April 2024

Taking care of your toddler is never easy. With the advent of monsoon, it gets trickier with the barrage of illnesses that come along with the rains. The first step towards good health is personal hygiene. Keep your baby’s room clean, dry and well-ventilated and change bedsheets at regular intervals. Stored clothes tend to get […]

We believe you should always know the source of the information you’re reading. Learn more about our editorial and medical review policies.It can take a while for your skin to rebound after pregnancy, and we’re not just talking about your stretched-out belly. Dark patches across your forehead, nose and cheeks? It’s called melasma and it’s really common.

There aren’t many hard and fast rules about what not to do during your pregnancy, beyond abstaining from alcohol and drugs, of course. For the most part, you can continue with most of your prepregnancy life.But because the health and safety of your growing baby is essential, here’s a list of 11 things to avoid

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeWhen Carla Morelli made an appointment for a routine checkup at the Kentlands Dental Care in Gaithersburg, she didn’t request a cosmetic consultation. But that didn’t stop clinic staffers from offering up beauty advice. First to weigh in was the hygienist who cleaned her

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We believe you should always know the source of the information you’re reading. Learn more about our editorial and medical review policies.Whether you’ll be feeding formula exclusively, combining it with nursing or using bottles to serve up expressed breast milk, here’s everything you need to get started bottle-feeding your baby. Bottle-feeding a newborn Good news: Most newborns

There may be some truth to Mary Poppins’ famous song. Recent studies have shown that a “spoonful of sugar” might do more than make medicine taste better. Sugar water might also have some pain-relieving properties for babies. But is sugar water a safe and effective treatment to help soothe your baby? Some recent medical studies

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Dr. Karla Solis But that’s changing in a big way, thanks to a growing contingent of upstart natural oral care companies, all of which are eschewing ingredients like fluoride, triclosan, and SLS in favor of activated charcoal, bentonite clay, and even probiotics. (Is there nothing those friendly bacteria can’t do?)Since the market for toxin-free tooth loot is