For decades, health care practitioners have used body mass index (BMI) as an indicator of a person's health. But this equation only considers height and weight, and may not capture an accurate picture of a person's risk for ...
Mar 23, 2023
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A comprehensive knowledge of human biomechanics is useful for training athletes more effectively. From a biomechanical perspective, sprinting is challenging in comparison to walking and endurance running, making it an intriguing ...
Nov 21, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Want to live like you did in the carefree days before the pandemic?
Feb 4, 2021
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As Britain becomes the first Western country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine for general use, here is a look at what leading non-Western nations are doing in the race to get a vaccine approved.
Dec 3, 2020
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In a Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology review article, Norbert Stefan from the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), the University Hospital of Tübingen and the Boston Children's Hospital highlights why and to what extent ...
Jun 18, 2020
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Belly fat, even in people who are not otherwise overweight, is bad for the heart, according to results from the Mayo Clinic presented today at EuroPrevent 2018, a European Society of Cardiology congress.
Apr 20, 2018
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Scientists have examined how differences in body composition may be a possible explanation for why consumption of some dairy products may be associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes or cardiometabolic disorders. ...
Sep 13, 2017
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Body fat distribution in the trunk is more important than body weight when it comes to cancer risk in postmenopausal women, according to a study presented at the ESMO 2017 Congress in Madrid.
Sep 10, 2017
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New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Porto, Portugal (17-20 May) shows that middle-aged people who spend the most nights in hospital (and thus have the highest healthcare burden) have ...
May 19, 2017
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Clinical investigators at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) have developed a new screening tool to help diagnose obstructive sleep apnea in children. Their findings are published in Pediatric Pulmonology.
Apr 1, 2014
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