Health Article description.Briefly discusses causes of nosebleeds, including injuries, health conditions, medicines, and changes in the environment, such as smoke. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.

Health Article description.The pain and stiffness from osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis may make it hard for you to do daily tasks, like opening doors or using a keyboard. Here are some tips and some tools that can help you at home and at work. At home Here are some changes you can make in your home that can help you move more easily and...

Health Article description.Provides overview of tests used to find out what a person might be allergic to. Covers skin and blood tests. Explains why and how each test is done. Discusses risks. Explains results and offers points to consider before having tests.

Health Article description.Briefly discusses drowning hazards and teaching swimming safety. Offers tips on keeping children safe around indoor water sources, including water in bathtubs, toilets, and containers, and outdoor water hazards like pools, ditches, and wells.

Health Article description.All children need routine vision checks and eye exams with their pediatrician or family doctor. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) recommend that all children have an eye exam during the newborn...

Health Article description.Discusses causes and symptoms of hammer, claw, and mallet toes. Covers diagnosis and treatment options. Also offers home treatment tips.

Health Article description.Children of all ages are exposed to ideas about thinness by parents, peers, and other sources. Starting in grade school, children may become more aware of body image as they compare themselves to others. Adolescents often become extremely concerned...

Health Article description.Name: ________________________ Target blood pressure: __________ Date Time (a.m.) Blood pressure Time (p.m.) Blood pressure Comments Sample: 8/6 8:15 138/87 6:20 142/92 Stressful day at work

Health Article description.Discusses healthy weight and why it is important. Covers the main steps to reaching healthy weight. Discusses difficulties of losing weight. Covers nutrition, lifestyle changes, and physical activity. Offers tips for preparing for changes.

Health Article description.A pain diary may help you and your doctor find out what makes your pain better or worse. Use the diary and pain scale below to keep track of when you have pain, how bad it is, and what you are doing to treat it. This figure has been reproduced with permission from the International Association for the Study of Pain®...

Health Article description.Because you have diabetes, you need to be especially careful to protect your feet from injury. These tips can help. Wear shoes all the time. If you don't want to wear shoes indoors, wear slippers with hard soles and good support. Keep your shoes...

Health Article description.Physical therapy may help you when back pain makes it hard to move around and do everyday tasks. This treatment helps you move better and may relieve pain. It also helps improve or restore your fitness level and how well you function. The goal is...

Health Article description.Mental health counselors—often social workers or marriage and family therapists—provide counseling services for individuals, couples, families, teens, and children. Mental health counselors must earn a master's degree in counseling or a closely related mental health field and complete a certain amount of clinical work...

Health Article description.Reviews the warning signs and risk factors for childhood violence. Provides tips for parents to help children and teens from becoming violent. Guides teens on managing their anger and what to do if they think another teen might become violent.

Health Article description.Your nutrition needs increase during pregnancy. Your body needs protein, carbohydrate, and fats for energy. Good sources of these nutrients include: Lean protein. Examples include fish that are low in mercury, lean meat, poultry, low-fat milk...

Health Article description.If you know that you are not at risk for eye disease and you don't have signs of vision problems, the American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends a complete eye exam to check for eye disease and vision problems: Every 5 to 10 years if you are...

Health Article description.Describes monitoring blood sugar levels in children with diabetes. Gives step-by-step instructions. Covers how to record testing results and how to prevent sore fingers.

Health Article description.Learn the basics about spinal manipulation as a treatment option for back pain.

Health Article description.The sleep cycle is divided into two main stages: non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) and rapid eye movement (REM). Non-rapid eye movement sleep has three stages: Stage N1 occurs right after you fall asleep and is very short (usually less than 10...

Health Article description.Crying is a child's first way of communicating. Along with crying, a child may not act normally when something is wrong. Infection, illness, injury, pain, or a medical problem may cause a child to cry and not act normally. If your baby has colic,

Health Article description.Prostatitis is swelling or infection of the prostate. It's usually painful. The prostate is a small organ below the bladder that makes part of the semen fluid. Prostatitis can cause urinary problems. You may have an urge to urinate often, burning pain, and a feeling that you can't empty your bladder. Symptoms may be...

Health Article description.Children's language development is likely to progress faster when they are often given the chance to interact with both children and adults. Children who often play with others who are about the same age usually gain expressive language skills...

Health Article description.Learn how to use good posture to protect your back while sitting, standing, and walking. And learn about comfortable sleep positions for your back.

Health Article description.Healthy, satisfying sex is very important for relationships. And the fear of having sex because of back pain can be a big problem. If your sex life has suffered because of back pain, take heart. Many people have faced this problem. And there are...

Health Article description.Discusses prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test to measure amount of PSA in the blood. Explains that test is often used for cancer screening or follow-up. Covers how test is done and how to prepare for it. Discusses what results mean.