Cardiology
Overweight children are developing heart complications
If you put on some weight over the last two years, you're not alone. But adults weren't the only ones who packed on the so-called COVID 15.
Dec 14, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
New AI-powered computer model predicts disease progression during aging
Using artificial intelligence, a team of University at Buffalo researchers has developed a novel system that models the progression of chronic diseases as patients age.
Dec 7, 2021
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Health
Sleep and fitness go hand-in-hand
The University of Saskatchewan's (USask) Dr. Heather Foulds (PhD) and her team of students have conducted a new study which confirms the connection between sleep and physical activity among middle-aged women.
Jul 12, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Online coaching improves choices of women experiencing pregnancy difficulties
Personalised coaching through a smartphone platform can help women improve their lifestyle behaviours in the period before and shortly after they become pregnant, a new study has shown. The biggest reduction in behaviours ...
Jun 17, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Prenatal exposure to famine heightens risk for later being overweight
An analysis of historical medical records found that men who were prenatally exposed during early gestation to the Dutch famine of 1944-1945 were 30 percent more likely to be overweight with a Body Mass Index of 25 or over ...
May 10, 2021
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Medical research
COVID-19 study in Ireland: Link between underlying conditions and poor outcomes
A national study of 20,000 patients conducted by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has identified the underlying conditions that are associated with more ...
Apr 26, 2021
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Diabetes
Levels of diabetes have tripled in 25 years
The proportion of adults with diagnosed diabetes trebled between 1994 and 2019, report researchers from UCL and the National Center for Social Research (NatCen), who have analyzed the latest results from the Health Survey ...
Dec 17, 2020
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Cardiology
Study shows 15% of teenagers have high blood pressure and a third are overweight
High blood pressure is hard to detect, which is why hypertension is considered one of the main 'silent diseases' that affect the population. With the goal of identifying its risk factors in young people, researchers from ...
Nov 12, 2020
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Health
New study shows kids' physical fitness is more important than BMI
For adults, the goal of exercise is often to shed some pounds, but new research from the University of Georgia suggests the objective should be different for kids.
Nov 10, 2020
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Cardiology
All weight loss isn't equal for reducing heart failure risk
Reducing the level of body fat and waist size are linked to a lower risk of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes, a study led by UT Southwestern researchers indicates. The findings, reported today in Circulation, ...
Nov 9, 2020
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