Latest articles by Maureen Salamon
AIDS & HIV: Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
While AIDS remains incurable, patients are living much longer — even decades after infection — because of the development of medications to suppress the virus.
Erectile Dysfunction: Symptoms and Treatment
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability to get or keep an erection. It is caused when penile tissues do not fill up with blood.
Fewer Meds, Balance Exercises Key To Preventing Elderly Falls
Falls among older people are as serious a health problem as heart attacks and strokes, experts say.
Wrong Resolutions: 5 Tips for Finally Changing Your Habits
To keep your new year's resolutions, aim to change your habits, rather than setting specific goals, experts say.
10 New Ways to Eat Well
The boring, old rules of healthy eating are landing on the scrap heap as new research uncovers the intricate ways nutrients work within our bodies.
Lose Weight Smartly: 7 Little-Known Tricks that Shave Pounds
Here are some fresh tactics for shaving pounds, including a few that put a new spin on the tried-and-true.
7 Diseases You Can Learn About from a Genetic Test
Take a look at seven genes that genetic tests look for.
9 Good Sources of Disease-Fighter Vitamin D
Check out the top ways to get vitamin D, from soaking up the sun to getting your fill of seafood.
Don't Sit Tight: 6 Tips for Better Posture in Your Seat
Sitting puts unhealthy forces on your body, follow these six tips for healthier sitting.
Anti-Aging Skin Treatments: What Really Works?
Here's the lowdown on what works, and what to avoid.
Health Care Infections: A 'Winnable' Public Health Battle?
Nobody wants to get sicker in a hospital than they were at home, but that's the reality for 1.7 million Americans every year, who develop healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
Chicago Hit Hard by Nationwide, Drug-Resistant Germ
Infections from a deadly, drug-resistant strain of bacteria spreading around the nation tripled in Chicago in the past year, according to a recent survey in the city.
How Do You Know Your Kids' Immunizations Are Up to Date?
How to protect your children against measles, mumps, chickenpox and more.
Study: Disease, Not Old Age, Causes Forgetfulness
Brain changes related to forgetfulness are associated with aging, but aging alone does not cause memory loss.
Facing Up to the Facts: New Images Show How Exercise Affects Aging
How will you look in 20 years?
Sun Protection Clothing: As Good as Sunscreen, or Better?
Are we better off slathering on sunscreen or donning sun protection clothes?
5 Ways to Prepare Your Skin for Winter
We don't have to submit to all of winter's indignities here are five ways to prepare your skin for winter.
How to Organize Your Medicine Cabinet
What to keep and not to keep in your cupboard of cures.
As Women's Depression Drops, So Does the Excess Weight
Treating obese women's depression may help them lose weight, a new study suggests.
Q&A: Poverty and Soda Consumption a Recipe for Obesity?
The issue of stopping American from getting fatter continues to cook up controversy.
