27 costumes that are cheap and easy to make

Want the homemade look for your kid's costume, but don't have time to DIY? Pick one of these beautiful costumes, made by Etsy artists. by Lauren Passell

Psychological violence by an intimate partner during pregnancy, independent of physical violence, has been linked to a higher risk of developing postnatal depression, also known as postpartum depression, according to an article published in the medical journal The Lancet...

Breastfeeding your baby in the comfort and privacy of your home can be peaceful and relaxing.  You settle into your favorite nursing spot which may be your glider or chair,  set your glass of water on the table nearby, and blissfully breastfeed, enjoying the togetherness and privacy of just you and your baby. But what [...]

Here are some tips for making your home greener (and more economical)! Does it bother you that you think your carbon footprint is too big? At the same time, are you paying more than you’d like for your utility bills? Well, fortunately, there’s an easy solution to both problems. Go green! One of the best [...]

1. You hear your husband’s muffled voice but haven’t been able to spot him for 3 days. 2. The Orkin Man asks if he can spray you and your husband. 3. The clothes you left in the dryer are back in style — just in time for your 20-year class reunion. 4. The expiration date [...]

For the estimated 83,000 women who will be diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer in 2010, participation in clinical trials offers an opportunity both to ensure that future patients benefit from the most up-to-date treatments and increased survival rates and to potentially improve the health of current patients...

VOA News examines President Barack Obama's $63 billion Global Health Initiative (GHI), noting the initiative's emphasis on cost-effective strategies to improve child- and maternal-health as well as programs to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria...

In a first person paper published in the August 27, 2010 issue of Childhood Obesity, Dr. Melinda Sothern, Director of Health Promotion and Professor of Public Health at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, provides three ways to de-program the 1950s obesity trinity underlying the current obesity epidemic in the United States and protect future generations from its health consequences...

After your baby's birth (postpartum), the body begins the restoration process and starts to regain strength and return back to its pre-pregnancy shape. Many women experience a range of issues postpartum; just think of what your body has been through in the last nine months...

Scientists have built a clearer picture of how lengthy strands of DNA are concertinaed when our cells grow and divide, in a discovery could help explain how cell renewal can go wrong. Scientists have identified thousands of proteins that play a key role in compacting DNA - a crucial process by which DNA is shortened up to 10,000 times to fit inside cells as they split into two...

Congolese Community Leaders Warned U.N. About Security; 240 Rape Victims Now Identified "Congolese community leaders say they begged local U.N. officials and army commanders to protect villagers days before rebels gang-raped scores of people, from a month-old baby boy to a 110-year-old great-great-grandmother," the Associated Press reports...

A group of more than 350 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) concluded a U.N. forum in Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday with a call for world leaders to step up their commitments to achieving the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Australian Associated Press/Sydney Morning Herald reports (Rose, 9/1). "In a wide-ranging declaration adopted at the end of the three-day meeting ...

Elsevier announced the publication of four important position statements from the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) in the journal Maturitas on common management problems in the post-reproductive health of women. The statements cover the management of the menopause in the context of obesity, epilepsy, endometriosis and premature ovarian failure...

The workshop provides a forum for clinicians and scientists to share research results and discuss new developments: ESHRE Campus symposium, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 24-25 September 2010...

Fluoride avoidance reduced anemia in pregnant women, decreased pre-term births and enhanced babies' birth-weight, concludes leading fluoride expert, AK Susheela and colleagues, in a study published in Current Science (May 2010)...

The Turek Clinic, founded by men's reproductive health pioneer, Paul Turek, MD, unveiled a new website dedicated to educating men on sexual health and male fertility problems. The site is designed to be an educational tool on topics ranging from vasectomy and reversal to sperm retrieval and testicular mapping, a minimally invasive procedure pioneered by Dr...

The workshop provides a forum for clinicians and scientists to share research results and discuss new developments: ESHRE Campus symposium, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 24-25 September 2010...

The workshop provides a forum for clinicians and scientists to share research results and discuss new developments: ESHRE Campus symposium, Treviso, Italy, 8-9 October 2010...

Most guys love to wear jeans and if your man is muscular enough, you sure like to see him in them! But then again nothing looks worse than a pair of jeans that does not fit a guy well. But hey, since you do his shopping, you can make sure that you find the perfect [...]