Overview There aren’t many hard and fast rules about what not to do during your pregnancy, beyond abstaining from alcohol and drugs, of course. For the most part, you can continue with most of your prepregnancy life. But because the health and safety of your growing baby is essential, here’s a list of 11 things to avoid while… Read More »
Overview An ear infection occurs when a bacterial or viral infection affects the middle ear — the sections of your ear just behind the eardrum. Ear infections can be painful because of inflammation and fluid buildup in the middle ear. Ear infections can be chronic or acute. Acute ear infections are painful but short in duration. Chronic ear… Read More »
Various factors can cause a low milk supply during breast-feeding, such as waiting too long to start breast-feeding, not breast-feeding often enough, supplementing breastfeeding, an ineffective latch and use of certain medications. Sometimes previous breast surgery affects milk production. Other factors that can affect milk production include: Premature birth Maternal obesity Pregnancy-induced high blood pressure Poorly controlled insulin-dependent… Read More »
If you have been diagnosed with epilepsy, you will have many questions. One of the first will probably be, “How can my epilepsy be treated?” There is no single answer to this question. That is because doctors have identified hundreds of different epilepsy syndromes, which involve many different types of seizures. Your epilepsy may be inherited, or it may not. One study… Read More »
I almost put rice in my coffee maker. It feels very odd, going through my morning routine without my contact lenses. With a prescription of –3.0 in both eyes, I’m fine around the house, really. But the packs of coffee and rice on the top shelf of my cupboard are dangerously similar. The world is covered by a veil… Read More »
Overactive bladder describes a combination of symptoms that can include a frequent urge to urinate and waking up at night to urinate. Causes can include weak muscles, nerve damage, use of medications, alcohol or caffeine, infection, and being overweight. Lifestyle changes may help. Overactive bladder is a combination of symptoms that can cause you to need to urinate… Read More »
Your thyroid creates and produces hormones that play a role in many different systems throughout your body. When your thyroid makes either too much or too little of these important hormones, it’s called a thyroid disease. There are several different types of thyroid disease, including hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, thyroiditis and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. The thyroid gland is a small organ… Read More »
Your doctor will most likely ask about your medical history and menstrual cycles. You may be asked to keep a diary of bleeding and nonbleeding days, including notes on how heavy your flow was and how much sanitary protection you needed to control it. Your doctor will do a physical exam and may recommend one or more tests… Read More »
Milk is a delight for our health as it can keep you fit inside and out. But that’s not all. It is also a natural beauty enhancer that keeps your skin radiant and flawless overtime. It is enriched with vital vitamins that are beneficial for your skin. Vitamin A in milk helps to treat dryness and flaky skin, while its rich… Read More »
Drawing on fieldwork and interviews from South India (Kerala), the author analyzes married women’s experiences of stigma when they are childless and their everyday resistance practices. As stigma theory predicts, childless women deviate from the “ordinary and natural” life course and are deeply discredited, but contrary to Goffman’s theory, South Indian women cannot “pass” or selectively disclose the… Read More »