Health and Weight

A study presented at the recent Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) gives an intriguing look at the treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in obese women by gastric bypass surgery. PCOS is the leading cause of female infertility. Although the exact cause is still unknown, doctors have found that PCOS is associated with irregular menstrual cycles, acne, hormonal changes, hirsutism (excess hair growth), weight gain and infertility.

The study presented at ASMBS was conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The researchers looked at a subset of 556 women who were morbidly obese and who underwent gastric bypass ...

Many choices that young women make related to their health and bodies can have tremendous consequences when it comes to fertility. It is well known that prior health and lifestyle choices can affect fertility. ...

Not long ago, dotIVF.com took a close look at BPAs. A mother's exposure to BPAs while pregnant can decrease a daughter's fertility once she is older. ...

Thank goodness for longitudinal, large-cohort population studies about health. Studies like the Framingham heart study and the Nun Study on Aging and Alzheimer's have yielded gold mines of information that can be used to keep people healthy. Now, a Nurses' Health Study has been mined to look at the relationship between diet (especially carbs) and infertility.
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Quick. Name two health issues that are both getting worse.

Did you name overeating and infertility? (If you have read this website in the past week or so, I bet you answered correctly.) ...

Diabetes and infertility

Infertility is the inability of a couple to achieve a pregnancy in a twelve month period in the presence of adequate unprotected sexual intercourse of at least three ...