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Health

Mean light timing may influence body mass index and body fat

A new study suggests that the timing of exposure to moderate levels of light may influence body mass index (BMI) and body fat.

Jun 9, 2015

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Overweight & Obesity

Current BMI tests underestimate obesity in teens with disabilities

New approaches, based on body mass index (BMI) or other simple measures, are needed to improve assessment of obesity in adolescents with physical disabilities, reports a paper in the American Journal of Physical Medicine ...

Jun 9, 2015

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Health

Inactivity in childhood linked to poor health outcomes in adolescence

How active you are as a child could have an impact on your weight and risk of chronic disease from as early fifteen years of age, according to new research led by the University of Sydney.

Jun 1, 2015

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Sleep disorders

Pulmonary rehabilitation helps patients newly diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) treatment could be a valuable addition to comprehensive therapy in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome, according to a new study. The study was presented at the 2015 American ...

May 18, 2015

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Overweight & Obesity

Online fat acceptance and the body beautiful

Media and healthcare institutions have long commanded that the ideal and desirable body shape should be thin. If you are fat are you irresponsibly risking your health? Will you ever be able to look or feel beautiful? Will ...

May 11, 2015

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Investigational anti-diabetic may offer potential for management of non-alcoholic fatty liver

Data presented today at The International Liver Congress 2015 demonstrates that remogliflozin etabonate, an investigational drug in type 2 diabetes, is a potential treatment option for the management of patients with non-alcoholic ...

Apr 23, 2015

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Health

Eating out = high blood pressure?

A recent study on university-going young adults, by researchers from the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS), is the first ever to show an association between meals eaten away from home and high blood pressure. ...

Apr 10, 2015

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Neuroscience

Study finds why drug for type 2 diabetes makes people fat

Medication used to treat patients with type II diabetes activates sensors on brain cells that increase hunger, causing people taking this drug to gain more body fat, according to researchers at Georgia State University, Oregon ...

Mar 25, 2015

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Genetics

New gene influences apple or pear shape, risk of future disease

Scientists have known for some time that people who carry a lot of weight around their bellies are more likely to develop diabetes and heart disease than those who have bigger hips and thighs. But what hasn't been clear is ...

Mar 23, 2015

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