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Diseases and Conditions

2 Flu Types = 2 Shots
5 Ways to Avoid Colds and the Flu
8 Mistakes Heart Patients Make
A Checklist to Help You Spot Hearing Loss
A Closer Look at Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
A Fresh Look at Common Skin Problems
A Kids' Asthma Journal
A Red Face Could Signal Rosacea
A Simple Way to Keep the Flu Away
A Woman's Guide to Beating Heart Disease
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
AEDs: High-Tech Help for Heart Attacks
Age and Asthma
Aging Eyes and Glasses
Air Pollution Can Break Your Heart
All About Age-Related Macular Degeneration
All About Aging Eyes
All About Blood Pressure Medication
All About Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs
All About Color Blindness
All About Gallstones
All About Kidney Stones
All About Muscle Cramps
All About Viruses
All About Work-Related Asthma
All About Your Nails
All Kinds of Problems Can 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
Alzheimer's Disease Quiz
An Rx for RSV
Anemia Quiz
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
Ascites
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
Avoiding Fall Allergy Triggers
Babies Need 'Tummy Time'
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
Break Through the Alcoholic's Psychological Defenses
Breaking the Habit: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Cancer Caused by Chemotherapy or Radiation
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: It's All in the Wrist
Celiac Disease Can Harm Digestion
Children and Cholesterol
Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Still a Mystery
Cleft Palates Can Be Repaired, Overcome
Clinical Guidelines for Heart Failure
Cold Sores: A Common Complaint
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: More of Us Are Out of Breath
COPD: Safe Oxygen Tips
COPD: Tips for Easier Dressing
COPD: When Symptoms Get Worse
Coping with Chronic Pain
Coping with Dry Mouth During Cancer Therapy
Coping with Hair Loss During Cancer Treatment
Coping with Miscarriage
Coping with PMS
Could That Stomachache in Your Child Be Appendicitis?
Cut Your Cholesterol, Without Drugs
Dental Implants Can Last a Lifetime
Depressed Kids Need Help
Depression Not a Normal Part of Aging
Diabetes and Sensitive Topics
Diabetes Tops Child Obesity's Health Risks
Diabetes: Take Care from Head to Toe
Diseases from Your Pets, Both Common and Exotic
Does Ageism Exist in Cancer Care?
Don’t Let Asthma Triggers Dampen Spring Fever
Don't Ignore Dry Eyes
Don't Rule Out Adult-Onset Asthma
Don't Rush into Cataract Surgery
Don't Sell a Short Kid Short
Ease the Pain of Muscle Cramps
Eating Disorders in Men
Eczema in Kids: Annoying, but Treatable
Emergency Symptoms for People Who Use Insulin
Emphysema and AAT Deficiency
End-of-Life Concerns for Cancer Patients
Essential Eye Care for Diabetes
Essential Foot Care
Essential Self-Care for Arthritis
Evaluating Complementary Cancer Cures
Exercise Can Ease Fatigue of Chemotherapy
Facing Up to Alcohol in the Workplace
Facts About Skin Cancer
Feeling 'Pins and Needles' Is a Circulation Problem
Finding the Right Rehab Program for Substance Abuse
For a Smile That Dazzles Think Veneers
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
Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Health Issues
Genetics and Illness: What's Your Fate?
Get Help to Get Around
Get the Right Help for Headaches
Getting the Better of Back Pain
Getting the Most From Physical Therapy
Give Bad Breath the Brush-Off
Glasses Can Help Even Young Children
Good News for Breast Cancer Detection and Care
Guard Your Baby from Rotavirus
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Head Lice Are No Reason for Shame
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 and Physical Activity
Heart Failure: Breathe More Easily
Heartburn Medicine May Put Your Bones at Risk
Heed the Warning of Prehypertension
Help for COPD and Depression
Help for Hair Loss
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 Memory Loss
Helping to Prevent a Second Heart Attack
Hepatitis C: A Threat from the Past
Hiccup Remedies
High Blood Pressure Can Damage Kidneys
High Blood Pressure Glossary
Hope on the Horizon for Breast Cancer
Hospices Offer Comfort at Life's End
How COPD Affects the Lungs
How Much of a Threat Is Bird Influenza?
How to Assess Your Risk for Chronic Disease
How to Beat Serious Stress
How to Fight Stress-Related Diseases
How to Keep Your Gums and Teeth Healthy
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 for SIDS
How to Soothe Sun-Damaged Skin
How to Stay Healthy at Work
How to Stick With Your Treatment Plan
How to Take Part in Every Medical Decision
How You Can Beat the Stomach-Ulcer Bug
How Your Child Can Live Well with Asthma
Hypertension: Children Can Have It, Too
Hypothyroidism and Depression
If Your Child Needs Treatment for Weight Issues
In Children: Corticosteroids for Asthma
In Support Groups, You Get (and Give) Help
Indoor Air Can Cause Health Problems
Infectious Diseases in the 21st Century
Insulin and Type 2 Diabetes
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 Your Child Too Sick for Day Care or School?
Keep an Eye on These Symptoms
Keep an Eye on Your Child's Vision
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
Learn About Gestational Diabetes
Learning to Live with Heart Disease
Lifestyle Choices for Cancer Survivors
Live Well with Congestive Heart Failure
Living Better with Low Vision
Living With a Chronic Health Condition
Living with COPD and Asthma
Living with Eczema
Living with Lupus
Living with Parkinson’s Disease
Lupus Alert
Lupus: The Skinny on Your Skin
Lymphedema After Breast Cancer
Make Sure You Understand Your Treatment
Make Your Dentist Your Partner
Managing a Chronic Condition
Managing Adult Acne
Managing Arthritis with Exercise
Managing Midlife Weight Gain
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 Prediabetes
Metabolic Syndrome and Soft Drink Consumption
Metabolic Syndrome Worksheet
Metabolic Syndrome: Lowering Your Heart Disease Risk
Metabolic Syndrome: Managing Salt
Middle Ear Infections in Children
Migraines and Auras
Migraines and Endometriosis
Migraines: Should You Take Preventive Medication?
Ministrokes Deserve Maximum Attention
Mold Can Affect Your Health
Monster Mites
More Than Just the Baby Blues
Morning Sickness
MRSA Infections on the Rise
MS and Summer: Coping with Symptom Flareups
New Hope for Alzheimer’s Disease
New Rules for OTC Cold Relief
Old Makeup Can Cause Serious Eye Infections
Older Adults and the Common Cold
On the Road to Recovery
Oral Health and Asthma
Osteoporosis: Evaluate Your Risk
Overcoming Exercise Barriers With COPD
Periods, Pregnancy, Menopause—And Sleep
Phobias Are Common, But Treatable
Planning for End of Life
PMDD: Debilitating but Treatable
Pneumonia and Influenza
Pregnancy and Oral Health
Prescription Drug Addiction
Prevention of Heart Disease Starts in Childhood
Prevention of Heart Disease Starts in Childhood
Q and A: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Questions About Asthma Medication
Real-Life Ways to Manage Diabetes
Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Range of Treatment
Rosacea and Adult Acne
SAD: Let the Light In
Say Goodbye 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
Self-Treat? Or See a Doctor?
Sensible Use of Sleep Aids
Seven Proven Treatments for Arthritis Pain
Shingles: A Second Strike by the Chickenpox Virus
Side Effects of Medicine May Increase With Aging
Six Facts on Obesity
Sleep and Your Child
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
Solving the Breast Cancer Puzzle
Some New Information on Alcoholism (Alcohol Dependence)
Soothe That Sore Throat
Sore Throat: Is It Strep or Viral?
Sounding Off About Coughs
Special Foot Care for Diabetes
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
Stress and Older Adults
Stroke Awareness for All Ages
Stroke Recovery Begins with Rehabilitation
Strokes and Heart Attacks: What's the Difference?
Summer Foot Care for Diabetes
Swimmer's Ear: Not Just for Swimmers
Take Action to Beat Heart Disease
Take Care With Nasal Sprays
Taking Care of Arthritis Flares
Taking Care with Lyme Disease
Taking OTC Pain Relievers
Taking Steps Against Athlete's Foot
Teens and Prescription Drugs
The Cluster Headache: Just Like Clockwork
The Connection Between Heart Failure and COPD
The Facts About Fibroids
The Good and Bad News About Stomachaches
The High Cost of Smoking
The Lowdown on High Blood Pressure
The Lowdown on Low Blood Pressure
The Many Causes of Insomnia
The Metabolic Syndrome: At Risk for Depression
The Quest for Whiter Teeth
The Side Effects of Cancer Treatment
The 'Soft Teeth' Myth
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 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
Tracking Symptoms of Heart Failure
Traveling with Asthma
Traveling? Take Steps to Reduce Your Risk for Infection
Treat Kids' Headaches Seriously
Treating Back Pain
Treating Teen Acne
Treatment Options for Testicular Cancer
Turning Prediabetes Around
Twelve Weeks to a Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
Twins and Premature Birth
Understanding Atherosclerosis
Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders
Understanding Diuretics
Understanding Eating Disorders
Understanding Fibromyalgia
Understanding Joint Pain
Understanding Kidney Disease
Understanding Prehypertension
Understanding Status Asthmaticus
Understanding Teenage Depression
Understanding the Power of Addiction
Understanding Tonsillitis
Understanding Your Osteoarthritis Medication
Unlocking the Mystery of Recurrent Miscarriage
Using a Surgeon's Tools to Erase the Years
Using Allergy Medications Wisely
Using Antibiotics Safely and Wisely
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 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 Is a Transient Ischemic Attack?
What Is Angioplasty?
What Is Cardiac Asthma?
What Is Celiac Disease?
What Is Diabetes?
What Is Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm?
What Is Hemochromatosis?
What Is Motion Sickness?
What Is Nocturnal Asthma?
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 AIDS
What You Need to Know About Bird Flu
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 Strep Throat
What You Need to Know About Vomiting
What's Up With Sinusitis?
What's Your Cancer Risk?
When a Child’s Tonsils Need to Come Out
When a Family Member Is in Recovery
When a Spouse Has Cancer: What to Do and How to Cope
When Rest Doesn't Relieve Fatigue
When Sadness Is Seasonal
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 Have an Eye Allergy
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 a Colonoscopy Is Important
Why Childhood Immunizations Are Important
Why Doctors Remove Cataracts
Why Leg Pain Can Break Your Heart
Why Measles Remains a Threat
Why the Doctor Gives You an EKG or ECG
Why the Doctor Treats Snoring Seriously
Why Your Doctor Tests Your Blood Sugar
With Diabetes and Insulin, Carbohydrates Count
Women and Depression: Understanding the Gender Gap
Women and Substance Abuse
Women with Asthma Can Have Healthy Babies
Work and Cancer: How to Cope
Working with Your Diabetes Health Care Team
Wound Care Critical for Diabetes
Your Arthritis Health Care Team
Your Asthma Health Care Team
Your Child's Diabetes Care Team
Your Skin's Worst Enemies
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