Health Topics

What is asthma? What can you do to control asthma symptoms? Do you need to see how to use a metered-dose inhaler? If you’re struggling to control your or your child’s asthma, this site can help.

Here, you’ll find useful tips, interactive tools, asthma-related apps, and helpful resources to answer your questions and help you take control. You’ll learn about things like making an asthma action plan, how to learn your asthma triggers, and when to call the doctor. Find out what small steps you can take right now to help improve your quality of life.

Interactive Tools

American Lung Association: What Is Asthma?

A video animation that shows what happens to the lungs during an asthma attack.

Asthma Topics

Know your triggers  

Help your child use a metered-dose inhaler and mask spacer  

Overcome obstacles to taking medicines  

How to overcome treatment obstacles  

Asthma action plan  

Asthma attack 

Helpful Resources

American Lung Association: Focus on Asthma  

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America  

What is diabetes? Are you looking for ways to control your blood sugar or manage your weight? Would you like to eat healthier and be more active? If so, this site can help.

Here you’ll find useful tips, interactive tools, diabetes-related apps, and helpful resources to answer your questions and set health goals. You’ll learn about things like making changes in your lifestyle, important healthcare screenings, and when to call the doctor. Find out about small steps you can take right now to live life well with diabetes.

Diabetes Apps

Would you like to have more energy or lose some weight? Could you benefit from changing your diet or being more active? If you want to take steps towards a healthier you, this site can help.

Here you’ll find useful tips, interactive tools, fitness-related apps, and helpful resources to answer your questions and help you set personal health goals. You’ll learn about things like healthy eating and how to make activity a part of your daily life. A fit body can be in your future. Find out what small steps you can take right now to help improve your quality of life.

Fit Body Apps

Fast Food Calories

Check more than 20,000 menu items from 108 restaurants.

Download Fast Food Calories on the App Store 

MyFitnessPal

Track calories, exercise, and weight each day.

Get MyFitnessPal on Google Play 

Download MyFitnessPal on the App store 

Interactive Tools

BMI Calculator

Learn your Body Mass Index (BMI) and how it may affect your overall health.

BMI Calculator 

How Many Calories Did You Burn?

Let this tool do the math for you while you have fun being active.

How Many Calories Did You Burn? 

Interactive Food Label
Test your knowledge of reading food labels.

Interactive Food Label 

Fit Body Topics

What is a healthy lifestyle? 

Making healthy choices when you eat out 

Healthy eating: Overcoming barriers to change 

Fitness: Getting and staying active 

Fitness: Adding more activity to your life  

Being active when you have health problems 

Helpful Resources

Nourish Interactive 

Choose MyPlate — Healthy Eating Guidelines 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

We all feel down, worried, or overwhelmed at times. But when these feelings last a while, or they stop you from doing daily tasks, it may be time to seek help. Here, you’ll find useful tips, interactive tools, and helpful resources.

When should you call the doctor? You’ll learn about things like managing stress, overcoming depression, treating anxiety, and attention deficit disorder. This site can help you deal with life’s pressures in healthy ways. Find out what small steps you can take right now to help improve your quality of life.

Fit Mind Apps

Calm

Relax and relieve stress with calming music, sounds, and visuals.

Get Calm on Google Play 

Download Calm on the App Store 

Unique Daily Affirmations 

Use this app to manage negative self-talk.

Get Virtual Hope Box on Google Play 

Download Unique Daily Affirmations on the App Store 

Virtual Hope Box

Use a variety of tools to help you relax and cope with stress.

Get Virtual Hope Box on Google Play 

Download Virtual Hope Box on the App Store 

Interactive Tools

What’s Your Stress Level? 

Find out what effect recent life changes may be having on your health.

What’s Your Stress Level? 

Are You Depressed? 

This tool helps you to see if how you’re feeling is a sign of depression.

Are You Depressed? 

Fit Mind Topics

Managing stress  

Ways to relieve stress  

Signs of depression  

Living with depression  

Depression screenings  

Anxiety: Stop negative thoughts  

Should my child take ADHD medicine?  

Helpful Resources

National Institute of Mental Health — Health and Education  

National Institute of Mental Health — Depression  

Medline Plus — U.S. National Library of Medicine — Mental Health and Behavioral Topics  

What is heart disease? What can you do to reduce your risk of heart attack or stroke? Are you looking for ways to lower your cholesterol or control your high blood pressure? If so, this site can help.

Here, you’ll find useful tips, interactive tools, heart health-related apps, and helpful resources to answer your questions and help you take control. You’ll learn about things like making changes in your lifestyle, important health care screenings and when to call the doctor. Find out about small steps you can take to help improve your health.

Heart Disease Apps

Heart Disease Apps

Tells you when it’s time to take your medicine.

Get the Medisafe Pill and Med Reminder on Google Play 

Download Medisafe Medication Management on the App Store 

MyFitnessPal

Track calories, exercise, and weight each day.

Get MyFitnessPal on Google Play 

Download MyFitnessPal on the App Store 

Are You Ready To Quit Smoking?

Answer a few simple questions to find out if you’re ready to quit.

Are You Ready To Quit Smoking? 

Heart Disease Topics

An overview of heart conditions 

Exercising for a healthy heart 

Low-salt diets: Eating out 

High cholesterol: An overview 

High blood pressure 

Heart failure: Checking your weight 

Helpful Resources

American Heart Association: Getting Healthy 

Medline Plus 

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute 

What unique health screenings do women need? What can you do to stay healthy if you’re pregnant or planning to get pregnant? What are your options for birth control? This site can help you get the women’s health and pregnancy resources you need.

Visit our Pregnancy & Women’s Health to learn more about:

• Women’s health information and resources 
• Information about incentives and rewards programs 
• Interactive tools 
• Pregnancy and childbirth-related apps  

Whether you’re thinking about having a baby, pregnant, already a new mom, or you’re not planning to have a baby, we can help you take steps to stay healthy at every stage.

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Is your use of alcohol or drugs affecting your daily life? Is it causing problems at work, at home, or in your relationships? If so, it may be time to seek help. Addiction is a disease, just like diabetes or heart disease.

Here, you’ll find useful tips, interactive tools, and helpful resources. You’ll learn about things like how to spot the signs of drug or alcohol addiction, treatment options, and where to find support. This site can help you take steps to become alcohol and drug free.

Interactive Tools

Do You Have A Drinking Problem?

Learn if your drinking habits are healthy or not.

Do You Have A Drinking Problem? 

Alcohol And Drug Free Topics

Drug problems: Helping someone get treatment 

Alcohol dependence 

How to stop drinking  

Alcohol and drug problems 

Teen alcohol and drug use 

Dealing with teen substance use 

Helpful Resources

Alcoholics Anonymous 

Narcotics Anonymous 

National Institute on Drug Abuse 

Have you ever thought about quitting smoking, chewing, or dipping? How much healthier would you be if you stopped using tobacco? How much money would you save? Making a change can be hard, but you can do it! This site can help.

Here, you’ll find useful tips, interactive tools, and helpful resouarces. You’ll learn about things like how to know if you’re ready to quit, steps you can take to help you break the habit, and where to find support. You can be tobacco-free for good.

Interactive Tools

Are You Ready To Quit Smoking?

Answer a few simple questions to find out if you’re ready to quit.

Are You Ready To Quit Smoking? 

Tobacco-Free Topics

Quitting smoking  

Quitting smokeless tobacco 

Quitting smoking — Temptations and cravings 

Quitting smoking — Preventing slips or relapses 

Tobacco use in teens 

Quitting smoking: Should I use medicine? 

Helpful Resources

Smokefree.gov  

American Lung Association – Stop Smoking  

American Heart Association – Quit Smoking