News tagged with body mass index
Obese patients face increased risk of kidney damage after heart surgery
Oxidative stress may put obese patients at increased risk of developing kidney damage after heart surgery, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). Effect ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 24, 2012 |
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Study suggests obese patients have more advanced, aggressive papillary thyroid cancer
A review of medical records of patients treated at an academic tertiary care center suggests that obese patients present to their physicians with more advanced stage and more aggressive forms of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), ...
Cancer
May 21, 2012 |
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Doctors who dictate their notes have worse quality of care than those who use other documentation methods: study
Could the quality of care you receive be affected by how your doctor takes notes? According to a new study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), doctors who dictated their patient notes appeared to have worse ...
Health
May 21, 2012 |
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Tuberculosis increases the risk of lung cancer mortality in the elderly
Tuberculosis independently predicts death from lung cancer in the elderly, according to a new study from researchers in Hong Kong.
Cancer
May 21, 2012 |
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Obese adolescents have heart damage
Obese adolescents with no symptoms of heart disease already have heart damage, according to new research.
Cardiology
May 21, 2012 |
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ECO: Behavioral treatment for obesity effective in children
(HealthDay) -- Behavioral treatment for obesity is much more effective for younger children than for adolescents, according to a study presented at the European Congress on Obesity, held from May 9 to 11 in ...
Health
May 14, 2012 |
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Improving body satisfaction can help prevent eating disorders and obesity
(Medical Xpress) -- In a study that examined the relationship between body dissatisfaction, body mass index (BMI) and binge eating in overweight and obese adolescent girls, Kendrin R. Sonneville, ScD, RD, researcher ...
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May 11, 2012 |
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Metformin may have dual effect in breast cancer
(HealthDay) -- For women without diabetes and with operable breast cancer, administration of metformin prior to surgery does not significantly affect the proliferative marker Ki-67 overall, but drug effects ...
Cancer
May 09, 2012 |
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ACOG: Abdominoplasty plus hysterectomy deemed safe
(HealthDay) -- Data from a case series of 65 patients indicate that combining abdominoplasty and hysterectomy is safe and effective, according to a study presented at the annual clinical meeting of the American ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
May 08, 2012 |
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Killer T-cells found to counter obesity-related diabetes
(Medical Xpress) -- For years, researchers have known that obesity, type 2 diabetes and low-level inflammation are linked, but how they are connected has not been well understood.
Diabetes
May 08, 2012 |
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Long commutes may be hazardous to health
As populations move even further away from urban centers, more people spend longer hours behind the wheel on their way to and from work. While sedentary behavior is known to have adverse effects on cardiovascular and metabolic ...
Health
May 08, 2012 |
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Obesity prevention program for girls not associated with significant difference in body mass index
An Australian school-based obesity prevention program for adolescent girls was not associated with statistically significant differences in body mass index (BMI) and other body composition measures, however the small changes ...
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May 07, 2012 |
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Keeping obesity rates level could save nearly $550 billion over two decades
Researchers have forecast the cost savings and rise in obesity prevalence over the next two decades in a new public health study.
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May 07, 2012 |
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Comorbidities increase risk of mortality in COPD patients
Comorbidities are common among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and a number of these comorbidities are independently associated with an increased mortality risk, according to a new study.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 04, 2012 |
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Weight-loss surgery provides benefit to high-risk, severely obese patients
Among surgeries for obesity, a newer, increasingly popular procedure called sleeve gastrectomy provides more weight loss to high-risk, severely obese patients than adjustable gastric banding, a new study suggests.
Surgery
May 03, 2012 |
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Body mass index
The body mass index (BMI), or Quetelet index, is a controversial statistical measurement which compares a person's weight and height. Though it does not actually measure the percentage of body fat, it may be a useful tool to estimate a healthy body weight based on how tall a person is. Due to its ease of measurement and calculation, it is the most widely used diagnostic tool to identify weight problem within a population including: underweight, overweight and obesity. It was invented between 1830 and 1850 by the Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet during the course of developing "social physics". Body mass index is defined as the individual's body weight divided by the square of his or her height. The formulae universally used in medicine produce a unit of measure of kg/m2. BMI can also be determined using a BMI chart, which displays BMI as a function of weight (horizontal axis) and height (vertical axis) using contour lines for different values of BMI or colours for different BMI categories.
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