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Obesity highest in children from lower income areas

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- School children from lower socioeconomic areas are one-and-a-half times more likely to be overweight or obese compared with children living in wealthier areas, a new study has found.





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Poor face greater health burden than smokers or the obese

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The average low-income person loses 8.2 years of perfect health, the average high school dropout loses 5.1 years, and the obese lose 4.2 years, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. ...


Obesity increases the risk for obstructive sleep apnea in adolescents, but not in younger children

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that being overweight or obese increases the risk for developing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adolescents but not in younger children.


Controlling key enzyme in brain offers clue for future obesity treatment

Controlling key enzyme in brain offers clue for future obesity treatment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The Sirt1 enzyme in the body has generated enormous attention as a possible secret to living longer. Some scientists believe that fasting and drinking wine appear to aid in this quest because both likely activate ...


CDC: About 1 in 6 Americans have had swine flu (Update)

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday.


Obesity linked with poorer breast cancer outcomes

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer patients with a high body mass index (BMI) have a poorer cancer prognosis later in life. Specifically, their treatment effect does not last as long and their risk of death increases.


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 ...


Weight loss reduces sleep problems in obese men

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weight loss reduces obstructive sleep apnoea in obese men, with the greatest effect seen in patients with severe disease, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal today.


Ecstasy may be linked to sleep apnea

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New research shows that recreational users of the drug known as ecstasy may be at a higher risk for sleep apnea. The study is published in the December 2, 2009, online issue of Neurology.


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Latest epidemic? High cholesterol, obesity in fruit flies

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How do fruit flies get high cholesterol and become obese? The same way as people do - by eating a diet that's too rich in fats.


Investigators identify successful weight control strategies for adolescents

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adolescent obesity is a major public health problem that impacts one out of every three children, resulting in 4-5 million overweight youth in the United States. In a study published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of ...



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