Health & Balance Features
- Is the Nocebo Effect Hurting Your Health?
Can negative thinking affect how well your treatment works? The flip side of the placebo effect.
- Is Happiness About Attitude?
Can a glass-half-full positive outlook make you happy?
- Can Rainy Days Really Get You Down?
Prefer sunny days? Not surprising. The weather effect is real.
- Am I Responsible for My Aging Parents?
What you may consider when making the decision to be a caregiver.
- How to Be Present
Simple strategies to focus your attention on the present and stay engaged.
- Stand Up to Hurtful Family Members
Hold your ground against bullies, especially ones that are related to you.
- Recharge for the New Year
Simple ways you can recharge between Christams and New Year's.
- Pay Attention: Be in the Now
Simple ways to work on your mindfulness and stay in the present moment.
- Forgive a Family Member
You can't choose family, but you can decide how to rise above the drama. Here's how.
- Make Time for Play
All work and no play can take its toll. It's important to set aside time for fun.
- Why Do I Fall Asleep While Meditating?
Why is it easier for you to find the sandman than your Third Eye when meditating?
- Is Crying Good for You?
Should you hold back your tears? Or are there benefits to crying?
- Expand Your Comfort Zone
A new approach to taking life-enhancing risks.
- Accept Your Flaws
Three ways to shift your perspective and look at yourself with fresh eyes.
- Become An 'I' Specialist, Improve Yourself
Make time, not excuses, to get to know yourself better.
- Stop Telling White Lies
How telling little white lies can become a hurtful habit.
- Ways to Improve Your Energy
Here's a rundown of some of the most popular energy supplements – what’s likely to help and what isn’t.
- Does Meditation Help You Lose Weight?
Meditation helps with high blood pressure. It may also help you handle emotional eating, which could help you lose weight.
- Clutter vs. Hoarding: What's the Difference?
When do you need to worry about the mess? Find out the difference between clutter and hoarding, and how to keep mess in check.
- When Procrastination Is a Problem, and How to Fix It
Many people put things off to an unhealthy degree. Find out why we do this and how to get things done on time.
- How to Claim Some 'Me Time'
Everyone needs some “me time” to lower stress and boost energy. Learn how to set aside time for yourself.
- Positive Thinking Sets You Up for Success
Keeping a positive mindset works wonders when you’re trying to make changes to your life that may take some time.
- Holidays With Your Ex
Five tips to help make the holidays easier after a divorce.
- Tips to Feel Better All Day
Here are 7 tried and true ways to feel better from the time you wakeup, until you go to bed.
- Can You Really Boost Your Happiness?
If you feel down in the dumps, these ideas may help you find greater joy in your daily life. Ideas may include: volunteering, fitness, managing stress, and more.
- Make Time for Play
Playtime isn’t just for kids. Learn how to incorporate play into your life and how to find opportunities for fun.
- Work it Out: Getting Along with Co-Workers
Not hitting it off with your co-workers? You might need to take a step back.
- Personal Best: Hayden Panettiere
The actress and singer shares her healthy-living habits.
- October Is Depression Awareness Month
Our experts give tips for coping with depression and feeling your best.
- The Power of Female Intuition
Go with your gut. It's more scientific than you might think.
- Pucker Up! How to Be a Better Kisser
Find out the secrets behind a good kiss, and how you can become a better kisser.
- Addicted to Your Smartphone? Here's What to Do
Could you actually be addicted to your smartphone? If not, why is it so hard to turn it off? Here are tips on reclaiming your time and concentration.
- Labyrinths: Ancient Aid for Modern Stresses
Walking a labyrinth can be good for your health.
- My WebMD: A Young Mother Lets Go of Her Painful Past
Abused as a child and addicted to drugs as a teen, Chelsea Baum turned her life around in an amazing way.
- Why Loneliness Matters
Loneliness really does hurt -- not just your emotions, but your physical health, too. Here's how to reconnect.
- Acupuncture Goes Mainstream
Doctors are increasingly turning to acupuncture to help conditions ranging from allergies to asthma, chronic pain, and female sexual dysfunction.
- Larry King Hosts 25 Years of Health News
In December, King will turn off his microphone for the last time. As they prepare to wind up the show, he and his longtime producer, Wendy Walker, reminisced with WebMD about the ways in which health coverage has changed over the years, and how “Larry King Live” has helped to change it.
- Behind the Scenes: A New Book From Larry King’s Producer
From depression and addictions to HIV/AIDS and cancer, celebrities and ordinary people alike learned to be comfortable opening up about their health, writes Wendy Walker, Larry King Live's senior producer, in her new book.
- 10 Ways to Improve Your Day in Just 5 Minutes
Short on time and feeling overwhelmed? Get quick tips to improve your mood so you can take on the day.
- Speed Shopping: When You Have 10 Minutes at the Grocery Store
Searching for healthy meal options but pressed for time? Get tips on navigating the supermarket aisles with good nutrition in mind.
- Stressed Out About a Problem? Try the Focus-Shift Trick.
Worried about a nagging problem? Learn how to shift your attention and focus on the day ahead.
- Spend Your Way to Happiness? 5 Things to Consider (Before You Buy)
WebMD provides tips to help your spending increase your happiness.
- New to Massage: FAQ
If you’re new to massages, all the types and techniques can be a little overwhelming. WebMD answers common massage questions and explains the different styles.
- Get Back to Happy
How to recover your happiness after a setback.
- The Secret (and Surprising) Power of Naps
Need to recharge? Don't lean on caffeine -- a power nap will boost your memory, cognitive skills, creativity, and energy level.
- Actor Lou Gossett Takes On Discrimination
Actor Lou Gossett has a new autobiography and a new project: abolishing racism, violence, and ignorance.
- 9 Ways to Get Your Energy Back
Feeling fatigued? WebMD tells you how to get your energy back.
- The WebMD Healthy You Challenge: Two Mom Makeovers
WebMD's expert team helps two crazy-busy mothers transform their eating, workout, and life routines -- plus tips on Mother's Day gifts for your own makeover.
- How to Hold Your Liquor
WebMD explains how to reduce the effects of alcohol with tips like drinking more water, avoiding cheap alcohol, and more.
- Why We Cry: The Truth About Tearing Up
What makes you cry, and why does crying come easily to some people but others rarely shed a tear? Experts explain.