Cardiology
Building muscle could boost the body's most important muscle
(HealthDay)—Having more muscle and less fat reduces the risk of early death in people with heart disease, a new study suggests.
Apr 28, 2016
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Cardiology
Higher muscle mass associated with lower mortality risk in people with heart disease
Researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA found that cardiovascular disease patients who have high muscle mass and low fat mass have a lower mortality risk than those with other body compositions. The findings ...
Apr 19, 2016
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Health
Public transport, walking and cycling
Adults who commute to work via cycling or walking have lower body fat percentage and body mass index (BMI) measures in mid-life compared to adults who commute via car, according to a new study in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology ...
Mar 16, 2016
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Medical research
Poor diet and lack of exercise accelerate the onset of age-related conditions in mice
Could an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise be making you age faster? Researchers at Mayo Clinic believe there is a link between these modifiable lifestyle factors and the biological processes of aging. In a recent study, ...
Mar 16, 2016
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Medical research
When you lose weight, where does the fat actually go?
The answer to this question may surprise you. In fact, according to a recent British Medical Journal article discussing this issue, few health professionals, including doctors, dieticians, and personal trainers know the correct ...
Mar 1, 2016
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Health
Stress could help activate brown fat
Mild stress stimulates the activity and heat production by brown fat associated with raised cortisol, according to a study published today in Experimental Physiology.
Feb 9, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Standard BMI inadequate for tracking obesity during leukemia therapy
An interdisciplinary research team at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles has found that body mass index (BMI) is an inadequate method for estimating changes in body fat and obesity in children ...
Jan 28, 2016
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Overweight & Obesity
Stored fat is a feat of evolution
In spite of the bad press, stored fat is actually a really wonderful thing. Without the capacity to store energy in the form of fat, we would have been unlikely to survive through millions of years of evolution and we would ...
Jan 5, 2016
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Genetics
Genetic variant shown to influence women's body shape and diabetes risk
A genetic variant near the KLF14 gene regulates hundreds of genes that govern how and where women's bodies store fat, which affects their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to research presented at the American ...
Oct 11, 2015
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Neuroscience
Effect of presymptomatic BMI, dietary intake, alcohol on ALS
Presymptomatic patients with the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) consumed more daily calories but had lower body-mass index (BMI) than those individuals without ALS in a study in the Netherlands ...
Aug 17, 2015
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