Lab Notes: Obesity in Pregnancy May Lower Babies’
Iron; Heaviest Living Woman Losing Weight with Sex

post from CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog on 11 July 2012 06:07:15 AM. © CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog

On our Lab Notes page CalorieLab’s editors select and rank the day’s essential health news items in real time. Readers can suggest, vote and comment on items. Below are brief summaries of yesterday’s (July 10, 2012) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes.

1. Obesity in Pregnancy May Lower Babies’ Iron

Obesity during pregnancy may increase the likelihood of having babies with low iron levels because of increased levels of a hormone that makes the transfer of iron from mom to fetus less efficient, according to results from a small study.

2. Heaviest Living Woman Losing Weight with Sex

Pauline Potter of Sacramento, California, the Guinness World Records holder of the title World’s Heaviest Living Woman, has reunited with her ex-husband Alex for sex sessions that are helping her shed pounds.

3. CDC Tells You How to Survive a Wedding

Planning for a wedding isn’t so different from planning for a disaster, says the CDC.

4. Cranberries Really Do Help Prevent UTIs

Women with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) may benefit from drinking cranberry juice often or consuming other cranberry-containing products, say researchers who evaluated 13 studies on the effectiveness of preventing UTIs with cranberries.