Breast and nipple stimulation, such as the use of a breast pump, is a popular drug-free strategy used to stimulate labor. While it may help, this option should only be used if approved by your health care team.
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Colds occur as often as 8 times per year in young children, and no parent wants the little one feeling under the weather for long.
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From the first menstrual period through the onset of menopause, women occasionally experience vaginal bleeding or spotting at unexpected, random times. While many of these irregularities are no cause for concern, the numerous "what-ifs" that accompany premenstrual spotting can leave a woman feeling uncertain.
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Birth control pills suppress your menstrual cycle and the accompanying production of female hormones from your reproductive system by supplying them in pill form. This hormonal suppression means you have the benefit of determining when your period occurs by altering how you take your birth control pills.
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When birth control pills first hit the scene, doctors recommended that women delay beginning their use until the start of their next period.
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Since well before the advent of modern medicine, people used plants and other nature-derived remedies to treat and cure all sorts of maladies and illnesses. Papaya, a fruit grown in the tropical regions of Southeast Asia and the Americas, has long been purported to aid the digestive tract.
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Dietary fiber, defined as edible but nondigestible carbohydrate-based material, is available naturally in many plants, vegetables, cereals and grains, playing an important role in gastrointestinal health. The average American is deficient in fiber, which includes both the soluble and insoluble types.
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Experiencing a cough while pregnant can cause physical discomfort and generate concern. When simple measures, like sucking on cough drops or sipping hot tea, fail to suppress a cough, some mothers-to-be seek relief with over-the-counter or prescription cough medicine.
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The flu, caused by the influenza virus, is an unfortunately common illness characterized by symptoms such as sore throat, body aches, muscle pain, fever, chills, fatigue and cough. Dizziness that accompanies the flu is most often related to dehydration.
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Although a mother-to-be and her unborn child share many things during pregnancy, the common cold is not one of them. Common cold viruses typically pose no threat to a developing baby in the womb. Mother, however, is more prone to catch a cold during pregnancy, and symptoms are likely to last longer and be more intense.
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Home blood pressure monitoring is an important component of managing high blood pressure, and is recommended by the American Heart Association, the American Society for Hypertension and other medical organizations. Taking a manual blood pressure reading is a simple yet significant task.
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