Weight gain blamed for women's heartburn
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Women who put on extra pounds raise their risk of getting frequent heartburn or making symptoms worse &amp;#151; even if they aren&#039;t overweight, a new study found.
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NEW YORK  - Changes to a gene involved in  the regulation of body weight may contribute to weight gain in  a very small number of obese individuals, new research reports.
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Women who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome may respond to pain signals differently from other women, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - People who smoke or use high  amounts of table salt on their food appear to be at increased  risk for gastroesophageal reflux, a disease in which stomach  juices flow back into the esophagus, European researchers  report. In contrast, tea and alcohol, which have been  identified as culprits in past studies, did not increase the  risk.
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Obese women are four times more likely to develop colorectal cancer than normal-weight women, according to new study findings reported here at the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology.
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Modifying the consumption of different food-groups may keep body weight from creeping up over time, new research suggests.
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If a pregnant woman has a poor diet it may increase her child's chances of having heart disease, scientists say.
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Being obese or gaining weight more than  normal increases the risk of kidney stones, especially in women  who ordinarily run half the chance that men do of developing  the painful deposits, researchers said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Weight gain above guidelines   during pregnancy is common, according to researchers, and   infants born to women with high weight gain tend to have worse   outcomes.
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Older women who eat a relatively large amount of protein from red meat or dairy products may have an elevated risk of dying from heart disease, the results of a large study suggest.
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Women who are obese when they are diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer are at a greater risk of dying of their disease than women of normal weight.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDayNews) -- Scientists have uncovered yet another reason to maintain a healthy weight: Obesity and weight gain are linked with an increased risk of developing kidney stones.
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LONDON - Fast-food meals are causing consumers to gain weight, according to a 15-year study on the health effects of the diet pattern.
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Two new studies suggest that what&#39;s not happening in the bedroom may be a key factor into why so many of us are gaining weight.
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Women who are overweight when  diagnosed with breast cancer or who become overweight after  learning of their condition are more likely to die or have the  disease come back, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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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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NEW YORK  - Relatively young women who are obese and who have polycystic ovarian syndrome are at increased risk of developing coronary atherosclerosis, also referred to as "hardening of the arteries," which is unrelated to other known risk factors for heart disease, a new study shows.