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Thursday, December 25, 2025

Understanding HG (hyperemesis gravidarum) with Dr. Marlena Fejzo


On this episode of Yoga | Start | Infants, I’m joined by Dr. Marlena Fejzo, a number one ladies’s well being scientist and researcher. Dr. Fejzo is finest identified for locating the primary genes linked to uterine fibroids, nausea and vomiting of being pregnant, and hyperemesis gravidarum, and has revealed extensively on ailments affecting ladies. She is an Assistant Professor on the College of Southern California and an internationally acknowledged chief in ladies’s well being analysis.

I used to be instantly struck by Dr. Fejzo’s depth of data and knew she could be the proper visitor to discover hyperemesis gravidarum—what it’s, how frequent it’s, and why better understanding and compassion are so wanted. My hope is that this episode helps start that shift.

On this episode you’ll study:

  • About Dr. Fejzo and what first drew her into researching hyperemesis gravidarum
  • What hyperemesis gravidarum is, and the way it differs from “regular” morning illness
  • What the analysis says in regards to the causes of HG, and if  there’s a genetic or hormonal element
  • How frequent HG is, and why some individuals are affected whereas others usually are not
  • The impression HG sometimes has on psychological well being and household life
  • Why, traditionally, HG hasn’t at all times been taken critically in medical settings, and what’s altering now
  • What Dr. Fejzo wished each healthcare supplier understood about hyperemesis gravidarum
  • What therapies are presently out there, and the way efficient they’re
  • How HG can have an effect on being pregnant outcomes, each for the birthing dad or mum and the newborn
  • The chance of HG recurring in future pregnancies, if it’s occurred in formative pregnancies
  • Recommendation for somebody presently navigating HG, who feels dismissed or unsupported by their supplier
  • What function companions, household, and neighborhood can play in supporting somebody with HG
  • Assets that Dr. Fejzo recommends for sufferers and their households
  • One ultimate tip or piece of recommendation Dr. Fejzo want to supply new and expectant dad and mom
  • The place you’ll find her work

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About Dr. Fejzo:

Marlena Fejzo is a ladies’s well being scientist who has revealed peer-reviewed articles on many ailments of ladies together with ovarian and breast most cancers, a number of sclerosis, and found the primary genes for uterine fibroids, nausea and vomiting of being pregnant (NVP), and hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). Fejzo is an Assistant Professor on the College of Southern California, Chief Scientific Officer of The Morning Illness and HG Clinic, Analysis Director and Board Member of the HER Basis, Board Member of the Basis for Girls’s Well being, and an advisor for NGMBio. Fejzo is a 2024 Time Girl of the 12 months and Time 100 Well being Honoree, obtained the Nationwide Group of Girls Victoria Mastrobuono Award in Girls’s Well being, Forbes 50 Over 50 award in Innovation, Falling Partitions Breakthrough of the 12 months Finalist, and was the inaugural BII & Science Translational Medication Prize for Improvements in Girls’s Well being winner.

Join with Dr. Fejzo:

Instagram: mfejzo1

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