Can weight loss mean loss of life? New research shows that both extreme weight loss and weight gain significantly increase the risk of death in obese individuals with heart disease. In this most ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — A team of stem cell scientists have successfully used embryonic stem cell engineering to create a bi-paternal mouse -- a mouse with two male parents -- that lived until adulthood ...

Social media is alight with people who are sharing their experience of constant internal chatter about food. This so-called ...

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Being married triples the risk of obesity in men, according to new research. A study of couples in Poland found married men were 3.2 times more likely to be obese than unmarried men. But there was ...

Mar. 12, 2025 — New research has found for the first time that extreme weight fluctuations in obese individuals with cardiovascular disease significantly increases the risk of death -- with ...

Being about 80 to 100 pounds over the reference body weight for your height could put you in the category of morbidly obese on the BMI chart. A high BMI might not mean you are unhealthy since BMI is ...

This doctor's visit served as a serious wake-up call for Jennifer as she continued: "My doctor went ahead and put on my chart that I was now considered morbidly obese, which scared me to death.

Goeldi's monkeys are classified as a vulnerable species due to the deforestation of their natural habitat Conservationists hope the birth of a monkey will help raise awareness of a "vulnerable ...

It is proposed that, in patients with COPD, reduced oxidative capacity and systemic hypoxia may amplify these disturbances, not only in obese patients but also in subjects with hidden loss of fat-free ...

The commentary is titled “There is No Magical Way Out of This — There Will be Blood.” It excoriates “Americans, and our feeble Democratic politicians in particular,” for “implying by ...