exercise to Help With Chronic Pain
Vaccine Offers Hope for Children’s Earaches
Varicose Veins Rarely Pose a Threat
Ways to Take a Bite Out of Your Dental Bills
What Are Kidney Stones?
What Are the Health Effects of Air Pollution?
What Causes Hair Loss?
What Do You Know About Anemia?
What Do You Know About Birth Defects?
What Do You Know About 'Mad Cow' Disease?
What Do You Know About Mono?
What Do You Know About Prostate Health?
What Do You Really Know About Fever?
What Is a Transient Ischemic Attack?
What Is Angioplasty?
What Is Cardiac Asthma?
What Is Celiac Disease?
What Is Colorblindness?
What Is Diabetes?
What Is Endometrial Cancer?
What Is Erectile Dysfunction?
What Is Hemochromatosis?
What Is Motion Sickness?
What Is Nocturnal Asthma?
What Is Ovarian Cancer?
What Is Periodontal Disease?
What Is Pertussis?
What Is Post-Traumatic Stress?
What Is Rotavirus?
What Is Scalp Ringworm?
What Is Spinal Stenosis?
What Those Blood Pressure Numbers Mean
What to Do About a Pain in the Neck
What to Do After a Stroke
What to Do After Your Diagnosis
What to Do When the Doctor Has Bad News
What to Expect at Your Mammogram
What You Must Know About Meningitis
What You Must Know About Suicide
What You Need to Know About Adult Asthma
What You Need to Know About AIDS
What You Need to Know About Bird Flu
What You Need to Know About Coronary Artery Disease
What You Need to Know About Hearing Aids
What You Need to Know About Hives
What You Need to Know About Mental Illness
What You Need to Know About STDs
What You Need to Know About Strep Throat
What You Need to Know About Vomiting
What You Should Know About Depression
What’s New with the Flu This Season?
What’s True About the Flu?
What's Up With Sinusitis?
When a Child’s Tonsils Need to Come Out
When a Family Member Is in Recovery
When Back Pain Needs Care Now
When Drugs Cause Dementia (Pseudodementia)
When the Immune System Chooses the Wrong Target
When to Call the Doctor for Childhood Illnesses
When to Call the Doctor for Chronic Disease Problems
When to Get a Colorectal Cancer Check
When to Seek Help for Your Mental Health
When You’re Taking Heart Medications
When Your Child Has a Fever
When Your Child Has Type 1 Diabetes
Where's the Wisdom in Wisdom Teeth?
Why I Do a Colonoscopy
Why Leg Pain Can Break Your Heart
Why Measles Remains a Threat
Why the Doctor Gives You an EKG
Why the Doctor Treats Snoring Seriously
Why We Remove Cataracts
Why Your Doctor Tests Your Blood Sugar
Winning the Race Against Cancer
With Alzheimer’s, Planning Is Key
With Diabetes and Insulin, Carbohydrates Count
Women and Depression: Understanding the Gender Gap
Women and Lung Cancer
Women and Substance Abuse
Women with Asthma Can Have Healthy Babies
Work and Cancer: How to Cope
Working with Your Cancer Care Team
Working With Your Diabetes Health Care Team
You Need Help for Sinus Infections
Your Arthritis Health Care Team
Your Asthma Health Care Team
Your Child's Diabetes Care Team
Your Path to Successful Control of Diabetes
Your Skin's Worst Enemies