We've known for some time the body mass index (BMI) is an inaccurate measuring stick for assessing someone's weight and associated health. But it continues to be the go-to tool for medical doctors, population researchers ...
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Hitting the gym or running track seems straight forward for some—but what are the barriers many women face in partaking in regular exercise, particularly after childbirth or older?
Sep 11, 2023
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Based on cues she'd picked up from popular culture and public health guidance, Stanford Medicine statistician Maya Mathur, Ph.D., had always assumed that being overweight decreases lifespans. She was surprised, then, to come ...
Sep 8, 2023
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SFU engineering science professor Mirza Faisal Beg is spearheading research that could help to redefine cancer treatment. Using artificial intelligence (AI) his breakthrough research enables imaging of the human body and ...
Sep 1, 2023
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The weight-loss jab Wegovy has been hailed as an "absolute game-changer" after a new study showed that it relieved symptoms and improved the quality of life in people with a common form of heart failure.
Sep 1, 2023
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Anyone who's struggled with reaching or maintaining a healthy weight probably has heard comments like, "If you want to lose weight, just eat less and exercise more" or "Losing weight is all about willpower." But weight loss ...
Aug 29, 2023
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Around the country, non-profits and local governments are testing the idea of food as medicine through "produce prescription programs"—with promising results, according to researchers from the Friedman School of Nutrition ...
Aug 29, 2023
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A team of clinicians, exercise scientists, pharmaceutical scholars, ethicists, and behavioral experts at the University of California, Irvine, outlined their concerns that the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists ...
Aug 29, 2023
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Scientists of the Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium under the auspices of the Department of Cardiology at the University Heart & Vascular Center of the Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and the German Center for ...
Aug 28, 2023
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Patients report that a ketogenic diet (KD) improves multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms, according to a study published in the August issue of Clinical Nutrition.
Aug 22, 2023
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