Family Health Articles

Are your kids watching too much TV for your liking, or are they glued to the computer? Time to get active! SteadyHealth has some simple but effective exercise ideas most young children will love.

Choosing where and how to give birth is one of the hardest tasks that pregnant women face. If your pregnancy is low-risk, you may have many options. What should you know about hospital birth, birth center birth, and homebirth?

Pregnancy is preventive of breast and certain other types of cancer. Abortion has a smaller influence on future risk of cancer than was once thought.

Statistics reveal that ADHD is the commonest neuro-developmental disorder afflicting about 11% of all American children. Its prevalence rate has been steadily increasing. But research shows that simply breastfeeding your child can reduce his risk of ADHD.

The dreaded head lice is a common problem affecting both children and adults. Once an infestation occurs, it can spread quickly form one person to another, and it can be difficult to treat. Knowing the truth about lice can make treatment more effective.

You want your child to enjoy the highest possible standard of medical care. How do you go about selecting a pediatrician you can trust?

Most women wear bras thinking that it will prevent their breasts from sagging. Do bras actually prevent breasts from sagging? Read on to find out about a new study which explores the role of bras in preventing sagging of breasts.

A controversial IVF technique that would create babies using the gametes of three separate people — two women and a man — may be a step closer to being realized following the publication of a UK regulating agency's advice. What are the implications?

We all know that a “nose job” or rhinoplasty is the name of the operation performed on the nose to change its shape, its size, or both. Could it be true what we heard some people have experienced, and what might we expect after having a rhinoplasty?

Thanks to the miracles of modern science, many men who would have been unable to father a child can now do so. Whether male infertility problems are physical or sexual in nature, there are options that can help men achieve their dream of fatherhood.