Health Article description.Eating well when you have cancer means eating enough to prevent weight loss and keep your strength up. Cancer and cancer treatments can make it harder for your body to get what it needs from the food you eat. Nutrition needs for people with cancer...

Health Article description.Discusses metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), which includes metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver (MASL) and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Discusses lifestyle changes, including losing weight and managing other conditions.

Health Article description.Sprue is a disorder in which the intestines are unable to absorb nutrients from food. It can cause loss of appetite, diarrhea, weight loss, muscle cramps, pale skin, and bone pain. Sprue occurs in two forms: tropical and nontropical. Tropical sprue affects people who live in tropical areas. Its exact cause is not clear...

Health Article description.Covers warning signs that you may be at risk for type 2 diabetes. Includes causes and symptoms. Looks at lifestyle changes to get your blood sugar levels back to a normal range. Includes tips on diet, weight loss, and exercise.

Health Article description.Provides links to topics on how to eat well. Topics cover nutrition. Offers healthy eating and physical activity tips. Includes info on healthy weight and healthy eating for children.

Health Article description.Provides links to how-to information about physical activity for everyone. Includes info on walking for wellness, reducing back pain, and healthy weight.

Health Article description.Highlights health and lifestyle information for college-age young adults, many of whom are new to managing their own health and self-care. Includes topics such as stress, mood, sex, relationships, weight and food, women's and men's health care, and tobacco, alcohol, and drug use.

Health Article description.How do you know if your child is overweight? Doctors use the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts or the body mass index (BMI) to measure a child's weight compared to their height. If you are concerned that your child is—or could become—overweight, talk about this with your child's doctor. The...

Health Article description.Covers the causes and symptoms of osteoarthritis. Covers possible treatments with over-the-counter pain medicines and prescription medicines. Includes info on home treatment for joint pain, including using heat or ice, staying at a healthy weight, and exercise.

Health Article description.You can help keep your heart and blood vessels healthy by having a heart-healthy lifestyle. These healthy habits include eating healthy, being active, staying at a weight that's healthy for you, getting the screening tests you need, and not smoking.

Health Article description.Dawn Read more about how Dawn set goals for healthier eating. "I didn't try to completely redo my whole diet. I focused on things that seemed reasonable at the time." Dawn is no stranger to dieting. Over the years, she followed many different weight-loss plans. Each plan worked for a while. But eventually she would go...

Health Article description.Briefly discusses things that may affect the normal menstrual cycle, such as health conditions, hormone changes, stress, or weight changes. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.

Health Article description.Fasting means choosing to go without food, drink, or both for a period of time. It can mean going without any food or going without certain types of food. People may fast before a medical test or surgery, for religious reasons, or to try to lose...

Health Article description.Maggie, 62 Read more about how Maggie's activity and healthy eating improved her health. "Nothing anybody else said to me or suggested to me had any impact, until I decided for myself that I needed to do something about my weight, and that it was...

Health Article description.Provides links to information about digestion and digestive health. Includes info about heartburn, constipation, gas and bloating, ulcers, diverticulitis, and gallstones.

Health Article description.Provides links that give tips, like making the most of your appointment and getting better care at lower costs. Also includes links on understanding lab results and deciding whether to get a flu vaccine.