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Pregnancy sets stage for metabolic syndrome - eMaxHealth.com
Penelope Cruz's gynaecologist visit fuels baby rumours - New Kerala
Mel Gibson, Russian lover relaxed over impending parenthood - Daily News and Analysis
LETTERS: Money spent on pregnancy prevention saves taxpayers more in ... - Iowa State Daily
Study Explores Treatment Of Depression During Pregnancy - Med India

Pregnancy sets stage for metabolic syndrome - eMaxHealth.com

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 04:24 PM PDT

Results of a new study show that childbearing is strongly associated with increased risk for metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Women who develop gestational diabetes have double the chances of metabolic syndrome later in life that increases risk of heart disease from abdominal obesity, high triglyceride levels, insulin resistance, and other cardiometabolic risk factors.

The study, co-authored by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers suggests that childbearing women are at risk for metabolic syndrome because of behavioral changes. Lack of physical activity and abdominal obesity following pregnancy play a role that can lead to health problems.

According to UAB Professor of Preventive Medicine Cora E. Lewis, M.D., M.S.P.H., "Pregnancy can have lasting, adverse physiological effects and may result in behavioral changes." The findings show how important it is for childbearing women to eat healthy and exercise regularly to reduce future risk of metabolic syndrome.

The health study of childbearing women, age 18-30 years began in 1985-1986 and is part of the ongoing CARDIA study that includes 1451 women. Compared to body mass index before pregnancy, the researchers found that giving birth to one child was associated with a 33 percent increased risk of metabolic syndrome, and 62 percent higher for more than one birth.

The study shows that pregnancy can lead to disease risk later in life unless measures are taken to exercise, and follow a healthy diet. The researchers suggest that physicians screen women for cardiometabolic risk factors following pregnancy.

Source UAB News
Written by Kathleen Blanchard RN
Charlotte, NC
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Penelope Cruz's gynaecologist visit fuels baby rumours - New Kerala

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 12:49 PM PDT

September 23, 2009: PENELOPE CRUZ has further fuelled speculation she's pregnant with boyfriend JAVIER BARDEM's child after the Spanish stars were spotted leaving a gynaecologist's office together last week.

The couple was snapped exiting the Ruber Clinic in Madrid on Thursday (17Sep09) - just a week after Cruz furiously denied she was expecting at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada, where she walked away from one interviewer who questioned her about the baby news.

The actress also told USA Today newspaper earlier this month (Sep09) she was not pregnant, stating, 'I start getting some presents from friends saying, 'Congratulations, you're pregnant.' And I say, 'No, I'm not, so (I) return the presents. It's amazing.'

But the rumours refuse to go away and new pictures of the loved-up pair leaving the Spanish medical centre arm in arm only serve to add to the baby gossip.

If Cruz is pregnant, the baby will be a first for both stars.

The couple has been dating since 2007

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Mel Gibson, Russian lover relaxed over impending parenthood - Daily News and Analysis

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 07:27 AM PDT

London: Mel Gibson's Russian lover is relaxed about her impending motherhood and organising her work schedules around the pregnancy.

Oksana Grigorieva admits that both she and Gibson are relaxed about the pregnancy, and they are even busily working before the birth.

"I've been a mother for 12 years so there's no first time mother's trepidation. Naturally, it's more relaxed and I'm very dynamic, so the pregnancy falls into my work schedule," the Daily Express quoted her as saying.

Grigorieva is already has a 12-year-old son Alexander with James Bond star Timothy Dalton.

She admits the baby has made the couples bond stronger than ever.

"How could I not be impressed by such an intimate connection with a miracle of life. Children are beautiful," she said.

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Posted: 23 Sep 2009 08:20 PM PDT

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Study Explores Treatment Of Depression During Pregnancy - Med India

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 07:37 PM PDT

Depression is not uncommon in pregnant women. Between 14 and 23% of pregnant women will experience a depressive disorder while pregnant. In 2003, approximately 13% of pregnant women took an anti-depressant at some point during their pregnancy. This rate has doubled since 1999. Many women go untreated due to concerns regarding the safety of treating pregnant women.

"The management of depression during pregnancy: a report from the American Psychiatric Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists" describes results from an unusual collaboration of authors from the American Psychiatric Association and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, as well as a consulting developmental pediatrician. These authors reviewed the world's English-language literature and reported results describing the association of depressive symptoms and anti-depressant treatment on fetal and neonatal outcomes.

Both depressive symptoms and anti-depressant exposure were found to be associated with fetal growth changes and shorter gestations. Short-term neonatal irritability and neurobehavioral changes were also linked with both maternal depression and anti-depressant treatment. Some, but not all, studies reported low rates of fetal malformations with first trimester exposure, but there was no specific pattern of defects for individual medications or class of agents.

"This timely article by Yonkers and colleagues reviews the data on the potential effects of both anti-depressant medications and depressive symptoms on birth and fetal outcomes," said Wayne J. Katon, MD, Editor-in-Chief of General Hospital Psychiatry.

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