Healthy articles

When we take a pill or submit to another medical exam, we do so in the belief that they are necessary and for our benefit. But recent research suggests that we might as well pop a sugar pill, rather than undergo some of our most popular treatments.

Women with vague symptoms - such as fatigue, general aches, and acid indigestion - are likely to be told they're just "stressed". However, the truth could be devastating, even potentially-deadly.

Most people believe young children are extremely tough, healing quickly from injuries. But new research suggests that one bump to the head could affect your child for the rest of their life.

Did you just find out you are pregnant... after breaking up with your partner? Folks who stumble upon that situation are bound to have a bunch of mixed feelings.

What if I told you there was a new no-surgery option that could help you lose weight and beat Type 2 Diabetes. You'd probably call me a "dirty liar". But the EndoBarrier is already here and helping patients in trials across the UK.

The desire to try for a baby opens all kinds of new questions up. Working on better health is one of the most common steps couples take. What about your weight? What is the ideal BMI for trying to conceive?

You may need to be fit and healthy to maximize your fertility, but no amount of exercising and folic acid will get you pregnant if you don't have intercourse at the right time of the month.

Though healthy, fertile couples who have sex every day actually have a 37 percent chance of getting pregnant during any one cycle, an awful lot needs to go right for fertilization to occur.

Combined oral contraceptives also known simply as "the pill" are still among the most popular birth control methods in the world. If you are currently using the pill, but are planning to try to conceive in the near future, are there any special rules?

Figuring out when you are fertile and thus, when you should have intercourse could just be the single trickiest thing about trying to conceive.