Your Menstrual Cycle And Insulin : Watch For Changes

A woman’s monthly hormone cycle can change the amount of insulin she needs. Don’t be surprised — or caught without as much medicine as your body requires.
Many women find they need more insulin in the days just before they start to menstruate, and that their insulin needs go back to normal when their periods begin. [...]

Couple Celebrate Their Miracle Baby

A mother has become the first in Britain to have a successful pregnancy after receiving a double organ transplant.
Emma Smith, 37, from Little Wymondley gave birth to healthy 6lb baby Oliver at the end of last month despite having a donor pancreas and kidney. 
It is extremely rare because anti-rejection drugs, which must be taken for [...]

Diabetes and male infertility

Researchers have found that diabetes may affect sperm quality, after a study comparing the DNA in sperm from diabetic and non-diabetic men found more DNA damage in the sperm cells of the diabetic men.
 
The study, conducted by the research group at Queen’s University Belfast, with findings published in the journal Human Reproduction, found that [...]

Artificial sweeteners

There is a lot of concern about diet and nutrition during pregnancy. One of these concerns is regarding artificial sweeteners and their use during pregnancy. Many women will cut sugar out of their diet, only to replace it with foods and drinks that are artificially sweetened.
These guidelines provide information from research done on the safety [...]

Pregnancy and Diabetes

In the past, women with diabetes suffered many problems during pregnancy, including a high rate of miscarriages and birth defects. Today, however, with good prenatal care and careful self-management, there’s no reason women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes can’t have a safe pregnancy and a healthy baby.
Risks involved 
While it’s common for diabetic [...]

New Method to Diagnose Blockage that Causes Male Infertility

Almost as common as diabetes, male infertility affects 15% of reproductive age men in India. Many cases of infertility are caused by blockages within the male sex organs that result in low sperm counts or no sperm counts. These blockages are often reversible and therefore important to diagnose as couples may be able to conceive [...]