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7 Ways to Manage Rosacea

Rosacea, which often causes constant redness in the face, can be frustrating and difficult to treat, but there are steps you can take to manage the condition.

5 Great Sick-Day Foods

Stuck at home with a cold? Find comfort with these soothing foods.

4 Easy Ways to Fight the Flu

There are several steps you can take to reduce your risk of infection.

Should You Call in Sick?

How sick is too sick for work? Follow our cold and flu guidelines.

Does Being Intimate Affect Your Immunity?

A healthy love life will bring you closer to your partner and strengthen your relationship. But can it improve your overall health and protect you from illness?

The Facts About Sinusitis

Sometimes there's a thin line between determining what's a bad cold or a sinus infection. Thankfully, no guess work is needed. Here's what you need to know about this bothersome nasal condition.

Antibiotics Making You Sick? Foods to Eat and Avoid

If antibiotics are making you nauseated, eating the right foods and staying away from the wrong ones can help you feel better.

Just Got Over Being Sick? What to Keep and What to Toss

Germs thrive in saliva, mucous, stomach acids, and other body fluids. Regardless of how good you are about personal hygiene when you're sick, chances are you're going to spew a few germs.

How to Use Food to Fight a Cold

Eating the right foods can ward off a cold or, at the very least, help you feel better faster.

The Flu: What to Watch Out for

On average 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. populations gets the flu and more than 200, 000 people are hospitalized from flu-related complications. How to avoid and treat the flu.

Is It a Cold or an Allergy? How to Tell the Difference

Are you not sure if you have allergies or a cold? These signs will help you tell the difference.

What Your Mucus is Telling You

Is it a cold or allergies? Your mucus can help you differentiate.

Can't Stop Coughing? 9 Possible Causes

A cough is a symptom that can have many causes.

Swine Flu Center

Learn how to keep your family safe from swine flu, a potentially deadly virus.

Anatomy of a Sneeze

Sneezing is our body’s way of getting rid of an irritable substance in the nose. A sneeze can protect your health, but someone else’s sneeze can jeopardize it. Learn about the anatomy of a sneeze.

Swine Flu Center 2

Learn how to keep your family safe from swine flu, a potentially deadly virus.

Children's Vaccines 101

Learn how immunizations work and why it's so important to vaccinate your child.

Swine Flu: What Even Your Doctor Doesn’t Know

While scientists and the government race to control the novel H1N1 outbreak, there are still a few things about this virus that doctors don’t know or understand.

Understanding Ear Infections

Ear infections are very common in children. Here, a guide to their symptoms, treatment, and prevention.

10 Worst Cities for Fall Allergies

Is your city making you sneeze? High pollen and mold counts make some places worse than others.

5 Diseases That Have No Symptoms

Could you be sick and not know it?

7 Deadliest Diseases in History

Think catching a cold is bad? It could be worse. At least it's not one of these dreaded illnesses.

8 Highly Contagious Skin Conditions

Their symptoms may sound scary, but most of these conditions can be successfully treated with simple medications.

Bacterial Meningitis: Spotting the Signs

Knowing the symptoms of bacterial meningitis could mean the difference between life and death.

Dispelling the Top 10 Meningitis Myths

Meningitis has made big headlines, but do you know the whole story behind this contagious disease? Here, we debunk the condition's 10 most common myths.

Your Strange Medical Symptoms Solved

Find out if your weird rashes, twitches, lumps and bumps are signs of something serious.

Understanding Hepatitis C

Get the facts on this chronic liver disease, from causes and symptoms to prevention and treatment.

Understanding Epstein-Barr

A guide to one of the most common and overlooked human viruses.

Teens and Meningitis

Could your teenager contract meningitis at camp, in the classroom, or at the college dorm? Here, what you can do to reduce your child's risks.

Germ Warfare: 6 Tips for New Parents

Learn how to keep your child from getting sick without going overboard.

Colds and Infections Health Center

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