Health Expert Eileen Bailey shares health management news and commentary at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1443/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1443/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1443/index http://www.healthcentral.com/skin-care/c/1443/150137/healthy-skin-sex Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:00:15 -0500 Eileen Bailey Throughout February, writers from many of HealthCentral's communities are writing about sex, romance and the other relationships in your lives and how they interact with your condition. Check out our special Valentine's Day area - new posts will be added every week!   We  often talk about how eating right, getting a good night's sleep, protecting your skin from the sun and creating a skin care regimen can help you have healthy skin.... http://www.healthcentral.com/skin-care/c/1443/150137/healthy-skin-sex http://www.healthcentral.com/sexual-health/c/1443/150111/valentine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:32:58 -0500 Eileen Bailey Throughout February, writers from many of HealthCentral's communities are writing about sex, romance and the other relationships in your lives and how they interact with your condition. Check out our special Valentine's Day area - new posts will be added every week!" Next week, Valentine's Day will once again roll around and romance will be in the air.   Everywhere, you will see, hear and read about love stories. If you are in a new... http://www.healthcentral.com/sexual-health/c/1443/150111/valentine http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1443/150103/relationship Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:31:00 -0500 Eileen Bailey Throughout February, writers from many of HealthCentral's communities are writing about sex, romance and the other relationships in your lives and how they interact with your condition. Check out our special Valentine's Day area - new posts will be added every week   For those with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) or other types of anxiety, fear and worry can negatively impact many aspects of your life and relationships are no exception.... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1443/150103/relationship http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/1443/150079/relationships-attract Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:46:00 -0500 Eileen Bailey This month, many of the experts here at HealthCentral are writing about love, sex and relationships and how different medical conditions may impact these areas of your life. Check out our special Valentine's Day area - new posts will be added every week! There is a theory that we are attracted to our opposites; that we seek out those who complement us, fill in our weaknesses.  While there is no scientific evidence to support this theory,... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/1443/150079/relationships-attract http://www.healthcentral.com/sexual-health/c/1443/149846/infertility Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:22:54 -0500 Eileen Bailey Approximately 15 percent of all couples struggle with infertility and about one-third of those originate from problems with the male in the relationship and another one third are a combination of male and female issues according to FamilyDoctor.org. Infertility is when a couple is unable to get pregnant after having unprotected sex for one year or more; for women over 35 this would be six months.   Male infertility is most often caused by... http://www.healthcentral.com/sexual-health/c/1443/149846/infertility http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1443/149845/anxiety-behavioral Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:18:00 -0500 Eileen Bailey For anyone with anxiety or depression, the term cognitive behavioral therapy is bound to come up. This type of therapy has been found to be as effective in medication in the short-term for overcoming symptoms of both anxiety and depression and more effective than medication in the long-run because you learn new ways of coping with your feelings that you can continue to use for years.   Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is based on the idea... http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/1443/149845/anxiety-behavioral http://www.healthcentral.com/autism/c/1443/149844/asperger-dating Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:14:21 -0500 Eileen Bailey As parents, we look to our children's teen years with mixed emotions. On one hand, we look forward to watching them grow into adults, navigating relationships with friends and romantic partners and on the other hand, we dread that time, worrying about failed relationships, broken hearts and the inevitable missteps. But for parents of Aspies, this time is even more confusing. Our children struggle with any social interaction and although many... http://www.healthcentral.com/autism/c/1443/149844/asperger-dating http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/1443/149843/proposed-diagnostic Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:11:00 -0500 Eileen Bailey In the news lately there has been a great deal of attention paid to the proposed changes in the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) for autism. Specifically, the term Asperger's disorder is being considered obsolete and may be included under the umbrella term of autism spectrum disorders, causing a bit of an uproar in the Asperger's community.   The new DSM is published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The last... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/1443/149843/proposed-diagnostic http://www.healthcentral.com/skin-cancer/c/1443/149629/cancer-color Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:06:42 -0500 Eileen Bailey It is often thought that people with skin of color are naturally protected from skin cancer and while it is true their risk of developing skin cancer is lower than Caucasians, they can still get skin cancer. This misunderstanding of the risks is also the most dangerous for people with skin of color. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, only 59 percent of people with skin of color survive for five years after being diagnosed with melanoma, as... http://www.healthcentral.com/skin-cancer/c/1443/149629/cancer-color http://www.healthcentral.com/skin-care/c/1443/149627/wash-face Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:41:11 -0500 Eileen Bailey I know, you have been washing your face most of your life, all by yourself and are pretty sure you know how to do it. But to best take care of your skin and keep it healthy, the following steps to washing your face can help.Wash your face at night, before going to bed. First, before washing your face, wash your hands. It doesn't make sense to wash your face using your hands which have spent the day touching all different surfaces and have... http://www.healthcentral.com/skin-care/c/1443/149627/wash-face