Once a woman starts menstruating, she should expect to have a period every month or so. However, each woman's body, and therefore period timing, is unique. Once a woman is having regular periods, however, it is not normal to go six months between menstrual cycles. Consult your doctor for medical advice.

Memory is a complex function that involves multiple steps, starting with the input of the stimulus to the brain and ending with independent memory retrieval.

PediaSure is a liquid nutrition supplement promoted to help children who need to gain weight. Whether your child has a medical condition that prevents him from taking in enough calories through a standard diet or is just a picky eater, your pediatrician may recommend PediaSure to boost his calorie intake.

To maintain cardiovascular health, the American College of Sports Medicine recommends getting at least 30 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise on five or more days per week, or at least 20 minutes of vigorous exercise on three or more days per week.

Although ADHD, which stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is a condition commonly associated with children, around eight to nine million adults and four to six percent of Americans have the condition. ADHD begins before the age of seven and often lasts throughout a person’s lifetime.

Women have three main sex hormones--progesterone, estrogen and testosterone. Each of these hormones plays numerous roles in the body, and a healthy balance of the three is important for the body systems to function properly.

Although fasting is medically defined as going without food and drink, you can do a "smoothie fast" by only drinking smoothies for intermittent days to lose weight. To shed pounds, you need to consume fewer calories than you burn off.

Children with attention-deficit disorder and learning disabilities who eat more nutrient-dense foods learn, pay attention and behave better in school than those who eat more sweets, fried foods and salty foods. That's the conclusion of an article published in "Psychiatry Research" in 2012.

Discovering a new lump or bump on your skin can be frightening. When located behind the ear, those bumps could be anything from an infection, such as mastoiditis, to an allergic reaction, such as dermatitis. Only your doctor can diagnose you properly and prescribe the appropriate treatment.

Foot reflexology is based on the premise that there are reflexes in the feet that correspond to all parts of the body and that stimulating these reflexes brings about physiological changes. Reflexology is an ancient healing technique, and evidence that reflexology was first practiced around 2500 to 2300 B.C.

A certain amount of potassium is required by all cells, but too much can be harmful and even fatal. Potassium overdose usually causes no symptoms until the blood potassium rises above 6.5 or 7.0 meq/L. When present, symptoms typically involve the nerves, heart or digestive system.

Hot peppers are delicious, but sometimes the flavor of the pepper is followed closely by a burst of heat that makes your mouth feel like it's on fire. Capsaicin, found in all peppers, is the reason for the burn.