Height loss link to heart disease
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Men who lose 3cm or more of height as they age have an increased risk of heart attack and death, a study finds.
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Although obesity is usually linked to detrimental health consequences, new research indicates that overweight people with heart failure have a lower mortality risk than those of normal weight.
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People generally know that being overweight negatively affects your heart, but there is a new study that shows that a lack of physical fitness is an even more important predictor of heart problems.
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NEW YORK  - A high body mass index (BMI) in  middle-aged men is associated with an increased likelihood of  having a stroke over the next two or three decades -- even  after taking into account other risk factors such as high blood  pressure and diabetes --Swedish investigators have found.
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Americans are a bit taller and much heavier than they were in the early 1960s, says a report released Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Short people complain of poorer mental and physical health than those of average height, a study reveals.
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Does your brother or sister have heart disease? That may be a better predictor of whether you are at risk that your parents&#39; health history, researchers said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Among men with symptoms of heart disease, those who are obese tend to live longer than their normal-weight counterparts, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Tall men seem to have a heightened risk of developing an enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a new study shows. Advancing age and high fasting blood sugar levels also raise the odds of BPH, whereas a greater systolic blood pressure -- the first number in the blood pressure reading - may indicate a lower risk.
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NEW YORK  - Simple measures like a person's   body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference are adequate to   gauge their health risks due to excess weight, at least among   older men, UK researchers conclude.
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NEW YORK  - A high body mass index (BMI) in middle-aged men is associated with an increased likelihood of having a stroke over the next two or three decades -- even after taking into account other risk factors such as high blood pressure
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Post-menopausal women with low levels of the male sex hormone  are more likely to develop heart disease, research suggests.
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A study of older British men finds that those who shrink in height by about an inch or more over 20 years are more likely to die earlier than other men. Those men also have a greater risk of heart disease.
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Very obese people are as unhealthy, and probably as likely to die, as patients with heart failure, US researchers have reported. A second
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The impotence drug Viagra may also  help prevent the abnormal growth of the heart seen in some  types of heart disease, researchers reported on Sunday.
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The location of body fat on older women can indicate the likelihood of heart disease, according to a new study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &amp; Metabolism.
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NEW YORK  - In patients with type 1 diabetes, excess body weight and fat seems to increase the risk of coronary heart disease. However, as weight and fat levels increase, the severity of heart disease lessens, researchers announced at the 67th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association in Chicago.