London, July 9 : A study has suggested that eating chocolate at least three times a week can help reduce life-threatening conditions from developing in pregnant women.
The study found that women who regularly eat chocolate are less likely to suffer from pre-eclampsia, one of the most common causes of complications during pregnancy, the Telegraph reported.
Pre-eclampsia [...]
Melbourne, July 07 : A nutrition expert has questioned the need for pregnant women to take vitamins by claiming that they are of no help during pregnancy.
Professor Maria Makrides said there was little scientific proof to support that taking iron or iodine supplements during or ahead of pregnancy.
“A lot of that messaging is increasingly coming [...]
Washington, June 30 : A new study has revealed that mothers who drink alcohol during pregnancy might damage the fertility of their future sons.
The doctors have found that if mothers had drunk 4.5 or more drinks a week while pregnant, then the sperm concentration of their sons, measured about 20 years later, was a third [...]
Washington, June 28 : Scientists claim that gestational diabetes is linked to serotonin, a chemical produced by the body, and is influenced by the amount of protein in the mother’’s diet early in pregnancy.
Researchers at UCSF said that the find could lead to simple dietary solutions and possible therapeutics for the disorder and could even [...]
Washington, June 23 : A new study has shown that kids of mothers whose blood glucose (sugar) was high during pregnancy are more likely to have low insulin sensitivity-a risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
“We know that children born to women with type 2 diabetes or gestational diabetes, or who have high blood sugar during [...]
Washington, May 24 : Previous studies have shown that women of reproductive age, especially when pregnant are highly prone to HIV infection. Now, a new study has warned that pregnancy is a time when men also are at higher risk. In fact, their risk doubles if their partner is both HIV-infected and pregnant.
Many women remain [...]
Washington, May 22 : Food insecurity, a person’’s inability to obtain adequate amounts of food due to resource constraints, can lead to greater weight gain and increased complications during a woman’’s pregnancy, according to a new study.
“Prior studies have shown that women living in food insecure households are more likely to experience health complications,” said [...]
London, Apr 14 : Bariatric surgery significantly reduces risk of dangerous hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, a new study claims.
Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy include gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and eclampsia.
“We have long known that women who have these blood pressure disorders are not only at an increased risk for pregnancy complications in themselves and their babies, but [...]
London, Apr 8 : Vitamin C and E supplements are of no help when taken in early pregnancy to reduce the risk for the hypertensive disorders and their complications that occur during pregnancy, says a new study.
The supplements notably failed to reduce the risk of preeclampsia, a potentially fatal form of hypertension in pregnancy, the [...]
Washington, Mar 17 (ANI): Women who take emergency contraception in advance of need do not reduce their chances of getting pregnant, despite increased and faster use of such medications after unprotected sexual intercourse, concludes a new study.
Women who take emergency contraception up to five days after unprotected sex are less likely to become pregnant.
However, there [...]