Body of work hits fertility

Posted by Joy-O | pregnancy,womens' health | Thursday 4 June 2009 4:23 am

Women who are successful in the workplace maybe damaging their chances of having children, a study has found.
Career women tended to have androgynous body shapes that indicated higher levels of androgens rather than oestrogen, which is vital for getting pregnant.
Women are more shapely figures have more oestrogen.
Working women’s androgens included male hormone testosterone that is linked with strength and competitiveness.
It has been found that a woman’s waist-to-hip ratio was related to the balance of hormones that affected their fertility.
Hormonal profile associated with a high waist-to-hip ration may favor success in some stressful and difficult circumstances where women must work hard there are well-known costs.
Women may suffer lower fertility and possibly lower attractiveness to men who may have an innate preference for curviness.

Pills affects young ladies affection

Posted by Joy-O | womens' health | Tuesday 27 January 2009 3:45 am

While I’m reading the site about apartments in kiev, an article in a column of the newspaper catch my attention.
Young women’s libido will be the focus of a nationwide study of a new contraceptive pill.
Melbourne’s contraceptive pills lower sexual desire in as many as one in 10 women, studies have shown.
The turn-off prompts some to stop taking the pill.
Interested women can call the Women’s Health Program at Monash Medical School on 18800 332 101. Hmmm. You think there will be courageous enough women to call regarding to that matter?

Estrogen Empowers

Posted by Joy-O | Health and Science,sexual health,womens' health | Tuesday 22 July 2008 12:04 pm

Estrogen fuels a woman’s competitiveness streak the same way testosterone does in men, scientists say.
A research revealed estrogen fuels a lust for power, with single women and those not on the Pill particularly vulnerable to the vagaries of the hormone.
Levels of estradiol – a form of estrogen – shot up in power motivated women when they won a computer game and plummeted when they lost.
The finding, by US and German researchers, mirrors the role of the sex hormone testosterone in driving feelings of dominance in men.
Inspired by a recent Cambridge University study that showed male financial traders make more money when their testosterone levels are high. Women’s hormone fluctuate in a similar way.
Power-driven women – 49 in all – were pitted against each other on a quick-fire computer game for 10 rounds.
“Following each round, they were told whether they won or lost and they could watch each other’s reaction to winning or losing,” said Stanton, an expert in the psychology of motivation.
Saliva samples taken during and after the contest showed the levels of estradiol in highly motivated women rocketed when they won and stayed high for at least 24 hours. When they lost, levels plunged.
The fluctuations were particularly noticeable in single women and those not on the Pill, the journal Hormones and Behavior reported.
Those who were not powered motivated, if they won, their estrogen went down. If they lost their estrogen went up a little bit.

Diet Solution

Posted by Joy-O | Health and Science,weight loss,womens' health | Tuesday 17 June 2008 2:32 am

A new once-a-day weight-lose pill can help woman drop two dress sizes in six months, British scientists have said.
A survey revealed women spend 10 years of their lives dieting.
Scientists have admitted they were astonished by trials on tesofensine, which could be on the market in three years.
By targeting the part of the brain that controls appetite, it makes the user fell full soon after starting a meal and cuts the urge to snack.
Taken for six months, it is said to help achieve an average weight loss of 9.5kg – twice the amount achieved by any obesity drug now on the market.
But there is a worrying list of side-effects – mild nausea, diarrhoea, constipation and increase heart rate.
Future trials will be held to determine whether the side-effects outweigh the benefits.
Meanwhile, a study by LIPObind, a company that makes natural weight-loss supplements, polled 4000 British women and found a third started dieting aged 16 or under.
It said the typical woman will go on two diets a year, each lasting on average five weeks.
That ads up to 104 diets from age 18 to 70, a whopping total of 10 years.
One in 10 women spend 25 years or more dieting.
But while each diet sees an average drop of 2.8kg, a quarter lose nothing at all.
Thirty-nine per cent said they dieted because they were embarrassed about their looks.
The same number admitted being shy when stripping off in front of their partner.
And a shocking 25 per cent would be willing to to under the knife to get rid of extra kilos.

Is it okay to have one’s hair colored when pregnant?

Posted by Joy-O | womens' health | Thursday 5 June 2008 2:42 am

Generally speaking, chemical products and even medications should be avoided during the first trimester of pregnancy, the crucial period when the baby’s organs are formed. Gynecologist don’t recommend hair coloring during this time.

After the first trimester, however, is usually up to the mother whether to have her hair dyed or not. To date, there are no clear studies to prove that chemicals and dyes used in hair color are harmful to the unborn child. Some studies done on animals showed harmful effects on the offspring, but very high dosages were used, unlike in normal hair coloring where the mother is exposed to only minimal amounts of chemicals.
No one knows for sure, though, the precise risks that low-level exposure can give to the mother and baby. The Organization of Teratology Information Services, which provides information on potential reproductive risks says, “Although the data are limited, colouring our hair during pregnancy is probably safe.” That these chemicals have been used for a long time and no research has proven that they harm the baby are enough proof that there is room for hair coloring during pregnancy.

Surgery risk for breasts

Posted by Joy-O | cancer alerts,womens' health | Sunday 1 June 2008 3:04 am

Many young women with breast cancer are risking their lives by opting for surgery to save their breast over more protective radical treatment.
Women under 50 are more likely than older women to choose a lumpectomy than a full mastectomy, results from the Australian National Breast Cancer Audit show.
This is despite their tumors being more aggressive and more likely to recur.
It is best that surgeons should consider a mastectomy.

The new wave of plastic surgey

Posted by Joy-O | Health and Science,health and beauty,womens' health | Wednesday 14 May 2008 5:19 am
I don’t know that this thing I will be discussing here was really performed. I mean just imagine how technology can do to our lives especially in transforming our self into different one. Improving what we already have and making the most of it. What I am talking about is a kind of plastic surgery. I though plastic surgery will be done only on the face. Pardon me for being dummy.

Are you familiar with this term labia surgery or did you already heard about this kind of surgery? Oh well, It’s my first time encountering this word and it really caught my attention to read it.
Two surgeons internationally renowned in Atlanta have performed labia reduction surgery and laser vaginal rejuvenation surgery in 46 states and 23 countries. Yes guys labia surgery is vaginal cosmetic surgery or vaginal rejuvenation surgery. Simply repairing hymen and Dr. Miklos / Moore are the two surgeons who had performed that. What an interesting thing right? OK just visit the internets most comprehensive web site http://www.lvratlanta.com/ for more information.

Cervical and breast cancer

Posted by Joy-O | cancer alerts,womens' health | Saturday 10 May 2008 4:45 am

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer of women’s, next to breast cancer.
Cervical cancer however, is more dangerous, with only 2 or 3 surviving
from the disease for every 4 that survives breast cancer.
It is estimated that almost 70,000 Filipinas have cervical cancer with 7,000 acquiring the disease every year.
The leading cause of cervical cancer is the human papillomavirus or HPV which is also one of the most common causes of sexually transmitted infections in the world.
Women
who have had sex soon after they had their first menstruation, who had
several sexual partners, are smokers or are regularly exposed to
secondary smoke, have five children or more, and have weak immune
systems are susceptible to acquiring cervical cancer.
The most
dreadful fact about cervical cancer is that it doesn’t have any cure.
Prevention is your only protection against cervical cancer.
It is
highly preventable. According to the National Institute of Health
(USA), the correct and consistent use of condoms demonstrated a strong
protection against low and high-risk types of HPV infection among women.

Womens discharge

Posted by Joy-O | womens' health | Saturday 20 October 2007 10:59 pm

Normal vaginal discharge is mainly composed of mucus secreted by glands in the cervix and vagina, explains Mary Jane Minkin, MD, co author of A Woman’s Guide to Sexual Health and clinical professor of ob-gyn at Yale University School of Medicine. “it also contains some fluid produced by the vaginal walls as well as dead cervical cells that have slaughed off naturally,” say,” Dr. Minkin.
This mixture should be whitish to clear to pale yellow, depending on where you are in your cycle. Dark yellow or green fluid is often a sign of infection. On average, a woman emits about one to two teaspoons a day. Any sudden increase may mean something’s amiss.