New research links obesity, infertility
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Australian researchers have found a fatty diet damages eggs in the ovaries and prevents them from becoming healthy embryos, a finding they say may explain why obese women are often infertile.
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Women on the Pill who are overweight are up to 70 per cent more likely to become pregnant than those who are slim, scientists have discovered.
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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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MONDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity and depression often go hand-in-hand in middle-aged women, a new U.S. study found.
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Obese couples have a more difficult  time conceiving a baby than couples of normal weight, according  to a study published on Tuesday identifying another consequence  of putting on too much weight.
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Previous reports have shown that obesity increases a woman'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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Apart from upbringing and environment, scientists are discovering that genes and biology are more important in the fight against obesity than previously believed.
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Overweight and obese women are significantly more likely to become pregnant while on the contraceptive pill than other women, new research 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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For years, experts have worried that dieting might lead to depression, binge eating and eating disorders in obese women, but a new study shows that&#39;s not the case.
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Â· Sequencing may help tackle obesity and cancerÂ· Patients could have tests before having children
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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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Mutations in the gene that regulates body weight have a significant impact on obesity, says a German study in the current issue of the Journal of Medical Genetics.
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NEW YORK -- A new, large study suggests that treating women who develop diabetes during pregnancy greatly reduces the chances that their baby will become obese during childhood.
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The contraceptive pill is less likely to work in women who are obese or overweight, according to new research. Scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle found that overweight women
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A study finds that a motherâs gestational diabetes, the kind that starts in pregnancy, is significantly associated with obesity in her children at ages 5 to 7.
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A new study has found that leptin plays a critical role in womenâs reproductive and neuroendocrine health and suggests a future for the hormone in treating a number of conditions including exercise-induced bone loss, eating disorders and some cases of