Obeseteenage women are two times more likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) asadults than female teens who are not fat, says a new studyThe research involved 238,371womenfrom the Nurses’ Health Study and Nurses’ Health Study II who were25 to 55 years old. The women answered a questionnaire about their healthbehavior and medical information every two years. Over the course of 40 years,593 developed...
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Obese teenage women are two times more likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) as adults than female teens who are not fat, says a new study.The research involved 238,371women from the Nurses' Health Study and Nurses' Health Study II who were 25 to 55 years old. The women answered a questionnaire about their health behavior and medical information every two years. Over the course of 40 years, 593...
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hospital in the UK has banned fat women from giving birth at its maternity ward.Mums-to-be who have a body mass index (BMI) of over 34 will be turned away from Weston General Hospital, Somerset, reports the Daily Express.Instead patients will have to travel 20 miles to the nearest full-facilitated maternity unit at St Michael's Hospital, Bristol.Weston General Hospital trust argues that its midwife-led...
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Nov 13 : A hospital in the UK has banned fat women from giving birth at its maternity ward.Mums-to-be who have a body mass index (BMI) of over 34 will be turned away from Weston General Hospital, Somerset, reports the Daily Express.Instead patients will have to travel 20 miles to the nearest full-facilitated maternity unit at St Michael's Hospital, Bristol.Weston General Hospital trust argues that...
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Obese teenage women are two times more likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) as adults than female teens who are notThe study has been published in the November 10, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.The research involved 238,371women from the Nurses' Health Study and Nurses' Health Study II who were 25 to 55 years old. The women answered a...
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Receive the latest health news, feature articles, and other health resources by subscribing to our FREE monthly Health Newsletter.OTTAWA - Health Canada is replacing its weight gain guidelines for pregnant women to conform with the latest recommendations from the U.S. Institute of Medicine.Among the guidelines being adopted by Health Canada is having a suggested rate of weight gain for pregnant women,...
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Researchers from Loyola University Health System (LUHS) said that 62.4 percent of US adults, or nearly a third of the population with Type-2 diabetes, are obese and 20.7 percent are morbidly obese.Diabetics are in first place, at higher risk of acquiring cardiovascular disease and obesity further compounds this risk, especially among women. Obesity also augments other diabetes problems like end stage...
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Obese teenage women are two times more likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) as adults than female teens who are not fat, says a new study.The study has been published in the November 10, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.The research involved 238,371women from the Nurses' Health Study and Nurses' Health Study II who were 25 to 55 years old....
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Washington, Nov 10 : Obese teenage women are two times more likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) as adults than female teens who are not fat, says a new study.The study has been published in the November 10, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.The research involved 238,371women from the Nurses'' Health Study and Nurses'' Health Study II who...
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accumulation in different body locations, such as around the heart and the aorta and within the liver, could lead to certain decreased heart functions, say researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM).The study also found that measuring a person''s body mass index (BMI) does not reliably predict the amount of undesired fat in and around these vital organs.Earlier studies found that...
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