Family Health Articles

For many couples trying to conceive should be a natural process. However, not everything goes as planed and for some couples sometimes it is hard to become pregnant.

Those with longer than average and unpredictable cycles can be happy they don t have to deal with menstruation and all its horrible side effects as often as other women. But what about pregnancy?

Many women struggle to get pregnant while still breastfeeding, but it seems like just as many have an oops and are surprised by a pregnancy they were not planning because they thought breastfeeding would stop them from getting pregnant.

An implantation bleeding is a light show of blood or "spotting" that some newly pregnant women encounter when their fertilized egg nestles into the lining of the uterus. Not every woman who conceived has a noticeable implantation bleeding.

Human height or stature, is the height of a human being where adult height generally varies little between people compared to other anthropometric measures.

Overweight and obesity pose very real health risks to children, but how can parents implement positive changes without introducing their kids to new dangers, including eating disorders?

The advance of IVF has led to an increase in high-risk multifetal pregnancies. Selective reduction aims to reduce those risks by reducing the number of fetuses. What do people about to undergo IVF need to know about the practice of selective reduction?

It can be tough to parent a child with ADHD. Here we outline simple strategies to help you parent your child successfully.

More than 80 percent of women who are at high risk of developing breast cancer don’t take medications that could prevent it.

Sometimes it seems that our kids won't listen. Here, we look at why kids don't listen, and how we can talk so children will listen.