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A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that women who start out their pregnancy obese have a significantly higher risk of having babies with birth defects. Some of these abnormalities include neural tube defects, spina bifida, heart abnormalities, cleft lip and palate, and brain abnormalities. Fortunately, the overall risk of [...]
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A clinical trial studied pregnant women who were not exercising and divided the group into women who started water aerobics for 50 minutes three times a week from 18 weeks until delivery and a group who continued with no exercise. They found that the group who were in the exercise program were significantly less likely to [...]
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A review of 62 studies to determine the effect of exercise on breast cancer risk found that being physicially active over your lifetime may reduce breast cancer risk by about 25%. The majority of the studies reviewed found that women with regular physical activity had a lower risk of breast cancer.
Mona Saint M.D., M.P.H. is a board certified Ob/Gyn and a mother of two young boys. She has won awards of excellence in gynecologic surgery and teaching, and she continually receives the highest ratings in patient satisfaction surveys. Most of all, she is appreciated for her down to earth and easy to understand explanations of complex medical questions and her empathetic style. More...