Obesity increases survival in advanced prostate cancer
Obese patients with a form of advanced prostate cancer survive longer than overweight and normal weight patients, new research has found.
Jul 11, 2021
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Obese patients with a form of advanced prostate cancer survive longer than overweight and normal weight patients, new research has found.
Jul 11, 2021
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For many diseases, overweight and obesity are risk factors. But now a study shows that a higher BMI may be linked to higher survival rates in patients hospitalized for severe bacterial infections.
May 24, 2021
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The prevalence of physical inactivity and obesity in adults were linked to violent crime rates in Chicago's urban Black and Hispanic communities, according to research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology, ...
May 20, 2021
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Obesity rates have increased dramatically in developed countries over the past 40 years—and many people have assumed that food marketing is at least in part to blame. But are people with obesity really more susceptible ...
Apr 1, 2021
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Children in high-poverty neighborhoods who participated in a comprehensive preschool program that provided parents with health and educational services and job training had a lower body mass index (BMI) in their late 30s ...
Mar 22, 2021
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Overweight children who were exposed to lead in utero and during their first weeks of life have the potential for poorer kidney function in adulthood, according to an Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai study published ...
Mar 5, 2021
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A new study has found a brain pressure disorder called idiopathic intracranial hypertension is on the rise, and the increase corresponds with rising obesity rates. The study is published in the January 20, 2021, online issue ...
Jan 20, 2021
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In an analysis of women with early breast cancer, Black women had higher rates of obesity and other health conditions that can affect survival, compared with white women. The findings are published early online in Cancer, ...
Dec 7, 2020
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Individuals whose overweight or obesity is diagnosed in hospital are 60% more likely to die compared to the general population, according to a nationwide Danish study that followed over 1.9 million people for up to 40 years, ...
Sep 3, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Infants of women who are normal weight prepregnancy have the lowest total infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates, with increased rates seen for infants of women who are underweight or who have obesity ...
Aug 21, 2020
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