Pregnant before your twentieth birthday - What now?
Teenage pregnancy is a term which stands for a female person younger than 19, being pregnant. In the modern world of Australia, the numbers of teenage pregnancies have decreased significantly...
Respite care models for children
When respite care is mentioned, most of us think about caregivers and individuals who are demented or suffering from some other form of diseases, not being capable of taking proper...
Educate your teenager about internet safety
The teenagers of today cannot imagine their lives without the Internet. It is the crucial point of their multimedia and social experiences; they use it for reading, learning, entertaining themselves...
Natural family planning
About natural family planningNatural family planning involves a group of methods that primarily serve to determine when sexual intercourse will result in pregnancy and when it will not, which basically...
Turner syndrome: Mosaic form of Turner syndrome
What is Turner Syndrome?Turner syndrome is a genetic condition, which is most often characterized by the absence of an entire sex chromosome, also known as monosomy. Healthy individuals have 46...
Drug allergy during pregnancy
Women suffering from certain allergies may experience worsening of the symptoms during pregnancy. This is, for instance, reported in women suffering from allergic rhinitis. In them the symptoms and signs...
The signs and symptoms of type 1 diabetes in children
Type 1 diabetes, or insulin-dependent diabetes is a chronic condition which requires specific treatment and rigorous lifestyle modifications. The disease is associated with high level of glucose in the blood...
Calcium benefits for women
Calcium is one of the major nutrients and the most abundant mineral in the body. Calcium is necessary to build and maintain strong and healthy bones and to support many...
Premature babies facts
Premature babies are those who are born before 37th week of pregnancy. They constantly require special attention and care because they are born before they have developed properly. In the...
Calcium and breast cancer
Breast calcifications are small calcium areas located inside the breast. These are not palpable and can only be detected through X-ray or mammogram scanning. Fortunately, these growths are benign in...