Weight gain during pregnancy may lead to preterm birth supriya kashyap kashyap20 Aug 2016 12:04 PM ISTWashington : Abnormalities in interval between pregnancies, mother's body mass index (BMI) prior to pregnancy and the amount of weight gain in...
Children born by Cesarean section may have a greater risk of obesity: AHA supriya kashyap kashyap15 Nov 2016 10:00 AM ISTNEW ORLEANS: Children delivered by Cesarean section may have an increased risk for obesity compared to children born vaginally, according to research...
Statins lower cholesterol and associated with improved heart structure,function Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Jun 2017 10:39 AM ISTStatins are associated with improved heart structure and function, according to research presented today at EuroCMR 2017.1 The benefits were above and...
Obesity can cause cardiovascular ill-health, even in the young Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Jun 2017 10:30 AM ISTCopenhagen, Denmark: Higher than normal body mass index (BMI) is known to lead to cardiovascular ill-health in mid-to-late life, but there has been...
Genetic variants linked to higher BMI may be protective against Parkinson disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Jun 2017 9:04 AM ISTGenetic variants linked to higher body mass index (BMI) are associated with lower risk of Parkinson disease, according to a study published by...
India has second highest obese children in world: Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Jun 2017 11:49 AM ISTWASHINGTON: India has the second highest number of obese children in the world after China, according to an alarming study which found that 14.4...
USPSTF recommends Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 Jun 2017 1:49 PM ISTThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians screen for obesity in children and adolescents 6 years and older and offer...
Higher BMI linked with increased risk of high BP, CVD, type 2 diabetes- JAMA Cardiology Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 July 2017 9:11 AM ISTResults of a new study add to the evidence of an association between higher body mass index (BMI) and increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases such...
Obesity Paradox ? Post-PCI outcome of Overweight better than Leaner Counterparts Ruby khatun khatun11 July 2017 10:30 AM ISTObesity has been thought to be associated with increased PTCI procedure complication as well as decreased outcomes since long. Recently in a...
AAP counsels pediatricians to focus on clusters of cardiometabolic risk factors to help obese kids Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 July 2017 3:12 PM ISTWASHINGTON -- Because obesity affects one in six U.S. children and adolescents, there is a pressing need to identify the subset of overweight or obese...
Weight in adolescence may affect colorectal cancer risk Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 July 2017 9:20 AM ISTA new study has uncovered a link between being overweight or obese in adolescence and an increased risk of developing colon cancer in adulthood....
Best results in Bariatric surgery in patients with BMI between 35 and 40 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh31 July 2017 11:00 AM ISTANN ARBOR, Mich: The struggle to escape obesity takes more and more Americans to a surgeon's door, in search of bariatric surgery they hope will...
