Family Health Articles

Thinking seriously about a healthy diet is essential for anyone and whether you're trying to conceive or already raising kids, your little one's diet is especially important.

You have probably heard that antibiotics interact with the birth control pill in a way that may cause your contraception to fail. Many women who are on the pill are worried about this, while others are simply curious.

Millions of African teenagers who were infected with HIV in the womb are now becoming sexually active at the same time as the medications they have been taking are becoming less and less effective.

Are you and your partner trying for a baby? If you have immersed yourself into the world of "TTC", you will no doubt have noticed that most articles and books are directed at women and specifically related to the female body.

Are you trying to get pregnant? Sex matters. The more you do it, the higher your chance of getting pregnant.

Having a premature baby is hard, especially if that little preemie is cared for at a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Your health matters like never before when you are trying to conceive. You are, after all, trying to create new life and then to sustain it for 38-40 weeks.

Women with vague symptoms - such as fatigue, general aches, and acid indigestion - are likely to be told they're just "stressed". However, the truth could be devastating, even potentially-deadly.

Most people believe young children are extremely tough, healing quickly from injuries. But new research suggests that one bump to the head could affect your child for the rest of their life.

You may need to be fit and healthy to maximize your fertility, but no amount of exercising and folic acid will get you pregnant if you don't have intercourse at the right time of the month.