Pregnancy and Breast Health

Among the many changes your body goes through when you're pregnant are changes in your breasts. Hormonal changes during pregnancy and lactation increase the breasts' volume and firmness, making it harder to detect breast masses.

During pregnancy your breasts will enlarge, feel more lumpy and bumpy, hurt, and have other unusual symptoms. Don't ignore these symptoms and assume that they are all related to your pregnancy. Show your doctor what you are feeling so that a clinical breast exam can verify all is well. READ MORE

The Most Sugar-Packed Foods in America

Think your sweet tooth is harmless? Well, it just might bite you back. The average American is wolfing down 460 calories from added sugars every day. That’s more than 100 pounds of raw sugar per person per year. (That's enough to make 3,628 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups!)

What’s at risk with all this sugar intake isn’t just another cavity; refined carbohydrates cause spikes in your blood sugar levels, tell your body to store fat, and put people at increased risk for diabetes. And that's another way of saying that it puts people at increased risk of blindness, sexual malfunction, heart attack, and premature death. READ MORE