To All the Moms of Newborns: Don’t Forget You’re Newly Born Too

Sometimes the reminders we need the most show up in unexpected ways

I sat outside on our deck, slowly sipping the tea that someone had recommended to help me dry up my breast milk. It had been a long, hard few weeks since we brought our youngest daughter home from the hospital after her NICU stay. I was feeling defeated on pretty much every level.

This was my fifth baby and, in my mind, I should have had this whole parenting thing down by now, right? But instead, I was struggling so much.

How to Control Anger: 25 Tips to Help You Stay Calm

Anger is a normal feeling and can be a positive emotion when it helps you work through issues or problems, whether that’s at work or at home.

However, anger can become problematic if it leads to aggression, outbursts, or even physical altercations.

Tdap Vaccine: What You Need to Know

The Tdap vaccine is a combination booster shot. It protects preteens and adults against three diseases: tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (or whooping cough).
Tetanus and diphtheria are rare in the United States today, but whooping cough continues to spread.

Tetanus (Lockjaw)

What is tetanus?

Tetanus is a serious bacterial infection that affects the nervous system and causes muscles throughout the body to tighten. It’s also called lockjaw because the infection often causes muscle contractions in the jaw and neck.

Will a New Drug to Fight Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Really Work?

Scientists have developed an antibiotic in the lab with three ways of killing bacteria. Will it be able to overcome resistant bacteria?

New Drugs Alone Won’t Defeat Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

The World Health Organization issued an urgent call for new drugs that battle resistant bacteria. Experts say that's fine, but more needs to be done.

Scientists Battle Bacteria with Silver and Mucus

As more bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, scientists search for new as well as old ways to keep infections in check.

Antibiotics changed how doctors treat infections,

Staging an Intervention for an Alcoholic

Intervention for alcoholics

Highlights

1. An intervention is a planned meeting to convince a person who has alcohol dependence that they have a problem.
    Family members and friends usually attend.
2. Those staging the intervention will offer comments, a treatment plan, and consequences.
   

Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: What Are the Differences?

What are alcohol abuse and alcoholism?

Alcohol affects people in different ways. Some people can enjoy a glass of wine with food and drink moderate amounts of alcohol in social settings without any problems. Having one or fewer drinks per day for women and two or fewer drinks per day for men is considered moderate drinking, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.