Pregnant women who do aquarobics have easier deliveries

A course of water aerobics classes has been shown to reduce the amount of pain-killing medication women request during labor. Research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Reproductive Health has shown that, as well as being safe, the gentle exercise has the benefit of making it easier to give birth.

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Expectant Mothers Can Stop Nausea Naturally

For some expectant moms, nausea hits as soon as they wake up in the morning. For others, morning sickness attacks in the afternoon or evening. No matter what time of day, nausea and vomiting make you feel utterly miserable. The age-old advice to eat saltine crackers, drink ginger ale and eat a snack before you step foot out of bed seems woefully ineffective against the powerful waves of queasiness. The good news: morning sickness usually doesnt last the entire pregnancy. The even better news: you may not have to suffer at all!

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‘Fantastic 4′ of breast procedures leave women extremely satisfied

99 percent would have surgery again, says study presented at ASPS annual meeting

Breast augmentation, lift, combination lift/augmentation and reduction achieve high satisfaction rates; enhance self-esteem and quality of life; and 99 percent of women would have their surgery again, according to a first-of-its-kind study to be presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2008 conference, Oct. 31 Nov. 5, in Chicago. The study found breast lift and lift/augmentation to have a high level of patient satisfaction that rivals breast augmentation and reduction.

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Scientists identify possible cause of endometriosis

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have identified an enzyme that could be responsible for a condition called endometriosis — the most common cause of pelvic pain in women
Endometriosis is a condition whereby patches of the inner lining of the womb appear in parts of the body other than the womb cavity. It can cause severe pain and affects approximately 15% of women of reproductive age. Endometriosis is also associated with infertility, with 50% of infertile women affected by the condition.

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Researchers discover a gene that regulates and blocks ovulation

Universit de Montral researchers collaborate with European scientists to unlock mysteries of Lrh1 gene

A group of Canadian and European researchers have unlocked the mystery of a gene with the potential to both regulate and block ovulation. The new study a collaboration between the Universit de Montral in Canada and the Institut de gnetique et biologie molculaire et cellulaire of the Universit de Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France is published in the latest issue of the journal Genes & Development.

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Study finds it pays to be heart smart if considering hormone therapy

Simple blood test could indicate higher risk for coronary event

A research study has found that a simple blood test may indicate whether post-menopausal hormone therapies present an elevated risk of a heart attack. The study, part of the Womens Health Initiative (WHI), sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, was conducted in 40 centers nationwide and included 271 cases of coronary heart disease in the first four years of the trials of estrogen alone and of estrogen plus progestin. Corresponding author Paul F. Bray, M.D., the Thomas Drake Martinez Cardeza Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Hematology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and his co-authors report their findings in the June 1st edition of the American Journal of Cardiology.

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Major surgery no longer needed for the removal of uterine fibroids

The treatment of uterine fibroids with 3T MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is safe, non-invasive and effective, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, NY.

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Keeping in good shape in old age is harder for women, study finds

Women aged 65-plus find it harder than men of the same age to preserve muscle which probably impacts on their ability to stay as strong and fit, according to new research.

For the first time, scientists have shown that it is more difficult for women to replace muscle that is lost naturally as they get older because of key differences in the way their bodies react to food.

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Breakthrough in pre-eclampsia test

A team at the University of Leeds has discovered a way of diagnosing pre-eclampsia, a condition which affects almost one in ten pregnant women and accounts for up to 15% of all premature deliveries.

They now plan to develop a user-friendly diagnostic kit within five years which could be used in hospitals all over the world to safely and speedily test all pregnant women. The potential saving of a predictor for the NHS alone has been estimated at up to 500m a year with the reduction in medical care required for the mother and her baby.

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Study finds patients with complex fibroadenomas can avoid surgery

Complex fibroadenomas have a low incidence of malignancy, so women with this condition can be more conservatively treated and avoid surgical biopsy, according to a new study by a team of researchers from the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem.

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