Informational Health Articles

Some medical studies are exciting and have unexpected results, while others seek to find out about things that are already obvious to most people. One new study reports that pregnant...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and "pink ribbon" products are flooding the market once again. Even the White House did its bit for breast cancer awareness, complete with pink...

You'll feel slightly sore after even the most simple, uncomplicated labor and birth. In addition to physical complaints from childbirth, you may also feel tired from a lack of sleep...

You waited for your baby with anticipation during the nine months of pregnancy, and may have been trying to conceive for a good while before that. Now, your sweet baby...

As far as pregnancy signs and symptoms go, cravings are one of the more pleasant ones. According to old wives' tales, a pregnant woman normally craves what her baby needs...

The hospital bag you packed during pregnancy may have included some of your old, pre-pregnancy outfits, but you didn't quite fit into them. Even though you gave birth a month...

Have you been prescribed Clomid? The chances are that, by the time you start using this popular fertility medication, you and your partner have already been struggling with infertility for...

Many breastfeeding mothers experience the nights as being the hardest. While your baby is in the stage to wake up and nurse frequently during the night (and make no mistake...

A Mirena intrauterine device (IUD) is a form of long-term contraception that, as the name suggests, is inserted in the uterus. Mirena is a plastic, T-shaped device that also has...

Are you pregnant and trying to beat smoking? Congratulations! Smoking cigarettes is never a healthy habit, but it is particularly harmful to unborn babies. The consequences of smoking through pregnancy...