America's New Food Pyramid

Health Topic Pages

• Savella for Fibromyalgia: What the Research Shows
• Arthritis: Dietary Dos and Don'ts
• Arthritis Pain-Relief Guidelines
• Ask The Doctor About Diet and Gout
• Arthritis Household Helpers
• Treating Ankylosing Spondylitis With Exercise
• Lupus and Heart Disease
• More alerts...
• Arthritis in Your Ankle? You've Got Choices!
• Gentle Workouts Relieve Arthritis Pain
• What's the Link Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Cancer?
• Gout and Soda: What's the Connection?
• Joint Replacement: It's Not Just Knees and Hips
• Chronic Lyme Disease vs. Post-Lyme Disease
• Fibromyalgia: Understanding a Mysterious Ailment
• More Special Reports...

• Keeping A Delicate Balance
• Building Muscle Strength with Hydrotherapy
• Should You See a Doctor for Your Neck Pain?
• 9 Ways to Prevent Recurring Neck Pain
• Should You Consider Surgery for Spinal Stenosis?
• How Often Should You Have Bone Density Testing?
• How to Avoid Back Pain When You Drive
• More alerts...
• 9 Exercises to Strengthen Your Back
• Osteoporosis: Not Just a Woman's Disease
• Osteopenia: To Treat or Not to Treat?
• Osteoporosis and Digestive Disorders
• Back Pain – Is It All in Your Head?
• Advice To Help You Get a Good Night's Sleep With an Aching Back
• Is it Ever Okay To Discontinue Your Osteoporosis Medication?
• More Special Reports...

• Smoking and Colorectal Cancer: What the Studies Show
• Research on Aspirin and Colorectal Cancer
• Genetic Testing for Colorectal Cancer: Privacy Concerns
• When It's Time to Consider Hospice Care
• 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Your Colon Cancer Diagnosis
• Focus on Fiber
• Chewing Gum Is Good For Your Recovery
• More alerts...
• The Promise of Personalized Colon Cancer Therapy
• How Old Is Too Old for Colorectal Cancer Surgery?
• In the Pipeline: Biomarkers for Detection of Colorectal Cancer
• Flat Colon Lesions: Cause for Concern?
• Making Your Colonoscopy Count
• Coping With the Mental Side Effects of Chemotherapy
• Surviving the Emotional Aftershock of Colorectal Cancer
• More Special Reports...

• What Is Social Phobia and Do You Have It?
• Knowing When It's Time to End Therapy
• Gender and the Stigma of Mental Illness
• Conquering Your Phobia With Virtual Reality Treatments
• The Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Late-Life Depression
• How Mood Disorders Affect Your Body
• The Challenge of Antidepressant Medication and Intimacy
• More alerts...
• Treating Mood Disorders With Hallucinogenic Drugs
• Facing Your Fears With Exposure Therapy
• Why Older Women Have Eating Disorders
• What Happens When Stress Doesn't Go Away
• The Pain-Mood Connection
• Report on Substance Abuse and Aging
• Anxiety and Your Physical Health
• More Special Reports...

• Insulin: You've Got Choices
• The Challenge of "Brittle" Diabetes
• Microalbuminuria: What It Means
• Is an Insulin Pump Right For You?
• "Bloodless" Glucose Testing: Where We Stand
• Promising Therapies for Macular Edema
• Battling Blood Pressure: How Low Should You Go?
• More alerts...
• Prediabetes: Meeting an Epidemic With New Treatment Goals
• Looking Out for Number One: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
• Traveling Safely With Diabetes
• Understanding How Insulin Regulates Blood Glucose
• The Role of Insulin in Blood Glucose Control
• Getting a Better Look at Blood Sugar Levels
• Making Sense of Type 2 Diabetes Medications
• More Special Reports...

• Treating Digestive Disorders with Hypnosis
• How Does Losing Weight Improve GERD?
• Celiac Disease: A Concern Even Later in Life
• Are You At Risk For Gallstones?
• 9 Tips To Help You Prepare for Colonoscopy
• Research on Diet and Barrett's Esophagus
• Prebiotics Are Healthy, Too
• More alerts...
• On the Horizon: Two New Surgical Treatments for GERD
• Focus on Peptic Ulcers
• Life Without a Gallbladder
• 7 Tips to Help You Reduce Bloating
• How Your Gut Can Affect Your Bones
• What to Expect From Your Endoscopy
• Four Relaxation Techniques to Soothe Your Digestive Discomfort
• More Special Reports...

• Beyond Antibiotics and Alpha-Blockers For Prostatitis
• Will My Prostatitis Recur?
• Acronyms You Should Know: TURP, TUMT, TUEV, TUIP, PVP, and TUNA
• BPH: Taking Your Symptoms Seriously
• Shock-Wave Therapy for CPPS
• Slowing BPH with Combination Drug Therapy
• BPH and Sexual Dysfunction: What's the Link?
• Lose Weight To Avoid BPH
• Research on Cialis For BPH
• Eat More Veggies
• Overactive Bladder Concerns
• Complaining About Prostatitis
• Should You Try Botox for Nocturia?
• Options for Treating Chronic Prostatitis
• When the Chronic Pelvic Pain of Prostatitis Takes a Toll on a Man's Sex Life
• Primer on Prostatitis
• Alternative Treatment for Chronic Prostatitis May Help
• What Causes BPH?
• Should You Try Combination Treatment for Your BPH?
• The Importance of a BPH-Friendly Diet
• A Lexicon of BPH Surgical Techniques
• When Should You Treat Your BPH?
• Talking About Prostatitis With Dr. Alexander
• Should You Avoid Alcohol If You Have BPH?
• Can You Prevent BPH With NSAIDs?
• Weight Gain Triggers BPH
• Get Moving to Protect Your Prostate
• More Good News About Vegetables
• Dialogue With Dr. A: Will Prostatitis Affect My Quality of Life?
• Dialogue With Doctor M: Are my Urinary Problems Caused by LUTS, BPH, or LOO?
• Prostatitis--Nailing Down the Diagnosis
• Do You Have BPH?
• What Causes Prostatitis?
• Should You Consider Watchful Waiting?
• More alerts...
• Two-Drug Options for BPH
• Do You Have BPH? Take This Prostate Symptom Questionnaire to Find Out
• PVP or TURP for BPH?
• In the Pipeline: New Treatments for BPH
• BPH: New Discoveries May Lead to Better Treatment
• What Does It Mean? PSA Terminology Explained
• More Special Reports...

• Travel Tips: Vacationing With a Chronic Illness
• Help for Hemorrhoids
• Hearing Aids: You've Got Choices
• So Many Reasons to Try Tai Chi
• 5 Time-Saving Tips to Help You Eat Well
• True or False: Recirculated Air in Planes Causes Infections
• Are Your Ears Ringing?
• More alerts...
• Impulse Control: The Link Between Parkinson's and Gambling
• Do You Have a Thyroid Disorder?
• Your Cosmetic Dentisty Options
• The Pain-Mood Connection
• How the FDA Approval Process Works
• Are You At Risk For Gallstones?
• Chronic Pain: Johns Hopkins Symptoms and Remedies
• More Special Reports...

• Using a Tape Measure to Predict Your Heart Attack Risk
• Yoga for Your Heart's Sake
• A Lexicon of Heart Disease
• Healthy Teeth, Healthy Heart
• The ABCs of Heart Attack Prevention
• Taking HD Cholesterol Seriously
• The Importance of Family History in Heart Disease
• More alerts...
• Cardiac Rehab Works: Here's How
• Protecting Your Heart With Whole Grains
• What You Should Know About C-Reactive Protein
• Ways to Boost Your HDL Cholesterol
• Zapping Abnormal Heart Rhythms
• The Best Screening Tests for People Without Symptoms of Heart Disease
• When Atherosclerosis Strikes in the Legs
• More Special Reports...

• 5 Ways to Cut Back on Salt
• Aneurysms: To Clip or To Coil?
• Medications to Avoid
• How a Vegetable-Rich Diet Lowers Blood Pressure
• How Hypertension Affects Your Memory
• The Art of Making Low-Salt Food Choices
• Treating Hypertension as You Age
• More alerts...
• Hypertension and Your Sex Life
• Can You Pass the Stroke Symptom Test?
• Are You At Risk For Vascular Dementia?
• Controlling Difficult-to-Control Hypertension
• When Your Heart Feels Like It's Skipping a Beat
• Guidelines on Controlling Pain Without Raising Your Blood Pressure
• Get Moving To Lower Your Blood Pressure
• More Special Reports...

• Doing More With Emphysema
• Keep Cool for Your Lung's Sake
• Talking About Chantix
• For COPD: Get Thee to Pulmonary Rehab
• Sleep Apnea and Diabetes: A Dangerous Duo
• Lung Reduction Surgery for Severe COPD
• Should You Be Screened for Lung Cancer?
• More alerts...
• Planning Ahead: The Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney
• On the Horizon: New Treatments for COPD
• Four Steps to Better Asthma Control
• COPD: Catching the "Silent Killer"
• Home Monitoring for Sleep Apnea
• Looking At How The Lungs Work
• Advice on Home Air Cleaners
• More Special Reports...

• Looking at Young-Onset Dementia
• Were You Born With a Good Memory?
• Memory Workouts
• True or False: Old Folks Are Crankier Than Young Folks
• Engaging Your Dementia Patient
• The Potential of Repurposed Drugs to Slow Alzheimer's
• Living With Alzheimer's: Two Stories From the Front
• More alerts...
• Food for Thought
• Your Aging Brain: What's Normal, What's Not
• Does Light Therapy Help Alzheimer's Patients Sleep?
• Habilitation: A Better Caregiving Approach
• Guarding Your Memory
• Activities to Engage the Dementia Patient
• Caregivers -- The Hidden Patients
• More Special Reports...

• Your Weight Coach: A Valuable Resource
• The Perils of Late-Night Snacking
• USDA Organic: What Does It Mean?
• Fat Cells: Storage Bins for Excess Calories
• Beans: Cheap, Tasty, and Good For You
• 5 Time-Saving Tips to Help You Eat Well
• How Much Calcium Is Really in Your Supplement?
• More alerts...
• Making Sense of Health Claims
• 7 Easy and Effective Weight-Loss Strategies
• The Wisdom of Cutting Back on Salt
• The Psychology of Mindless Eating
• 7 Strategies to Rev Up Your Aging Metabolism
• Changing Behavior to Lose Weight
• Dietary Supplements: Yea or Nay?
• More Special Reports...

• The Danger of One-Size-Fits-All Dosing
• Talking About Drug Safety
• Proposed Reforms at the FDA
• Did You Get Your Dose of Medical News Today?
• How to Avoid Common Drug Side Effects
• What Is "Drug Flipping" and Is It Safe?
• 6 Herbal Supplements to Watch
• Protecting Yourself From a Serious Fall
• Warning Signs of Prescription Drug Abuse in the Elderly
• Is It Safe to Split My Pills?
• Drug Safety and the Elderly
• When Your Health Insurance Company Asks You to Switch Medications
• The Wisdom of Timing Your Meds
• What Is a Lifestyle Drug?
• Medication Sharing -- Common and Dangerous
• Viagra for Women?
• Health Reporting Comes Up Short
• Why Generic Drugs Cost Less
• How Antibiotics and Other Drugs Work
• How Long Do Medications Last?
• Why You Should Talk to Your Pharmacist
• Remembering to Take Your Medication
• The FDA Approval Process
• Understanding How Our Body Responds to Drugs As We Age
• Using Pain Relief Patches Safely
• 5 Steps To Help You Avoid Common Drug Side Effects
• Adverse Drug Reactions and Other Age-Related Medication Concerns
• What Is an Authorized Generic Drug?
• The Connection Between Sedatives and Fractures in Elderly Patients
• What Is Pharmacogenomics?
• Ask the Doctor About Nanopharmaceuticals
• How To Dispose of Your Medications
• Affording Your Medications
• The Risks of Drug Flipping
• Monitoring Your Medications
• Using Acetaminophen Safely
• Chemical Culprit in Grapefruit-Drug Interactions Identified
• Should Physicians Use Secret Placebos?
• Big Pharma and Generic Drugs
• Shingles Vaccine Update
• Direct-To-Consumer Drug Ads -- What's in them for you?
• Medication and the Media
• Using Generic Drugs Safely
• Safe Use of Antibiotics
• Your Pharmacist -- An Underutilized Resource
• Drug Safety in the News
• The High Cost of Chemotherapy
• Drugstore Aisle Updates on Warfarin, DHEA, Black Cohosh
• Generic Drugs
• Drugstore Aisle Updates on Amplichip, St. John's Wort and Gleevec, and medication mistakes
• How Aging Affects the Body's Response to Drugs
• Ask the Doctor About Your Prescriptions
• Prescription Drugs That Cause Weight Gain
• More alerts...
• How a New Healthcare Initiative Could Lead to Better Treatment
• Drug Abuse and the Elderly
• The Wait for Generic Biologic Drugs
• How Antibiotics and Other Drugs Work
• What Is Pharmacogenics and Can It Help You?
• The Life Cycle of a Pill
• User-Friendly Information Inserts
• When Herbs and Prescription Drugs Don't Mix
• New Choices in Sleeping Pills
• How Medications Work
• Prescription Drugs Glossary
• How To Stay Safe on Coumadin (warfarin)
• Ordering Your Drugs Online
• Did I Take That Pill...Or Not?
• Will This Medication Work? Look to Your Genes
• More Special Reports...

• Talking with Dr. Patrick Walsh About Radical Prostatectomy
• Talking About CyberKnife
• Update: Antioxidants and Prostate Cancer Prevention
• Thalidomide: A Potential Treatment For Prostate Cancer?
• In the Pipeline: ANXA3 to screen for Prostate Cancer
• Linking Obesity and Aggressive Prostate Cancer
• How to Maximize Your Radiation Therapy
• More alerts...
• Planning Ahead: The Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney
• Should You Take Proscar to Prevent Prostate Cancer?
• Proton Beam Therapy for Prostate Cancer
• Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer
• Taxotere: Chemotherapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer
• Testosterone-Replacement Therapy: Does It Increase Prostate Cancer Risk?
• Understanding Your Pathology Report
• More Special Reports...

• Is It Early-Stage Glaucoma? New Tests May Provide the Answer
• A Look at New Technologies to Identify Early-Stage Glaucoma
• What You Can Do to Prevent Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• Focus on The Eye
• Eye on the Eyedrops
• The Prognosis for Retinal Detachment
• Promising Therapies for Macular Edema
• More alerts...
• Glaucoma and Your Genes
• What You Should Expect After Cataract Surgery
• Your Glaucoma Treatment Options
• 4 Promising Treatments for AMD
• Glaucoma: A Family Matter
• How the Eye Works
• Advice To Help You See Better When You Drive
• More Special Reports...

• Your Weight Coach: A Valuable Resource
• The Perils of Late-Night Snacking
• USDA Organic: What Does It Mean?
• Fat Cells: Storage Bins for Excess Calories
• Beans: Cheap, Tasty, and Good For You
• 5 Time-Saving Tips to Help You Eat Well
• How Much Calcium Is Really in Your Supplement?
• More alerts...
• Making Sense of Health Claims
• 7 Easy and Effective Weight-Loss Strategies
• The Wisdom of Cutting Back on Salt
• The Psychology of Mindless Eating
• 7 Strategies to Rev Up Your Aging Metabolism
• Changing Behavior to Lose Weight
• Dietary Supplements: Yea or Nay?
• More Special Reports...