Obesity Medicine

Obesity increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, and cancer, and it is associated with an array of complications, as the following cases attest.

Persons with a genetic predisposition to obesity who eat fried foods are at higher risk for obesity than those without a genetic predisposition.

The connections between obesity and depression in young women are strengthened by the results of a new study.

They breathe in more air than do normal-weight persons, exposing them to more air pollutants and making them more vulnerable to asthma and other pulmonary diseases.

Diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart disease, congestive heart failure, osteoarthritis, low back pain, GERD, obstructive sleep apnea? What does it take?

Obese children in this study were nearly 3 times as likely to have asthma as nonobese children.

Being overweight increases a woman’s risk of ovarian cancer, according to a new comprehensive report. The finding offers a way to reduce the risk.

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Real progress may be taking place in the epidemic where it can have the most impact.

Diminished lung function and low serum potassium levels are important contributors to the racial disparity in diabetes mellitus risk among African Americans, according to a new study.

An innovative study targeted a group of men who often find it difficult to lose weight.

Obesity/respiratory infections; lung disease/cognitive function; Q&A/alcohol dependence. Why are these pairs linked? Get 3 answers plus 2 more questions in this week’s quiz, here.

Poor breakfast habits in adolescence predict the metabolic syndrome in adulthood, according to a recent study.

Persons who are obese are at increased risk for catching the flu and other potentially serious respiratory diseases.

The need to address rising levels of obesity and related diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and cancer, continues to grow.

Men who are overweight or obese have lower sperm counts and lower ejaculate volumes, a recent study showed.

Recent studies have linked obesity with a number of clinical concerns, ranging from kidney disease to pancreatic cancer to hearing loss in women.

Poor sleep quality is strongly associated with mood disturbance and lower quality of life in persons who are extremely obese, a study says.

Women who have post-traumatic stress disorder gain weight more rapidly than women who do not and are more likely to be overweight or obese.

Parents with overweight children did not perceive the extra weight as a health risk.

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalisa rare condition, is characterized by gaseous cysts within the submucosal and subserosal spaces of the bowel wal

Obesity, a health hazard in its own right, is linked with heart disease, diabetes, and a wide range of other clinical concerns. This week’s photo quiz offers a variety of presentations to test your diagnostic acumen.

The 5 quiz questions this week are far-ranging and cover conditions as rare as opisthorchiasis and as common as obesity. See how you fare...

A new study from Mississippi shows not only a steady increase in ED visits by patients with diabetes mellitus, but also a steady increase in the prevalence of patients with this disease.

How much do you know about cephalic tetanus? Perioperative hypotension? PCOS? Take this week’s test and see if you can answer these 5 questions.

There is not enough evidence to assess the benefit or harm, according to an update from the U S Preventive Services Task Force.

Has this teen been abused? Cast your votes and see if you’ve answered this and the 4 other questions in this week’s quiz correctly.

Neurological disorders have been considered a significant threat to public health for some time. Take a look at these facts and figures.

ECG findings that are specific for high-grade stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery.

Epigastric pain after meals occurs in the absence of physical or laboratory abnormalities in a 66-year-old woman slated for surgery.