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| Weight Loss Surgery Helps Obese Women Have Healthier Pregnancies, Infants Women who become pregnant after undergoing bariatric surgery have less complicated pregnancies and healthier infants than obese women who become pregnant, according to a new study, the New York Times reports. medicalnewstoday.com |
Study Sheds New Light On Link Between Obesity And Infertility Obese women have alterations in their ovaries which might be responsible for an egg's inability to make an embryo, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Obese women trying to become pregnant experience longer times to conception, even if they are young and have a regular menstrual cycle. medicalnewstoday.com |
Risk For Obesity Increased By Short Sleep Duration And Race According to a research abstract presented on June 8, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, race significantly influences the risk of obesity conferred by short sleep duration, with blacks having a greater risk than whites. Results indicate that short sleep was associated with obesity, with the adjusted odds ratios for black Americans (1.78) and white Americans (1. medicalnewstoday.com |
Nationwide Children's Hospital Joins Alliance For A Healthier Generation's Healthcare Initiative Nationwide Children's Hospital has renewed its commitment to the health and well being of children by collaborating with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint initiative between the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation, to provide employees comprehensive health benefits for the prevention, assessment, and treatment of childhood obesity. medicalnewstoday.com |
Researchers Find Obesity Key Mayo researchers collaborating with investigators at the University of Iowa, University of Connecticut and New York University (NYU) have discovered a molecular mechanism that controls energy expenditure in muscles and helps determine body weight. Researchers say this could lead to a new medical approach in treating obesity. The findings appear in the journal Cell Metabolism... mnt.to |