Many pregnant women are unaware of being overweight or obese, and lack knowledge of the risks it poses to their possible pregnancy, according to findings published in the Medical Journal of Australia. Associate Professor Leonie Callaway and her colleagues surveyed 412 women in early pregnancy that attended a public antenatal clinic or were patients of a private obstetrician.
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When women get more sun during the last months of their pregnancies, their babies are likely to have stronger, healthier bones, a benefit that may last their whole lives, a recent study found. The study, conducted in Britain and reported in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, examined bone scans on almost 7,000 10-year-olds.
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The researchers from Imperial College London hope to raise families' awareness of the importance of reducing levels of stress and anxiety in expectant mothers. They say that reducing stress during pregnancy could help prevent thousands of children from developing emotional and behavioral problems.  ( Read more about A Mother's Stress Can Affect Child Development )

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Professor Glover's study hits the point home that "stress" is harmful all around. Stress unfortunately, is a side effect of living. Maternal stress, however, can be detrimental to the developing baby especially in the early part of pregnancy. The hormone cortisol produced during periods of stress can raise blood pressure, heart rate and anxiety. Large amounts of cortisol in circulation can cross the placental...  ( Read more about Expert Commentary: Dr. Saba Khalid M.D. 12/7/2009 )

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Abdominal surgery patients can experience far less pain, scarring, blood loss, hospital stay and recovery time when doctors operate on them using a new robotic system that's still in only a handful of hospitals around the country.

Doctors are using robotic surgery for a variety of pelvic problems, including endometriosis, uterine fibroid removal, ovarian cysts and scar-tissue breakdown. Endometriosis is a...  ( Read more about Robotic Abdominal Surgery a Boon for Patients )

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Laparoscopic techniques for benign gynecologic surgery has been used for many years. But the straight, rigid instruments that were used limited what could be accomplished, surgically. Thus a laparoscopic approach for complicated gynecologic surgery, while available, has been accessible to only a limited number of people because few gynecologic surgeons have the experience to perform such surgeries.  ( Read more about Expert Commentary: Tapan A. Mehta, M.D. - 11/05/2009 )

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A new robotic technique for performing hysterectomies - the full removal of a woman's ovaries and uterus - produces only a few tiny scars on a woman's abdomen and allows her to leave the hospital in only one or two days. The robosurgery also involves less pain, faster recovery (one to two weeks), quicker return to normal activities, less risk of wound infection and less blood loss. A conventional hysterectomy,...  ( Read more about Robotic Technology Allows Fast-Rebound Hysterectomies )

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Several natural techniques improve women's level of sexual desire just as surely as newly developed sex-enhancement drugs, and without side effects.
One of those ambivalent new drugs is Intrinsa, which comes in the form of a testosterone patch. In a recent study that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, women who wore the patch had three times as many gratifying sexual episodes as women who wore a...  ( Read more about Five Natural Methods Increase Sex Drive in Women )

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