Healthy articles

Naturally, we all want to raise happy and healthy kids. However, we all know that communicating with children includes more than just talking to them.

It is estimated that approximately four percent of adolescents get seriously depressive each year. Clinical depression is a serious illness that can affect anybody, including teenagers, altering thoughts, feelings, behavior, and overall health.

There are many people suffering from digestive system problems or disorders, but they have no clear diagnosis. In some cases, they don’t even know what the problem is.

Platitudes can hurt people in pain as much as their illness or loss.

Some people are diagnosed with cancer, are given a short time to live, and against all odds go into remission. The medical profession is finally waking to the fact it doesn't understand everything about cancer because of these exceptional responders.

Ritalin and Adderall are used as long-term treatment for ADHD. The result may be a generation of adults who have poor impulse control. Talk therapy finishes the job that medication starts.

Seasonal affective depression, triggered by the waning daylight of autumn, is a well-known phenomenon. It turns out that bright lights, however, help depression any time of year.

There’s an old joke that Alzheimer’s is something you catch from your teenaged children. However, there is mounting evidence that bacterial and viral infections contribute to age-related cognitive decline.

Taking three or more kinds of antibiotics to fight an infection can raise your risk of a potentially deadly infection with Clostridium after surgery up to twelve-fold. Here's what you need to know to minimize risk.

Gout can strike suddenly and make life hell. Would you recognize the symptoms, and what are the treatment options?