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TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- While there are plenty of good reasons to avoid obesity in your teens, a new study now suggests that extra weight in adolescence may increase your risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) later.
As the UK's obesity crisis burgeons, millions of overweight Brits are blind to the fact that their unhealthy lifestyles mean they are twice as likely to lose their sight as someone with a normal BMI .
Sight charity The Eyecare Trust has joined forces with healthcare provider Simplyhealth to warn that many lifestyle choices can pose a serious threat to eyesight. As well as alerting people to the eye health risks posed by obesity, the charity is stressing that smoking, poor diet, lack of exercise and excessive alcohol consumption can all dramatically increase the risk of sight loss or even ...
WASHINGTON - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year - and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said yesterday.
This week, KHQA has reported how the Tri-States measures up with the rest of the country when it comes to obesity. Here's a look at Northeast Missouri.
In new cutting-edge research, scientists are looking into a possible link between childhood obesity and the amount of an important hormone that babies have at birth.
LOS ANGELES----In today’s landmark hearings called by State Senators Alex Padilla and Elaine Kontominas Alquist , representatives from the soda industry failed to acquit themselves of a growing body of research implicating sugar-sweetened beverages as the leading culprit in the obesity epidemic.
(ARA) - Our pets tend to eat the same way we do, which means - unfortunately - more cats and dogs suffer from unbalanced diets, obesity, food allergies and other health problems related to nutrition.
VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - November 5, 2009) - Sirona Biochem Corp. ( TSX-V : SBM ), an emerging biotech company focused on drug development for diabetes and obesity, announced today the second major appointment this week to its Scientific Advisory Board, Professor Denis Richard, one of Canada's leading obesity scientists. Sirona Biochem CEO Dr. Howard Verrico said, "Professor Richard's work ...
A study in California shows that about a quarter of the people hospitalized for H1N1 complications were morbidly obese, even though less than 5% of the population falls into that category. Obesity appears to be a risk factor on a par with pregnancy for developing complications from an infection with pandemic H1N1 influenza, according to the most comprehensive look yet at swine flu ...
More than 100,000 cases of cancer each year are caused by excess body fat, according to a report released Thursday in Washington.
Two out of three adults in the Finger Lakes region are overweight or obese.
Editor, This is in response to the Victor Murthy column published on Tuesday: I agree with you that obesity and weight-related conditions are a current and future problem here at UNM, but I felt your column attacks the people who are overweight, and not the issue of obesity and weight-related issues directly.
There's a lot of crossover between so-called obesity drugs and diabetes treatments. Amylin has both of them covered.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Excess body fat causes an estimated 100,500 U.S. cancer cases every year, an analysis by a large U.S. cancer research organization indicated Thursday.
In Health Watch: New research is drawing a possible link between H1N1 and obesity.Elizabeth Sanchez reports from Los Angeles... where a study found many of those hospitalized with severe swine flu are overweight.New research finds that obese people may be at higher risk for complications from H1N1.A new study of swine flu hospitalizations and deaths in California found that of 268 adults more ...
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