What does premature birth mean? Once you reach 37 completed weeks of pregnancy, your baby is what’s called “term”. Your baby will be premature if he arrives before you're 37 weeks pregnant. Most premature babies arrive after 32 weeks (HES online 2012a) and have a good chance of surviving and growing up to be healthy.…

In the brain of the father: why men can be just as good primary parents as women Brain research shows that fathers who are secondary to a female caregiver are more engaged as thinkers and planners. But men raising a child without a female partner were found to have the same level of emotional response…

Did you know that in northern countries, which have dark, cold winters, couples are less likely to conceive during the winter, whereas conception rates peak in the summer? There are a number of reasons why this association exists, but new research highlights vitamin D as one of the most important variable. Vitamin D, a steroid…

Now that you're expecting, you're ready to put your feet up and rest for the next nine months, right? Not so fast. "Regular exercise while you're pregnant can improve your heart health, give you energy, and pump up your self-image," says Frances Crites, MD, an Ob-Gyn at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Maintaining a healthy body…

When the body experiences an injury – like a puncture to the ovary in order to inject blood Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) – Growth Factors are naturally produced by blood platelets and white blood cells. These Growth Factors naturally repair the body’s tissues by stimulating the development of new cells from stem cells to replace…

What is Hepatitis? Hepatitis can be caused by several different medical conditions, including alcoholism. Typically when most people talk about it, they are referring to viral hepatitis. This form of the disease can be caused by one of five viruses, called hepatitis A through E. The most common strains - hepatitis B and C, often…

Trying to conceive a child isn't always a walk in the park, and with many factors to take into consideration whilst trying to get pregnant, most women don't realise that sleep can play a big part in the process. Fertility specialists recommend that women should aim to get between 8 to 9 hours of sleep…

Many women in the Western countries try to become pregnant at older ages, but they have never considered the status of their quality of embryos. This means that the lower the quality of eggs they have, the bigger is the dilemma to use or not to use their own eggs in IVF technologies that they…

Infertility is a very common nowadays, because many people are delaying the family planning and focus on the career first. One is every six couples has problems with the fertility. Do not be ashamed if you cannot get pregnant, but seek help as soon as possible! The older you get, the more difficult it gets…