You can take an active role in reducing stress and lowering your risk of experiencing health problems. Here are five simple ways to calm frazzled nerves:

If you have epilepsy, it is likely you are under a doctor’s care. However, there are steps you can take to help avoid seizures, or to minimize their effects.Take your medication regularly and in the right dosage. Missing dosages can trigger a seizure.

There are of course psychological factors at work as well. You may have the sudden realization that things have taken a radical turn forever! There are all sorts of “what ifs” to worry about like, “What if I never look the same again? What if my husband, who’s gaga over the baby won’t ever be [...]

If the baby is fussy but won’t nurse, try walking, rocking, changing rooms and or playing with the baby for a few minutes. Try all the fun stuff that makes you look crazy like screwing up your face, blowing the feet and tummy, bicycling the baby’s legs, grin and coo a lot. Grasp the baby’s [...]

Telling women that breast feeding is critical for health whether physical, nutritional or emotional is simply not born out by the facts. Today’s nutritional supplements are as close to total replacements as we’ve ever had. Bonding occurs with frequent, close, one on one body contact, just as achievable with bottle feeding as breast. Many women [...]

How long will I be in pain after the baby? Recovery after delivery depends on the type of delivery and on the individual patient. In general, vaginal delivery with a perineal tear or episiotomy will require at least 1-2 weeks for pain to resolve and 4-6 weeks for your strength to return sufficiently for return [...]

There’s nothing wrong with choosing commercial baby foods — if you read labels carefully. Here’s what the Washington-based Center for Science in the Public Interest advises:

Wake up … there is no Brady Bunch! TV’s perfect stepfamily simply does not exist. And because most women are “half asleep” when they take on the role of stepmom, they experience a rude awakening, if not a recurring nightmare! The Myths of Stepparenting

Larry Linville, who played the comical character Maj. Frank Burns on the hit television program “M*A*S*H, died April 10 of what his New York Times obituary called “complications of pneumonia.” Linville, who was 60 years of age, had part of a lung removed in 1998 after doctors discovered a malignant tumor.

Not long ago, most people would have guessed that St. John’s wort was some sort of ecclesiastical skin condition. Now, it’s one of the most popular herbal remedies around. But which herbs will grab the spotlight next? SELF asked the experts to name the newbies—and tell you whether you should consider trying them.