Posts Tagged ‘obesity’
Age, male sex, obesity, and underlying illness are risk factors for severe COVID-19
A large cohort study finds that age, male sex, obesity, and underlying illness are risk factors for severe COVID-19 and death in the UK. …
Read Full ArticleChildren face risk for severe complications and death from COVID-19
Children, teens and young adults are at greater risk for severe complications from COVID-19 than previously thought and those with underlying health conditions are at even greater risk, …
Read Full ArticleViruses from poo can help combat obesity and diabetes
Obese mice with unhealthy lifestyles gain significantly less weight and avoid type 2 diabetes when they receive viruses transplanted from the stool of lean mice. …
Read Full ArticleNew study indicates exercise can help prevent liver cancer
A new study provides strong evidence that voluntary exercise could help prevent the most common type of liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, …
Read Full ArticlePeople with type 2 diabetes and heart disease may benefit from newer therapies
A scientific statement from the American Heart Association provides an overview of the latest advances for treating people who have both coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes. …
Read Full ArticleGut enzyme IAP found to prevent aging and frailty in animal models
Researchers found that in animal models the enzyme intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) helped prevent intestinal permeability and gut-derived systemic inflammation, …
Read Full ArticleStudy links obesity with pancreatitis
Obesity is not only implicated in chronic diseases such as diabetes, but also in sudden-onset diseases such as pancreatitis. …
Read Full ArticleObesity promotes virulence of influenza
Mouse study demonstrates that obesity enhances the severity of influenza infection and also impacts viral diversity. …
Read Full ArticleVisceral fat delivers signal to the brain that hurts cognition
Excessive weight around our middle gives our brain’s resident immune cells heavy exposure to a signal that sets in motion a crescendo of inflammation that damages cognition …
Read Full ArticleChronic inflammation in pregnancy linked to childhood neurodevelopmental delays
A new study strengthens the evidence that chronic low-grade maternal inflammation may be partly to blame for the higher risk of childhood neurodevelopmental delays. …
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