Researchers may have discovered yet another benefit of breastfeeding for children. The association between breastfeeding and bed-wetting was investigated because both have a relationship to developmental progress in children. Breastfeeding has been...
Natural family planning described by detractors as the rhythm method or Roman roulette is finally beginning to be recognized by the medical establishment as a safe and effective method of contrace ...
The purpose of sterilisation is simply to prevent pregnancy, but there are plenty of non-hormonal methods of contraception that carry less risk. More than half of all women seeking TL aren't adequately informed about less-permanent methods (Eur J...
Europe is the worst region in the world for giving encouragement to new mothers to breastfeed, and where the influence of bottlefeeding has been strongest and most long lasting, according to UNICE ...
The well respected Bristol Cancer Help Centre recommends a range of nutritional supplements. Some of these work through supporting the immune system; others act as anti-oxidants, which means they ...
* Monitor the ears for signs of acute infection. As well as effusion, the sufferer will have fever, pain, irritability and poor appetite, among others. The ear will be very red and hot, with a bulging eardrum;
Two recently released studies which crossed my desk this month make a telling statement about the way that the West has chosen to care for small children in the late Twentieth century. ...
BREAST IS BEST: And here’s another reason why
Picture the scene. Your baby is six months old, and is growing healthily and happily on your breast milk alone.
Around 600,000 babies are born each year in the UK to women considered to be at high risk of having HIV; of these, just 59 are actually born HIV positive. ...
Randall Neustaedter OMD
What Doctors Don't Tell You