Today’s Solutions: November 13, 2024

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An expert's tips for coping with Mother's Day after losing your mom

For individuals who have experienced the loss of a mother, Mother's Day can be a trying time. Many people take this day to honor their mothers and let them know how much they care about and respect them. Mother's Day is a wonderful celebration of moms everywhere, but for those who have lost their Read More...

Novel drug shows promise as tr

Novel drug shows promise as treatment for postpartum depression

Women suffering from postpartum depression (PPD) may soon not find themselves in despair for long, as a novel medicine known as zuranolone shows promise in altering their lives. This prospective drug gives new mothers the possibility of a standalone treatment for PPD, a mood condition that affects Read More...

Breastfeeding

Research links breastfeeding and reduced rate of heart disease

Breastfeeding is a beautiful and natural time for bonding between mother and child. It helps the baby by giving it nourishment and stronger immunity from the mother, and it can even help the mom by reducing the risk of postpartum depression, increasing post-pregnancy weight loss, and even reducing Read More...

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Scientists develop a way to reverse aging in human eggs

These days, it’s not uncommon for women to want to put child-rearing on hold while they focus on pursuing their own interests or professional careers. This means that many women are opting to have kids later in life—however, women’s reproductive biology differs from men’s because they are Read More...

The Renaming Revolution glossa

The Renaming Revolution glossary empowers mothers with language

There is no driving force on Earth more powerful than a mother—none of us would be here without our mothers having carried and birthed us, a beautiful and physically, mentally, and emotionally taxing process. Yet the language associated with pregnancy and labor is often hurtful or critical to the Read More...

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How Safe Families keeps kids out of the foster care system

Oftentimes kids wind up in foster care systems because their parents lack a basic support system that would allow them to meet their children’s basic needs. To prevent children from ever having to go through the trauma of being separated from their biological parents, an organization called Safe Read More...

Science Moms: This group is ra

Science Moms: This group is rallying mothers to become climate activists

As a climate scientist and a mother, Emily Fischer says it can be hard to study climate change because the data feels “very real” to her.  She thinks about our climate timeline in terms of her own kids, knowing that the estimated 10 years or less that we have to perform a massive shift in the Read More...

5 tips for stressed out moms:

5 tips for stressed out moms: avoid, alter, accept, adapt & affirm

It is no mystery that motherhood is one of the toughest jobs out there. Stress can become overwhelming at times, turning us into lesser versions of the parents we would want to be. We feel these five strategies can be like so many handrails, helping us remember that we are not alone and that there Read More...