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The medical fraternity across the country has undertaken a campaign to create awareness about the deadly disease as part of the Breast Cancer Awareness observed every October.
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A gender wise assessment shows that 21.3 per cent women and 18.5 per cent men belong to overweight/obese category.
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Scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University achieved great progress in this pursuit by using enzymatic cold perfusion to separate HSCs from both murine and human fatty liver-associated malignancies.
Their findings were published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
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Evidence suggests an aetiological role of risk factor exposures in early life and young adulthood," said the global study published in the journal Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, and led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston.
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Washington: The incidence of cancers diagnosed before the age of 50 has dramatically increased around the world, with this rise beginning around 1990, according to a study. These early onset cancers include cancers of the breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, liver, and pancreas among others, the researchers said. Possible risk factors for early-onset cancer include alcohol […]
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Barcelona: Teenagers who sleep less than eight hours a night are more likely to be overweight or obese compared to their peers with sufficient sleep, finds a new study. The study, presented at the ESC Congress 2022, showed that shorter sleepers were also more likely to have a combination of other unhealthy characteristics, including excess […]
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Toronto: Women with obesity and overweight, particularly women with high waist circumference, are more susceptible to fractures than those with normal weight, finds a study. In men, however, underweight, not overweight, is associated with a greater risk of broken bones, according to the research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in the Netherlands. Obesity […]
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Istanbul: Obesity has been a known risk factor for Covid-19 infection. And now a study reveals, severely obese people may have significantly weaker immune response to Covid vaccination compared to those with normal weight. Obesity is a disease complicating the course of Covid-19, and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine antibody response in adults with obesity may be compromised. Vaccines […]
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London: Increased levels of blood fats, also known as lipids, in people with Type 2 diabetes and obesity are more harmful than previously thought, a new study has found. In patients with metabolic diseases, elevated fat levels in the blood create stress in muscle cells — a reaction to changes outside the cell which damage […]
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Chicago: Fitness enthusiasts and those dealing with obesity try out every possible weight loss method under the Sun to get the desired results. But what if one’s sleep can do the trick just as good? Now, a new study on how getting sufficient sleep affects caloric intake in a real-world setting attempted to change how […]
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Chicago: Fitness enthusiasts and those dealing with obesity try out every possible weight loss method under the Sun to get the desired results. But what if one’s sleep can do the trick just as good? Now, a new study on how getting sufficient sleep affects caloric intake in a real-world setting attempted to change how […]
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Washington: Although type 1 diabetes is traditionally considered a disease of lean people, overweight and obesity are becoming increasingly more common in individuals with type 1 diabetes. A new study has said that people with type 1 diabetes should be screened regularly for obesity and chronic kidney disease. The study was published in the Endocrine […]
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The study, led by researchers at Penn State, used novel statistical methods to establish scoring criteria using data collected from young children.
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The National Sleep Foundation reports that one in three men and four women snore every night.
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Now all mothers-to-be can be protected from Covid-19. The benefits of vaccinating pregnant women seem to far outweigh any theoretical and remote risk of vaccination.
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The JTO is an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. Although the association between measures of obesity and both cancer incidence and outcome are clear in some solid tumour types
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People who were underweight (BMI less than 18.5) also experienced worse outcomes from COVID-19.
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While obese people are at a higher risk of developing a more serious infection, there is no increased risk of death.
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Although some restaurants provide high-quality foods, the dietary quality for meals away from home, especially from fast-food chains, is usually lower compared with meals cooked at home.
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"Helping women sleep better during menopause may therefore reduce the chances a woman will gain weight, which in turn will lower her risk of diabetes and other related diseases."