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3 February 2012

Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco have proposed that sugar should be regulated just like alcohol because of detrimental effects to the human body.

With obesity at an all time high, patients are battling associated diseases such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, pre-diabetes/diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome, sleep apnea, skin problems and more.

Read more: Is sugar toxic?

Source: EmpowHER

1 February 2012

More and more women are turning to complementary therapies as an effective way to ease chronic aches, pains and even diseases. Three Dubai-based women share their life-changing alternative health stories.

Read more: Alternative therapy changed our lives

Source: Gulf News

2 February 2012

A “sunny break may be alternative to IVF,” the Daily Mail has reported. The newspaper said that sunlight can increase levels of vitamin D, which balances sex hormones in women and improves sperm count in men. It added that a study found some couples "may be undergoing unnecessary and costly fertility treatment when spending time in the sun could be the answer".

Read more: Vitamin D 'helps fertility'

Source: Halifax Courier

25 January 2012

As I thought about my first column for the new year, the word 'courage' came to mind. Throughout my years of practising medicine, I have seen many women act courageously and sometimes they do not give themselves credit.

The example that comes readily to mind has to do with pregnancy. I have treated a number of women who have lost a pregnancy and some more than once. The reaction is often the same - sadness, self-doubt about whether their actions caused it, and fear regarding their ability to conceive again. However, despite all this, many courageously try again.

Read more: Courageous after miscarriage

Source: The Gleaner

25 January 2012

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) was recently revised by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology and by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine because of misdiagnosis among health care providers when using the 2003 criteria.

That criteria stated that a woman who did not ovulate (or rarely ovulated), had symptoms of elevated androgen hormones (such as excess hair growth in unwanted places or acne), and/or ovaries that had multiple cysts on them could be considered PCOS if she had two out of three of those markers.

Read more: Looking At Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Source: EmpowHER