Family Health Articles

When dealing with changing hormones, cramping and other surprises pregnancy may bring along, the last thing that a woman needs to worry about is what can happen after the baby is delivered. A prolapsed uterus is something that a woman can avoid.

When diagnosed with uterine prolapse, in most cases, you will be able to elect to follow a conservative treatment plan to find relief. One of the most popular avenues for treatment is vaginal pessary, but their use is not as simple as you may think.

Having a prolapsed uterus is a burden in itself but when you start hearing gossip about exercise limitations and your new sedentary life, it is no wonder that patients are hysterical when they come to the clinics. Are these restrictions really needed?

Do your vaginal yeast infections keep coming back? Conventional azole antifungals may not work for you, so how do you get rid of vaginal candidiasis and keep it that way?

All those pregnancy hormones place you at a higher risk of yeast infections during pregnancy. Are yeast infections during pregnancy dangerous, and what home remedies and medical treatments for vaginal candidiasis during pregnancy work best?

Up to seven percent of all babies develop a yeast infection known as oral thrush in their first month of life. How can you recognize thrush in babies, and how is oral candidiasis treated in infants?

Did you know that 80 percent of all 10 year-old US girls has already been on a diet, and that a huge number of 10-12 year old children already have worries about their weight? Eating disorders affect our kids, too. Here, we look at what you can do.

When someone thinks about an eating disorder the condition is most commonly associated with women and young girls. However, there are just as many men in the United States as there are women that suffer from some form of an eating disorder.

The eating disorder of binge eating is not typical of the other eating disorders of anorexia or bulimia. Binge eaters aren’t consumed with the ideal body image that tends to drive an anorexic and bulimic.

Healthcare professionals worldwide are advocating the use of probiotics for boosting our health. A recent study suggests that pregnant women should consume probiotics for lowering the risk of allergies in newborns. Read on to learn more about the study.