Thursday 20 October 2011

Risk Factors in Pregnancy

exercise-healthy-pregnancyA healthy pregnancy is what all women love. There are many factors that can affect the development of the foetus — some of them are beyond your control and some are within your limits.  It has been noted that obese women have more complications during pregnancy than others. Women who suffer from heart diseases, diabetes, lung and kidney diseases, hypertension and epilepsy are also at more risk during pregnancy.

Women who had complications in their previous pregnancy and those who had children with birth defects should be careful and they have to be in constant touch with their doctor.

When talking of risk factors involved in pregnancy, one has to be careful in maintaining a healthy life style and also a healthy environment. A peaceful and calm atmosphere is good for a healthy pregnancy.  The first thing one has to take note is that if you are a smoker, quit for the good of your unborn babe. Smoking decreases the amount of oxygen that the babe gets and this only increases the risk of bleeding, miscarriage, premature birth and low birth weight. If pregnant, you should also avoid passive smoking.

Secondly, bad habit of drinking alcohol can lead to foetal Alcohol Syndrome, reduced birth weight and behavioral abnormalities. Another factor that has to be considered during pregnancy is caffeine. Some say that caffeine is not that harmful but others say that it is dangerous. However, the Food and Drug Administration warns against the consumption of caffeine when one is pregnant. It has been seen that caffeine can affect the heart rates of the foetus. Even Decaffeinated coffee is harmful as they contain added chemicals. Well, caffeine is also known to increase the risk of stretch marks.

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When you are pregnant, you should have to be very cautious when taking drugs. If you are taking drugs you should only take them under the guidance of a doctor. Drugs can have serious effect on the unborn babe and they can have adverse impact on the babe growth.

When pregnant, take extra precaution not to be exposed to chemicals like pesticides in foods. Always wash the fruits and vegetables before you take them.

When talking of the risk factors involved during pregnancy, it should also be noted that proper nutrition is also needed for the body, both for the unborn babe and the mom. Care should be taken that you get enough folic acid, the deficiency of which can cause birth defects.

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Apart from this, a pregnant woman should also do some mild exercise. This helps in keeping the body and the mind peaceful and also in increasing the blood circulation. But you should not go for hard exercise as it is dangerous to you as well as your unborn babe. You can either go for walking, swimming and yoga.

When pregnant, the body may undergo many changes. You may even come across many complications, which has to be looked into immediately. Well, you should not miss your appointments and also lab tests. Always be in constant touch with your gynaecologist.

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Removing and Treating Stretch Marks

Removing and Treating Stretch MarksStretch marks may be a rising concern for many women today. Stretch mark creams are associated to the excessive pressure on skin through sudden weight gain or weight loss. People with particularly thin skin experience stretch marks fast. They may also be genetic. Stretch marks are usually seen on things, buttocks, legs, abdomen or arms or any body area of an individual which is prone to gain weight.

Excess dieting and sudden crash diets can affect the skin and the fat cells lying underneath the skin resulting in stretch marks. Sudden weight gain or any disease that leads to weight gain may also give you stretch marks.

It would look particularly strange to wear clothes that reveal those parts but these are only the surface looks. They are pretty harmless appearances and can go with time, proper healthy diets and moisturizing.

Treating Stretch Marks

Often stretch marks also appear on boobs of pregnant or nursing mothers due to sudden expansion. It is also common to body builders who build muscles suddenly. Keeping the area moisturized is a must.High quality anti-marks or stretch mark creams like Mederma or aloe vera gel may be effective in lightening the marks. Coconut oil and cocoa butter cream are also reported to work excellently for stretch marks.

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Is Junk Food Healthy?

JunkfoodAny food item which has little or no nutritional value or products which have nutritional value but have ingredients which are unhealthy when consumed on a regular basis or which are unfit to consume at all is called a junk food.

Generally junk foods are easy to buy and can be prepared with in a short time. Street foods and fast foods also come under the category of junk food. You might wonder how street foods can be classified as a junk food.  It is mainly because street foods are normally cooked under unhealthy conditions. On the other hand fast foods are normally cooked and served with in a short time and such type of foods normally doesn’t have any nutritional value. Moreover junk foods simply build up empty calories in your body which can cause obesity and other health related problems to the eater.

Pizza

The major conflict in junk foods is that they are mainly made out of healthy ingredients. It is their preparation method that makes the junk food unhealthy to eat. Take the case of pizza; it is stacked with vegetables on the top. So what goes wrong in a pizza? It is the cheese which is used to cook and decorate the pizza makes it unhealthy to eat. In fact pizza is good when consumed in smaller quantities. But here excess amount of cheese is used to prepare the pizza. The other major ingredient of pizza is refined flour which doesn’t have even a little bit of nutritional value.

Fast Food

Let us check out the case of burger, another popular fast food item which most of us like to have when gone for a restaurant. It contains a loaf of meat and vegetables like tomato, cabbage & lettuce packed in between two buns. Again the refined flour which is used to make the bun makes the problem. In addition, butter and mayonnaise which are used to create a three tier for the burger makes it unhealthy. In the case of street foods, the oil used for cooking and the flavor enhancers are the major risk factors besides refined flour.

Occasional eating of junk foods does not going to affect your health. After all no one cannot follow a perfect diet at all times. So it is you who is going to decide which is healthy for you. Over years doctors have been advising that excess sugar or fat may lead to obesity, increase in blood pressure, high cholesterol, and many cardiac related problems.

Junk Foods

If you are smart and practical then you need not worry about junk foods. Avoid or lessen the consumption of ingredient which makes the food unhealthy. A pizza or burger as meal does not going to affect you much instead of having as a snack. If you have the habit of exercising regularly, then you need not worry about your diet.

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Vasectomy Rising with Falling Economy

The procedures of vasectomies have greatly increased since the economic downturn started last year, doctors from all around the U.S reported.

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Doctors suspect that there are two possible reasons which are forcing them to take such step, one is the diminishing desire of children because of the expanses, second could possibly that people want to undergo such surgeries before the end of their jobs and health insurance.

Dr. Goldstein narrated that he used to perform one or rarely two procedures of vasectomy but now he is doing the three on each Friday which is a really significant increase.

Majority of the men claimed that they were already thinking about it but the recession persuaded their decision. They said that with three children it’s hard to meet the expenses at this time and they can’t effort nay more. Dr. Harry Fisch said most of the people are now aware of the situations and if the finances are the key concern this is the right time to make decision.

The trend has been set since November 2008 but in the last couple of months a boost has been notice in the vasectomies. Dr. Stephen Jones explained that the average case in the past was not exceeding from 45 but now they have reached at the level of 75 in a week. People are also showing the concern about the loss of their health insurance and before the end of the policy they want to take the advantage.

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Exercise provides health benefits even in old age

People who don’t take regular physical exercise till the age of 50 may still benefit from physical workout but the results take further ten years to appear, Swedish researchers said.

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A study conducted upon the 2,205 men for the span of 20 year started from the age of 50, presented that exercise have no effect on the premature death before ten years for those who started exercises, late in life.

“Everybody knows, physical exercise provide many health benefits to the young people but first time any study showed that old people can also get health benefits from physical workout. Its not too late to start.” Liisa Byberg said.

Researchers divided the participants into three groups (low medium and high) on the basis of intensity of exercises. Half of the volunteers reported high level of exertion almost equivalent to three sports or gardening each week.

About one third engaged themselves in the moderate activities like cycling or walking remaining participant did little or absolutely no exercise.

With respect to researchers’ predication, most of the inactive and least active people died within the five years of the study, but after ten years the death rate was similar in the people who started exercises after 50 and high active group.

“Quit smoking also have the similar effects but more research is required to find out the exact amount of exercise that provide health benefits in real mean,” researcher stated

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Happy Couples Sleep better at Night

Couples SleepingIs it true and real that happy couples sleep well at night? Research proves everything and it is also proved that relationship satisfaction as well as sleep has some connection amongst them.

Lately, there was a survey taken place that includes about 29 couples who were childless. All the couples were asked to make and complete their sleep diaries for about one week as well as to also have some sort of record of their connections amongst themselves for about 6 days in that same week.

Most of the men who had good sleep also stated and mentioned good quality and happy relationship quality, means good sleep is linked with better and positive relation with their partners. Women stated that daytime connections with their partners resulted in poor quality of sleep especially on that night both for the males along with females as well.

Happy and positive relation does matter a lot in good sleep at night amongst happy couples.

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The Affect of Obesity is Seen Later in Women

obeseThe research shows that during old age women’s life decreases due to the disabilities due to obesity & arthritis. This report was presented on Saturday during the annual meeting of American Geriatrics Society in Chicago.

The main reason why women suffer from obesity in their later years is after their pregnancy and menopausal period, excess amount of calorie is released in the body which leads to increase in fat cells and further leads to weight gain leading to obesity.

The best way to cure arthritis is to consult a doctor as soon as you see any of the symptoms of arthritis, after which the doctor will examine you and your problems and then the doctor will tell you of some X-rays, blood test, and urine test and after knowing the result will carry forward the treatment.

The famous investigator Dr. Harvey Jay Cohen said that the results from our research are much more dreadful than what we had anticipated earlier and our major step towards the concern of women fitness should be taken at much earlier stages than lately acknowledged. The best way to cure all these problems has to be tackled from root and they are advised to control their overweight from beginning rather than repenting over spilled milk.

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