Obese women 'lose brain tissue'
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Women who are obese are more likely to experience brain tissue loss, an early sign of dementia, researchers find.
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NEW YORK  - 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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NEW YORK  - Obese individuals who suffer a stroke are significantly less likely to be discharged home and tend to stay in the hospital longer than lean individuals who suffer a stroke, researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles have observed.
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Women who are obese get more aggressive types of ovarian cancer, scientists find.
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Breast cancer is more likely to kill obese women than those of normal weight, research suggests. US researchers from the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia examined data on more than 2,000 patients with early stage breast cancer.
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The global obesity pandemic combined with society's anti-fat bias is more damaging to women than to men, an expert has warned at an international conference.
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Anorexia nervosa causes a loss of lung tissue, resulting in changes that resemble emphysema, according to a new report.
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Being obese more than doubles the risk of a type of leukemia -- acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) -- in older women, according to a new report. The risk is only slightly diminished in women who are overweight.
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Medical tests show that the actress has lost weight
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Highly obese women are 12 times more likely to have diabetes or knee replacement surgery, and five times more likely to have high blood pressure than women who are at a normal weight, says a new study.
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Breast cancer is more likely to kill obese women than those of normal weight, research suggests.
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Nov. 22, 2004 -- Carrying too many extra pounds during your life may take its toll on your brain as well as your body, according to a new study.
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CINCINNATI - A woman who weighed more than 300 pounds noticed something strange happening to her body.  As she lost more than 60 pounds over several weeks without going on a diet, she said she could feel a large mass growing inside her. "It didn't feel normal," Grace Radtke said.
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NEW YORK  - Weight-loss surgery for severe  obesity may carry the risk of damage to the network of nerves  that runs throughout the body, researchers reported Thursday.
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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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WASHINGTON: A new study conducted by researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found that the weight regulating hormone, leptin, plays a crucial role in women&#39;s reproductive and neuro
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Obese pregnant women can avoid  weight gain or even lose some weight without harming their  babies, a small study suggests.