Diabetes

Dim lights before bedtime to reduce risk of gestational diabetes

Pregnant persons should dim the lights in their home and turn off or at least dim their screens (computer monitors and smartphones) a few hours before bedtime to reduce the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus, a new Northwestern ...

Overweight & Obesity

Precarious work associated with high BMI

A study from the University of Illinois Chicago links precarious work with increases in body mass index. The study adds to a growing body of evidence that precarious work may contribute to poor health outcomes. 

Overweight & Obesity

Excess weight, obesity more deadly than previously believed

Excess weight or obesity boosts risk of death by anywhere from 22% to 91%—significantly more than previously believed—while the mortality risk of being slightly underweight has likely been overestimated, according to ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Scientists tie obesity to Alzheimer's-related genes

In a new study, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) link obesity with 21 Alzheimer's disease-related genes, providing a potential mechanistic explanation for ...

page 21 from 40