What You Need to Know About Being Pregnant with a Chronic Illness If you’re here because you’re nervous about being pregnant while also living with a chronic illness, we’re here to tell you: Don’t worry. With proper care and caution, most pregnant people go on to have healthy, happy babies. While pregnancy can trigger chronic
Most of us have experienced dry mouth, whether in the morning when we just wake up, after a cocktail or a cup of coffee, a lack of hydration, or any number of other reasons. Dry mouth is pretty common, but there are a number of causes. (And a number of treatments!) But, as with all
Want to get a lil exercise but don’t have equipment? These body weight exercises work for anyone, anywhere. (But remember to check with your doctor before taking on a new exercise regimen.)
Different medications have different instructions for taking them. Some require an empty stomach; others recommend taking with food for better absorption. (And still others discourage some food combinations, such as grapefruit and cholesterol medication.) But what constitutes “with food”? According to the New York Times, your stomach is empty about two hours after you eat
Itchy eyes in September? Watery eyes on Halloween? Allergies are only supposed to carry on through the warm months, right? While spring is the season best known for allergy problems, the truth is that allergies can be a problem year-round. This begs the question: Why? We asked around and did a little digging, and discovered
For many people, headaches are not much more than a minor inconvenience that they deal with a few times a year. For others, they can be much more frequent and problematic. Whatever your headache situation, you’ve probably often wondered, “Why exactly do these happen?” We have put together an infographic to answer that question, as
When it comes to medicine, proper storage is essential to ensuring medicine efficacy. Taking the right steps when storing your medicines isn’t difficult, but it does require the proper knowledge on best practice. Below we’ll go into detail on some of those best practices, and also talk about what makes proper medicine storage so important.
Summers in New York offer plenty of fun things to do, but they also bring along some more unsavory things too. To be more specific, New York summers can be extremely hot, with periods of intense humidity, and that can lead to an increase in dehydration. Luckily, summer also is also peak growing season for
Exercising frequently has a ton of benefits. According to medicineplus.gov, regular exercise can help you control your weight, reduce the risk of heart disease, help with the management of blood sugar and insulin levels, and improve mental health and mood, among other things. However, getting regular exercise isn’t always so simple, especially when the weather
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety affects 18.1% of the adult population, which is around 40 million Americans. That’s nearly 1in 5 adults in the country, which makes anxiety disorders the most common mental illness in the country. It is always important to reach out to a healthcare professional if you