HB Mag Health Research Team

You run your tongue over a tooth and feel a rough edge that wasn’t there last month. Or you wince when cold water hits one specific spot. Cavities often announce themselves in small ways long before they cause serious pain. The earliest sign is usually not pain at all — it is a change in … Read more

Children have 20 baby teeth, also called primary teeth. These start coming in around 6 months of age and are usually all in place by about age 3. Adults have 32 permanent teeth, which begin replacing the baby teeth around age 6. That is the short answer. The longer answer involves timing, teething, and what … Read more

Maca is a root vegetable from the high Andes, used as a food and traditional medicine for centuries. On the question of fertility, the honest answer is that the evidence is thin and mostly small. A handful of small human trials suggest maca might improve some measures of sexual function and, in men, possibly semen … Read more

Pork belly is the boneless cut of meat taken from the belly of a pig — the underside between the front legs and the hind legs. It is a layered cut, and those layers are the point: bands of fat alternating with bands of lean muscle, sometimes with visible streaks of connective tissue running through … Read more

Morning sickness usually starts before a woman knows she is pregnant. For most women, nausea and vomiting in pregnancy begin between weeks 4 and 6 of gestation, peak around week 9, and ease by weeks 14 to 16. About 1 in 10 women still feel sick past week 20, and a small number have symptoms … Read more

Swaying while standing is usually your body’s balance system doing its job, not failing at it. Everyone sways a little when they stand still, because keeping a human upright is an active process. Your brain constantly reads signals from your inner ear, your eyes, and sensors in your muscles and joints, then makes tiny corrections … Read more

If you are planning a pregnancy or already pregnant, a high deductible health plan (HDHP) can work — but only if you understand what it does and does not cover. The main risk is not the deductible itself. It is the gap between when your bills arrive and when your insurance starts paying. Maternity care … Read more