All Entries in the "HEALTH ISSUES" Category
Pregnancy Weight Gain – How Much Is Normal?
Over the years we have had conflicting messages about how much weight a pregnant woman has to gain; how much pregnancy weight gain is normal or recommended.
While in the good old days women were literally expected to eat for two and ended up putting on perhaps too [...]
Pregnancy Increases The Risk For Everything
Just about everything, according to some experts! It is this reason that experts urge pregnant women to be more careful about infections such as Swine Flu and others at this time.
During pregnancy, the energies and resources of the mother’s body are concentrated on offering sustenance to the little life being nurtured within. At this time, [...]
Pregnancy Heartburn – All Natural Ways To Deal With It
As your pregnancy progresses, all manners of aches, pains and discomforts will manifest themselves; among them could be pregnancy heartburn.
During pregnancy, most women are chary of using any medication in the apprehension of the sort of impact that it could have on the unborn child.
As [...]
H1N1 And Pregnant Women
Statistics show that at any given time, about 1% of the American population is composed of pregnant women. However, in terms of the proportion of pregnant women died from the H1N1 Swine Flu, they comprised 5% of the total deaths. These facts and figures were found by a recently concluded study.
The swine flu death rate [...]
Unusual Aches And Pains You Could Expect During Pregnancy
There are certain aches and pains that are commonly experienced during pregnancy; some that are almost expected by expectant mothers; but there are several others that could be unusual.
Though some pregnancy aches and pains are less common than others, they may not be cause for alarm and it pays to be [...]
Beware Of DVT In Pregnancy
When pregnant, women increase their likelihood of developing a condition known as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), which is the formation of a blood clot, and this is more likely to happen on the left side, researchers have found.
Researchers in Canada have cautioned doctors to beware of DVT occurrence during pregnancy, and more particularly its likelihood [...]
Factor V Leiden And How It Can Affect A Pregnancy
Factor V Leiden is a variant of the factor V among humans that causes hypercoagulability, which is the propensity for developing blood clots within the blood stream.
Factor V Leiden doubles a person’s risk of developing deep vein thrombosis. This is genetically passed on hereditary condition that tends to raise the chances of several complications during [...]
Losing The After Pregnancy Weight – Gisele Bundchen Tells How It’s Done
Pointers on natural childbirth, and recovery are coming from an unlikely source in recent times, international fashion model Gisele Bundchen. Whereas celebs are often accused of deliberately going under the knife and opting for C sections, Bundchen has shown how it is possible to do it naturally and do it the right way.
The Brazilian beauty [...]
Pregnant? Beware Of Listeria
Immunity of pregnant women is seen as being compromised and in many cases they can be infected more easily than they would in their non pregnant state.
As pregnant women are advised to guard against salmonella by being careful about raw meats, cat litter and the like, so also they have to be careful about listeria.
Listeria [...]
Fight Against Childhood Obesity Should Begin Before Birth
We had been told that childhood obesity was highly pernicious and would lead to our children leading shorter lives than us; however now according this report, this fight against obesity needs to start even before birth.
This is a view that is more cautionary than existing anti child obesity programs, which are currently in place, most [...]
