Family Health Articles

Whether you are a vegetarian hoping to get pregnant or the parent of a child who suddenly decided to stop eating meat, you may have concerns about your child's health. Rest assured that you can raise healthy children on a vegetarian diet.

With oxytocin used as an early intervention treatment for autistic kids, synthetic oxytocin stands the chance of being the revolutionary treatment for autism

Spanish researchers have found that when twin pregnancies are created by In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), the stronger embryo actually helps the weaker one survive. There is a higher live birth weight from IVF when there are twin pregnancies.

Pregnancy should not deter obese women from watching their weight. Contrary to popular belief, research shows that obese women can maintain their weight or even lose some pounds safely during their pregnancy without jeopardizing the health of the fetus.

Driven by various kinds of pressure and unable to cope with the hormonal changes going inside the body, more and more teenaged girls are resorting to self harm. The condition may continue into adulthood and give rise to suicidal tendencies, experts fear.

Mothers with any form of serious mental illness are more likely to have children who are stillborn or who die within the first month.

Some professionals refer to a post partum period as 'fourth trimester'. It is a time, when woman adjusts, both physically and psychologically, to the process of childbearing.

More than 85% of women who have delivered a child, experience some sort of mood disturbance. For most women, the symptoms are moderate and last for a short period of time, however, between 10-15% of women develop more serious symptoms of depression.

Are you simply overwhelmed by the demands of new motherhood, or could you be suffering from postpartum depression?

Postpartum psychosis is postpartum depression gone wild — complete with hallucinations and delusions. How can you recognize its symptoms, and how can these severe psychiatric disorder be treated?