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 »
Children under 2 years of age should not be given any kind of cough and cold product that contains a decongestant or antihistamine because serious and possibly life-threatening side effects could occur. Reported side effects of these products included convulsions, rapid heart rates and death. What about older children? When giving cough and cold medicine to children over… Read More »
‘Pins and needles’ (paresthesia) is a sensation of uncomfortable tingling, prickling, itching or skin crawling usually felt in the hands or feet. The affected area is sometimes said to have ‘fallen asleep’.A common cause of pins and needles is leaning or lying awkwardly on an arm or leg, which either presses against the nerves or reduces the blood… Read More »
You only need about 340 to 450 extra calories a day, and this is later in your pregnancy, when your baby grows quickly. This isn’t a lot — a cup of cereal and 2% milk will get you there quickly. It’s important is to make sure that the calories you eat come from nutritious foods that will help… Read More »
While Einstein was not a neuroscientist, he sure knew what he was talking about in regards to the human capacity to achieve. He knew intuitively what we can now show with data—what it takes to function at your cognitive best. In essence: What doesn’t kill you makes you smarter. Not so many years ago, I was told by… Read More »
The use of alternative medicines and dietary supplements is constantly changing, as are dietary habits. One example of this phenomenon is the current popularity of ginger products as an everyday health boost. Ginger and licorice has also been shown to ameliorate nausea a common complaint in early pregnancy. Alternative medicines are often regarded as safe. However, they might… Read More »