Zinc is an important mineral for thyroid function.

Healthy veins are essential to cardiovascular health; millions of Americans suffer from chronic venous insufficiency or have early warning signs of vein problems.

Hypertension, COPD, obstructive sleep apnea, poor cardiac function, and aorta stiffness are well known disorders linked with poor brain health and neurodegeneration. Hypertension in midlife has been associated with more brain atrophy in later life, but it is now understood that elderly with low blood pressure have more brain atrophy than those with...

The latest finding in a considerable body of evolving knowledge shows that poor development of leptin-related brain circuitry while in the womb is one common cause of later-life obesity. Individuals who have this developmental weakness (which is no fault of their own) have little or no margin for error in how they live their life, unless they wish to...

The emerging picture of the new swine flu is one that is quite capable of infecting any person of any age, and may be especially problematic for pregnant women, women who have recently given birth, and overweight people. This data comes from the first collection of epidemiological data regarding who has died from severe H1N1 swine flu.

Researchers from UC Davis have published a collection of studies demonstrating once and for all the mechanisms explaining how PCBs, which are a widespread contaminant in the US food supply, directly alter the shape and function of brain cells causing excitotoxic changes in cells that are associated with ADHD, learning disabilities, mental retardation, and...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Pregnancy: Is Metformin the Magic Bullet?

Anaemia, prenatal iron use, and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis

The use of psychotropic medication during pregnancy: how about the newborn?

Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with alterations in maternal and fetal thyroid function.

[The relationship between maternal emotional symptoms during pregnancy and emotional and behavioral problems in preschool children: a birth cohort study].

Treating common ear problems in pregnancy: what is safe?