Pregnancy :: Depression often not treated in pregnant women
Many pregnant women with depression are not receiving adequate treatment, if any, for their mental health condition, new study findings show.
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Blood Pressure :: Health Tip – Know Your Blood Pressure
Are your pressure and cholesterol levels within normal range?
Tonsils :: Help your child recover after tonsillectomy
If your child just had a tonsillectomy, it may take a few days for her to feel normal and want to eat regularly again. Here are a few tips from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital on what you should expect before and after the surgery:
Weight Loss :: Computer-automated weight loss counseling works
An Internet-based weight loss program that provides users with automated and tailored behavioral counseling may be as effective in the short-term as an Internet program that incorporates human e-mail counseling, new study findings suggest.
Vitamin D :: Low vitamin D linked to seniors’ risk of falling
Older men and women with vitamin D deficiency are more likely to fall multiple times in the course of a year than their peers with adequate vitamin D levels, researchers in The Netherlands have found.
Eating Disorders :: Study links stress to eating disorder onset
Stress could help trigger the onset of eating disorders, a new study shows.
Pregnancy :: Infants more heavy today than 20 years ago
By examining more than 120,000 children under age 6 in Massachusetts over 22 years, a newly published study shows that young children – especially infants – are now more likely to be overweight.
Weight Loss :: More soda each day increase weight
According to the new report the average American is drinking far more soda and other sugary drinks than ever before and that is why people have gained weight.
Pregnancy :: Pregnant Teens Have Unrealistic Views of Motherhood
Many pregnant teenage girls have unrealistic views of how their lives will be with a new baby, a new study finds.
Cholesterol :: Lipitor reduces stroke risk
In people who have experienced a stroke, but who have no known history of coronary heart disease, beginning regular treatment with the cholesterol-lowering drug atorvastatin soon after the stroke can reduce the risk of recurrent stroke by 16 percent, according to a five-year study led by an international team that includes a researcher at Duke University Medical Center.