Obesity increases the risk of fetal and infant death, and the risk of complications after hysterectomy
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 03:00
in Health & Medicine
Women who are obese during early pregnancy have a significantly increased risk of their baby dying before, during or up to one year after birth, according to research published in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction today [1]. A second paper [2] also published in the journal today shows that obesity increases the risk of complications, such as bleeding and infections, during and after a hysterectomy operation.