5 Steps to a Healthy Heart
A combination of eating a healthy diet, staying at a healthy weight, exercising regularly, not smoking, and drinking alcohol in moderation may sharply cut your risk of heart disease.
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About High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is a sneaky ailment. The condition has no symptoms that you can see or feel. Having your blood pressure checked is the only way to know if it is high.
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After Your Surgery
If you're scheduled for major surgery, take some time beforehand to organize and plan for both your hospital stay and your care after discharge.
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Basketball Star: Rebounding From Kidney Disease
"I thought my life was perfect," Sean Elliott says, "and then one day I went to see my doctor and he told me I had a rare form of kidney disease. Suddenly, I realized that I'd have to fight a battle to save my athletic career -- maybe even my life."
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Blood Pressure Rising Among Children
High blood pressure has joined type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol on a list of ailments that once struck only adults but now afflict children.
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Dealing with Late-Life Depression
Because depression isn't a normal part of growing older, it's important to learn the signs of this condition and seek help if you or a loved one could be suffering from it.
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Eating Disorders: When Food Is the Enemy
What's behind the rise in eating disorders? For one thing, experts' growing awareness may lead to more diagnoses. Another reason: A weight-obsessed culture bombarded by media "thin" messages.
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Eczema in Kids: Annoying, but Treatable
A scaly, red, itchy, dry rash can show up in the first weeks of life. It signals a vexing but treatable skin problem called atopic dermatitis (AD), often known as eczema. Most children outgrow AD, but in some cases, it may recur in the teenage years or in
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Getting the Most From Physical Therapy
Physical therapists teach people recovering from surgery or with injuries, sprains or arthritis how to perform exercises that will help them gain strength and mobility and prevent recurring injury. Here are suggestions to help you get the most from physica
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Half of Americans experience some degree of hair loss. Hair loss affects both men and women, but with different results.
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Help Your Children Breathe Easier
Air pollution hurts infants and children more than adults, studies show. Kids' lungs are still developing, they breathe faster and they spend more time outdoors.
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Hope for Lupus: Taming the Wolf
For most people, lupus is a mild disease that strikes just a few organs. For others, it can cause serious, even life-threatening problems.
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Make Your Dentist Your Partner
One of the most important things you can do to ensure great oral health care is to develop a good relationship with your dentist.
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Migraines and Endometriosis
Women who have endometriosis may also be more likely to have migraines, according to a recent Italian study.
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MS and Daily Life
The effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) can be unpredictable. MS can cause symptoms that range from minor problems in mild cases to paralysis in the most severe cases.
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Out-Foxing Parkinson's Disease
Actor Michael Fox has Parkinson's disease, a chronic and progressive illness in which certain nerve cells, or neurons, die or become impaired. Early symptoms are subtle and occur gradually. More than 1 million Americans have Parkinson's, and many wind up u
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Recuperating from Same-Day Surgery
This type of procedure is popular with patients because you typically arrive at the hospital in the morning, have surgery, then return home later in the day.
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Sidetrack Your Stress
No matter the source of your stress, it can produce physical, mental, and emotional symptoms that can affect any part of the body.
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Smoking: Truth and Consequences
When you smoke, toxins are carried by your blood to every organ in your body. At the same time, the carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke keeps red blood cells from carrying as much oxygen as normal.
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The Quest for Whiter Teeth
The experts say most of us can have whiter teeth. What's more, many of us can do it ourselves with an over-the-counter (OTC) tooth-whitening product.
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Understanding Exercise-Induced Asthma
EIA causes coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, usually 10 to 15 after beginning exercise, or up to 20 minutes after stopping exercise.
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Understanding Heart Surgery
It’s great if you can keep your heart healthy—by not smoking, eating a healthy diet, and getting regular physical activity. But what if you end up needing heart surgery? What should you know about the procedure?
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What Causes Hair Loss?
Losing your hair can be a frustrating process, especially because you often have little control over it.
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What Is Endometrial Cancer?
Cancer on the lining of your uterus can be difficult to detect. Therefore, you need to know the early warning signs.
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What’s New with the Flu This Season?
With all the attention that 2009 H1N1 is getting, it's easy to forget that the "traditional" flu is still out there, with the peak flu season hitting during the winter months.
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When a Child’s Tonsils Need to Come Out
While it doesn't take long -- about 20 to 30 minutes -- for an ear, nose and throat specialist to remove a child's tonsils, a tonsillectomy should be recommended only after careful consideration.
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