Women Health

We are well aware of how important exercises for pregnant women are: they ensure good health for the mothers, prevent excess pregnancy weight gain and even prove to be beneficial for the future good health of the baby. We look at the best and most suitable exercises for pregnant women. 1.Walking – This is one [...]

While there are many foods that are thought to boost or reduce fertility, there is also a specific diet for fertility as outlined in The Fertility Diet, a book by McGraw-Hill, which speaks of groundbreaking research that reveals natural ways to boost ovulation and improve your chances of getting pregnant. Benefits of the fertility diet [...]

In the old days it used to be draconian devices such as whalebone corsets; today it is the tummy control panty and all its different versions that women need to beware of. According to Richard Bricknell, director at the Bristol Physiotherapy Clinic, tummy control panties pose many of the same health risks and have the [...]

The good thing about the pelvic ultrasound is that it allows the doctor to see the state of your pelvic organs without using harmful X-rays. It is similar to a transvaginal ultrasound that offers a view of the uterus, ovaries, fallopian tube and the surrounding tissue. Ultrasound of the pelvis and transvaginal ultrasound The difference [...]

There are some women affected by chronic pelvic pain syndrome and this refers to pain experienced under the belly button and between the hips for a period of time longer than 6 months. In case the patients are asked to show the location of the pain, usually they refer to the entire area and not [...]

According to a recent study, the women who have about seven glasses or beer or wine per week are less likely to be affected by a stroke. The specialists say that women shouldn’t have more than a glass per day. This means that you shouldn’t start drinking just to avoid a stroke. Make no mistake… [...]

Eager to get back to their pre-pregnancy shape, it is natural to want to know what postnatal exercises are suitable and how soon after delivery they can be started. Burning pregnancy fat is not the only reason for starting exercises after the delivery; there are several other benefits as well. Why postnatal exercises are important [...]

The pre-pregnancy diet that mothers as well as fathers have has far-reaching consequences: it could impact not only how the pregnancy will progress but also the future health of the baby to be born. So obliviously it is important to know not only what to include but also what to exclude from the diet when [...]

With our modern lifestyles and consequent stresses; the environmental pollution and the toxins we live with, it is no longer a simple case of “have sex, get pregnant”. Rising infertility is a global phenomenon with the result that men and women are constantly looking for ways to increase fertility. Why there are so many looking [...]

We are constantly being told how sugar, starch, fat and salt are bad for us so that when we buy packaged food, we seem to reach automatically for the “Free-From” category of foods – “fat free”, “gluten free”, “dairy free” and “sugar free” and so on. These are the foods that claim to be “suitable [...]