While doctors advise against having a baby as you approach 40 (this can be dangerous for the mother and the unborn child, not to mention that fertility tends to decline with age), a Danish study , published in the European Journal of Developmental Psychology , just said its best not to be a mom too

We said it a few months ago:according to a Canadian study, eating fruit during pregnancy would allow the child to become smarter. Thus, the more fruits the future mother eats, the more the babys IQ would increase. Today, it is the turn of Nature Ecology &Evolution to praise the merits of the fruit.

Getting up every night (or even several times a night) to go to the bathroom, a familiar situation? This disorder is called nocturia and becomes more common with age, however, it is not uncommon for younger people to suffer from it. And its a real handicap:its hard to get quality sleep when youre aw

A miracle ? We are not far from it! In the UK, two babies aged 11 and 16 months with acute leukemia went into complete remission thanks to immunotherapy. This technique (never tested on such young patients) consists of taking white blood cells from a donor in order to inject them into the body of th

Sleep is essential for a good daily balance, especially for children. Getting them to bed early is essential, studies have proven this over the past few years:one of them appeared in the journal Pediatrics in 2012 showed that children aged 7 to 11 who went to bed an hour earlier than usual on 5 days

According to a Colombian study, babies born prematurely would have a better developed brain and better social integration at the age of 20 if they benefited from the “kangaroo method” during their childhood. Kezaco? The kangaroo method consists of placing the baby in a vertical position against the

When we say pasta, we dont really mean healthy food. And yet, a recent study presented at the annual meeting of The Obesity Society, an American scientific organization devoted to the treatment of obesity, has turned conventional wisdom upside down. Posted on Pasta Tips , research shows that pasta l

After raw fish, unwashed vegetables, undercooked meat... licorice is added to the list of foods to avoid during pregnancy. This is a study carried out by researchers from the University of Helsinki in Finland who looked at food and more specifically one of its active ingredients, glycyrrhizin, which

A disease still relatively unknown to the general public, epilepsy still affects nearly 500,000 people in France. And precisely, the lack of information on this disease means that very often, we do not know what behavior to adopt when faced with a person having a crisis. On the occasion of Internati

Its not easy every day to motivate yourself to go play sports. And its all the more complicated that there are so many things preventing us from putting on our running pairs:winter, TV and above all... being lazy! However, we know that in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle, it is essential to pra

A little sugar to speed up childbirth? This is the surprising discovery that researchers from the University of Sherbrook, in Quebec, have just made. Based on the observation that sugar improves muscle performance, they wondered if it could be the same during childbirth. And the results are amazing!

We know that vitamin D has many benefits for bones and muscles. But thats not all ! A new study published in the British Medical Journal and conducted by researchers at Queen Mary University in London, reveals new virtues specific to what is rightly nicknamed the “sunshine vitamin”. After reanalyzin

We knew that the overweight of the mother could be an obstacle to conception (in the case of obese women, whose BMI exceeds 30), because body fat affects the production of two hormones essential for ovulation. What had been less studied, however, was the impact of the fathers obesity. It is now done

Sarah Boyle, a 26-year-old mother from Staffordshire (a county in the United Kingdom), probably owes her life to her 5-month-old son Teddy. While she was breastfeeding him, the baby refused to suckle her right breast several times. Teddy had previously had no problems with breastfeeding. This reacti

Cranberry, pineapple, lemon… Natural tips for fighting urinary tract infections are numerous and… more or less effective! To avoid this kind of unpleasant situation, an American start-up has designed a drink that would prevent urinary tract infections. Her name ? Uqora. Its creator had the idea afte

If theres one subject we dont like to talk about, its the end of life... and for good reason:more depressing, we couldnt find it! And yet:laws dating from 2015 and 2016 give us rights on this subject, but we do not always know them. The Ministry of Health therefore launched this week the campaign “T

Long a taboo subject, menstruation is gradually being demonized in the media and among men, to the point that some men even want to help women manage this period. In addition to all the disturbing and painful symptoms that they can cause women every month, protecting themselves from menstruation is

Myth or reality ? It is often said that Marylin Monroe slept with a bra in order to keep a firm chest. Except that doctors agree that sleeping with a bra has no impact on the maintenance of the breasts. In fact, when lying down, the breasts are naturally spared by gravity. Wearing a bra at night is

1/ Smooth the top of the lips The effect of time. Like the eye contour, the peri-oral area is very fragile and quickly marks the signs of aging (it is no coincidence that many treatments are formulated for both areas). To designate the fine lines above the lips, doctors speak of “barcodes” or “sun

Those who complained of not seeing their periods when they were younger can now rejoice:they would be less likely to experience early menopause. A study published in the journal Human Reproduction reveals that young women who had their first period at age 11 or earlier are much more likely than othe