Health and Fitness

Women’s Fertility May Decrease with Physically Demanding or Shift Work

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Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2017.   Women who lift heavy loads at work may experience decreased fertility, and the effect appears stronger among overweight or obese women and older women, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Working non-daytime work schedules may also decrease fertility, the researchers found.

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The study will be published online February 7, 2017 in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

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