 | Obese women less likely to be screened for cancer [May 8, 2007] |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who are extremely obese are less likely than thinner women to undergo screening for breast and cervical cancer, according to a new study.
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| Diet drug may be of little benefit in obese teens [May 3, 2007] |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese adolescents who are put on a low-calorie diet and exercise program do not seem to derive any additional benefit from taking the diet drug sibutramine, sold in the United States under the trade name Meridia, according to a Dutch study.
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| 'Rubber band' obesity surgery cuts diabetes risk [May 2, 2007] |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After having "lap band" surgery for weight loss, men and women show large increases in sensitivity to the blood-sugar-regulating hormone insulin -- even if they remain obese -- a new study shows. |
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| Study: Breast-feeding won't deter obesity [April 24, 2007] |
| ATLANTA - While breast-feeding has many benefits, it won't prevent a child from becoming fat as an adult, says a new study that challenges dogma from U.S. health officials. |
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| People with gene variant may weigh more [April 13, 2007] |
| WASHINGTON - Researchers have found another gene that may keep you from fitting in your jeans. You can't blame this gene, named FTO, for all the extra inches. But British scientists discovered that people who carry two copies of a variation of the FTO gene weighed, on average, 7 pounds more than people who lack it. |
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| Gene Variant Linked to Obesity, Diabetes [April 12, 2007] |
| THURSDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) -- British researchers have discovered a gene variant that predisposes some people to obesity and type 2 diabetes.
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| Researchers pinpoint gene linked to obesity risk [April 12, 2007] |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have produced the first clear evidence for a gene common in the population that dictates why some people gain weight while others do not.
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| Severely obese fastest-growing U.S. overweight group [April 9, 2007] |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who are 100 pounds (45 kg) or more overweight are the fastest-growing group of overweight people in the United States, researchers reported on Monday. |
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| Overweight girlhood boosts women's asthma risk [April 5, 2007] |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who were overweight or obese as children face a greater risk of developing asthma as adults, a new study shows.
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| Overweight people more likely to get asthma [April 2, 2007] |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Obese and overweight people are 50 percent more likely to get asthma than those of normal weight, suggesting that weight loss could help reduce the number of asthma cases, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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| Prostate biopsy may be misleading in obese men [March 27, 2007] |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In overweight or obese men, prostate biopsy may underestimate the aggressiveness of prostate cancer, research suggests. |
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Source: Analysis and discussion on alternative health and medical news. |
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| Job strain increases obesity risk [March 22, 2007] |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being stressed out at work can make you fat, a new study suggests. |
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Source: Analysis and discussion on alternative health and medical news. |
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| Dutch hope to invent foods that prevent obesity [March 22, 2007] |
| WAGENINGEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - Scientists in the Netherlands are developing a new generation of foods that can help prevent obesity by making people eat less, a research institute said on Thursday. |
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Source: Analysis and discussion on alternative health and medical news. |
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| Obese Men With Prostate Cancer Face Higher Death Risk [March 19, 2007] |
| MONDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Men who are obese when they're diagnosed with prostate cancer are 2.6 times more likely to die of the disease than normal-weight men, new findings suggest.
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| Resistance to Hormone Leptin Called Key to Obesity [March 17, 2007] |
| WEDNESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers may have uncovered the biochemical defect that underlies food-induced obesity in mice. |
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