Category: Health
Tongue-Tied Babies
Several months ago, Keely Helmick gave birth to a baby girl. She seemed perfect in every way, except one: she couldn’t breastfeed. “My daughter was screaming and struggling to latch on,” Helmick said. Within a few days she got help from the Birthingway Breastfeeding Center, part of the Birthingway College of Midwifery in East Portland. [...]
Hysterectomy 101
Many women opt to have hysterectomies for several reasons once they’ve had their children. Sometimes it’s out of health necessity and sometimes it’s to improve their overall quality of life. Here are a few facts and updates we want to share with you to keep you informed. According to the U.S. Dept. of Health and [...]
Sharing Life Through Egg Donation
Human egg donation is a unique experience that has received both praise and criticism in equal measure. There are those who will be forever grateful to their egg donor for the time, effort and risk incurred during the process, not to mention their donor’s willingness to share their genetics with, most often, someone they have [...]
Why Playing Outdoors Makes Children Smarter
Author and clinical psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison writes, “Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity.” It is through unstructured, open-ended creative play that children learn the ways of the world. While playing outside, children explore with all their senses, they witness new life, they create [...]
The Mothering Time
Note: There are many approaches to childbirth; this article offers information and insight into one of those approaches. The opinions expressed are not necessarily the opinions of Portland Family magazine or its management. “Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.” – George Eliot Welcoming you at Alma Midwifery is a beautiful mosaic [...]
How Can I Talk With My Teen About Weight Issues?
Are you concerned about your teen’s weight? Are you hitting a brick wall when trying to discuss weight, fitness and health issues with your son or daughter? You’re not alone. Many parents report that this is a particularly tough, and often emotional, subject for parents and teens to discuss. So we’ve asked the experts for [...]
2013: The Year of Living Healthy
The image of 40-, 50- and even 60-year-olds is changing. People are living longer thanks to strides in medicine and technology, which is putting more emphasis on quality of life. That’s where choices you make about fitness and diet can really make a difference. With the New Year upon us, now is a good time [...]
Healthy at Every Age and Stage
As women, we know we’re supposed to take care of ourselves — filling our cups, placing the oxygen mask over our faces first, so we have the stamina to care for our families. However, we tend to empty our cups, and pass the mask, saving only the last drop, or breath for ourselves. I reached [...]
Dr. Robert Crouse on Keeping Your Family Healthy While Traveling
Dr. Robert Crouse, Internist at the Portland Clinic, chats with Janna Lopez about how best to prepare for international travel, including what drugs to bring, immunizations, first aid items to bring, and more.
Your 24-Hour Holiday Energy Plan
Fantasy: You stock up on gift cards for the holidays, let the dust bunnies gather and forget all about cooking, cleaning, decorating, shopping and wrapping. Reality: You’ve got more to do than ever, with hundreds of cards to address and send, cookies to bake, the kids and tons of relatives, friends and teachers to shop [...]
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