Big hips, big belly? It's in your genes, Joslin-led study shows
Young adults with high levels of antibodies against the Epstein-Barr virus, the virus that most often causes mononucleosis, may be more likely to develop multiple sclerosis 15 to 20 years later, according to a study posted online today that will appear in the June 2006 print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Researchers have long suspected that external fac...Excessive Belly Fat Could Increase Risk Of Gallstones In Women
Women who have excessive fat around the waist are twice as likely to develop gallstones compared to their counterparts. // Gallstones are collections of solid crystals (predominantly cholesterol) in the gallbladder or in the bile ducts (biliary tract). Americans undergo more than 800,000 gallstone operations each year and it is the most common abdominal illness seen among women in th...A large belly: not a sign of richness but cause of worry!
A new study appearing in online edition of Gut, a journal of British Society of Gastroenterology says that belly fat may raise the risk of gallstones in older women.// The findings of the study were that abdominal circumference and waist-to- hip ratio were associated with an increased risk of gallstones and gall bladder removal or cholecystectomy in women. Edward Giovannuc...Majority of Middle Aged People Suffer from - High BP, High Sugar, Pot Belly
With rising stress levels and erratic lifestyle playing havoc with health, a new study has found that more than half of the population over the age of 40 suffers// from metabolic syndrome, a condition which predisposes people to heart attack and stroke. "As high as 52 per cent of the people in the age group of 40-70 years were found to have metabolic syndrome, a condition signified by...Pot Belly Is A Better Risk Predictor Of Heart Attack Than BMI
Abdominal obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.A potbelly indicates that the risk of a heart attack// is more even if the rest of the body is skinny as a beanpole. This new study suggests that the key predictor of risk is the relationship of waist size to the hips, an elevated waist-to-hip ratio predicts an increased risk of heart attack. The study implies that...Stem Cells In Belly Fat To Enhance Or Reconstruct Breasts
Its hope revived for women who feel less than that, after a lumpectomy for breast cancer. Researchers from California-based company Cytori, claim that stem cells found in the ubiquitous tummy fat , can in fact be used to reconstruct breasts. If this is so, it would be killing two birds with one stone, a flatter belly and a bigger bust size. Christened Celution, the procedure involves in...