Health Tools

Everyone knows that alcohol impairs your thinking and ability to drive, but have you ever wondered how alcohol affects your body? Discover the harmful effects of alcohol on the body's organs.

Sometimes it's good to be a quitter! The Cigarette Burndown interactive tool wants to encourage smokers to give up cigarettes. This informational tool explains the ingredients found in a cigarette, illustrates the harmful effects, and shares the benefits for quitters.

Many people use meditation to help reduce stress and tension, but studies suggest meditation may help ease symptoms of physical and mental conditions. Even just a few minutes a day can help. Got a moment to recharge?

Did you know that more than 20 million Americans older than 40 have cataracts? And nearly 3 million people a year have cataract surgery in the U.S.? A new tool helps you understand many different conditions and diseases of the eye. You get to see first-hand what it would be like to see through the eyes of someone with conditions such as cataracts, colorblindness and more!

According to the MDA, there is no single disease called muscular dystrophy. The term designates a group of hereditary muscle-destroying disorders, which vary in inheritance pattern, age of onset, initial muscles attacked and rate of progression.