Family Health Articles

Reading books to young toddlers, preschoolers and beyond has many benefits for the whole family. If reading that bedtime story seems like just another chore on your daily list, read...

Does your child need speech therapy? According to researchers, simple tests are able to determine which children will have difficulty acquiring language and will need some extra help as early...

Vasectomy is considered a permanent contraceptive method, but an increasing number of men are choosing to have a vasectomy reversal. How successful are these operations, generally? What can men expect...

Women spend their whole pregnancy looking forward to the birth of their baby, and it's not really surprising that many start to get itchy when they get to about 38...

Assisted reproduction techniques help so many people who would not have been able to have biological children at all, only decades ago. But for many who are told they need...

Children who don't act in accordance with a society's gender stereotypes are not just more likely to be bullied; according to a new study, those kids are also at a...

Menopause symptoms can make a woman's life very hard hot flashes, tender and painful breasts, vaginal dryness and mood swings are only some of the "pleasantries" that come with the...

Chlamydia is a very common sexually transmitted disease. It can be treated easily with a course of antibiotics, but can also lead to serious complications if the patient isn't aware...

A multipara is a woman who has given birth more than once, while a grand multipara has had more than five children. If you are pregnant with again after having...

Permanent birth control options have become more varied and more reliable in recent decades, but vasectomies and tubal ligations are still very popular options for couples who want to make...