Shape Up & Slim Down for the Holidays

You know you're likely to have a few food mis-steps once the holidays begin. Now's the time to build up some calorie credits to weather that storm!

The Truth About Calories

Dr. Oz on the No-Diet Diet

Why Your Back Hurts (Blame Evolution)

Do Ab Machines Really Work?

6 Ways to Control Muscle Cramps

Tip: Review Your Food Before You Eat It

Benefits of Twice-a-Week Fish

Safe Exercises for Diabetics

Secrets to a Supersized Orgasm
Find out about the "trigasm," and other ways for both women and men to enhance the sexual experience.

Creating Passion

The Sexual Desire Skin Patch

10 Little-Known Sexual Dysfunction Facts

Sex as You Get Older

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
Does every woman have a G-spot?

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
Why does this particular position give me gas?

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
Is there a birth control method that won't lower my sex drive?

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
Is there any relationship between a man's height and his size?


Labor of Love Book
Chronicles the unconventional life and revolutionary pregnancy of Thomas Beatie, who was born and raised as a girl, but made a gender transition to a male.


It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Cholesterol Season
We'll say it again ... you're probably going to be at least a LITTLE bad this holiday season, but knowing about good, bad and ugly cholesterol can help you minimize the harm.

Cholesterol-Busting Foods

Assess Your Heart Risk


The Duggars: 20 and Counting Book
Discover the many parenting strategies that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar use as they raise one of America's largest families.


Acid Reflux: Discomfort AND Danger
The technical term is Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), and it's a common disorder that occurs when the acidic contents of the stomach flow back into the esophagus during or after a meal. Find out why this condition isn't just a matter of discomfort.

What Foods Cause GERD?

Infants & Children Get It, Too

Are There Treatment Options?


Dr. G's How Not to Die Book
Learn surprising lessons on how to live a longer, safer, and healthier life from America's favorite medical examiner, Dr. G.


Your Prescription Translator
Just taking your pills may have been fine in the old days. But today it's important that you understand what you're taking and why. Use this interactive guide to find what you need to know about the medicines you're putting into your body.

The Drug Interaction Checker


Look Up Any Illness
Use the Discovery Health Diseases & Conditions Database for information that you really need for yourself and for those you love.


Discovery Health Jigsaw Puzzles
They're a great way to relax for a few minutes during a hectic day. Choose from ten health-related images, then try your hand at bringing order from the chaos. And every time you start again, the pieces break differently.



5 Tips for Safer Sushi

A "Slurpee" That Could Save Your Life

Found: Grave of First Known Human Family

Smart Kid Formula: Work AND Play

Carbon Dioxide Is Seeping Into the Water Supply


NEWS IN FOCUS
The Daily Rounds:
A Gel to Protect Women From AIDS by 2010?
A safe and effective gel allowing women to protect themselves from the AIDS virus may be available by 2010 if current trials involving thousands of women are successful. You can find detailed information on the Mary Alice Williams reports that appear on Discovery Health TV every weeknight at 6:55 p.m. ET.

THIS WEEK'S QUIZ
Test Your Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Knowledge
CFS ... how much do you really know about it?

FEATURED TOOL
Do You Have a Romantic Personality?
Do you get all gushy inside at the thought of a candlelight dinner with your loved one? Or are you a cold-hearted cynic who laughs at hopeless romantics?

EXPERT OPINION
What You Need to Know About Adopting a Child
Learn the ins and outs of what can be a long and winding road.


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