News tagged with excess weight
Size matters: Obesity leading risk factor of left atrial enlargement during aging
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement (LAE), upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and death, according to findings ...
Trialing major weight loss for type 2 diabetes in the overweight
Oct 14, 2009 |
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In the first trial of its kind in the world, researchers at Monash University's Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) will examine the benefits of a gastric banding procedure on overweight people with Type 2 diabetes.
Being overweight super-sizes both risk and consequences of sleep-disordered breathing
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Overweight individuals are not just at greater risk of having sleep-disordered-breathing (SDB), they are also likely to suffer greater consequences, according to new research.
How to ... avoid kidney stones
Jul 17, 2009 |
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These solid masses that form in the kidneys can grow big enough to cause severe pain and even infection as they pass into the urinary tract.
Major study highlights weight differences among 3-19 year-olds with type 1 and 2 diabetes
Jun 22, 2009 |
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A major study of three to 19 year-olds has provided vital data on the weight problems faced by the growing number of children and young people with type 1 diabetes, which is more prevalent in younger age groups than type ...
