On the Pill? Extra Weight Ups Pregnancy Risk
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Dec. 29, 2004 -- For overweight women, birth control pills don&#39;t offer as reliable protection against pregnancy as one might think, new research shows.
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Women were warned Wednesday that their risk of blood clots in the legs and lungs may be higher if they use the birth-control patch instead of the pill.
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What does a woman's weight have to do with birth control? According to FDA experts, a recent rise in pregnancies among women on the pill may be linked to obesity.
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Overweight and obese women are 60 to 70 per cent more likely to get pregnant while taking an oral contraceptive than the women of normal weight, a new study shows.
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Compared with women who were of normal weight and taking a placebo, overweight women taking estrogen plus progestin raised their risk of venous thrombosis 3.8 times, while obese women experienced 5.6 times the risk.
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THE Pill does not increase the risk of breast cancer, and can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer and heart disease, according to the largest study conducted into the oral contraceptive.
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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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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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Obese pregnant women may have  an increased risk of losing their baby relatively late in  pregnancy, and black women appear particularly at risk, a large  study suggests.
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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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Doctors aren't doing a very good job of warning young women to avoid getting pregnant when they're taking prescription drugs that can cause birth defects, a new study suggests.
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An overweight woman's chances of getting pregnant steadily falls as her weight increases, research finds.
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New research has found a higher risk of leukemia among older overweight women, offering another piece of evidence that carrying extra pounds can increase your chance of getting cancer.
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Discounting fears that contraceptive pills adversely affect the health of women, a new research claims that the tablets, on the contrary, reduce chances of heart attacks.
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NEW YORK  - 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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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 pill, respectively, than women of
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NEW YORK  - High cholesterol and inflammation during pregnancy may increase a woman's odds of premature delivery, a study suggests.