Dallas [US], June 2 (ANI): While a lot of people are suffering from elevated blood pressure and blood cholesterol, a recent study has pointed out a common first treatment choice prescribed by medical practitioners.
BMI may not be best obesity indicator to assess risk for lung cancer: Study ANI | Updated: Jun 02, 2021 20:23 IST
Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): The method used to calculate how obesity is measured may affect whether it is considered a risk factor for lung cancer, suggest the findings of new research published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO).
The JTO is an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
Although the association between measures of obesity and both cancer incidence and outcome are clear in some solid tumour types such as breast, oesophagal, and colon cancer, the relationship between obesity and lung cancer is more nuanced.
Here s why overweight people should not consume alcohol! ANI | Updated: Jun 01, 2021 19:49 IST
Sydney [Australia], June 1 (ANI): A study led by the University of Sydney s Charles Perkins Centre observed medical data from nearly half a million people and found that people who are obese and overweight worsens liver-damaging effects of alcohol. People in the overweight or obese range who drank were found to be at greater risk of liver diseases compared with participants within a healthy weight range who consumed alcohol at the same level, said senior author and research program director Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis from the Charles Perkins Centre and the Faculty of Medicine and Health.
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): Want to maintain a healthy relationship when they group? Not taking the stress during pregnancy may help. The findings of a new study revealed that women with depression during pregnancy, or with a history of depression, have a reduced quality of mother-infant relationship.
Utah [US], May 19 (ANI): Providing medical patients with social support leads to an increased chance of survival and elongation of life- suggest the findings of a new study.