Health costs soar as 60 million Americans classed as obese
A new method for manipulating macromolecules has been developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The technique uses double-stranded DNA to direct the behavior of other molecules. In previous DNA nanotechnology efforts, duplex DNA has been used as a static lattice to construct geometrical objects in three dimensions. Instead of manipulating DNA alone into s...Obese people are more sensitive to pain, suggests study
Obese people may be more sensitive to pain than people who aren't obese, a new study suggests. Participants were given a mild electrical stimulation on their left ankle to measure their pain reflex. The stimulus was given before and after...For super-obese patients, duodenal switch beats gastric bypass
In the first large, single-institution series directly comparing weight-loss outcomes in super-obese patients, researchers from the University of Chicago found that a newer operation, the duodenal switch, produced substantially better weight-loss outcomes than the standard operation, the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. In the October issue of the Annals of Surgery, the researchers report that t...76 percent of workers older than 60 years of age are overweight or obese
76% of workers older than 60 years of age are overweight or obese. However, less than one third of those 40 years of age and younger suffer these health issues. This is one of the conclusions shown in the research of Alberto Cordero of the School of Medicine, and the University Hospital, published in the [Spanish...Single molecule extends fat mice lives by reversing gene pathways associated with disease in obese
Researchers have used a single compound to increase the lifespan of obese mice, and found that the drug reversed nearly all of the changes in gene expression patterns found in mice on high calorie diets--some of which are associated with diabetes, heart disease, and other significant diseases related to obesity. The research, led by investigators at Harvard Medical School and the National Institu...OBESE LIL' GIRLS !! SWEAT IT OUT OR U MIGHT BE ASTHAMATIC !!!
Yes its true , this salient disclosure revealed its truth when then Researchers of Arizona University did a study headed by Dr. Fernando D. Martinez According to Dr.Fernando D.Martinez and collegues , girls who become overweight or obese when they are between 6 and 11 years of age have a sevenfold increased risk of developing asthma .The boys do not have any such associated risk of asthma...Hormone treatment helps obese people slim down
Treatment with leptin, a natural hormone that helps control body weight, could help many overweight people slim down. Discovered in 1994, leptin is normally produced by fat cells and is believed to provide a signal about the amount of body fat to the body's energy-regulation system. // Leptin treatment has already helped people who completely lack the hormone because of a genetic muta...Obese women likey for Cesarean
Fat women are more likely for Cesarean delivery, says Dr.Bell from Duke University NC. Years ago, anesthesia had been one of the major causes of maternal mortality.// Pregnancy and obesity both make it difficult to breathe under general anesthesia, so a woman's risk is doubled when the two conditions are combined. Bell and colleagues studied more than 3000 women and calculated e...Obese Kids Also Prone To Heart Attacks
Latest research shows that heart attacks don't just strike overweight adults. Overweight children are also at risk. According to a study from // The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio, being overweight causes an increase in the wall thickness of the left ventricle, which is responsible for pumping blood.This change in heart size increases the risk of having a heart attack, no m...Women who are obese have thicker arteries
Researchers have observed in a recent study that women who are obese in middle age have premature thickening of the carotid arteries. Recent research has marked to the carotid arteries// in the neck as a useful marker for the health of the arteries that serve the heart. If the linings of the carotid arteries are thickened, then it's more likely the person will suffer from heart disease....DVT Awareness Survey Findings for Respondents in High-Risk Groups: Obese Individuals
WASHINGTON, March 15, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Up to two millionAmericans are affected each year by DVT, with up to 600,000hospitalized. Its primary complication, pulmonary embolism (PE),claims up to 300,000 lives annually -- more than breast cancer andAIDS combined. The Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) recentlysponsored an online survey of a nationally representative sa...