by Bruce Brown | December 18, 2017 | General News, Health
Despite widespread attention in the 1980s and 1990s, eating disorder rates have not changed, according to the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA). Not limited to young women and girls, eating disorders plague males and females of all ages. NEDA surveys...
by Bruce Brown | July 5, 2017 | General News, Health
Women who are trying to get pregnant often find it difficult to determine their fertility windows. Tracking basal body temperature (BBT) is a common method of predicting ovulation. The traditional way to track cycles by taking the woman’s temperature when she...
by Alfred Poor | May 17, 2017 | General News, Health
Many couples across the U.S. and around the world want to have children but they struggle with getting pregnant. There are many products that purport to detect peak fertility for prospective mothers, but many — such as basal temperature systems — are...
by Bruce Brown | August 5, 2016 | General News, Health
HIV remains at epidemic levels in Africa. The highest levels in the world persist in sub-Saharan Africa where the combination of tuberculosis and AIDs causes the greatest number of deaths. Cultural factors including men’s resistance to condoms and widespread...
by Alfred Poor | March 22, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
About one in eight women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer during her lifetime, according to Breastcancer.org. Death rates from the disease have been declining in the past decade, partly due to earlier detection and better treatments. One of the keys to a...