Obese women struggling to conceive are NOT more likely to get pregnant if they lose weight

Obese women struggling to conceive are NOT more likely to get pregnant if they lose weight

Telling obese women to lose weight before trying to have children through fertility treatment may be unnecessary, research suggests. NHS bosses often tell overweight women who are struggling to conceive to lose weight because carrying excess body fat is linked to reduced fertility. But now experts say losing weight might not make a difference, according … Read more

NHS Start4Life Slammed For Advising Breastfeeding As A ‘Weight Loss Hack’

NHS Start4Life Slammed For Advising Breastfeeding As A 'Weight Loss Hack'

The NHS has told new mums to breastfeed in order to lose weight and get back into shape after giving birth. Yes really. On its Start4Life website – a program meant to support pregnant women and new moms – the health service tells women “seven things you might not expect when your baby is born”. … Read more

Omicron surge vexes parents of children too young for shots | Local Health News

Omicron surge vexes parents of children too young for shots | Local Health News

Afternoon with Grammy. Birthday parties. Meeting with other toddlers at the park. Parents of children too young to be vaccinated face tough choices as a wave fueled by a variant of omicron in COVID-19 cases makes every encounter risky. For Maine business owner Erin Connolly, the most heartbreaking decision involves Madeleine, her 3-year-old daughter and … Read more

My COVID Story: I made over 100 calls to arrange plasma for my mother

My COVID Story: I made over 100 calls to arrange plasma for my mother

Bharti Kotwal was in the midst of a planned renovation, when his mother was struck by COVID. She was quickly hospitalized and quickly succumbed to COVID. Here is his COVID story I lost my dear mother during the second deadly wave of Covid in April 2021. It all started on April 2nd. I was at … Read more

East Bay mom warns dangers of COVID after baby’s battle in ICU

East Bay mom warns dangers of COVID after baby's battle in ICU

Baby Recovers From COVID Battle at East Bay Hospital Reports from Jesse Gary of KTVU. The spreading variant of the omicron is wreaking havoc among the youngest people in the country. Doctors at the American Academy of Pediatrics report that 325,000 children tested positive for COVID last week. One of those who tested positive is … Read more

From infants to teens, this hospital has a deluge of young Covid-19 patients. Here’s what parents want others to know

From infants to teens, this hospital has a deluge of young Covid-19 patients. Here's what parents want others to know

Her mom, Gayvielle Goff, has trouble speaking. “It’s really scary,” Goff said, trying to hold back tears. In the same hospital in Houston, Halie Mulanax, 17, is fighting Covid-19 on a ventilator. She has never seen her 3 week old baby because she has been in a medically induced coma for almost a month. Hospitals … Read more

Comments Renew Debate Over Adoption as Abortion Alternative | Health News

By DAVID CRARY and JOHN HANNA, Associated Press Year after year, several thousand women in the United States carry an unwanted pregnancy to term and then offer the baby for adoption. It is a choice recommended by many enemies of abortion. Yet despite a huge demand for babies from Americans willing to adopt, perhaps 40 … Read more

A world forever transformed: Life with Long COVID | Health

A world forever transformed: Life with Long COVID | Health

In the Before Times, Meg St-Esprit is said to have defined herself as “excessively extroverted”. The mother of four under the age of 10 and freelance journalist based in Pittsburgh, Pa., Was the type of person who never really stopped moving. But that was before. Before COVID, yes, but, more specifically, before his own case … Read more

Pregnancy Care: Don’t use these beauty products by mistake during pregnancy

Pregnancy Care: Don

Pregnant women are encouraged to take special care of themselves. When a woman is pregnant, there are a variety of hormonal changes in her body, which also causes her to experience a variety of physical and mental issues. In such a situation, great vigilance should be exercised during this period. Tell everyone to be careful … Read more