Common Questions

Erectile Dysfunction: Common Questions

Ongoing difficulty getting or keeping an erection firm enough for sex.

Everyday Noise Exposure: Common Questions

Loud sound from everyday sources such as power tools, concerts, sporting events, firearms and personal listening devices.

Exercise in Later Life: Common Questions

Activity aimed at maintaining strength, balance and independence from around the sixties onward.

Exercise Motivation: Common Questions

The behavior side of training: starting, and still doing it in six months.

Exercise Recovery: Common Questions

The rest, sleep and nutrition between sessions during which training adaptations actually occur.

Exercise with a Long-Term Condition: Common Questions

Physical activity adapted to a condition rather than avoided because of it.

Exercise with Persistent Pain: Common Questions

Graded physical activity as a core treatment for chronic pain.

Eye Tests: Common Questions

A comprehensive eye exam, which checks your vision and screens for eye disease and signs of some general health conditions.

Fad Diets: Common Questions

Restrictive eating patterns marketed with rapid results and rules rather than principles.

Fall-Proofing Your Home: Common Questions

Simple changes to the home that lower the risk of falls for older adults and young children.

Falls Prevention: Common Questions

Reducing the risk of falling, particularly in adults 65 and older.

Fatigue in Long-Term Illness: Common Questions

Persistent tiredness that is part of a condition rather than a lack of sleep.

Fatty Liver Disease: Common Questions

Fat accumulating in liver cells, now most often called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).

Feet and Diabetes: Common Questions

Daily checking and protection of the feet in anyone with diabetes.

Feet and Exercise: Common Questions

Preventing the foot and ankle problems that come with increasing activity.

Fentanyl Risks: Common Questions

The dangers of illegally made fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid now found in many street drugs and fake pills.

Fertility Awareness: Common Questions

Understanding the fertile window, and when difficulty conceiving warrants assessment.

Fever in Children: Common Questions

A raised temperature in a child, usually from a viral infection that clears on its own.

Fever: Common Questions

A raised body temperature, usually part of the immune response to infection.

Fibromyalgia: Common Questions

Widespread pain with fatigue, disturbed sleep and cognitive difficulty.

Finding a Primary Care Doctor: Common Questions

Choosing a primary care provider — a family medicine, internal medicine or pediatric clinician — who becomes your regular starting point for care.

Finding Substance Use Treatment: Common Questions

How to find help for a drug or alcohol problem, from your doctor and the SAMHSA National Helpline to treatment programs.

Flare Management: Common Questions

Planning in advance for periods when persistent pain temporarily worsens.

Flood Water Safety: Common Questions

Staying safe during and after floods, including the risks of driving and walking through water and of contaminated water.

Flu Vaccination: Common Questions

An annual vaccine updated each year to match circulating influenza strains.

Flu Versus a Cold: Common Questions

How to tell influenza, a potentially serious viral illness, from a common cold caused by other respiratory viruses.

Fluid and Kidney Health: Common Questions

How much to drink for kidney health, and when more is not better.

Flying and Health: Common Questions

The health considerations of air travel, including blood clots, cabin pressure and infection.

Folic Acid Before and During Pregnancy: Common Questions

The synthetic form of folate, a B vitamin the body needs to make new cells, taken as a supplement or eaten in fortified foods.

Food Allergy: Common Questions

An immune reaction to a food protein, ranging from mild to life-threatening.

Food and Water Safety Abroad: Common Questions

Reducing the risk of stomach and gut infections from food and water while traveling.

Food Intolerance: Common Questions

A reproducible adverse reaction to a food that does not involve the immune system.

Food Labels: Common Questions

The Nutrition Facts label, ingredients list and allergen statement required on packaged food.

Food Recalls: Common Questions

Actions taken by a company, usually with the FDA or USDA, to remove food from sale because it may be contaminated, mislabeled or otherwise unsafe.

Foods to Avoid in Pregnancy: Common Questions

Foods and drinks that carry a higher risk of infection, mercury or other harm to a developing baby.

Foot Care in Later Life: Common Questions

Keeping feet comfortable and functional as reaching them gets harder.

Frailty: Common Questions

A state of reduced physical reserve in which a minor illness can cause a large decline.

Frostbite: Common Questions

Injury caused by freezing of the skin and the tissues under it, most often on the fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin.

Fruit and Vegetables: Common Questions

Fresh, frozen, canned, dried and 100% juice forms of plant foods, counted in cup-equivalents on MyPlate.

Fungal Skin Infections: Common Questions

Infections such as athlete's foot, ringworm and nail fungus caused by dermatophytes.