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Leptin connected to obesity blood clots

...eased levels of the hormone leptin may explain why obese people seem to be more at risk of blood clotting//... strokes.It is well known that being overweight or obese increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.Now researchers at the University of Michigan are one ...

Children's snoring may indicate a serious problem

...hragm from functioning properly. Some30% to 50% of obese children suffer from the syndrome. If a child has obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, he or she may be getting too little oxygen and too much carbon dioxide. The condition can lead to poor heart and lung development as well as behavioral problems and ...

Pregnancy weight linked to breast cancer

...east cancer risk by about the same amount as being obese after menopause. The study also found that women who fail to drop the added pounds after giving birth are most at risk. Pregnancy weight may impact cancer development because levels of the hormone estrogen, which are already raised during pregnancy,...

Leptin linked to Blood Clots

...ots. Researchers at the University of Hopkins said obese people have a tendency to develop dangerous blood ...an explained. Leptin levels can get too high among obese individuals and when that happens, the person can become resistant to leptin's signals, making them ...

Decrease of 'Hunger Hormone' after Obesity Surgery

...researchers at the Puget Sound Health Care System, obese adults who undergo 'stomach stapling' have much lo...tors measured levels of ghrelin in the blood of 10 obese individuals before and after a 5-month weight loss program, in 6 adults who had lost weight after ga...

Sleep apnoea linked to surgical risks

...acement. In sleep apnoea - which is most common in obese people - the muscles of the back of the throat relax during sleep and so obstruct the airways.// The person stops breathing, momentarily, many times during the night and levels of oxygen in the blood fall. Researchers have studied 80 patients with ...

Fish rich diet lowers leptin

...t the leptin message is muted, Somers felt that in obese people there are higher leptin levels because more leptin is needed to send the message when a person is 'full'. The new findings indicate fish somehow "changes the relationship between leptin and body fat and helps the body be more sensitive to the...

Study on obesity and heart failure

...red to participants with a normal body mass index, obese individuals had a doubling effect of the risk of heart failure. Given the high prevalence of obesity in the United States, researchers say strategies are needed to promote optimal body weight to reduce the risk of heart failure....

Gene block keeps mice from increasing weight

...g the same high fat diet. The control group became obese and diabetic - just as humans would under the same conditions. The discovery opens the way to a better understanding of diet, obesity and diabetes - and the complex relationship between them. It may even lead to a new treatment for obesity and new ap...

Pancreas transplant gives hope to type 2 diabetes

...uncommon and noted that most centers do not accept obese patients or those over 60. The fact that pancreas transplantation, nevertheless, worked for those type 2 diabetics is encouraging. It's a new option for those with the condition, but should still be considered the exception, because of the shortage o...

Women who are obese have thicker arteries

...have observed in a recent study that women who are obese in middle age have premature thickening of the car...e than 5,050 women. They found that those who were obese were more likely to have thickened carotid arteries, whatever their other risk factors for heart pro...

Life expectancy lessened due to obesity

... 60 years of age who were overweight or moderately obese did not show an increased YLL while those with severe obesity did indicate increased YLL. However, blacks at younger ages with severe levels of obesity had a maximum YLL of 20 for men and five for women. The researchers added that among blacks, the ...

Can one get addicted to fast food?

...d with a high-fat diet early in life grew up to be obese adults. Studies are also on to find out if bingeing on foods high in fat and sugar causes changes in the brain associated with addiction to drugs. However, it has not yet been conclusively shown that fast foods are addictive and many scientists argue...

Older women's heart health depends on location of fat

... with high central fat and low peripheral fat, and obese women with high levels of both kinds of fat. Centr...shown to be a health risk. Researchers found that obese women had suprisingly less atherosclerosis than expected while women with high central fat and low p...

Obesity linked to cancer death

...olling for factors such as smoking. Overweight and obese men and women had a higher risk of death //from mo...olon, liver, pancreas and kidneys. Overweight or obese men had an increased risk of death from cancer of the stomach and prostate, and heavy post-menopausa...

Low-dose Growth Hormone (GH) with diet and exercise may help weight loss

...n a "clinically necessary" weight loss program for obese adults. The goal of all weight loss programs is t...f GH to lifestyle modification in the treatment of obese patients.The dose of GH was calculated to replace the normal amount the body would make if the patie...

Death Risk Higher in Obese Women with Colon Cancer

...n to an increased risk of developing colon cancer, obese patients may have an increased risk of cancer recu... men.It is noteworthy, the investigators say, that obese patients did not experience a higher rate of chemotherapy-related toxic side effects. On the contrar...

Estrogen in Food Reduces Cancer Risk

...uced risk of endometrial cancer. Researchers found obese women who ate the lowest amounts of phytoestrogens had the highest risk of endometrial cancer. The study concludes some phytoestrogen compounds consumed at the typical level of the American-style diet are associated with a reduced risk of endometria...

Extra hormone found to cut appetite by a third

... But researchers were worried it would not work in obese people because studies of another appetite-suppres...ppointing. "We had to do a second trial to see if obese people were as sensitive" to the hormone, said researchers. The answer: "Yes, they are. They're just...

Diabetes, obesity rates shooting up

...s, also shows that nearly a third of Americans are obese //and two-thirds overweight. But life expectancy at birth continues to rise, reaching a new record high of 77.2 years in 2001, up nearly 2 years since 1990. Girls born in the United States in 2001 can expect to live 79.8 years, an increase of one yea...

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