Family Health Articles

A research that was conducted at Dublin's Mater Hospital reports there is a rise in the numbers of teenage boys suffering from mumps-related pain.

Depression about encountering secondary infertility after trying to conceive another child is not unexpected. Secondary infertility is the inability to conceive a second child after having the first.

Nausea and vomiting affect at least 50% of women in their first trimester. But for some women, the symptoms last much longer and are much more severe. These women may require hospitalisation for a severe condition called Hyperemesis Gravidarum.

Is every meal-time a battle with your toddler? Here, we explore why your toddler won't eat, and look at what you can do.

HIV medications or antiretrovirals are important drugs for the management of HIV infection. There are many medications that interact with these drugs as well as interactions that occur amongst antiretrovirals themselves. These will be discussed here.

The use of marijuana during pregnancy has been linked with an increased chance of developing labour, fetal and future complications. These complications included premature labour, brain malformations and developmental delays and behavioural changes.

Ovulation kits help women with PCOS know when to have intercourse so that they have maximum chances of conception. Women with PCOS usually cannot rely on the calendar to tell them women they will next be at their highest fertility.

One of the most popular methods for ovulation prediction is using saliva ovulation testers.

For people who cannot conceive a baby, either naturally or with artificial insemination, the only way to make their dream of parenthood come true is by adopting a child.

The reason infertility caused by PCOS is so difficult to treat is that while getting pregnant requires ovulation, the release of the egg from the ovaries, the hormonal signal that triggers ovulation actually begins in the brain.