Teenage weight may affect later fertility
Teenagers who are either underweight or obese are likely to have fewer children in adulthood, a study has found.
It’s known that both obesity and abnormally low body weight are related to reproductive difficulties, and that obesity raises the risk of a number of pregnancy complications. However, it has not been clear whether underweight and obese teenagers go on to have fewer children than their normal-weight peers.
Lilly gets FDA nod on new osteoporosis drug use
Eli Lilly & Co said Friday that it had won approval to market its blockbuster osteoporosis drug to post-menopausal women who are at high risk for invasive breast cancer.
The company also said U.S. health regulators had extended the use of the drug, known as Evista, to help reduce the risk of the aggressive form of breast cancer in post-menopausal women who have the bone-thinning disease.
Physiotherapy helpful after breast cancer surgery
Women may benefit from physiotherapy if they experience shoulder pain and reduced arm function after they undergo surgery for breast cancer, doctors from the Netherlands report.
Physiotherapy is effective for shoulder disorders unrelated to breast cancer, Dr. Carien H. G. Beurskens from Radbound University Nijmegen Medical Centre and colleagues note in their report in the online journal BMC-Cancer.
Low-salt diet seen acceptable to many
Adults may be amenable to lowering their salt intake, particularly in the context of a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, which is naturally low in salt, research shows.
“There is a public perception that reduced sodium diets are unpalatable,” Dr. Eva Obarzanek noted in an interview with Reuters Health. “But what we found is that there is really no difference in acceptability ratings from a higher and a lower sodium diet.”
