Obesity is a known risk factor for complications during pregnancy and birth such as gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, stillbirth, macrosomia, and birth defects. Bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery, refers to a number of surgical procedures that help obese individuals lose weight. Now a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that […] More
Bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery, refers to a number of surgical procedures that help obese individuals lose weight. Now a new study published the journal Gynecologic Oncology finds that the weight loss following bariatric surgery significantly reduces the risk of uterine cancer in women. Uterine cancer, or endometrial cancer, is cancer that begins in […] More
Women who have undergone bariatric surgery to lose weight are at an increased risk of giving birth prematurely and giving birth to babies with low birth weight compared to women who have not had weight loss surgery, says a new study published in the journal BMJ. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden recently compared […] More
