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Hand Tool Safety
Although hand tools do not pose the same lethal threat as some power tools, they are still a factor in a high number of accidents each year.
Handling Hazardous Materials at Home
Many common household products contain chemicals that can cause injury or death if they are handled, stored, or used incorrectly.
Handprint Flower
Turn your handprint into art with this craft.
Handwashing
At home or work, it's important to wash your hands often and correctly. Read on to learn how.
Have a Hazard-Free Halloween
Read on for helpful Halloween safety tips--from costumes and pumpkin carving to trick-or-treating.
Have a Hearty Workout for Your Heart
Read on for helpful tips about heart-smart exercise.
Head Injury
A head injury is a broad term that describes many injuries that occur to the scalp, skull, brain, and underlying tissue and blood vessels in the head. Head injuries are also commonly referred to as brain injury, or traumatic brain injury, depending on the extent of the head trauma.
Healing From Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
People who feel they can't regain control of their lives because of their responses to trauma may have posttraumatic stress disorder.
Health Newcomer: The Patient Advocate
Patient advocates fulfill many roles. They can can provide answers, education, support, and care to patients. Read on to learn more.
Health Risks of Not Being Physically Active
Lack of physical activity is a risk factor for many health problems. Read on to learn more about these risks, and how to get started being active.
Health Screening Guidelines for Children from Birth to Age 2
Here are the screening tests and immunizations for children from birth to age 2. Talk with your child's healthcare provider to make sure this schedule is appropriate for your child.
Health Screening Guidelines, Ages 2 to 18
This is a summary of the preventive healthcare schedules for children and teenagers. The schedules are mainly for children who don't have special health risks.
Healthier Macaroni and Cheese
A healthier version of an all-time family favorite.
Healthy Cooking Tips for People with Diabetes
Read on for healthy cooking tips to help lower your calorie intake, fats, and sugars.
Healthy Guacamole
Looking for a snack that’s delicious and easy to make? Try guacamole! Serve with baby carrots, bell peppers, or low-calorie pretzels.
Healthy Pregnancy Quiz
Test your knowledge of which behaviors are most helpful and harmful to your developing baby.
Hearing Hazards in Everyday Life
It doesn't take a thunderous rock concert to cause hearing loss. Any repeated high-volume experiences or 1-shot booms can damage the delicate nerve cells of your inner ear. Here's what you need to know.
Heart Attacks and Women
Heart attacks and their aftermath tend to be more deadly in women. Yet for many women, the warning signs of a heart attack are very subtle and easy to ignore. Read on to learn more about the signs and risks.
Heart Disease- Managing Many Medicines
Whether you take prescription medicines, over-the-counter medicines, or both, there are important guidelines to follow to get the most from them.
Heart Disease: Communicating with Several Providers
If you are like most people with heart disease, you have several healthcare providers who each treat you for a different health issue.
Heart Disease: Considering Cold Relief
Colds and the flu can be serious for people with heart disease.
Heart Disease: How Disease Management Helps
Participating in a disease management program gives you the chance to ask questions about exercise, medicine, diet, and other treatment choices.
Heart Disease: Keep Your Gums Healthy
People with gum disease are more likely to have heart disease than people with healthy gums.
Heart Failure- After Your Hospital Stay
Here's how you can stay healthy and prevent the problems that lead to a stay in the hospital.
Heart Failure and Physical Activity
There are many benefits to regular, moderate physical activity--especially for people with heart failure. Here's what you need to know.
Heart Failure: Breathe More Easily
Heart failure makes it hard for oxygen to get into the blood, causing shortness of breath. Here are some tips to help you breathe more easily.
Heart Failure: Getting the Care You Need
It's important to ask your provider questions during your visit to make sure you understand your condition and what your treatment involves.
Heartburn Medicine May Put Your Bones at Risk
Recent studies have found that people who take proton pump inhibitors are significantly more likely to break their hipbone or any other bone.
Help for a Child with a Cold
You want to help a child with cold symptoms feel better, but choosing among countless over-the-counter (OTC) cold medicines can be daunting. Here are some guidelines that can help.
Help for Raising Grandchildren
Many grandparents end up in a position they never expected: raising their grandchildren. Fortunately, state and federal programs are available to help you and your grandfamily.
Help for the Holiday Blues
The unrealistic expectations of the season, time and financial pressures, missing loved ones and reflecting on past events as the year comes to an end all contribute to the blues.
Help Your Babysitter Prepare for Anything
When you're looking for a babysitter, give yourself enough time to be selective.
Help Your Back Work for You
Your back is important to almost every move you make, but you likely won't realize that until you hurt it. Read on for some tips for back pain relief, and learn how to keep your back strong.
Helping a Friend With an Addiction
When a friend shows signs of abusing alcohol or other drugs, it's hard to know what to do or say. Here's how to help.
Helping Kids Cope with a Divorce
Anger, fear, separation anxiety, a sense of abandonment, self-blame, sadness, and embarrassment are common reactions to divorce for most children.
Helping Kids Get Over their Fears
Studies indicate that almost all children report having fears. Some of the most common fears are of bugs or ghosts, and studies have shown that kids are afraid of pretty much the same things no matter where they live in the world.
Helping Others Understand Your Migraine
You and your loved ones will benefit if they understand your condition and how best to help.
Helping Someone with a Mental Illness
Caring for someone you love who is sick or disabled is never easy. When the illness affects your loved one's state of mind, the demands placed on you can be especially hard.
Helping Someone with Memory Loss
In older people, it's easy to mistake memory problems for the everyday forgetfulness that some people have as they grow older.
Helping Teens Embrace Self-Care
Before your teens leave home, teach them to make their own healthcare decisions. One way is to provide information and include them in their own self-care from an early age.
Helping Your Child Cope with the Pandemic
Your child’s world has changed in many ways because of the pandemic. Learn how you can help your child cope better with the stress of their current life.
Helping Your Teen Manage Asthma
Having asthma isn't easy, and for most kids, neither is being a teen. Here are some common teen issues and suggestions for easing your child's concerns.
Hepatitis C: A Threat from the Past
Hepatitis C is a liver disease. It is caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Over time, HCV can lead to cirrhosis of the liver or liver cancer. Most people who have hepatitis C don't have any symptoms for years. Many don't know that they are infected until their liver is already damaged.
Hereditary Hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis causes your body to absorb too much iron from the food you eat. Read on to learn more.
High Blood Pressure and African Americans
African Americans are at a higher risk for high blood pressure than other ethnic groups. Read on to learn why and how making certain lifestyle changes can help lower blood pressure.
High Blood Pressure/Hypertension
High blood pressure, or hypertension, increases the risk for coronary heart disease (heart attack) and stroke (brain attack). Read on for details about this condition.
High Blood Pressure: Kids Can Have It, Too
High blood pressure, isn't limited to those 18 and older. Here's what you need to know about high blood pressure and your child.
Hip Fracture
A hip fracture is a break in the thigh bone (femur) of your hip joint. The majority happen to people older than 60 years of age, and women get more hip fractures than men.
HIV AIDS
AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, which kills or impairs cells of the immune system and progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers.
Home Page - Breast Health
Detailed information on breast health, anatomy of the breast, breast development, breast cancer prevention, common breast conditions, and breast cancer in males and females
Home Page - Pregnancy and Childbirth
Planning a Pregnancy Prenatal Medical Care Pregnancy Common Discomforts of Pregnancy Common Tests During Pregnancy Risks to Pregnancy Warning Signs During Pregnancy Labor and Delivery Breastfeeding Your Baby Bottle-Feeding Click on the links above to learn more about pregnancy and childbirth.
Homemade Chicken Parmigiana
Healthy ingredients combined into an Italian classic.
Honey-Herb Chicken
These grilled chicken breasts can be served right away or refrigerated to use in sandwiches later.
Hope for Macular Degeneration
There is no cure for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) at this time. But treatment can slow progression of the disease. And new treatments are in development. Here's what you should know.
Hormones During Pregnancy
Many hormone levels are affected in the body during pregnancy, with several hormones playing major roles.
Hospices Offer Comfort at Life's End
As medical progress prolongs our lives, the end can linger. So, more and more people are turning to hospice care.
Household Safety Checklist
Use this list as part of a thorough safety check of your home. It can help prevent accidents and injuries.
How and Why to Keep a Training Log
A training log helps you organize and save information about your exercise routine so you can work toward your important goals.
How Safe Are Cosmetics and Personal Care Products?
Overall, cosmetics and personal care items are considered safe. But that doesn't mean that there aren't risks linked to their use, particularly if you don't use them correctly.
How to Bathe Your Baby
As a new parent, you may find "tub time" a bit scary. Here are some suggestions on how to make it less stressful.
How to Be a Well-Informed Healthcare User
The benefits of being an active medical consumer include better health, more effective health care, and lower health costs.
How to Be a Wise Healthcare Consumer
Here are common problems you may run into as a healthcare consumer, with tips for wise responses.
How to Be an Active Patient
People who are actively involved in their medical care stay healthier, recover more quickly when they're ill, and live longer, healthier lives.
How to Beat Serious Stress
When you're faced with a highly stressful event in your life, the strategies outlined here will help you cope.
How to Comfort a Crying Baby
Read on to learn about helpful methods to soothe your crying baby.
How to Control Your Temper
At least some anger is necessary for survival. Frequent or intense episodes of anger, however, aren't good for you or the people around you. If you find yourself boiling mad more often than not, try some of these tips to keep your temper in check.
How to Cut Your Hospital Bills
While you may not be able to avoid a hospital stay, there are ways to trim the expenses.
How to Discipline Your Child with Love
All children need limits to feel safe. With the right methods, discipline can be a positive, loving, experience.
How to Find Dr. Right
Your relationship with your healthcare provider is one of the most important in your life. Here is some advice on how to find a provider who is right for you.
How to Find the Medicare Forms You Need
Although filling out all the enrollment forms for Medicare can be overwhelming, there are a number of resources available to help you.
How to Get Medications for Less
Here are strategies from the Food and Drug Administration to help you cut your prescription costs by 50 percent or more.
How to Handle Stress
You need a little stress in your life to keep you motivated. Stress can help you finish a work deadline or run the last mile of a race. But too much can be bad for your health.
How to Help Prevent Osteoarthritis
You can’t fully prevent osteoarthritis. But you can help lessen daily stress on your joints. This can make it less likely that osteoarthritis will happen, or get worse.
How to Juggle Demands at Work and Home
Juggling the demands of work and home can be quite stressful. For your health and well-being, it is important to find a good balance between work and home responsibilities
How to Keep Your Gums and Teeth Healthy
Brushing and flossing your teeth isn't hard to do. And doing both correctly can help prevent gum disease and tooth loss.
How to Keep Your New Job
If you are new to a job, there are several ways you can show your boss that you are an indispensible member of the work team.
How to Let Go of Growing Kids
It's very important for your children to move from being teenagers to young adults in a way that is healthy for them—and for you. Read on for helpful advice.
How to Make a Budget
There is peace of mind that comes with making and keeping a budget. These tips and resources will help you make a realistic budget, and direct you to financial assistance choices.
How to Make Heart-Healthy Food Choices
Maintaining a healthy diet is one of the best weapons for fighting cardiovascular disease and other heart conditions.
How to Manage Diabetes During Illness
The stress of illness or injury can cause blood sugar to rise and make insulin less effective. This can lead to serious problems, including diabetic coma. That's why it's important to know what to do when illness strikes.
How to Manage Your Osteoarthritis
Taking arthritis medicine is important, but what you do for yourself, including exercising, doing relaxation exercises and managing your emotions and attitudes, is just as crucial to your ability to lead an active, productive life.
How to Map Out a Safe Vacation
By thinking ahead and planning for your vacation before you go, the only surprises you'll encounter are the nice ones.
How to Plan for Long-Term Care
Most older people are independent. But later in life, you or someone you love may need help with everyday activities, such as shopping, cooking and bathing.
How to Prevent Common Running Injuries
Knowing about common injuries and how to prevent them can keep you on track toward achieving your fitness goals.
How to Quit Smoking, Again
Follow these suggestions to help you kick the habit, again--this time, for good.
How to Safely Choose OTC Medicines
Over-the-counter (OTC) cough and pain relievers, laxatives, and headache remedies may treat different conditions, but they all have one thing in common: They're serious medicines that need to be taken with care.
How to Save Money
With tight budgets and rising prices, it may seem harder than ever to save money. Start by setting goals.
How to Take Part in Every Medical Decision
Well-informed people who play a significant role in deciding how they're going to treat their health conditions are likely to feel better about the decision process. Here are tips to get you started.
How Were the COVID-19 Vaccines Made So Fast?
How did the COVID-19 vaccines happen so quickly? It turns out that a global pandemic can rally resources very quickly in many countries. This made a lot happen in less time.
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
This test looks for the virus that causes genital warts and cervical, throat, and anal cancer.
Hypnosis
Hypnosis is an altered, relaxed state of mind. It is often used to help learn to control bad habits, pain, and stress.
Hypothyroidism and Pregnancy
Signs of an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism) may be masked by pregnancy. But the thyroid is important for your baby's brain development. Learn if you should be screened for hypothyroidism.