It’s long been known that another nutrient, folic acid, lowers the risk of neural tube defects — devastating malformations of the brain and spine, including spina bifida. Now researchers are reporting that women who have low vitamin B12 levels shortly before and after they get pregnant are at significantly…

I’m a generally fit and healthy person but I’m never as conscious about my health as I am when I’m pregnant or planning a future pregnancy. For example, I was on prenatal vitamins 6 months before I even went off my birth control pills. Every time I went to my…

Women who take multivitamins while pregnant lower their risk of having an underweight baby. So concludes a major new study by Canadian researchers that challenges the World Health Organization strategy of recommending iron and folic acid supplements alone. Low birth weight is a leading cause of illness and death…

It is important to clean baby’s gum’s or teeth from its early baby days because like kids and adults, teeth plays a huge and important role in a baby’s life too, as it helps the baby chew its food and form words while speaking. Its also effects the baby’s…

The good news is there are many lifestyle changes that will lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. The combination of a low-saturated-fat, total-fat, and low-cholesterol diet, physical activity, and weight control can have many positive effects on overall health. In addition to lowering the…

Age at menopause, parity and hormone therapy use may have variable effects on disease risk In postmenopausal women, reproductive factors and hormone therapy use may affect the risk of Parkinson’s disease, according to research that will be presented April 25-May 2 at the annual meeting of the American Academy…

Many women falsely believe that a total hysterectomy implies that their ovaries will be removed during the procedure.  Up until recently it was common practice to prophylactically remove ovaries to decrease the risk of ovarian cancer concurrent with hysterectomy for benign disease in women beyond 45 years of age. …