These risks include cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancers, and can also impact fertility and pregnancy, potentially leading to complications such as pre-eclampsia. These risks can arise even when a person is only slightly overweight and grows more serious as BMI ...
Muscle contraction is the heart of the venous system; sitting makes it hard for blood in the veins to move around as it should. Extended bed rest, long car rides, or flights over four hours put you at risk for developing thrombus or DVT. Pregnancy. Carrying a fetus puts more pressure ...
Pregnant Flaxseed may mess with your hormones during pregnancy. (8) Preparing for Surgery Flaxseed oil may decrease your blood’s ability to clot, so keep it out of your diet for a couple of weeks leading up to your procedure. (22) Taking Medication Because flaxseed may help lower high ...
This is a type of diabetes that begins when you're pregnant. Experts aren't exactly sure what causes it, though excess weight can play a role. The hormonal changes in your body during pregnancy may make it harder for your body to regulate your blood sugar. Usually, your blood sugar will...
Saxenda is approved to be used with diet and exercise for long-term weight management in adults with overweight (BMI ≥27 kg/m2), in the presence of at least one weight-related medical condition ( such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, or elevated cholesterol levels) or obesity (...
Progesterone is a sex hormone mainly produced by the ovaries, and less so by the placenta and adrenal glands.Also known as the“pregnancy hormone,“it prepares women for pregnancy and is essential to maintain it. In fact, that’s how progesterone got its name, which translates to “for preg...
IVF is the only way to utilize donor eggs for a pregnancy. In IVF that uses donor eggs, the either fresh or frozen/thawed donor eggs and sperm (donor or partner) are combined in our lab to create embryos. After growing for several days in an incubator, an embryo or embryos are transfe...
et al. Probiotic supplementation during pregnancy or infancy for the prevention of asthma and wheeze: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 347, f6471 (2013). Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Marteau, P. et al. Ineffectiveness of Lactobacillus johnsonii LA1 for prophylaxis of ...
A GDM status is an important predictor for maternal outcomes related to the gestational weight gain. While maternal BMI prior to pregnancy was a statistically significant predictor for several foetal and maternal complications, standardized coefficients indicate a very small impact on these outcomes. ...
The patient should know that if she has a normal BMI (18.5-24.9) she has a better chance of pregnancy; while if she has a BMI that is too high or too low she will decrease her chances of pregnancy. However, patients with BMIs outside the normal range do achieve full-term pregnancies...