Healthy articles

The E-cigarette is an electronic smoking device designed to give smokers a dose of nicotine with a "smoking experience" but without flame, second-hand smoke, ashes, butts, tar, or tobacco-related carcinogens. But are they as safe as advertised?

A study in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine finds that doctors are more likely to prescribe brand-name medications when the drug company offers them a free lunch.

Do you think the MMR vaccine is scarier than the diseases it protects against? Think again.

Approximately 44% of the American population deals with the side effects of GERD at least once per month, 17% experience a weekly problem, and 7% deal with the situation daily.

Men tend to discover they have heart disease by unmistakeable signs, like the often-reported "elephant sitting on my chest." The symptoms of heart disease and heart attack in women are much more subtle. Here 18 symptoms you may not have heard about.

Treatment for pleurisy will depend on the underlying cause once it is identified. Typical treatment would include antibiotics to treat any infection present, pain medicines and anti-inflammatory drugs to relieve the inflammation.

Sniff, sniff... It's nearly time to get your handkerchiefs out again! With flu and cold season well on its way, it's time to take a look at home remedies for these annoying viruses.

Many health experts publicize the benefits of honey. The honey they are touting as having superb healing properties is raw honey, not conventional or processed honey. Using a few tips, you will be able to distinguish real, raw honey from its imposters.

It's one of the oldest of all the home remedies for colds and flu. Gargling with salt water has been used for centuries-and probably longer-as the first line of treatment for the infections that come with colder weather. But does it really work?

In general, people don't seem to be aware of certain facts regarding the common cold. There are a lot of misconceptions about issues such as whether this is a viral or bacterial infection, how it is contracted and how it is treated.