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Suicide Prevention: Tips For Parents To Help Their Kids

Building your child’s resilience may lower their suicide risk by teaching them how to cope with mental health issues. And surrounding your child with supportive people whom they trust also can help give them the confidence they need to navigate life.

Bellyache or Something More Serious? You Might Have Diverticulitis

If you’re suffering from stomach pain, you might think you have a virus or maybe just ate too much. But there are other symptoms that could point to diverticulitis, a common digestive condition that affects millions of people, particularly those over the age of 40.

Dispelling 9 Myths About Joint Replacement

Healing Your Child with Music Therapy

Can music be the medicine your child needs? The answer most likely is “yes.”

Psych Evaluation Before Weight-Loss Surgery: How It Helps

Planning to have bariatric surgery? Be prepared to go through a psychological evaluation before taking that step. The goal: to increase your chances of achieving long-term weight-loss success.

What To Do if You Have Epilepsy and Want To Have a Baby

While it’s true that epilepsy raises reproductive hurdles for women, they are not insurmountable, thanks to newer anti-seizure medications at well-managed dosages. With a little planning and close medical monitoring, women with epilepsy have every reason to expect successful pregnancies ending with healthy babies.

What To Expect if Your Child Needs a Colonoscopy

You might think colonoscopies are only for older adults to screen for cancer. But children sometimes have the procedure, too, to diagnose causes of abdominal pain, chronic diarrhea, rectal bleeding and unexplained weight loss.

What Is the Best Type of Breast Implant After a Mastectomy?

After a mastectomy as part of your breast cancer treatment, you might choose to have breast reconstruction surgery. You’ll want a breast that looks realistic and won’t need to be replaced after a short time. Which is the better choice: saline or silicone breast implants?

Keeping Baby Safe: Steps To Keep Bad Bacteria Out of Breast Pumps, Bottles and Formula

Mothers have safely fed newborns pumped breast milk, and formula, for ages. But recent reports about two infants who died after getting a bacterial infection – likely from powdered formula, a baby bottle or breastfeeding equipment -- have some new moms scared.

Not Feeling Well? Don’t Rely on Dr. Google To Diagnose Your Condition

You’ve had a pounding headache for hours, and you start to worry. So you go online and look up your symptoms. That’s when the panic sets in: You have brain cancer.