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Is Sugar Slowing Your Weight Loss?

Sugar—it’s that sweet flavor that we all crave from time to time.

Does Your Child Have Abdominal Migraines?

Is your child complaining about stomach pain? One possible cause might surprise you: Abdominal migraines.

High Blood Pressure’s Hidden Risk: Memory Loss

As you get older, it’s inevitable that you’ll experience a bit of memory loss. The brain, just like every other part of your body, will lose some of its ability to function at peak levels. Your full range of cognitive functions – the inner workings of the brain – can begin to slip a little as the years roll by. 

Connection Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline?

Hearing loss affects 30 percent of Americans in their 60s, and that percentage more than doubles for those 70 and older. While it’s one of the most common conditions affecting older adults, some studies indicate that hearing loss can signal an even more serious deterioration—that of cognitive ability.

SADI-S: Newest Weight Loss Surgery Explained

If you are morbidly obese and have health problems like Type 2 diabetes or heart disease, there is a type of bariatric surgery that might be worth exploring.

Do Weight-loss Drugs Cause Unplanned Pregnancies?

You’re watching social media videos, say, and see formerly overweight women crooning about how they got pregnant thanks to weight-loss drugs.

Less-Invasive Weight-Loss Surgery Choices Coming

Does My Child Need Speech Therapy?

Many young children can overcome speech and language delays, but early intervention is key. Parents and their child’s pediatrician need to be vigilant to spot the signs and start age-appropriate therapies.

Does My Teen Have Thyroid Disease?

It could be easy for you to miss that your teen has thyroid disease. Symptoms can be subtle, appear gradually and be mistaken for other conditions. Hormones produced by the thyroid can affect heart rate, energy, metabolism, growth and development – so it’s important to know the signs.

How Much Sleep Does My Baby Need?

It’s 2:00 am, your newborn is crying again and you’re tiredly asking yourself, “But why won’t he just sleep awhile longer?” Getting a newborn on any kind of a sleeping schedule just isn’t going to happen, and for one very good reason — babies less than three months old are frequently waking for feeds and sleeping up to 17 hours a day. For the first three months, new parents must remind themselves that, for the time being, you’re in survival mode.