The American Psychological Association reports that up to 1 in 7 mothers experience postpartum depression. The prevalence of postpartum depression among mothers who have experienced it previously is…
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that the flu results in between 9.3 and 49 million illnesses each year in the United States alone.…
We know that nicotine is harmful to your health, and that includes vaping. About 10-11% of breastfeeding mothers are vaping. However, as Dr. Lori Feldman-Winter…
It seems that everywhere you go, you encounter smoke. It might be from traditional cigarette smoke or the often-sweet smelling smoke from vaping. It’s not…
Sometimes, others give us information that we assume to be true. We don’t always hunt up the primary information source, or talk to the author…
How many times do I hear, “Hypnosis? Are you kidding? Seriously, Marie, you don’t believe in that junk, do you?” Yes, I do. Often, people…
Here’s a sentence I saw today in an email message. With small variations, I have seen or heard this sentence many times throughout my career:“The…
It’s common for breastfeeding mothers to experience sore nipples in the early days after birth. In most cases, the new mothers are experiencing “new baby”…
Maybe you’ve already had bariatric surgery. Or you’re thinking about having bariatric surgery. Maybe you’re wondering about how that might affect you, your baby, or…
Internationally, about a half-million women have breast reduction surgery each year. That’s the first fact. But what facts do you need to know about breastfeeding…