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Warning Signs During Pregnancy
Call your healthcare provider right away if you have bleeding from the vagina, blurry vision, severe headaches, or other specific symptoms.
Warts
Detailed information on the most common types of warts, including foot warts, flat warts, genital warts, and filiform warts.
Watch That Backpack Load
Most children rely on backpacks to carry books and supplies to and from school and activities. But a backpack that's too heavy or doesn't fit right can cause harm.
Watch Your Weight
The best way to lose weight is to set a reasonable goal and lose it slowly. Here are some tips to help you.
Water Safety Quiz
Hundreds of people drown each year in the U.S., including those who die in boating accidents and in swimming pools. Summertime is a prime time for water-related injuries.
Watermelon Feta Mason Jar Salad
This layered mason jar salad is perfect for meal prep. Make it the night before for a grab-and-go lunch.
Water-Safety 101: Basic Guidelines
Every year, thousands of Americans are injured or killed in boating and swimming accidents. You can protect yourself and your family from such accidents by following these guidelines.
Weight Room No Longer Off-Limits to Kids
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Sports Medicine now say that strength training is fine for kids, as long as they're supervised and don't try to lift too much weight. Read on
Weight Training for Women
Misconceptions about weight training--often based on unfounded fears of becoming too muscular--can keep women from pushing their fitness levels.
We're Pregnant—Tips for the Expectant Dad
More than ever, men are actively involved throughout the pregnancy experience. The term expectant father really fits, as men support, worry, and plan right along with their pregnant partners. Some of the more common experiences for expectant dads are included here.
What Are the Health Effects of Air Pollution?
A look at some of the major air pollutants and how they can affect you.
What Can Diabetes Disease Management Do for You?
Learn about the benefits of a diabetes disease management program and how they work.
What Every Parent Should Know About Immunizations
Where can you as a parent turn to for the facts about vaccine safety? The first place to go is your child's healthcare provider.
What Is a Patient Portal?
Wouldn't it be convenient to peek into your medical history and personal health information anytime, anywhere? That's the idea behind the patient portal.
What Is a Transient Ischemic Attack?
A transient ischemic attack (TIA), also called a ministroke or warning stroke, causes symptoms similar to those of a stroke.
What Is an Electronic Medical Record?
Handwritten medical charts are a thing of the past. Today's healthcare providers enter your medical information into a computer, creating an electronic medical record (EMR).
What Is Cardiac Asthma?
Cardiac asthma can the same symptoms as true asthma. But the symptoms are caused by heart failure, which leads to fluid buildup in the lungs.
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
For some people, frightening memories of a terrible event can come back months or even years after the ordeal. In reliving the event, people become fearful and unable to cope with daily life. Read on to learn more about PTSD.
What Is Spinal Stenosis?
Spinal stenosis is a condition in which the spinal canal narrows and pinches the nerves. This results in back and leg pain.
What Is Ulcerative Colitis?
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic illness. It begins with inflammation in the rectum and can progress to involve much or all of the large intestine.
What the Inside of Your Nose Reveals
Healthcare providers look inside your nose as part of a routine physical exam. But they will also look inside your nose when they think you may have other problems, such as an infection or allergy.
What to Do If You Have to Evacuate Your Home
Consider in advance what kinds of disasters might strike your area. Do you live in an earthquake zone? Is flooding a possibility? Then think about what you'll do in an emergency.
What to Know About Herbs and Surgery
Experts advise that all herbal supplements be stopped two to three weeks before surgery. That's because these herbs can have side effects that could make surgery more dangerous for you.
What to Look for on OTC Medicine Labels
Always read the label. All OTC medicine labels have detailed usage and warning information to help you choose and use the products. Here's a helpful guide to reading these labels.
What You Can Do About Dog Bites
Dogs are responsible for 85% to 90% of all animal bites. But, many incidents can be avoided.
What You Can Do to Prevent Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis can cause strokes, heart attacks, and death. But you can prevent this condition with things like a heart-healthy diet, exercise, and keeping a healthy weight.
What You Can Do to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect
Child abuse can happen in any family and in any neighborhood. Studies have shown that child abuse crosses all boundaries of income, race, ethnic heritage, and religious faith. Read on for helpful tips for stopping child abuse.
What You Need to Know About Heroin
Until recently, heroin was not considered a problem among children of middle-class parents. But lately, it has been showing up in new places. Today the typical user could be a person from any race, part of the country, socioeconomic level, or age.
What You Need to Know About Mental Illness
Learning symptoms of mental illness can help you recognize when you or a loved one need help.
What You Need to Know About Vomiting
Nausea and vomiting can make you feel miserable. But it's important to remember that these are not diseases. Rather, they are symptoms of many illnesses.
What's Up with Sinusitis?
Millions of Americans are affected by sinusitis every year. But it's often misdiagnosed and misunderstood by people with the condition. Here's what you need to know.
When a Family Grieves
Learning about grief and how it affects your family can help you get through the difficult times together. It may even help your family grow stronger.
When Can a Child Wear Contact Lenses
There are no set rules on when children can wear contact lenses. Much depends on the responsibility level of the child.
When Poisonous Spiders Bite
Two types of spiders found in the U.S. can cause illness in people. One type is the widow spider of which the black widow is the best known. The other type is the recluse. Read on to learn more.
When to Call for Help
Find detailed information on when to call for help in an emergency situation.
When to Call Your Child's Healthcare Provider
For parents of a newborn, first-time parents, or any anxious mom or dad, it may be hard to tell a true health threat that needs a healthcare provider's attention from a frightening, yet simple, illness that doesn't need medical treatment. Most sniffles, sneezes, and stomachaches don't need medical attention. But how do you know when it's time to call the healthcare provider?
When to Get an Eye Exam
During an eye exam, an eye healthcare provider looks at your health history and gives you a series of eye tests. The tests are done to check the health of your eyes.
When Tragedy Strikes: Talking to Kids About Scary Events
While tragedies have always been a part of life, technology has made it easier than ever for kids to learn about bad things that are happening all over the world. If your instinct as a parent is to shelter them from all that’s grim, that’s understandable—but of course it’s impossible.
When You Have Eye Allergies
Eye allergies often affect both eyes. Read on to learn some tips for self-care, and when to seek help from your healthcare provider.
When Your Child Has Osteomyelitis
Osteomyelitis is an infection of a bone by a germ (bacteria or fungus). In children, infection in the long bones of the arms and legs are most common. Read on to learn more about this condition, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
When Your Weight Gain Is Caused by Medicine
Some medicines can cause you to put on weight. How much weight, if any, that you gain depends on a number of factors.
When You're Taking Heart Medicines
These medicines are life-giving and powerful. It's important to take them just as your healthcare provider has prescribed.
Where to Get Medical Care
Many forms of emergency treatment take place outside the emergency room, and even many surgeries are performed in locations other than a hospital operating room.
Where to Turn for Mental Health
It's normal to feel stressed or anxious now and then. But it's time to call for help if emotional issues interfere with your life, your job or your personal relationships.
Whole-Grain Party Mix
You can make a healthier party mix by using whole-grain cereals, olive oil instead of butter or margarine, and soy nuts or wasabi peas rather than the usual mixed nuts.
Whooping Cough (Pertussis) in Adults
Detailed information on whooping cough, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Why Children Get Carsick—And What to Do
A look at why kids get carsick, with helpful tips for prevention—and what to do if it occurs.
Why Healthcare Providers Remove Cataracts
When cataracts affect your ability to function, it's time to think about surgery. Here's what you need to know.
Why Healthcare Visits Are Important for Asthma Control
Scheduled office visits with healthcare providers are an important part of asthma care.
Why the Healthcare Provider Examines the Neck and Throat
Checking the throat and neck can help your healthcare provider diagnose many illnesses and disorders. These range from swollen glands to thyroid problems.
Why the Healthcare Provider Presses Your Belly
When your healthcare provider presses on your belly, they are feeling to see if any major internal organs are enlarged or tender, making them painful to touch, which could mean disease.
Why You Should Try Yoga
Yoga is a series of stretches and poses that you do with breathing techniques. It offers the powerful benefits of exercise. And since yoga is gentle, almost anyone can do it, regardless of your age or fitness level.
Why Your Healthcare Provider Tests Your Blood Sugar
In adults, a screening blood sugar test is generally used to see if your blood sugar is too high. Often adults with raised blood sugar don't have obvious symptoms of diabetes or prediabetes.
Wisdom Teeth Extraction
Because most mouths are too small for the 4 additional molars called wisdom teeth, these teeth usually must be removed. Here's how it's done.
Work and Pregnancy
Many women continue working through their pregnancy without any problems. It depends on the type of work they do and their condition. Here's what you need to know.
Work Out on the Water
With a sailboat, canoe, kayak, windsurfing outfit or pair of water skis, you can explore a whole new world of activities. Once you've embraced proper training and safety, you'll get a fine, fun workout.