Diabetes :: Breastfeeding may cut a mother’s risk of type 2 diabetes
A team from Harvard Medical School found one year of breastfeeding was associated with a 15% drop in a woman’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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Health :: Best Health Articles in September 2005
Following are the best health articles in September 2005, arranged as per viewed frequency:
Health :: Sexual Disorders
Typically sexual disorders are disturbances in the sexual response, in a brief we have to understand the normal human sexual response cycle. This is divided into different phases
Acne :: Safe use of isotretinoin – accutane for treating severe acne
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing approval of a strengthened distribution program for isotretinoin, called iPLEDGE, aimed at preventing use of the drug during pregnancy. Women who are pregnant or who might become pregnant should not take the drug. Isotretinoin (Accutane and its generics) is a highly effective drug for severe recalcitrant nodular acne, but it carries a significant risk of birth defects if taken during pregnancy.
Pregnancy :: No bed rest for hypertension in pregnancy
Currently there is a lack of evidence that keeping pregnant women with high blood pressure in bed for a prolonged period of time improves the chance of a healthy delivery.
Pregnancy :: IVF gives women false expectations
Women are risking their chances of having children because they are delaying motherhood on the basis of “false expectations” about the success of IVF treatment.
HIV :: First rapid home testing kit for HIV
Authorities in the U.S. are considering the approval of the first rapid home testing kit for HIV.
Heart Disease :: 4D ecography for the diagnosis of prenatal cardiopathy
“4D ecography may well be a significant advance in the prenatal diagnosis of congenital cardiopathy”, explained Dr. Juan Luis Alcazar, specialist at the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of the University Hospital (University of Navarre).
High Blood Pressure :: Father’s genes can trigger preeclampsia
A father’s genes may contribute to his partner’s risk of preeclampsia , the dangerously high blood pressure condition that can occur in pregnancy, a Norwegian-American study has found.
Pregnancy :: Fine-tuning fertility testing with take-home technology
A take-home fertility-testing kit under development in a Massey University laboratory will give women and couples further control over pregnancy planning.