News tagged with abdominal obesity
Portable, less costly peritoneal dialysis shows no additional catheter risk factors
Patients with end-stage renal disease who opt for peritoneal dialysis experience no greater risk of catheter infection than those who undergo hemodialysis, a retrospective study at UT Southwestern Medical Center has found.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Spanish heart risk study challenges image of healthy Mediterranean diet and lifestyle
A Spanish study has challenged the long-held belief that people in the Mediterranean all enjoy more healthy diets and lifestyles, after discovering alarmingly high cardiovascular risk factors similar to those found in the ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Love handles put the squeeze on lungs
There's more bad news for people who carry excess weight around their waists: Not only is abdominal obesity associated with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and a host of other health problems collectively known ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Have migraine? Bigger waistline may be linked
Overweight people who are between the ages of 20 and 55 may have a higher risk of experiencing migraine headaches, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual ...
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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