Catch up on the latest health legislation, honest discussions about our bodies, and “I Have” essays from women’s personal experiences. Whether mental or physical The Frisky discusses each disease, concern, or condition to encourage open conversation.
Having an abortion does not trigger mental health problems, according to a Danish study of 365,550 teen girls and women who had an abortion or a baby between 1995 and 2007. In fact, what makes a woman most at risk for mental health problems is having a baby, the study published in The New England […]
Last week a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association claimed that people with mild to moderate depression are wasting their time with happy pills because the most commonly prescribed antidepressants are about as effective as placebos. But before you throw away your bottle, you should know this study wasn’t perfect—a New York Times article and many doctors say it […]
Online pharmacies have been on the rise over recent years. You don’t have to waste much of your time and energy going to physical stores because you can order them from the comfort of your home and have them delivered to you. An increase in the number of people who own smartphones and those who […]
After changing a lifestyle change, most of you made some changes in your diet as well. The majority rely on the steel will. Are you expecting it to be enough? Well, it’s not. Goodwill is not the only success factor. Healthy foods are something that takes time and attention. Diet foods can be very tasty, […]
Like most high school kids, I often fell asleep during class when I was bored. But my last two years of high school, it started happening more frequently and I couldn’t control it. At my after-school job at a coffee bar, I would drink ever increasing amounts of coffee to stay awake during the day. […]
When I was a kid, I never chewed gum. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to see who could blow the biggest bubble with my friends. I loved all the fruity flavors gum had to offer; it was a tropical fruit world that I longed to be a part of. No, I didn’t chew gum […]
Eating was so 21st Century. Forget about eating, “whaffing” is the way we’ll be consuming food in future. A real life Willy Wonka, Professor David Edwards, has invented a new way to eat … by inhalation. The Le Whaf, which looks like a cross between a bong and fishbowl, allows you to cut calories without […]
Kate is just like you or me: She is 29, lives in Ohio with her husband, holds down a job, and is the mother of a 3-year-old son. But for the past few years Kate has been living with the knowledge she is HIV+. Kate blogs about HIV+ life at A Girl Like Me, a […]
Technology has made a lot of improvement in almost every sector. The health sector has also become an indispensable part of technology. One can see a lot of advancement in the health sector, but cases like birth injuries still take place. This is highly unfortunate, but around 30,000 injuries occur each year. Some common injuries […]
