Sep. 8, 2016 Women face weight-based prejudice in the workplace – even when their body mass index (BMI) is within the healthy range, research led by a University of Strathclyde academic has ...
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Sep. 6, 2016 European standards to prevent repeat heart attacks have now been released. The consensus document outlines the steps patients and healthcare professionals can take to prevent recurrent heart ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 Every year, 57,100 children who started primary school in England at a healthy weight end up obese or overweight by the time they leave, according to new ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 When guided by internet programs or mobile devices, people can become more physically active, eat better, lose a little weight and reduce tobacco and alcohol use. Most studies using these ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 A common cell signaling pathway that controls differentiation of stem cells may also control the formation of tumor cells in fat, according to a new ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 Obese patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) lost much more weight than those who did not and were able to sustain most of this weight loss 10 years after surgery, according to a ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 In a new study, 30 percent of transgender youth report a history of at least one suicide attempt, and nearly 42 percent report a history of self-injury, such as cutting. The study also discovered a ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 As a nutritional trace element, selenium forms an essential part of our diet. Researchers have been able to show that high blood selenium levels are associated with a decreased risk of developing ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 Healthy fat tissue is essential for extended survival in the event of tumor-induced wasting syndrome (cachexia). Researchers have shown that selective manipulation of an enzyme can stop unwanted ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 As the nation's obesity rate continues to skyrocket, scientists across the country are combing the health records of 1.6 million kids to determine if childhood antibiotic use causes weight gain ...
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Aug. 29, 2016 A new study examined the potential weight management benefits of sit-stand desks. Researchers found that regular use of a height-adjustable workstation, when combined with other low-intensity ...
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Aug. 29, 2016 Obesity is a well-established major risk factor for developing diabetes, with almost 90% of people living with type 2 diabetes having obesity or overweight. Even with the close tie between obesity ...
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Aug. 29, 2016 The Mediterranean diet is associated with a reduced risk of death in patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, according to results from the observational ...
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Aug. 27, 2016 A school intervention costing less than 20 cents per child has stopped unhealthy weight ...
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Aug. 29, 2016 Being overweight increases the chances of premature death . This statement is backed by a four-continent effort involving 239 studies and data from 10.6 million people. The study -- one of the ...
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Aug. 27, 2016 Adding engineered bacteria into the guts of mice both kept them from gaining weight and protected them against some of the negative health effects of ...
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Aug. 26, 2016 Findings from a small study suggest that people who followed the Paleo diet for only eight weeks experienced positive effects on heart ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 A new study found an increased risk for becoming overweight or obese among normal-weight 18-year-olds who lived in neighborhoods with lower education or income levels. The study found that over a ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 Preventing cells of beige fat -- a calorie-burning tissue that can help to ward off obesity and diabetes -- from digesting their own mitochondria traps them in a beneficial, energy-burning state. In ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 Globally, about 42 million people now have dementia, with Alzheimer’s disease as the most common type of dementia. Rates of Alzheimer’s disease are rising worldwide. The most important risk ...
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