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Oregon and Hawaiian researchers have found that a woman`s weight does not seem to affect sexual behavior. In fact, overweight women are more likely to report having sex with men than women considered to be of "normal weight."
The study is based on data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth that looked at sexual [...]

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Research has not proven that the Pill causes weight gain. But many women are put off using contraceptive pills because this has been listed as one of their adverse effects. Their concern may be narrowing their contraceptive choices without good reason, according to the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG).
Different forms [...]

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A study by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research of more than 40,000 women and their babies found that women who gained more than 40 pounds during their pregnancies were nearly twice as likely to have a heavy baby.
Published in the November issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the study found that more than one [...]

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A group of researchers led by Adrian Bachtold of the CIN2 laboratory in Spain has developed an ultrasensitive mass sensor, which can measure tiny amounts of mass with atomic precision, and with an unprecedented resolution to date.
The device is based on a carbon nanotube of 1 nanometer diameter which is clamped at both ends to [...]

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