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Monday, August 13, 2007

10 Weight Prevention Tips, Headaches 101, Avoiding Skin Cancer & More!

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in the spotlight
Dr. Peeke's 10 Weight-Prevention Tips
Pamela Peeke, M.D., thinks that 21st century life is programmed to make us fat. But all is not lost ... here are her solutions to that particular problem.

Discovery Health's FREE Diet & Fitness Planner

Getting Started, Getting Fit

Eating Healthy on the Road

Don't Skip Meals

Slow & Steady Wins the Race

Dealing With Boredom

Handling Food-Filled Events

What to Eat Before & After Exercise

Dos & Don'ts of Running

Create a Great Home Workout


sexual health
The Four Phases of Sexual Response
Sexual response refers to the set of physiological and emotional changes that lead to and follow orgasm. Researchers have broken it down to various parts.

Creating Passion

Marriage & Sex

Aging & Sex

Sexual Guilt & Shame

Libido Boosters

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
I can't get my girlfriend's sexual past out of my mind.

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
Is my girlfriend afraid to orgasm?

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
What does love mean to you?



main features
Taming Your Headache
How do you know if your headache is a sign of something serious? Here's what your doctor will want to know.

Where It Hurts Makes a BIG Difference

Test Your Headache Knowledge

How Common Are Headaches?

What Causes Them?

Find YOUR Headache Triggers

Will Medications Really Help?


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Information on Cholesterol Treatment
If you're taking a statin, such as Lipitor or Crestor, along with eating healthy, but your Bad Cholesterol is not where your doctor wants it to be, learn about a different way to help lower cholesterol.
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Are You a Candidate for Skin Cancer?
The weather gets warmer, the clothes get fewer and your skin's exposure to the sun gets dangerous. Here's what you can do to lower your risk.

Know the Signs

10 Myths About Cancer

Coping With a Cancer Diagnosis

Podcast: The Latest Developments & Treatments for Cancer


"Old Wives Tales" Explained
With apologies to elderly female spouses ... wait an hour after meals to go swimming ... your funny face will stay that way ... bread crust will give you curly hair ... find out how these may have gotten started, and which ones might actually be true.

10 Pregnancy Myths

10 Allergy Myths

QUIZ: Myths of Beauty


Video: Babies, From Conception to Delivery
Watch the miracle unfold, with these amazing clips of the developing baby and the ever-changing body of mom.

10 Tips for Optimal Babymaking

8 Surprising Facts About Fertility

The Truth About Babymaking Sex

Pregnancy After 35

Does Stress Affect Fertility?

The Pregnancy Glossary


BOSU® Ball Home Balance Trainer
Get a three-in-one workout ... cardiovascular, toning and flexibility training ... with this home balance trainer. Own it today.


Unlock the Powers of Meditation
It can relax and focus, and it just may be the right tool for you.

Deep Breathing

Herbal Supplements

Magnet Therapy


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.


health news

Brain-Damaged Man Speaks ... Six Years Later

Exercise & Caffeine Fight Cancer

Toddler "Word Spurt" Explained

Are Laser Printers a Health Risk?

Harry Potter & the Miserable Migraines

Binge Drinkers Prefer Beer

Red Meat, Poultry & Dairy Could Raise Colon Cancer Risk

Anorexia May Be More Common Than Thought

4 Tips to Cope With Menopause

Ovarian Tissue Successfully Transplanted in Sisters

Excess Wax in Your Ear Could Be Harmful

A Promising Sign for ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Sufferers

Science Explores Fatigue Linked to Shift Work

Prevent Heart Failure: Text the ER?

Alzheimer's Protein Implicated in Glaucoma

Social Contact Limits Fight Flu Pandemic

Simple Steps Can Cut Health Plan Costs


hands-on health
NEWS IN FOCUS
The Daily Rounds: An Anti-AIDS Gel 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, researchers say. 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
Fending Off Fat

Take our eight-question quiz to find out how many fewer daily calories you need to lose weight.

FEATURED TOOL
How Strong Is Your Marriage?

Dr. John Gottman has designed a free marriage quiz that is designed to provide you with results that will be applicable to your marriage.

EXPERT OPINION
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Basics

Profound fatigue, the hallmark of the disorder, can come on suddenly or gradually and persists or recurs throughout the period of illness. Unlike the short-term disability of say, the flu, CFS symptoms linger for at least six months and often for years.


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tv highlights
Today, Noon. ET
House of Babies:
Top Ten Tips
Today, 6 p.m. ET
Code Blue:
Sweet Charity
best of tv this week
Tonight, 8 p.m. ET
Anatomy of a Giant
Sun Ming Ming dreams of transforming his life beyond the one he knows at home outside Harbin, China, to one in the ultra-competitive NBA in America. Ming has an advantage: he is the world's second tallest man, standing 7 feet 9 inches tall.

Tonight, 9 p.m. ET
Medical Incredible:
Progeria

A boy suffers an internal decapitation and lives. Also, the mystery of a woman who suddenly acquires a foreign accent. Learn more about Progeria, the "aging disease," and how it affects a young boy named Ory.

Tonight, 10 p.m. ET
Mystery Diagnosis:
The Stabbing Sensation

Jackie Spar is an outgoing, active teenager who is full of promise ... until mysterious pains take over her entire body. The joint problems become so bad that Jackie must drop out of high school. Will doctors find out what is causing her malady in time?

Tuesday, 8 p.m. ET
Babies, Babies Everywhere
In this one-hour reunion special, a trio of memorable families previously featured in the Discovery Health Specials: TRIPLE THE TRIPLETS and DOUBLE IDENTICAL TWINS meet medical and emotional challenges as they struggle to combine marriage and multiples.

Tuesday, 9 p.m. ET
Mystery Diagnosis:
Babies Special

From the moment her son was born, Lisa Murphy knew that something was terribly wrong with youngest child Eamon. His unresponsiveness and general lack of development worried Lisa and her husband Bob, but no doctor could find anything wrong with their son.

Tuesday, 10 p.m. ET
Jon & Kate Plus 8:
Shopping for 10

Grocery shopping for a small army is not easy when you're on a tight budget. However, thrifty Kate has now mastered this task, and we get to see how she does it. Then, we watch as Jon and Kate navigate through a crowded toy store with 8 unhappy kids.

Tuesday, 10:30 p.m. ET
Jon & Kate Plus 8:
Twins Turn 6

Jon and Kate take their kids back to Hershey Medical Center for the NICU reunion. Then, for the twins 6th birthday, Jon and Kate surprise Mady and Cara with a special trip to the American Girl store in NYC.

Wednesday, 8 p.m. ET
Trauma, Life in the ER:
The Bleeding Heartland

Health care for the poor of Indianapolis, primarily African and Mexican Americans, rests with the city's last surviving public hospital, Wishard. Doctors treat a seemingly endless stream of gunshot victims and a woman having vision and mobility problems.

Wednesday, 9 p.m. ET
Plastic Surgery,
Before & After:
Head to Toe

Laparoscopic gastrointestinal bypass surgery has reduced sisters Annette and Lynn by 100 pounds each, and they're ready to take it to the next level. A plastic surgery procedure called a total body lift will alter their entire appearance in one operation.

Wednesday, 10 p.m. ET
Inside Brookhaven
Obesity Clinic:
Cheats, Lies & Videotapes

Caught on camera - the food addicts who cheat the Brookhaven system and get away with it. 400 pound Tammy Shannon breaks the rules to smuggle in fat-laden junk food and America's most famous fat man, Michael Hebranko, thinks he's over his addiction.

Thursday, 8 p.m. ET
Shalom in the Home:
The Herrons

The kids complain that Ruth, their mom, is a relentless nag and their dad "checks-out" and spends time away from home just to avoid the family chaos. Ruth and Greg say their kids are manipulative and violent. Can Shmuley change the dynamics?

Thursday, 9 p.m. ET
Shalom in the Home:
The Meiskins

The Meiskins present middle class, idyllic happiness although they face series problems. Shmuley focuses on Marisa's self image and shows the family where true beauty lies.

Friday, 8 p.m. ET
Dr. G, Medical Examiner:
The Mystery of the
Haunted Crossing

A body found at a railroad crossing has locals horrified. The site is considered haunted and to be the same site of a collision between a train and a school bus full of children. Dr. G's challenge is identifying the body ... and that will take nearly two years.

Friday, 9 p.m. ET
Dr. G, Medical Examiner:
A Mother's Love

A horrible accident leaves Shannon Johnson a quadriplegic. Her death while under hospital care appears to be of natural causes until her mother suspects that her daughter was poisoned. An adoption is in jeopardy when an infant suffers a skull fracture.
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