Pregnancy After 40: Healthy Weight Improves Risk Age, Obesity Both Affect Risks, but Losing Weight Before Conceiving May Help, Experts Say May 9, 2012 -- Pregnancy after 40 does carry more risks, but being at a healthy weight before getting pregnant seems to modify those risks, new research suggests.
FDA Approves Diet Drug Qsymia Agency Warns of Increased Risk for Oral Birth Defects July 17, 2012 -- For the second time in less than a month, the FDA has approved a new prescription weight loss drug.
Despite Near Overwhelming Support, Concerns About Drug's Safety Continue Feb. 22, 2012 -- An FDA advisory committee has reversed an earlier decision and voted overwhelmingly in favor of approving the weight loss pill Qnexa.