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Severe obesity increases risks of health problems during surgery
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Healthcare providers must carefully consider the unique risk factors related to severe obesity in patients undergoing all types of surgery, according to an American Heart Association scientific advisory published in Circulation: ...
Physiological response may explain why some severely obese patients overeat
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Don't feel like you are getting full when eating a large meal? New research from The Miriam Hospital suggests that a physiological response may partially explain why severely obese individuals may not feel satisfied after ...
Can't chalk it up to 'baby fat'
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Despite recent widespread media attention given to studies that have indicated one-third of American children have a weight problem, a new study shows just one-third of children who are overweight or obese actually receive ...
A little exercise goes a long way for severely obese
Oct 06, 2008 |
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A little exercise goes a long way toward helping severely obese individuals improve their quality of life and complete important daily tasks, according to researchers at the Duke Diet and Fitness Center.
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Number of severely obese people increasing
Apr 10, 2007 |
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The number of Americans 100 pounds or more overweight increased 50 percent from 2000 to 2005, twice as fast as moderately obese people.
Research shows rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled in the last 25 years, putting many children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, according to a report in Academic Pediatrics by an obesity expert at Brenner Children's Hospit ...
IGRT may improve outcomes for obese prostate cancer patients
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Moderately to severely obese prostate cancer patients may have improved treatment outcomes when treated with image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) over traditional external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) because IGRT corrects ...
Extreme obesity affects chances of kidney transplantation
Jan 10, 2008 |
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For patients on the waiting list for a kidney transplant, severe and morbid obesity are associated with a lower chance of receiving an organ, reports a study in the February Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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 ...
Overweight and obese men have lower PSA values, even before they get prostate cancer
Feb 19, 2008 |
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Men who are overweight or obese have lower concentrations of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in their blood than their normal-weight counterparts, according to a new study led by Duke University Medical Center researchers.
Obesity linked to hormone imbalance that impacts sexual quality of life
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Hormonal changes and diminished sexual quality of life among obese men are related to the degree of obesity, and both are improved after gastric bypass surgery according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine ...
Extreme BMI cause for concern in liver transplantation
Aug 04, 2009 |
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A recent study by doctors at the University of Washington explained that patients who are significantly underweight or very severely obese prior to liver transplantation are at increased risk of death following transplantation ...
Lean muscle mass helps even obese patients battle cancer
Dec 17, 2008 |
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Lean muscle-mass may give even obese people an advantage in battling cancer, a University of Alberta study shows.
Obese children at significantly greater risk for post-adenotonsillectomy complications
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Obesity in children significantly increases the risk of major and minor respiratory complications following surgery to correct sleep disordered breathing (SDB), according to new research presented at the 2009 American Academy ...
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