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PCOS Awareness Month: PCOS and It's Impact on Fertility

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  September is for PCOS awareness! It's a common yet unspoken disorder amongst women. Here's a few things you should know about PCOS: PCOS,  Polycystic Ovary Syndrome  is a group of symptoms rather than a specific disease. It is one of the leading causes of infertility in women. 1 out of 10 women are diagnosed with PCOS during gynecologic visits. Polycystic Ovary syndrome results from hormonal imbalance in the body. There may or may not be cysts at the outer edges of the ovaries. These hormonal changes may lead to infertility, type 2 diabetics, increased risk of endometrial cancer.                                      A woman who has Polycystic Ovaries fails to ovulate or does not produce eggs during her cycle leading to irregular menstrual period or absence of it (Amenorrhea). The ovaries are the female reproductive organ that stores a lifetime supply of female eggs. They produce  estrogen  and  progesterone  which helps to regulate a woman's menstrual cycle and play a ver
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Physical Activity for a Healthy Living

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  Have you had to work from home for the past few months? Working on a project? Spending long hours sitting at the computer screen. Could even be as casual as binging on your favourite movies for hours at a stretch, spent extra hours at that TV screen? Then this post is for you. If you’ve had to work from home during this COVID period, chances are you’ve probably been living a sedentary lifestyle like never before. Sitting for hours at a stretch increases the risk of developing heart disease, diabetics and other chronic diseases. This is because long hours of inactivity is associated with a slowdown in metabolism which affects the body’s ability to regulate blood sugar levels, blood pressure and body fat break down. ...Now don't move off just yet. Be active, sit less. Engaging in 30 minutes of physical activity daily (5 times a week) is advised in order to reduce our risk of these chronic diseases. Our risk for these disease increases as we grow older. It is therefore importan
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