Home
|
Patient & Visitor Info
|
Maps & Directions
|
Careers
|
Contact Us
|
Find a Physician
Search
Our Hospitals
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Cottage Children's Hospital
Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital
Our Services
Children's Hospital
Eye Center
Heart & Vascular Center
Imaging & Radiology
Neuroscience Institute
Oncology
Orthopedics Center
Outpatient Services
Rehabilitation Hospital
Residential Center
Transfer Center
Trauma Center
Weight-Loss Surgery
Women's Services
Wound Management Center
All Medical Services
Education & Resources
Education & Research
Online Health Info
Reeves Medical Library
Residency Programs
News & Events
News and Publications
Cottage Calendar
Classes, Lectures, Seminars
Screenings & Health Fairs
About Cottage
122 Reasons
Mission & Vision
A Greener Cottage
Administrative Team
Board of Directors
Medical Staff
Clinical Quality
Maps & Directions
Contact Us
2011-Year in Review
Get Involved
Make a Donation
Supporting Cottage
Building for the Future
Healing Arts
Careers
Blood Donation
Volunteering
Residency Programs
EDUCATION & RESEARCH
ONLINE HEALTH INFO
<<
REEVES MEDICAL LIBRARY
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
Cottage Health System
400 West Pueblo Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
805.682.7111
Diseases & Conditions <<
Conditions InDepth
Procedures
Women
Men
Seniors
Kids & Teens
Health Tools
Medical Cabinet
Print
|
SEARCH
|
Send-to-Friend
<< Health Info Home
<< Información de la Salud
Men's Health Archive
En Español (Spanish Version)
Everyday Health Choices
All forms of smoking are bad for you
Alternative therapies to quit smoking
Animals and your health: the benefits of pet ownership
Antioxidants and your health
Are cellular phones dangerous to your health?
Avoiding foods that cause heartburn
Avoiding gas-producing foods
Bladder infections Happen for Men Too
Can marriage help you live longer?
Can zinc win the cold war?
Choose the best insect repellent
Colon cleansing: don't be misled by the claims
Computing in comfort
Control the craving to smoke
Dealing with eyestrain
Diabetes and alcohol: caution when mixing
Diabeties and foot care
Donating blood: giving the gift of life
Do-it-yourself pain relief
Eat well, exercise well, be well: dietary and fitness guidelines
E-cigarettes: a safe substitute for smokers?
Getting to know your healthcare providers
Gluten-free MyPlate
Grillmasters get a food safety lesson
Health info: separating fact from fiction
Health screening for men: why and when you should go to the doctor
Help for hip pain
Hernias: Causes and treatment options
How much do you know about triglycerides?
How to choose a primary care doctor
How to floss
How to live to be 100
Iron
Is it a cold? Or is it the flu? And what do you do?
Is it heartburn or a heart attack?
Jaw pain: it's not "just stress"
Limb loss in Iraq puts focus on high-tech prosthetics
Men's health matters
Men's health myths from Viagra tales to hair growth legends
No more sleepless nights: dealing with insomnia
Office health hazards
Optimizing your triglycerides
Ordering your own lab tests
Quitting smoking after a heart attack
Reasons to quit smoking
Shift workers: solutions for sleep problems
Should you take part in a clinical trial?
Skin self-exam (SSE)
Smoking cessation drugs: nicotine replacement products
Support for smokers wanting to quit
Surgery at the doctor's office: what you need to know
Telemedicine: the next medical frontier
Testicular self-exam (TSE)
The benefits and drawbacks of home test kits
The benefits, risks, and uncertainties of soy for lower blood cholesterol
The importance of counting carbs if you have diabetes
Tips for controlling your asthma
Tips for safely buying medications online
Treating latex allergy
True or false: your heart stops beating when you sneeze (and other common beliefs about sneezing)
The benefits of soy for cardiovascular disease
Tips for getting good sleep
Using online medical consults
What is the glycemic index?
What to eat if you have diabetes
What you don't know about excess iron could kill you
What's the hang-up about cellular phones?
When and how to get a second opinion
When food doesn't taste good
Why it is important to quit smoking if you have heart failure
Prevention Practice
Avoiding foods that cause heartburn
Can your pet make you sick?
Colon cleansing: don't be misled by the claims
Could you have pre-diabetes?
Don’t be afraid of colorectal cancer screening
Emphysema: how you get it, and how to fight it
Everything you need to know about hernias
Fighting flatulence
Fighting prostate cancer: eat your way to victory
Home safety for people with Huntington's disease
Homocysteine and heart disease
How defibrillators in public places can save lives
How to keep motion sickness at bay
How to prevent vision problems
How to safely dispose of medications
Is it heartburn or a heart attack?
Isolation precautions
Lowering heart disease risk is more than just lowering your cholesterol number
New recommendations to help prevent high blood pressure
Occupation and cancer risk
Preventing errors and infections during surgery: steps for hospital staff and patients
Preventing infections in hospital: steps for hospital staff and patients
Progress in stroke prevention
Prostate screening choices
Protect your skin: how to avoid sun exposure
Skin self-exam (SSE)
Sun protection from your clothes?
Taking care of your back
Testicular cancer strikes young
The immune system and organ transplant: what you should know
Total body CT scanning: a way to look for disease?
Treating latex allergy
Weight loss: what are your options?
What does it really mean to have prediabetes?
Your heart health: what family history tells you
Medical Treatment
Alternative therapies for allergies
Anatomy of a gallstone
Andropause: do men go through menopause, too?
Antibiotics: to prescribe or not prescribe?
Appendicitis: what you need to know
Can surgery bring your hair back?
Can we predict and prevent schizophrenia?
Cardiac stress test (Exercise tolerance test)
Cholesterol and your heart: what's new?
Coping with diarrhea related to chemotherapy
Could you have pre-diabetes?
Correcting vision with refractive eye surgery
December 2006: policosanol for high cholesterol? maybe not.
Dealing with conjunctivitis
Drugs that may lead to heart damage
Dystonia movement disorders
Emphysema: how you get it, and how to fight it
Fighting colon cancer: one man's story
High blood pressure linked to inflammation
Hospital stays: what you need to know
How to choose a surgeon and hospital for major surgery
How to floss
Implantable defibrillators save lives
Islet-cell transplants: the end of insulin shots?
Olmesartan to lower blood pressure
Organ donation: the gift of life
Osteoporosis, breast cancer, and eating disorders: not just for women
Osteoporosis in men: more common than you may think
Propecia, the baldness pill: does it work?
Protective isolation: what is it and why do I need it?
Statin drugs: not just for high cholesterol?
Stuttering can be stopped
Surviving a heart attack: timing is crucial
Taking care of your diabetes when you are away from home
Taking care of your diabetes when you are at school or work
Taking care of your diabetes when you are sick
Taste and smell disorders
Testicular cancer: curing the most common young men's cancer
Tips for coping with mouth, gum, and throat problems related to radiation therapy
Traveling for treatment: weighing the risks of medical tourism
Ulcers and the bacteria that causes it
What can I do about kidney disease?
What can you do about a deviated septum?
What you need to know about managing lupus
When a loved one has chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia
Why you should be smoke-free for surgery
Sexual Health and Behavior
A guide to flirting and dating
Behind the scenes: maximizing male fertility
Erectile dysfunction: a concern for men with diabetes
Lupus and intimacy
Penile implants: a treatment for impotence
Restoring sexual function after prostate surgery
Sex addiction
Sperm banking: fertility options for men undergoing cancer treatment
The long and short of condoms
True or false: the style of a man’s underwear affects his fertility
Weighing the pros and cons of vasectomy
Viagra won't make you a young stallion (and other men's health myths)
Mental Health
Battered men: the painful truth
Can we predict and prevent schizophrenia?
Depression in men: how is it different?
How men grieve
Symptoms of depression in men
Understanding binge eating disorder in men
Sports and Exercise
Heart healthy physical activity
Choosing the right athletic shoe for you
Diet and exercise to help you quit smoking
Exercise for chronic disease relief
Heels that hurt
Interview with an Ironman
Strengthening your muscles
Tinea cruris: a.k.a. jock itch
Walk this way to fitness
Winter sports safety
Lifestyle
A pregnancy survival guide for men
Achieving and maintaining a healthful weight
Andropause: do men go through menopause, too?
Animals and your health: the benefits of pet ownership
Become a link in the chain of cardiac survival
Body hair removal for men
Business travel blues: something stressful in the air
Creating a healthy sleep routine
Dads and daughters: strengthening the bond
Driver beware: certain medications can impair your ability behind the wheel
Do it yourself dangers
Fighting flatulence
Firearm safety
Hair loss: can skin ever be "in"?
Having a baby: the man's role
Job-related weight gain: battling the bulge at work
Napping: medicine for the weary
Prepare for winter driving
Reducing risks when you have heart disease
Resolving conflicts at work and at home
Safe bet: seat belts improve your odds
Safety tips for buying a car
Sharing the holidays with your significant other
Sizzling ways to stop smoking
Smoking cessation drugs: nicotine replacement products
Snuffing out smokeless tobacco use
Taking off those holiday pounds
The new dads' survival kit
Tips for controlling your asthma
Tips to help you stop smoking
Personal Stories
In his own words:
Living with alcoholism
Living with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Living with bipolar disorder
Living with coronary artery disease
Living with celiac disease
Living with eczema
Living with gout
Living with impotence
Living with insomnia
Living with irritable bowel syndrome
Living with low back pain
Living with narcolepsy
Living with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Living with prostate cancer
Living with rosacea
Living with stroke
Living with testicular cancer
Beating testicular cancer: one man's story