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Delay in becoming a mum may be risky

September 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, September 16 (ANI): Women who have their first baby at an advanced maternal age may be more at risk of complications, says a recent UK study.

The team at the University of Cambridge found women who started menstruation early, from the age of 12 onwards, were more likely to require medical assistance during childbirth such as forceps, or a Caesarean section.

The effect was taken care of if these women began a family at an early age.

But such was not the case for older mothers. Previous research also found that the risk of a medically-assisted delivery shot up with a woman’s age at the time of her first birth.

“The main significance of this study is not that menarche is usefully predictive of the risk of complications, but that the current finding sheds light on why advanced maternal age at the time of first birth might be associated with increased risks,” The BBC quoted Researcher Professor Gordon Smith as saying.

Professor Philip Steer, BJOG editor-in-chief, however, added larger investigation was required before reaching conclusions about the impact of early onset of menstruation in women.

He advised: “It is particularly important for them to ensure they lead healthy lifestyles and maintain a normal body weight, as a high BMI during pregnancy is itself associated with poor uterine contractions and an increased need for operative delivery.”

The University of Cambridge study has been published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. (ANI)

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Acupuncture, exercise may help women with polycystic ovary syndrome

August 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Aug 21 (ANI): Acupuncture and exercise can bring relief to women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to a new study.

Nearly 10pct of women of reproductive age suffer from PCOS. The syndrome expresses itself as a large number of small immature cysts on the ovaries that cause a disturbance in the production of hormones and an increase in the secretion of the male sex hormone.

Many women with the condition do not ovulate normally, and the syndrome may lead to infertility.

“We do not know for certain what causes the condition, despite it being so common. We have seen that women with the syndrome often have high activity in that part of the nervous system that we cannot consciously control, known as the ‘sympathetic nervous system,’” said lead researcher Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

“We believe that this may be an important underlying factor in the syndrome,” she added.

During the study, one group of women with polycystic ovary syndrome received a specific type of acupuncture called “electro-acupuncture” for four months.

In this type of acupuncture, the needles are stimulated with a weak low-frequency electric current, similar to that developed during muscular work.

A second group of women were provided with heart rate monitors and instructed to exercise at least three times a week.

The study showed that activity in the sympathetic nervous system was lower in the women who received acupuncture and in those who took regular exercise than it was in the control group.

The acupuncture treatment brought further benefits.

“Those who received acupuncture found that their menstruation became more normal,” she said.

“We could also see that their levels of testosterone became significantly lower, and this is an important observation, since elevated testosterone levels are closely connected with the increased activity in the sympathetic nervous system of women”, she added.

The study appears in American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. (ANI)

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Pros and cons of being a man or a woman

May 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Wellington, May 29 (ANI): While there are exceptions to the pros and cons that are linked with being a man or a woman, stereotypes generally spring from a version of reality and are believed to exist for a reason.

And it is based on these stereotypes that certain expectations are put on all persons, whether rightly or wrongly, in accordance with their gender.

Considering this, experts have now come up with a list of pros and cons of being a man or a woman, reports The Dominion Post.

The list is as under:

Pros of being a woman

1. Better legs.

2. After divorce, we hold up better.

3. Women can get away with crying.

4. Much more interesting clothing and accessory options.

5. Women can multi-task.

6. Higher pain thresholds.

Pros of being a man

1. Men can urinate anywhere they like.

2. Men’s bodies don’t give them weird mood swings.

3. Men generally get more social respect, and people often think them to be more intelligent than they really are.

4. Uncomplicated friendships.

Cons of being a woman

1. Getting paid 20 per cent less than men on average to do the same job.

2. Expectation that they’ll be manicured, primped and preened to a high degree at all times.

3. Menstruation.

4. Child birth.

5. When men gossip it’s “networking”, when women talk it’s “bitching”.

6. Pressure to have children thanks to a ticking biological clock.

Cons of being a man

1. Facial hair and its constant upkeep.

2. Expected to be manly. Those who are not spend their lives apologising for it.

3. Getting “man flu”.

4. Not allowed to enjoy romantic comedies.

5. Men are expected to make the first move on dates, propose to their partners, make all the big decisions.

6. Not as socially accepted to get plastic surgery so often stuck with the hand you’ve been dealt.

7. Lower pain thresholds. (ANI)

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Sexual activity, drinking ‘ups college-women’s urinary tract infections risk’

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

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Washington, Apr 27 (ANI): College-aged women, who indulge in increased sexual activity and alcohol consumption, are more likely to develop urinary tract infections (UTIs), according to a new study./pp
The researchers advised that the college-aged women experiencing urinary frequency or urgency should seek medical care to treat what may be their first urinary tract infection (UTI)./pp
For the study, the researchers analysed 181 women with their first UTI who presented to the student health care facility at the University of Florida, from July 2001 through April 2005. /pp
The control group consisted of 80 women attending the clinic without a UTI. /pp
A clinic nurse administered a survey that addressed lifestyle habits and dietary intake. /pp
The findings revealed that frequency and urgency were the most common symptom, and that UTIs were most commonly found in women who had increased sexual activity and recent alcohol consumption. /pp
The use of sanitary napkins during menstruation also increased the risk for a first-time UTI. /pp
Also, the researchers highlighted that hesitatin to urinate, direction of wiping and the use of tampons did not appear to correlate with increased UTI risk./pp
Co-existing chlamydia, gonorrhea and yeast infections did not contribute significantly to urinary symptoms. /pp
If you are experiencing urinary frequency and urgency, you should seek medical attention, said Anthony Y. Smith, MD, an AUA spokesman. /pp
He added: A woman experiencing her first UTI might not recognize these symptoms immediately. But, medical attention is necessary because UTIs can lead to kidney infection and even sepsis. So, it is important for women who notice these symptoms to seek medical attention./pp
The study was presented at the 104th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA). (ANI)/p

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Women’s long-term fertility linked to reduced Parkinson’s risk

February 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): Women who are fertile for more than 39 years and have natural menopause are at a lower risk of contracting Parkinson’s disease, says a new study.

The study, which will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 61st Annual Meeting in Seattle, April 25 to May 2, 2009, provides evidence that longer exposure to the body’s own hormones may protect women from the disease.

According to the study’s results, women who have more years of fertile lifespan (number of years from first menstruation to menopause) had a lower risk of developing the disease than women with fewer years of fertile lifespan.

The fertile lifespan is a marker for the body’s own sex hormone levels.

In addition, women with four or more pregnancies were at greater risk of developing the disease than women with fewer pregnancies.

Separately, the risk of Parkinson’s disease was increased in women who had hysterectomies and had also previously taken hormone replacement therapy compared to those who never took hormone therapy, but it was not increased in women who took the hormones but had not had hysterectomies.

“This study does not support a role for treatment with hormone therapy in Parkinson’s, but there are still many unanswered questions,” said study author Rachel Saunders-Pullman, MD, MPH, MS, of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, and Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, NY, and a member of the American Academy of Neurology.

For the study, researchers analyzed the records of the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study to determine who developed Parkinson’s disease. The study involved about 74,000 women who underwent natural menopause and about 7,800 women who underwent surgical menopause. (ANI)

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