Ever since the dawn of man, women have been getting pregnant and having babies and for many centuries, pregnancy was a time of great difficulty and high mortality rates for both mothers and their babies. During those centuries, most of the advice to pregnant moms was passed down from their mother and grandmother. Moms and
First, take a deep breath. Do not panic. Chances are, almost everybody who is reading this article does not have measles. But you may want to know what to do if that statistical outlier is you (or your child). Know the most common early symptoms Measles is most famous for its rash of tiny red
Over the years, I’ve been amazed at the extreme measures some people go through just to enhance or preserve their appearance. The most common measure is some form of cosmetic surgery. According to one source, there were 17.7 million cosmetic procedures performed in the US in 2018. Of those, 1.8 million were surgical procedures and
Owning a pet increases human interaction and combats the increasing health concerns around loneliness, prompting some researchers Tuesday to suggest the government should do more to encourage it. Researchers released new data Tuesday that show about 40% of people support a government push to increase interaction with pets. The research was presented at the first Summit on Social Isolation and Companion Animals by Mars
There have been hundreds of news reports about the importance of getting a full night’s sleep. For adults, it has been recommended that regular sleep runs no less than 7 hours and no more than 9 hours. For teenagers the recommendation, at least from many reports, runs about 1-2 hours more than adults. A number
Perhaps your primary care doctor has recommended you exercise more, or you’ve had a recent health scare. Maybe your family’s been nagging you to get off the couch or you’ve decided yourself that it’s time to lose some weight. How do you find the motivation, time and resources to get fit, particularly if you haven’t
Sunscreen is the most important step in your skincare routine, believe it or not. Products with SPF+ protects our sensitive skin against the sun’s harmful ultaviolet rays, UVA and UVB. Only UVB rays are actually responsible for sunburn, so if you’re someone that doesn’t burn easy, don’t swear off sunscreen just yet. UVA rays are the
MANY kids living with asthma think that they’re using their inhalers correctly – when they’re not, experts have warned. Because of that, they’re putting themselves at risk from a potentially deadly asthma attack. Lots of children are at risk from asthma attacks due to incorrect inhaler technique. A new study published in the American College
Kerry Wright didn’t feel hungry. Not in the way you might expect. Her tummy grumbled, yes, she could hear it. She just couldn’t feel it. She called it “starvation mode”. Wright, a mother of three living in Aberdeen, had hit a low point. But she needed to provide for her children, who then were just
A lot of physical things change as we get older. We lose muscle mass and tone. Our skin loses some of its elasticity and the outer layers thin. For many of us, men and women, our hair gets thinner in diameter and thinner in covering our head and other areas. Many tend to see their
