Long-Term Health
Atherosclerosis When You Have PCOS: Are You at Risk?
Atherosclerosis is a potential long term complication of PCOS. Learn here about atherosclerosis and how it relates to PCOS.
Atherosclerosis is a potential long term complication of PCOS. Learn here about atherosclerosis and how it relates to PCOS.
PCOS and Heart Disease
Because of the increased risk for insulin resistance and obesity, women with PCOS also have an increased risk for heart disease. Learn here about the different types of heart disease and preventing future complications.
Because of the increased risk for insulin resistance and obesity, women with PCOS also have an increased risk for heart disease. Learn here about the different types of heart disease and preventing future complications.
Top 10 Healthy Foods
In the hustle of everyday life, it is easy to forget that the purpose of the food that we eat is for nutrition and health. Many foods are not only tasty but play a key role in maintaining and promoting health. The list below gives my choices for foods that are not only healthy, but may go along way in helping a woman with PCOS minimize many of the complications associated with the disease, like…
In the hustle of everyday life, it is easy to forget that the purpose of the food that we eat is for nutrition and health. Many foods are not only tasty but play a key role in maintaining and promoting health. The list below gives my choices for foods that are not only healthy, but may go along way in helping a woman with PCOS minimize many of the complications associated with the disease, like…
Going to the Doctor: What do These Blood Tests Mean?
The doctor just ran a lot of bloodwork. What do the results mean? How does it relate to PCOS? This link provides basic explanations to all those confusing lab values.
The doctor just ran a lot of bloodwork. What do the results mean? How does it relate to PCOS? This link provides basic explanations to all those confusing lab values.
Determine your Risk for Diabetes
Since insulin resistance and diabetes are so common in women with PCOS, taking steps toward prevention and seeing your doctor routinely are important. Take this quiz to determine your risk of developing diabetes and discuss your risk factors with the doctor.
Since insulin resistance and diabetes are so common in women with PCOS, taking steps toward prevention and seeing your doctor routinely are important. Take this quiz to determine your risk of developing diabetes and discuss your risk factors with the doctor.
Heart Health
A list of things you can do to manage your risk of heart disease from About's Heart Disease guide. Heart disease has been linked to PCOS, so keep yourself from developing cardiac health issues by thinking about prevention now!
A list of things you can do to manage your risk of heart disease from About's Heart Disease guide. Heart disease has been linked to PCOS, so keep yourself from developing cardiac health issues by thinking about prevention now!
Personalized Nutrition Guide
Here is information about the revised United States food pyramid plan and how to interpret it. Get detailed information about how many servings of each type of food you should eat and learn exactly what counts as a serving.
Here is information about the revised United States food pyramid plan and how to interpret it. Get detailed information about how many servings of each type of food you should eat and learn exactly what counts as a serving.
Finding a Specialist
By speaking with an endocrinologist, a doctor who specializes in hormonal disorders, you can help treat your disease, monitor for complications and minimize any symptoms. Here's the website for the American Association for Clinical Endocrinologists where you can locate a specially trained doctor close to you.
By speaking with an endocrinologist, a doctor who specializes in hormonal disorders, you can help treat your disease, monitor for complications and minimize any symptoms. Here's the website for the American Association for Clinical Endocrinologists where you can locate a specially trained doctor close to you.