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Once you find out you’re pregnant, staying healthy becomes a priority, and most moms-to-be focus on eating right. But don’t forget exercise, which reaps many benefits for you and your growing baby.

If your anxiety is climbing and you don’t know why, your hormones could be the culprit. Hormonal changes in a woman’s life have many side effects, including potentially drastic changes in mood and anxiety.

Some diseases and disorders announce their presence through painful or obvious symptoms. But others lurk quietly in your body, silently damaging your health and eroding your ability to enjoy life.

Many families are struggling to keep fit, especially with jobs and schoolwork increasingly taking place on screens at home. Because of physical distancing requirements, there aren’t as many opportunities for school team sports, and kids doing virtual learning aren’t getting PE classes at school. Think about how a brief walk to the school bus stop a few streets over and even walking between classes counts as daily exercise. Going from your bedroom to your computer hardly comes close as a substitute! 

Kids discover their world through play, and it’s essential to their development. Taking a break from the structure of school or daycare to explore their creativity and build key skills can have a profound impact on a child’s mental and physical health. 

Your kids likely have spent much of this past year camped in front of computer screens for virtual school, video chats and games — and not enough time running around in the great outdoors. But now that Florida’s weather has turned more pleasant, you may have more opportunities to prod them off the couch and back outside where exercise, sports and friends await. But has all that time inside left them vulnerable to injury? Even if your kids haven’t been doing the virtual school thing — and have remained active in recess, gym and sports — there are things you can do or encourage to reduce their risk of pulled muscles, twisted ankles and broken bones. 

Sinus infections, migraine headaches and tooth decay are among the many causes of temporary facial pain. But a searing jolt like an electric shock triggered by the lightest touch or movement may signal a more lasting problem caused by damage to a facial nerve.

Your brain, like the muscles in your body, needs exercise to stay in shape. Without it, you increase your risk for a decline in your cognitive skills, including memory, reasoning and attention.

If you’re female and 50 or older, you have a 50/50 chance of breaking a bone due to osteoporosis or osteopenia. You might be intrigued by claims that you can increase your bone strength by using special weight-lifting machines in short bursts of time. There’s one snag: Doctors don’t know yet if these programs work.

When you’re facing surgery, you want the experience to be as painless as possible, with the shortest recovery period. Minimally invasive surgery, which is any procedure where the doctor relies on a laparoscopic, robotic or endoscopic approach, shortens hospital stays from days to hours and helps you get back to work and daily life faster.