News tagged with obese patients

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Obesity raises death risk tied to sleeping pills

Obesity appears to significantly increase the risk of death tied to sleeping pills, nearly doubling the rate of mortality even among those prescribed 18 or fewer pills in a year, researchers reported Friday.

Sleep apnea created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Should doctors treat lack of exercise as a medical condition? Mayo expert says 'yes'

A sedentary lifestyle is a common cause of obesity, and excessive body weight and fat in turn are considered catalysts for diabetes, high blood pressure, joint damage and other serious health problems. But what if lack of ...

Health created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Heart hormone helps shape fat metabolism

It's well known that exercising reduces body weight because it draws on fat stores that muscle can burn as fuel. But a new study at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) suggests that ...

Medical research created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds that natural killer T-cells in fat tissue guard against obesity

Invariant natural killer T-cells (iNKT) are a unique subset of immune cells that are known to influence inflammatory responses. Now, a scientific team led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has ...

Immunology created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Not your fault! Hormones linked to weight regain

Any dieter knows that it's hard to keep off weight you've lost. Now a study finds that even a year after dieters shed a good chunk of weight quickly, their hormones were still insisting, "Eat! Eat! Eat!"

Health created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Vitamin D may prevent clogged arteries in diabetics

People with diabetes often develop clogged arteries that cause heart disease, and new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that low vitamin D levels are to blame.

Diabetes created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vitamin D may lower diabetes risk in obese children and adolescents, study finds

Childhood and adolescent obesity rates in the United States have increased dramatically in the past three decades. Being obese puts individuals at greater risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, a disease in which individuals ...

Diabetes created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study finds physicians less likely to 'bond' with overweight patients

In a small study of 39 primary care doctors and 208 of their patients, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that physicians built much less of an emotional rapport with their overweight and obese patients than with their ...

Overweight and Obesity created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Brain mechanisms of food reward

Studying what makes us want to eat, could help devise approaches to prevent obesity, which is becoming widespread in Europe

Neuroscience created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bariatric surgery dramatically outperforms standard treatment for type 2 diabetes

In the first published study of its kind, researchers from the Catholic University/Policlinico Gemelli in Rome, Italy, and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center found that bariatric surgery dramatically outperforms ...

Diabetes created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Full weight-Based chemo doses recommended for obese

(HealthDay) -- The American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline on Appropriate Chemotherapy Dosing for Obese Adult Patients With Cancer recommends using full weight-based cytotoxic chemotherapy ...

Cancer created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

EU approves Novartis drug Signifor for Cushing's disease

European Union regulators have given Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis a green light to market its drug Signifor as a treatment for Cushing's disease, the company said Wednesday.

Medications created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Jack Spratt' diabetes gene identified

Type 2 diabetes is popularly associated with obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. However, just as there are obese people without type 2 diabetes, there are lean people with the disease.

Genetics created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Experimental diabetes drugs offer patients hope

Some experimental diabetes treatments in late testing offer patients hope of better controlling their blood sugar and weight and preventing dangerously low blood sugar, all big challenges for millions of diabetics.

Diabetes created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Weight-loss surgery cuts heart risk 7 years later: study

(HealthDay) -- Seven years after they underwent weight-loss surgery, patients as a whole fared better on several measurements of their risk of cardiac problems, a new study finds, and many returned to normal ...

Surgery created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast