Hormone may offer new approach to type 2 diabetes
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Oxford University have found a hormone that may offer an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes.
View ArticleEpigenetic modification increases susceptibility to obesity and predicts...
Scientists of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), led by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), have demonstrated that the epigenetic modification of the Igfbp2 gene observed in...
View ArticleAs body mass index increases, so does spread of multiple myeloma
In a new study published in Cancer Letters, American University researchers show how, as body mass index increases, so does the growth and spread of the blood cancer multiple myeloma, which accounts...
View ArticleAntenatal steroids don't cut morbidity in preterm twins
(HealthDay)—Antenatal administration of corticosteroids is not associated with a reduction in the incidence of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in preterm twins, according to research published in...
View ArticleSevere obesity revealed as a stand-alone high-risk factor for heart failure
A study by Johns Hopkins researchers of more than 13,000 people has found that even after accounting for such risk factors as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes, so-called morbid...
View ArticleACOG addresses thrombocytopenia in pregnancy
(HealthDay)—Thrombocytopenia is common in pregnancy and can have causes that are serious medical disorders, with potential for maternal and fetal morbidity, according to a Practice Bulletin published...
View ArticleSevere obesity and heart failure
(HealthDay)—Severe obesity appears to be an independent risk factor for heart failure, a new study suggests.
View ArticleNot eating enough in hospital—risk factors are the same all over the world
Inadequate food intake and malnourishment in sick people is an area of concern for health policy and Public Health and one which impacts upon the social economics of countries with both high and low...
View ArticleGastric sleeve may become the new gold standard for morbid obesity
For many patients suffering from severe obesity, a gastric sleeve (reducing the stomach) is an ideal alternative to a gastric bypass (bypassing the stomach and the first part of the intestine), which...
View ArticleResearchers find cancer-fighting drugs help morbidly obese mice lose weight
Scientific investigations sometimes result in serendipitous discoveries which shift the investigations from one focus to another. In the case of researchers at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, studies...
View ArticleOnline weight-loss groups offer valuable support, comfort
Online weight loss forums protect participants from public fat shaming, and offer them a place to speak out without being confronted by normal-weight individuals, medical science or the authorities.
View ArticleBarriatric surgery impacts joint replacement outcomes in very obese patients
A study from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that in morbidly obese patients, bariatric surgery performed prior to a total hip or knee replacement can reduce in-hospital and 90-day...
View ArticleWhole body vibration has same health benefits as treadmill walking in a model...
A daily dose of whole body vibration- like time on a treadmill—reduces body fat and insulin resistance and improves muscle and bone strength in a mouse model of morbid obesity and diabetes, researchers...
View ArticlePredicting—and preventing—psychiatric morbidity after acute respiratory...
After surviving acute respiratory distress syndrome, a disease in which fluid begins to leak into the lungs of critically ill patients and makes it difficult to breathe, many patients develop mental...
View ArticleAdvertisers should limit temptations to indulge in high-calorie products,...
When you push your trolley along the supermarket aisles, your choices are influenced by the wealth of options you find there, from juicy pears and healthy courgettes to aisles full of unhealthy crisps,...
View ArticleFollowing gastric band surgery, device-related reoperation common, costly
Among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery, reoperation was common, costly, and varied widely across hospital referral regions, according to a study published...
View ArticleDo men have worse chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy than women?
Men seem to have worse chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy than women despite receiving similar cancer treatments, according to research presented today at EuroCMR 2017.
View ArticleOlder mothers have higher rates of severe complications in childbirth
The risk of potentially life-threatening morbidity around childbirth, such as renal failure, obstetric shock, and amniotic fluid embolism, increases in older mothers, according to a study published by...
View ArticleMother's obesity boosts risk for major birth defects: study
Children of obese women are more likely to be afflicted by major birth defects, including malformations of the heart and genitals, according to a study published on Thursday.
View ArticleEating triggers endorphin release in the brain
Finnish researchers have revealed how eating stimulates brain's endogenous opioid system to signal pleasure and satiety.
View ArticleTrigger for fatty liver in obesity found
Morbid obesity affects the liver: Almost one-third of all adults suffer from chronic fatty liver disease, which can lead to infections and even trigger cancer. Researchers at the University Children's...
View ArticleDelayed cord clamping not beneficial for preterm infants
(HealthDay)—Delayed cord clamping does not result in lower incidence of death or major morbidity in preterm infants, according to a study published online Oct. 29 in the New England Journal of Medicine...
View ArticleObesity increases incidence, severity, costs of knee dislocations
A new study of more than 19,000 knee dislocation cases in the U.S. between 2000 and 2012 provides a painful indication of how the nation's obesity epidemic is changing the risk, severity and cost of a...
View ArticleIncreasing rates of chronic conditions putting more moms, babies at risk
Pregnant women today are more likely to have chronic conditions that could cause life-threatening complications than at any other time in the past decade - particularly poor women and those living in...
View ArticleOverlapping surgery appears safe in neurosurgical procedures
(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures, overlapping surgery (OS) is not associated with morbidity, mortality, or worsened functional status, according to a study published online...
View ArticleDelayed cord clamping linked to reduced hospital mortality
(HealthDay)—Delayed cord clamping is associated with reduced hospital mortality in preterm infants, according to a review published online Oct. 30 in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
View ArticlePrenatal exposure to ADHD meds tied to neonatal morbidity
(HealthDay)—Exposure to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of neonatal morbidity, according to a study published online Nov....
View ArticleChildbirth deaths declining in U.S., new report finds
(HealthDay)—Improved management of excessive bleeding and high blood pressure during labor and delivery are helping to reduce the number of childbirth-related deaths in the United States, maternal...
View ArticleGastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy are comparable for morbid obesity...
In Switzerland, 5,500 operations to combat morbid obesity are conducted every year. Gastric bypasses and sleeve gastrectomy operations perform similarly: patients lose two-thirds of their excess weight...
View ArticleSurgeon case experience impacts peds cholecystectomy morbidity
(HealthDay)—High-volume general surgeons have lower morbidity rates than low-volume pediatric surgeons for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in pediatric patients, independent of pediatric volume, according...
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