News tagged with normal
Weight matters: 'Normal' sized girls are judged to be more attractive by young men
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that despite the size zero trend, boys really do prefer 'normal' girls of an average weight and build.
Diabetes is significant economic burden for US health-care system
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Excess medical expenses and reduced productivity due to diabetes costs the U.S. economy more than $174 billion annually, a figure that could be reduced by lifestyle modifications and preventive care and by pay-for-performance ...
New method separates cancer cells from normal cells
Jun 15, 2009 |
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The vast majority of cancer deaths are due to metastasis, the spread of cancer cells from its primary site to other parts of the body. These metastatic cells tend to move more than their non-metastatic variants but this movement ...
Overweight male teens with normal blood pressures showing signs of heart damage
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Even while their blood pressures are still normal, overweight male teens may have elevated levels of a hormone known to increase pressures as well as early signs of heart damage, researchers say.
Obese women play cancer roulette
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Obese women may be putting themselves at greater risk of breast cancer by not undergoing regular screening. According to new research by Dr. Nisa Maruthur and her team from The John Hopkins University School of Medicine in ...
Being overweight just as risky to health as being a smoker
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Obese adolescents have the same risk of premature death in adulthood as people who smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day, while those who are overweight have the same risk as less heavy smokers, according to research published ...
Arab-American women need supplement to boost dangerously low vitamin D levels
Feb 16, 2009 |
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Arab-American women living in southeast Detroit whose conservative dress limits their exposure to sun should be taking a vitamin D supplement to boost their dangerously low serum levels, according to a study published by ...
Morbidly obese patients face high risk for complications after colectomy
Jan 14, 2009 |
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New research published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that morbidly obese patients are at higher risk than normal weight patients for complications after colectomy - surgical remova ...
Grape-seed extract kills laboratory leukemia cells, proving value of natural compounds
Dec 31, 2008 |
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An extract from grape seeds forces laboratory leukemia cells to commit cell suicide, according to researchers from the University of Kentucky. They found that within 24 hours, 76 percent of leukemia cells had died after being ...
What is the effect of fluoxetine on mast cell?
Dec 23, 2008 |
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Mast cells are now recognized as "granular cells of the connective tissue", whose activation exacerbates allergic immune responses and as key players in the establishment of innate immunity as well as modulators of adaptive ...
Who are you kidding? Overweight or obese moms who underestimate their weight status are more likely to over-gain during
Dec 22, 2008 |
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The research was carried out by a team of researchers led by Sharon Herring, MD, MPH, an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Temple University. She said, "Compared to normal weight women who accurately assessed ...
When it's not just baby weight
Dec 22, 2008 |
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Body image is a tricky thing for many women. Like looking into a funhouse mirror, the way they perceive their bodies can make them think they're thinner or more obese than they actually are. Researchers led by Temple University's ...
Molecular marker identifies normal stem cells as intestinal tumor source
Dec 17, 2008 |
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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have answered a central question in cancer biology: whether normal stem cells can give rise to tumors. Stem cells are immature cells that can renew themselves and give rise ...
What is the etiology of cardiac syndrome X?
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Non-cardiac chest pain remains a widespread symptom especially in western countries with a significant economic burden. Patients with chest pain and abnormal electrocardiographic (ECG) but normal coronary angiogram (i.e. ...
La Niña Anomaly Could Affect Winter Weather in Colorado
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A strong La Niña that developed early last winter, only to disappear this summer, is showing signs of life again and could affect our winter weather, said University of Colorado at Boulder and NOAA atmospheric ...
