Vitamins, minerals and other nutrients are essential to the development and proper performance of the reproductive system. Nutrition plays a vital role in the development and maturity of the reproductive system through childhood and adolescence and can even affect the endocrine system which regulates the hormones that rule the functions of the reproductive system. Nutrition […]
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Pregnancy Hypertension – Dangerous and Relatively Unknown
Pregnancy hypertension is called preeclampsia or toxemia. It is common in women during a first pregnancy and in young women. It is common in women with multiple fetuses, women who have a history of pregnancy hypertension, chronic hypertension and preexisting diabetes. Pregnancy hypertension includes three characteristics. They are protein in the urine, high blood pressure […]
What Is Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)? – The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (2 of 6)
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a left-sided heart anomaly. CHOP cardiologists give an anatomy and physiology primer of the normal fetal heart. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome is a common congenital defect that involves an underdeveloped left ventricle.