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Obesity boosts postmenopausal breast cancer risk

Posted on: 11/06/2015 - 17:21

Women who are overweight and obese have a significantly higher risk of invasive breast cancer after menopause compared with normal-weight women, according to secondary <a...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Obesity boosts postmenopausal breast cancer risk

Posted on: 11/06/2015 - 17:21

Women who are overweight and obese have a significantly higher risk of invasive breast cancer after menopause compared with normal-weight women, according to secondary <a...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Reconstruction, transplantation successful for gut failure after bariatric surgery

Posted on: 18/05/2015 - 19:22

SAN DIEGO – Treating gut failure after bariatric surgery involves meeting patients’ nutritional needs while avoiding a recurrence of morbid obesity, according to Dr. Kareem Abu-Elmagd of the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

ILC: NAFLD a stealth trigger of hepatocellular carcinoma

Posted on: 11/05/2015 - 20:12

VIENNA – Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease often goes overlooked as a cause of liver cancer despite its increasing role as a major driver of hepatoce... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

ILC: NAFLD a stealth trigger of hepatocellular carcinoma

Posted on: 11/05/2015 - 20:12

VIENNA – Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease often goes overlooked as a cause of liver cancer despite its increasing role as a major driver of hepatoce... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VA study whittles obesity paradox in RA down to size

Posted on: 08/05/2015 - 14:15

Weight loss is a strong predictor of death in rheumatoid arthritis, with the greatest risk of death in low body mass index patients who were previousl... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Elevated leptin linked to depression in obese older adults

Posted on: 01/04/2015 - 19:48

SAN DIEGO – Elevated leptin may play a role in the relationship between excess adiposity and depressive symptoms in older adults, judging from the r... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Diet’s link to RA risk centers on alcohol, fish, sugar consumption

Posted on: 11/03/2015 - 19:01

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Moderate alcohol intake and fish consumption are the two dietary factors supported by the strongest epidemiologic evidence for a p... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Randomized trial assesses behavioral weight loss as migraine treatment

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 22:33

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. - The first randomized, controlled trial of behavioral weight loss as a treatment for migraine in women is underway, with results expected in mid-2016. The trial “provides an...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Bariatric surgery results may include improved sexual function for female patients

Posted on: 25/07/2014 - 21:05

WASHINGTON – Obese women experienced significant improvements in sexual function over 6-24 months after bariatric surgery in a multistudy review, indicating that this outcome should be listed among...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Obesity boosts postmenopausal breast cancer risk

Obesity boosts postmenopausal breast cancer risk

Reconstruction, transplantation successful for gut failure after bariatric surgery

ILC: NAFLD a stealth trigger of hepatocellular carcinoma

ILC: NAFLD a stealth trigger of hepatocellular carcinoma

VA study whittles obesity paradox in RA down to size

Elevated leptin linked to depression in obese older adults

Diet’s link to RA risk centers on alcohol, fish, sugar consumption

Randomized trial assesses behavioral weight loss as migraine treatment

Bariatric surgery results may include improved sexual function for female patients

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