Health & Balance News & Features
- 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.
- Happiness: 6 Myths and Truths
WebMD debunks happiness myths including the belief that "happiness is a destination" and more.
- Cloris Leachman's Latest Chapter
Author, actress, and dancer Cloris Leachman talks about aging, cooking, her new book -- and why she never gets stressed out.
- Jimmy Fallon Has a New Show and a New Health Regimen
Late Night TV host Jimmy Fallon tells us about his healthier new self, conquering stage fright, and life as the new king of comedy.
- Kristen Bell Talks About Acting, Health Advice, and the Children of Uganda
Kristen Bell, narrator of Gossip Girl and star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall can't forget the little ones orphaned in this war-torn African country.
- 7 Splurges People Are Still Buying
If frugal is the new fabulous, here are seven little indulgences that people are still making room for in this recession.
- Good-Life Activities for Your Family
Make time for the good life together as a family. You’ll reduce stress and help your children grow up emotionally strong. Try these tips from WebMD.
- Why You’re Not Happy
Six common barriers to personal happiness and fulfillment and how to overcome them.
- In One Year, Out the Other
Here’s a New Year’s resolution anyone can keep: Resolve not to make any more New Year’s resolutions.
- Top Emotional Health Stories of 2008: Readers' Choice
Feeling good, boosting energy, and finding balance -- things we all surely would like to achieve –resonated with readers in 2008’s turbulent economic times.
- Jeff Gordon Is Driven to Help Children
Jeff Gordon knows how to win. The numbers don’t lie: four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships, three Daytona 500 victories, and more than 80 NASCAR wins. But in Gordon’s drive to succeed, he is not the only winner.
- Actress Emma Roberts on Friends, Books, and Well-Being
Actress Emma Roberts talks to WebMD about how she keeps her life in balance.
- NASCAR Star Jeff Gordon’s Healthy Life on and off the Track
Jeff Gordon is famous for his repeated NASCAR wins. But he’s also a winning husband, father, and advocate for chronically ill children.
- Make a Midlife Crisis Work for You
Part two of WebMD's Life After 40 series gives you step-by-step instructions to looking and feeling good after 40.
- Clutter Control: Is Too Much 'Stuff' Draining You?
Get your clutter under control, and your attitude and health just may improve, too.
- Wellness Coaching: The Latest Trend in Fitness
Experts share tips about choosing a wellness coach who can put you on the road to better health.
- Retreats Revive Mind, Body, and Spirit
From taking a spiritual retreat to unplugging at home, escaping from everyday distractions can help restore balance to your life. Plus, easy and inexpensive ideas for DIY retreats.
- Finding a Doctor Who Respects Your Religion
Finding a Doctor Who Respects Your Religion
- Walk and Talk Therapy
Exercise is good for the body and the mind. It may also improve psychotherapy sessions, too. Experts weigh in on the benefits of the walk and talk movement.
- What’s Zapping Your Energy?
When you’re constantly feeling drained, it might be time to look at what’s bringing you down. Check out these “energy zappers” and see how many apply to you.
- Parker Posey’s New Role
Indie star Parker Posey talks to WebMD about playing a single mom on the television show "The Return of Jezebel James," and if she wants to have children in real life. Plus, her best and worst health habits.
- 9 Steps to End Chronic Worrying
Experts explain how to reduce excessive worrying that can have mental and physical effects.
- Dealing With the Jerk at Work
You can confront the office jerk and reclaim your sanity at work. Human resource pros show you how.
- Are You a Workaholic?
You might as well face it -- you’re addicted to work. Could your workaholism be hurting you?
- Top Balance Stories of 2007: Readers' Choice
A list of the 10 most viewed stories about life balance on WebMD in 2007.
- How to Have a Green Christmas
Eco-friendly strategies for making the holidays healthier for you -- and the planet.
- Navigating Life's Potholes
Skin cancer scares, job loss, an ailing parent -- WebMD Community member Barbara Pardoe relies on humor to get through the hard times.
- 3 Easy Steps to Breaking Bad Habits
Think bad habits like nail biting and knuckle cracking are hard to break? Experts offer simple solutions.
- A Thing or Two With Michael Chiklis
Actor Michael Chiklis talks to WebMD about summer sequels, his brief bout with claustrophobia and longtime struggle with weight gain, and why balance is the key to good health.
- Chill Out: Summer Tips for Stress Relief
Don't melt down over stress! Get some stress relief with meditation or yoga.
- Women's Health Tips for Heart, Mind, and Body
Find out how the right diet, exercise, and stress-relief plan can lead to a healthy life.
- WebMD Checkup: Joan Didion
Novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and National Book Award-winning memoirist Joan Didion answers questions about love and loss.
- The Secret: Is It the Real Deal?
The Secret -- a book and DVD on the power of positive thinking -- is drawing both support and controversy.
- Colon Cleansers: Are They Safe?
Experts discuss whether colon cleansers are safe and effective.
- Afternoon Energy Boosters
Feeling lazy after lunchtime? Follow these tips for a quick energy boost.
- Finding Holiday Joy Amid the Grief
It's a disappointing truth: Holiday cheer can be difficult to come by if you're facing emotional pain caused by a loss. But experts urge us to muster our inner strength -- to find bits of holiday joy amid the grief.
- Don't Let Shyness Spoil Your Holidays
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- Help for the Vacation-Deprived
Experts explain why many Americans aren't taking advantage of the vacation time they're entitled to.
- Crisis! How Would You Respond?
How would you react in a crisis? Do you have what it takes to not only survive disaster, but perhaps even lead others out of danger?
- 10 Ways to Catch a Liar
Experts have 10 tips that can let you know if someone isn't telling you the whole truth.