Current Women's Health Reviews - Volume 13, Issue 1, 2017

Obesity, as defined by body mass index (BMI) is one of the biggest challenges facing health care system including maternity services today, particularly in the industrialized nations. Maternal obesity is linked with a number of pregnancy complications including gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, venous thromboembolism, caesarean delivery, postpartum haemorrhage, macrosomia, shoulder dystocia and poor perin Read More

Obesity is a global phenomenon with unfavourable clinical and economic outcomes. The prevalence of maternal obesity has risen at similar rates to global obesity and has two distinct population pathways. Firstly, pregnancy has been identified as a risk factor for the development of obesity due to extreme gestation gain and/or prolonged postpartum weight retention. Secondly, the number of pre-gravid obese women has increased Read More

The transition to menopause is associated with a myriad of physiological changes including unstable hormone levels (estrogen, progesterone) resulting in hot flashes, sleep deprivation, weight gain, mood swings and is associated with increased risk of osteoperosis and cardiometabolic disease. Exercise is a critical component of health and wellbeing at any age; however, it may be especially beneficial during and followin Read More

More than one half of pregnant women are presently classified as overweight or obese and 8% of reproductive age women are extremely obese. Since 1980, obesity rates have doubled for adults and tripled for adolescents aged 12-19 years. The sturdy gains in overall health that have been achieved by Americans since the dawn of the 20th century may be perturbed by the obesogenic epidemic The aim of this review is to hi Read More

Background: Engaging in physical activity (PA) and reducing sedentary behaviour (SB) are important for health during pregnancy, yet relatively few studies have examined these variables using objective measures and across trimesters during pregnancy. Objective: To determine the amount of objectively assessed PA and SB engaged in whether there was any weekday to weekend day variation in PA and SB during the first and s Read More

Background: One metabolic equivalent (MET) is the amount of oxygen consumed while sitting at rest and is equal to 3.5 ml O2-kg-1-1. METs are often used to provide simple, practical, and easily understood values that reflect the energy cost of physical activity. It is plausible that the increase in body mass and absolute submaximal oxygen uptake during gestation has the potential to affect the MET of pregnant women. Objectiv Read More

Adherence to healthy behavior and/or lifestyle modification in pregnancy including regular physical activity and judicious diet is safe and beneficial. Pregnancy is considered by most an opportune time for such interventions. Exercise in pregnancy has been universally accepted as safe and desirable. However judicious gestational weight gain guidelines for overweight and obese women are still being disputed, despite mounti Read More

Worldwide cervical cancer is third most common cancer of all cancers in women, with 85% cases occurring in developing countries, where cervical cancer is second most frequent cause of cancer deaths in women. Global burden of cervical cancer reported for 2008 was, 529,800 cases and 275,100 deaths. It is estimated that yearly 134,420 Indian women will be diagnosed and estimated 72,825 will die with cervical cancer, b Read More

Background: The cutaneous effects and suitability of a sanitary pad have been studied globally. Potassium alum has been used in menstrual pads as an antiseptic, astringent, deodorizer and antiperspirants. The aim of this study is to assess safety and suitability of a sanitary pad containing potassium alum (test) in comparison of simple pads (control) on healthy women residing in Iran. Methods: This was a phase III cross-ove Read More

In 2013-2014, NIHMP (the National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty) carried out a project study in medical anthropology titled “Clinical and social evaluation of medical practices in paediatric treatment of infectious diseases for children belonging to vulnerable populations”. Using the ethnographic method, several women were interviewed on the following topics: barriers to breastfeeding; the effects of breastfeeding o Read More