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Have migraine? Bigger waistline may be linked

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Overweight people who are between the ages of 20 and 55 may have a higher risk of experiencing migraine headaches, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual ...


Fat transplantation can have metabolic benefits

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created May 06, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

When transplanted deep into the abdomen, fat taken from just under the skin comes with metabolic benefits, or at least it does in mice, reveals a new study in the May issue of Cell Metabolism.


Ethnic background may be associated with diabetes risk

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fat and muscle mass, as potentially determined by a person's ethnic background, may contribute to diabetes risk, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & ...


Macadamia nuts can be included in heart healthy diet

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created Apr 11, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 1

Macadamia nuts included in a heart healthy diet reduced low-density cholesterol (bad cholesterol) and should be included among nuts with qualified health claims, according to researchers.


Widely used body fat measurements overestimate fatness in blacks

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created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The body mass index (BMI) and waistline measurement overestimate obesity in blacks, according to a new study. The results suggest that conventional methods for estimating body fat may need to become race-specific.


Fat around the heart may increase risk of heart attacks

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created Jul 30, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

When it comes to risk for a heart attack, having excess fat around the heart may be worse than having a high body mass index or a thick waist, according to researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and ...


Fat still on the children's menu

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created Aug 16, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parents should think twice before offering a low-fat menu to youngsters, despite concerns over obesity. Children burn more body fat than adults for each calorie spent, according to research in the online open access publication, ...


Exercise keeps dangerous visceral fat away a year after weight loss (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study conducted by exercise physiologists in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Human Studies finds that as little as 80 minutes a week of aerobic or resistance training helps not only to prevent ...


Turmeric extract suppresses fat tissue growth in rodent models

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Curcumin, the major polyphenol found in turmeric, appears to reduce weight gain in mice and suppress the growth of fat tissue in mice and cell models. Researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on ...


Fatty food can weaken the immune system

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fresh evidence that fatty food is bad for our health has come to light: mice fed a lard-based diet over a long period got worse at fighting bacteria in the blood, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University ...


Researchers study how pistachios may improve heart health

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created Sep 26, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (27) | comments 1

Going green may be heart healthy if the green you choose is pistachio nuts, according to researchers at Penn State who conducted the first study to investigate the way pistachios lower cholesterol.


Testosterone and body fat are controlled by the same genes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 05, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Genes that control percentage of body fat are also responsible for circulating levels of testosterone in men, research published in the latest edition of Clinical Endocrinology shows. The research shows a 23% overlap between ...


Dietary fat linked to pancreatic cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

High intake of dietary fats from red meat and dairy products was associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a new study published online June 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.


Do low-fat foods make us fat?

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created Dec 08, 2006 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Recent Cornell studies in movie theatres, holiday receptions, and homes showed people eat an average of 28% more total calories when they eat low-fat snacks than regular ones. "Obese people can eat up to 45% more," reports ...


High-fat low-carb diets could mean significant heart risk

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 13

New scientific research has shown that low-carbohydrate high-fat diets, made popular by the likes of the Atkins diet, do not achieve more weight loss than low-fat high-carbohydrate diets. Worryingly, the research, lead by ...