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How to Wean Your Baby from a Pacifier

If your child fusses or whines without their pacifier, keep your boundaries and stand strong. Alert babysitters, nannies, grandparents, and anyone ...

Baby's First Bath: what New Parents Must Know

Get the camera ready -- like all the 'firsts' to come, baby's first bath is a special event. Pick a warm room with a flat surface, like a bathroom ...

Baby Feeding Schedule

Newborns should nurse eight to 12 times a day for the first month; when your child gets to be 4 to 8 weeks old, they’ll probably start nursing seve...

Does My Baby Have Eczema?

Eczema can show up as crusty, flaky patches on your baby's skin, often during their first few months. Eczema can be harder to see on babies with da...

What is Trochanteric Bursitis?

When that outside hip bursa gets inflamed, you have trochanteric bursitis. The trochanteric bursa, like other bursae, may become inflamed if the hi...

Cervical Radiculopathy

Cervical radiculopathy, often called a pinched nerve, is the damage or a change in the way a nerve works resulting from one of the nerve roots near...

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal neuralgia is an ongoing pain condition that affects certain nerves in your face. For people who have what’s called “atypical” trigeminal...

Stress Relaxation and Natural Pain Relief

Stress can also give you that “butterflies in the stomach” feeling and could raise your awareness of pain, bloating, and nausea. Levels of stress h...

Treatment for Spinal Compression Fractures

If osteoporosis has caused a spinal compression fracture, the treatment should address the pain, the fracture, and the underlying osteoporosis to p...

Piriformis Syndrome

Piriformis syndrome is an uncommon neuromuscular disorder that is caused when the piriformis muscle compresses the sciatic nerve. The pain is due t...

What is Phantom Limb Pain?

After you have part of your arm or leg amputated, there’s a chance you could feel pain in the limb that’s no longer there. Researchers don’t know e...

What is Palliative Care?

Doctors and nurses trained in pediatric palliative medicine can help read your child’s body language to figure out where and how much they hurt. It...