Women Reproduction Health

A women’s facial features actually change each month to make her appear more beautiful when she’s at her highest stage of fertility. According to researchers at the University of Newcastle in the UK, shifts in appearance include variation in lip size and color, eye pupil dilation and changes in skin color and tone. This follows a previous study suggesting women’s ears, fingers, breasts and other soft tissue areas become more symmetrical at times of peak fertility. Read more!

As U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday, women who lose their sexual desire as they age may be reacting to their own body image rather than hormonal changes.
From Penn State University found that by perceiving herself as less attractive, more women likely report a decline in sexual desire or activity over the past 10 years.

Dr. Patricia Barthalow Koch, an associate professor of biobehavioral health and women’s studies led the study with a team of 307 mostly white, heterosexual women aged 35 to 55. About 21% said they were pre-menopausal, 63.5% said they were undergoing some menopausal changes and 15.5% were past menopause.
Koch said that form the results suggest that treatment via medication, of menopausal effects for this purpose seems unwarranted in light of the findings that menopausal status did not have a significant impact on the sexual responding of the women in this study. Read more!

Did your mother stop breast feeding you early because she had to go back to work? If so, that may be one reason you have a weight problem.
Researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center found that a protein in breast milk called adiponectin might reduce the risk of obesity later in life. The protein is important in fat and sugar metabolism. Low levels of adiponectin are linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, and heart disease. The risk of obesity was lower the longer a child is breast-fed. Read more!

Americans talk about “safe sex” but they don’t practice it, according to a survey published by American Social Health Association. One in four people and half of young adults will be affected by a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in their lifetime. Most people surveyed believed they were not at risk. Sixty-three percent said they are well-informed about the risks associated with sex; 84 percent said they took the right precautions. Yet 82 percent of sexually active people said they never use protection against STDs for oral sex; 64 percent never used protection for anal sex; 47 percent never used protection for vaginal sex.

Despite not knowing if their partner had been tested, 93 percent said they were certain their partner did not have STD. Publishers of the survey, which questioned 1,115 adults ages 18-35, said the results are “disturbing” and demonstrate why STDs spread so quickly. Read more!