Parents are always looking for ways to help their kids get ahead academically. But did you know how you talk to your baby now could sharpen their academic skills later in life?
Once a woman becomes pregnant, there are many risks that she faces during her pregnancy such as reproductive abnormalities, delivering prematurely, chromosomal problems and even miscarriages.
As winter sets in, so do the shorter days with less sunlight. When the days are shorter, the brain produces extra melatonin, making you want to sleep more.
Whether it’s watching fireworks, talking about how vast the universe is, or learning about the largest creatures on the planet, kids’ minds are amazed and awed by so many things.
Parents encourage their kids to eat healthy and exercise to stay physically strong, but what about their mental strength? Here are what parents need to stop doing to raise mentally strong kids.
Online security is a growing issue. In fact, statistics show a hacker attacks every 39 seconds, which is an average of 2,244 times a day! Hackers are predators that can steal, damage, or destroy your most personal info.
Ninety percent of cancer deaths are due to late-stage cancer that has metastasized. Now, a team of researchers believes they have found a way to kill spreading cancer cells and increase survival.
Every eight seconds a baby is born in the U.S. That means almost four million little boys or girls will be born in 2020. For most, the delivery will be textbook, but what if it isn’t?
When it comes to working, the hardest question to ask is “Can I have a raise?” In a recent survey, only 19% of people were happy with what they were bringing home in their paycheck.
Among students age 12 to 18 who reported being bullied during the school year, 15% said they were bullied online or by text. Social scientists are trying to learn even more about the relationship between these encounters and mental health conditions like anxiety and depression.
Don’t share your passwords, don’t give out personal information, and don’t click on links from people you don’t know. These are well-known ways to protect yourself from falling victim to cybercrimes, but there are some seemingly harmless things that you are doing right now that may put you at risk.
Five and a half million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease. It’s a condition that has no cure right now, and very few treatments. Now, in a first-of-its-kind trial, researchers are testing a drug they hope will stop the disease in its tracks before damage begins.
Spring Break is under a month away. Cancun, Panama City Beach, Florida, and South Padre Island, Texas are the most popular destinations, but it isn’t all fun and games.
What’s not to love about being in love? Positive romantic relationships in adulthood have been linked to lower levels of depression and anxiety as well as better physical health! But what’s the secret to a happy adult partnership?
Today, women still handle more household activities than men. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on an average day, 84% of women spend time doing household activities compared to 69% of men. But now, there are high-tech ways to even the playing field when it comes to couples and chores.
Research finds that children who start school behind their peers often stay behind. Now, social scientists are looking at ways parents can encourage an early love of learning to help kids, with a focus on Latino families, reach their full potential when they enter the classroom.
Every minute in the United States, 20 people suffer physical violence at the hands of a loved one. Over 10 million Americans are physically and emotionally abused by the people they love and trust. How do you get yourself or someone you love out of a toxic relationship? And how do you stay out?
The teenage years are a time of monumental change, so parents may be apt to shrug off negativity as a phase. But what happens when a teenager has a chronic conflict with his peers?
The unemployment rate for Americans with disabilities is twice as high as those without. One program is offering young people with special needs a chance to cook up a future career and the recipe is proving to be a success!
Each year, 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate are sold to show your loved one how much you care. Several studies have associated eating dark chocolate with lower risk of heart disease. But that’s not the only thing you can do for your honey’s heart.
The FDA warns about the dangers of going grain-free and damaging hearts. Too much synthetic foods can add to joint pain. Processed foods pack on the pounds.
One in 588 Americans are homeless. Almost 200,000 people will be sleeping on the streets tonight. Now, one woman is using her experience in the tech industry to help change those stats and get people back to work and off the streets.
It is a growing field within healthcare. In fact, some of the top medical and research centers in the country, like Cleveland Clinic, have now established centers for functional medicine.
Today, there are over 100,000 people on the kidney transplant waiting list in the U.S. One woman, already on dialysis, came up with a creative way to find a donor and get the life-saving surgery she needed.
Dating in the 21st century is all about finding the right fit online, but if you’re new to the game - the process can be tricky. From creating an effective profile to understanding the cyber lingo, you might feel overwhelmed.
More than 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression. Now, novel therapies are changing the game when it comes to managing this often-debilitating illness.
Do you snore? Experienced periods where you stopped breathing or awake with dry mouth? It could mean that you aren’t sleeping well and it is leading to sleep apnea, but that can all go away if you change the way you lay.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital have found a potential treatment for hereditary deafness, the same condition thought to have caused Beethoven to lose his hearing. The scientists are using a new gene-editing approach that they say could someday prevent profound he
Retinoblastoma: It’s an aggressive cancer in children that robs them of their sight. Now doctors have found a new way to detect it that may end up saving the child’s eyes and life.
The joy of pregnancy can quickly turn to fear when multiple miscarriages occur, especially when those miscarriages have no explanation. But researchers discovered why a woman’s blood sugar levels may be a factor.
It’s something that many parents may be familiar with --- their kid hates reading or may have anxiety about it. But can that anxiety impact whether they become proficient readers?
Nearly 1.5 million high school students nationwide experience abuse from a dating partner in a single year. Certain factors, such as unstable home life, can put teens at risk for harmful relationships.
Millions of people suffer from age-related hearing loss. It’s just a fact of life for most. While there are options for those who are struggling to hear, a new medicine to treat hearing loss may be on the way.
Kidney stones are a hard calcium mass formed in the kidneys, and sometimes they stay in the kidney and cause no issues. But if they try to pass out of the kidney and get stuck, they can cause extreme pain.
Eyelid surgery is one of the most common types of plastic surgery, but downtime is often a major concern for patients. Now, a new device is showing promising signs to help speed up recovery by decreasing swelling and bruising.
Recovering from abdominal surgery is tough. It takes the average person at least six weeks to get back to work. Now, there’s a new way to manage pain and get patients back to work much faster. The CDC said prescription opioid overuse for pain management costs the U.S. at least $78 billion a year.
Scientists at Vanderbilt University are working on a process that ultimately may allow patients to get test results fast. The process involves automating the duplication process of a person’s DNA to bring those DNA levels up to the point where they can be detected.
Research shows that U.S. military veterans are twice as likely to suffer from ALS as the general public. ALS is a progressive disease, causing muscle weakness or atrophy. What is causing this alarming connection and what is being done to help those who served our country?
It’s one tough subject that parents may be shying away from---- and it’s not the birds and the bees. A new study by the researchers at Sesame Street indicates a majority of parents may not be having a conversation about race, class, or ethnicity with their kids, the factors that make up social ident
Thirty-six thousand people die each year from the flu and more than 200,000 are hospitalized in the United States alone. But certain foods high in vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that help support a healthy immune system.
Navigating your way through any medical issue can be challenging to say the least. Insurance and schedules can get confusing, and sometimes contradictory orders. Who are we to believe there is one solution?
As teen suicide rates rise, experts are trying to know exactly why. Some say it is because teens are under more stress or being unable to escape cyberbullying.
New rules are going into effect this year at the airport. In 2005, the Real ID Act was passed by Congress in order to set standards for state-issued driver licenses and IDs.
The FDA has just given approval to a first-of-its-kind device for patients with heart failure. The Barostim Neo is designed to use the power of the nervous system to help control blood pressure, and it’s making a world of difference for some patients.
Physical therapy to help with his degenerative disc. Steroid injections to treat his psoriatic arthritis. One young high school teacher went from doctor to doctor and diagnosis to diagnosis to find out why his bones were breaking but left with more pain than answers.
Holes in your heart. Blocked valves and narrow arteries. The fact is… if you were born 40 years ago with one of these problems, you probably would not live to be a teenager.
Fermentation is a way to preserve food that’s been around for thousands of years. The process retains nutrients and prevents spoilage. Fermented foods are also advertised as a way to improve your health - but is the hype all true?
About 54 million Americans suffer from the aches and pains of arthritis. Treatments range from pain meds to injections to surgery. But now there’s a new option and it comes from the fluid that surrounds a baby in a woman’s womb.
Dyslexia is a learning disorder that affects areas of the brain that process language. It has no effect on intelligence, so children with dyslexia can grow up to be very successful… just like Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, John Lennon, and Whoopi Goldberg.
Right now, as many as 4,000 people in the United States are waiting for a heart or heart and lung transplant, and more than 25% will die before they get a donor organ.
Every day, about 20 military veterans in the United States die by suicide – more than are lost daily in combat. Many of these veterans develop post-traumatic stress disorder transitioning back to civilian life. A new program is bringing canines and veterans together to save lives.
You’ve heard of helicoptering. Parents that hover too closely over their children. Now in this age of anxiety and uncertainty - a new parenting style has emerged called snowplowing.
Counting out objects in the grocery store, adding up all their toys, subtracting how many cookies they have left. There are lots of math-related activities that parents already do at home with their little ones, but there’s also many more that go beyond counting to one, two, three.
Surgery is a field long dominated by men, but one woman surgeon is on a mission to change that - and for good reason. The U.S. is facing a shortage of general surgeons in the coming years. So, she’s pushing to get more women interested in choosing surgery as a career.
Anyone from babies to seniors can suffer from GERD, a chronic condition that causes acid reflux and heartburn. But did you know, GERD can be an early sign of cancer?
Congress has attempted in the past to pass federal paid leave, and President Trump just announced he will soon sign into law 12 weeks of paid leave for federal employees.
There is no one standard treatment, with medication, occupational therapy and nutritional therapy all among the options. These days, some families are turning to an individualized approach, known as applied behavioral analysis.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports nearly 50 million Americans live with chronic pain, many take opioids to deal with it. Now a new weapon in the fight against pain has some reaching for a virtual reality headset instead of the pill bottle.
Young athletes who play contact sports are at risk for a debilitating back injury. Now a new, minimally invasive procedure is helping them recover and get back in the game.
Studies have shown as many as 30 to 60% of people who take antidepressants do not get adequate relief from depression. Now a team of Philadelphia researchers is looking beyond the head to the gut for answers.
Studies show teens growing up in poverty are more likely to engage in problem behavior and experience poor academic outcomes. But research out of Temple University shows that a family’s home environment can protect against that.
They are like the immune system’s own supercharged superheroes. When a foreign invader attacks the body, the immune system uses antibodies to neutralize the pathogen. Now researchers believe alpacas may hold the key to studying and treating rare diseases.
Technology has changed the way kids today record information in school. Laptops and mobile devices have made typing a more convenient way to log notes and data, but a new study shows it may not be a better way to learn.
When it comes to physical activity, doctors recommend getting at least 30 minutes of physical activity or more a day if you are looking to lose weight. But what are the right foods to eat?
More than 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression. Now, novel therapies are changing the game when it comes to managing this often-debilitating illness.
