In January, a US panel redefined what we know as postpartum depression. The New York Times reported the doctors’ findings that “many cases of what has been called postpartum depression actually start during pregnancy.” Dr. Ashlesha Bagadia, a Bangalore psychiatrist 

When Priya*, now 11, was a 3-month-old baby in the US, she developed eczema on her face. Worried, her mother took care not to introduce any potential allergens into Priya’s diet during her first couple of years, a standard response promoted by the American 

Teenage angst has been glorified in many a song, movie and book, from Hip Hip Hurray to The Breakfast Club, from The Beatles to Bieber. But when certain behaviours become profound or more than the ordinary, it can be cause for 

Ah, the teenage years: when the lovable little person you knew inside and out disappears into a surly scatterbrain. Teens can be unfathomable to parents. If they look like adults, the thinking often goes, they should be able to behave 

Most of us can expect to live to a ripe old age in our 80’s or even 90’s, thanks to advances in medicine and technology – according to the World Health Organization, by 2050, the number of people aged 60