Keywords: Obesity
04/22/2010
Joint campaign highlights dangers of 'spare tyres'
Cancer Research UK has joined forces with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Diabetes UK to launch a new campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of carrying excess weight …
02/10/2010
IQ is strong predictor of cardiovascular disease
While lower intelligence scores have been associated with a raised risk of cardiovascular disease, no study has so far compared the relative strength of this association with …
01/27/2010
Adolescent obesity - a major European concern
Computer games, TV, fast food, lack of exercise – what will be the medical consequences of rising obesity in the young and what can be done about it? Pernille Due, at the …
11/18/2009
The flat seca 874
The new seca 874, a highly mobile electronic flat scaless is ideal for weighing infants, children and adults, the manufacturer reports. Healthcare consultants and development aid …
11/16/2009
Cervical cancer prevention
ECCO 15 – ESMO 34, the joint congress of the European CanCer Organisation (ECCO) and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), is Europe’s largest oncology meeting; …
09/17/2009
Child diabetes cases set to soar across Europe
Expert advises specific strategies should be developed to deal with this relatively new patient group. …
09/01/2009
The role of exercise training in cardiovascular health
Western societies are struggling to pay for their ever increasing medical budgets. In the US up to 393 billion US-$ were spent in 2005 for cardiovascular diseases alone. Based on …
09/01/2009
Europes diabetes dilemma
The difference in the prevalence of diabetes in European countries is striking. Meike Lerner asked Sir Michael Hirst, Vice President of the International Diabetes Federation, why, …
05/01/2009
Cultural-sensitive care and the European Qualification framework
Healthcare services often do not reach the target groups because socio-cultural preferences and values of patients and their relatives are not properly considered. …
05/01/2009
Treating obesity surgically
Professor Rudolf A Weiner, head of the surgical department at Sachsenhausen Hospital, Germany, reports that some developing procedures result not only result in weight loss but …
11/20/2008
Obese children at higher risk for premature heart disease
The obesity epidemic is increasingly affecting young teens worldwide. In the USA the epidemic is well-established: more than 17% of children are obese and about a third of those …
11/20/2008
Bariatric surgery cuts cardiovascular risk in obese patients
Cardiovascular risk in obese patients can be reduced up to 79% in those who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass after other treatments have failed, compared with those who do not …
11/10/2008
seca at MEDICA 2008: Mobility & Precision
What is the nutritional status of the populace? In particular, how healthy are our children? These issues and similar ones constitute the current work focus of numerous …
09/30/2008
Eat for goals
The UEFA and the World Heart Federation, with the support of the European Commission, today launched the childrens cookery book, "Eat for Goals!". Its message of a healthy …
09/19/2008
Typ 2 Diabetes: Is low cholesterol associated with cancer?
Yes, it is, according to a prospective cohort study published in CMAJ. The study was conducted by researchers from the Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, the Li Ka Shing …
09/19/2008
Better diabetes care for the UK
Good news for diabetes patients in the UK: According to a report published recently by the Department of Health, diabetes care in the NHS is improving and focusing more on …
09/16/2008
Diabetes and the heart
ESC speaker John Cleland from the University of Hull, UK, sumed up the latest treatment available for patients with diabetes mellitus and expressed his worries about side-effects …
09/12/2008
Tablets for the people?
Last week the English government closed its consultation on the effectiveness of vascular checks for high-risk people aged 40-74. Would this help? Experts from New Zealand and the …
09/04/2008
Gastric bypass undoes diabetes symptoms
French findings support the notion that gastric bypass can rapidly reverse diabetes symptoms a side-effect that lap-band surgery does not show. The benefit results from a …
09/04/2008
Obese people with asthma more often involved in asthma-related hospitalisation
A large-scale US study shows that obese people with asthma get hospitalised nearly 5 times more for the condition than non-obese sufferer from asthma. It is the first study …
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