Obesity boosts pregnancy risk in pill-taking women:
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[Health India]: Washington, Dec 29: A new study conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggest that overweight and obese women who take oral contraceptives are 60 percent to 70 percent more likely to get pregnant while on the birth-control
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Leptin, the hormone best known to control appetite, also appears to play a major role in fertility and bone development in women. A small, new study
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PHILADELPHIA - Oct. 22, 2004 â-omen who take birth control pills have a lower risk of heart disease, heart attack, and no increased risk of breast cancer according to a new study based on data from the Women&#39;s Health Initiative.
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Estrogen-progestin pills double postmenopausal women&#39;s chances of developing dangerous blood clots, and the risk is even higher for overweight patients and those over 60, researchers say.
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(National-NBC) Oct. 29, 2004 - A new study finds overweight and obese women have longer labors than healthy weight women. Researchers say this could increase the risk for complications such as cesarean section births.
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Previous reports have shown that obesity increases a woman&#39;s risk of developing breast cancer -- and now new research indicates that obesity continues to have a negative effect once breast cancer occurs.
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Overweight and obese older women have an increased risk of leukemia, says a University of Minnesota study. It found that older women who are overweight or obese could be more than twice as likely as normal
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PHILADELPHIA Oct 21, 2004 - Women on the birth control pill had surprisingly lower risks of heart disease and stroke and no increased risk of breast cancer, according to the largest women&#39;s health study ever done.
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Researchers compared the weight and body-mass index (BMI) of 248 women who became pregnant while on the Pill, and compared them to a group of 533 women of the same age who were taking oral contraceptives but who were not pregnant.
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Quick weight gain may be among the birth-control pillâs most dreaded side effects but how much does it really add to your waistline?
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study shows overweight and obese women who take oral contraceptives are more likely to get pregnant while on the pill.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with the diabetes  drug rosiglitazone, which is marketed under the trade name  Avandia, can restore ovulation in obese women with polycystic  ovary syndrome (PCOS), a disease involving high levels of male  hormones resulting in fertility and menstrual problems, new  research shows.
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BEING overweight dramatically increases the chances of women on the Pill getting pregnant, scientists revealed today. An overweight or obese woman is 60 per cent to 70 per cent more likely to conceive while
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NEW YORK  - Women who are underweight before they become pregnant are at heightened risk for suffering a miscarriage in the first trimester, a UK study shows, but taking vitamin supplements and eating fresh fruit and vegetables can reduce the risk.
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The heavier a woman is when she  becomes pregnant, the less likely she is to stick with  breast-feeding long-term, a new study from Denmark shows.
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Women who are overweight or obese before becoming pregnant generally spend a longer time in labor than thinner women do, a new study suggests.
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(CBS 5 NEWS) - New information was released that once again calls into question the health risks of birth control pills. This past October, two major studies concluded that oral contraceptives lower the risk