Anne and her husband Johannes Bulko, who have a 2-year-old son, Olvar, share one job — packer in a drug supply firm. They work alternate weeks. The spouse who’s not working stays at home with Olvar and takes correspondence …
Family & Parenting
Why It’s Harder For Older Women to Have Healthy Babies
No one likes being labeled, but celebrate your 35th birthday and get pregnant and you’re out of luck: like it or not, the letters “AMA” get slapped across your chart.
In the Battle Over Breast or Bottle, Guilt May Play a Role
Ah, guilt. Such a useful emotion in so many varied ways. As women, we’re made to feel guilty if we don’t want to become mothers. When we do have children, we feel guilt if we don’t read to our children fresh out of the womb, if we don’t pick the perfect preschool, if we don’t puree our own organic baby food. Yet those and …
Why Most Moms Don’t Follow Breast-Feeding Recommendations
When it comes to breast-feeding, there’s good news and bad news. The former is that lots of U.S. mothers – 75% — are initiating breast-feeding. The latter? Less than a quarter are persevering a full year, which is the …
White House Kids’ Books: Whose is Worst?
President Obama took a little flak when it was announced this week that he’d be penning an illustrated kids book, called Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters. Wags suggested, among other things, that perhaps the leader of the …
Not Faking It: Why a Placebo Can Improve Sex Life
The power of a capsule of sugar to relieve depression or ease back pain is called the placebo response: as long as you believe you are taking medicine, you often get better. (Actually, placebo response even shows up in clinical …
Another Cause of Early Puberty in Girls: Absent Dads
Kids getting older younger — KGOY, as it’s known — is not just a cultural phenomenon. Girls are literally hitting puberty at a younger age, and alarming the health community, since early onset puberty is often associated with …
Moms: Guilty of Driving Their Daughters to Early Puberty?
As if mom were not to blame for enough already, new research is showing a link between early puberty in girls and a lack of maternal-infant bonding.
Sex and the City of Indianapolis
According to a new study by the Journal of Abdominal Obsession, um, I mean, Men’s Health magazine, Indianapolis is the most sexually satisfied city in America. Followed by two cities in Ohio and another city in Indiana.
Science Says: Cost of Love Is Two Old Friends
In the economy of relationships, there’s a price to falling in love. According to a new, as yet unpublished study from Oxford University, it’s two friends.
Will Better Education Get Women Into the Corner Office?
Last academic year, for the first time, women got more doctoral degrees than men. Women now get more degrees of any caliber: bachelor’s (ironic, no?), master’s (again!) and now doctorates.
Diagnosing Postpartum Depression with a Brain Scan
Postpartum depression strikes about 15% of mothers in the first months after delivery, but it’s not clear yet which women are at risk. Now researchers at University of Pittsburgh report on a brain-imaging test that may identify …
Girls Kissing Girls: Explaining the Trend
Britney and Madonna did it; so did Scarlett Johansson and Sandra Bullock. And so do women in bars, at mixers, on the street and, increasingly, in private — especially when those women are college students. The “it” is the kiss, …