http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Young men who are obese in their early 20s are significantly more likely to develop serious ill health by the time they reach middle age, or not even make it that far, suggests research published in the online journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-obesity-early-20s-curbs-chances.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:56:10 EST news286480564 (HealthDay)—Individuals with higher midlife cardiorespiratory fitness levels are significantly less likely to develop all-cause dementia later in life, according to research published in the Feb. 5 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-higher-midlife-linked-all-cause-dementia.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:20:01 EST news279282748 Heterosexual men pick up clues about other men's physical qualities from their dance moves just as heterosexual women do, say researchers at Northumbria University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-male-dancers-strength-men-women.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:16:44 EST news278594153 (Medical Xpress)—The medical costs of obesity for the current cohort of children and adolescents in Maine could reach an estimated $1.2 billion over the next 20 years, according to a new study by a University of Maine economist. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-combining-economics-childhood-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 05 Nov 2012 07:28:39 EST news271322910 British police officers should undertake an annual fitness test and face a pay cut if they repeatedly fail, a report said Thursday, after finding that half of London policemen were overweight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-british-police-overweight.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:42:10 EST news251019717