Working At Home Makes Breastfeeding Harder, Not Easier, Study Says

Working from home won’t necessarily help a new mother breastfeed, a new study says.

Mothers who worked from home had lower breastfeeding rates than those working outside the home, researchers reported recently in the Western Journal of Nursing Research.

Surprisingly, stay-at-home moms reported the lowest rates of exclu...

Even Light Exercise May Lower Stroke Risk For People With A-fib

If you have atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, getting moving may make a real difference.

A-fib is an irregular heartbeat that raises the risk of stroke — and it affects an estimated 10.5 million adults in the U.S. Yet research shows that people with A-fib tend to be less active than the general population.

A new study of more than...

Heart Problems Linked To Brain Shrinkage Among People With Genetic Risk For Alzheimer's

Heart health appears to affect brain health among people with a genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says. 

People whose hearts are pumping blood less effectively tend to have brains that are shrinking faster, researchers recently reported in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association...