Excess weight hard on the heart, study confirms
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NEW YORK  - People who are just moderately overweight have an increased risk developing heart disease, even if they are otherwise healthy, according to pooled data from published studies.
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Obesity nearly doubles the risk that an otherwise healthy middle-age man will have a stroke, a long-running Swedish study finds. The researchers followed more than 7,400 men aged 47 to 55 for 28 years and
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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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Heavily drinking -- or binging -- even intermittently, almost doubles a person&#39;s risk of dying after a heart attack, compared to that of a moderate drinker, according, to a first-of-its-kind study, reported at the American Heart Association&#39;s Scientific
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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.
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A new study suggests that workers who weigh too much are at risk for a variety of problems on the job.
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Obese individuals are at  increased risk for suffering a heart attack or other "acute  coronary syndrome" (ACS), but because they are treated more  aggressively than their lean counterparts, their outcomes are  actually better, new research suggests.
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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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Obesity raises the risk of atrial  fibrillation, an abnormal heartbeat that can lead to stroke and  early death if not controlled, researchers said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Shedding excess pounds may restore some of the heart's youth, whether the weight loss comes from eating less or exercising more, the results of a small study suggests.
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MONDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- Obesity is harmful to the brain for women, but it doesn't appear to raise the risk of dying for men who have suffered heart attacks, according to two new studies.
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People under pressure to meet deadlines are six times more likely to suffer from a heart attack, a new research reveals.According to the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Programme intense, pressure seems to have a greater impact on the heart than accumulated
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If your brother or sister was diagnosed with heart problems early in life, then your chances of developing cardiac disease are even greater than if your mother or father had it, according to a new study released yesterday.
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Obese women with breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease than those of a normal weight, researchers said today. US researchers looked at information
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Being overweight boosts the risk of dying from diabetes and kidney disease but not cancer or heart disease, and carrying some extra pounds appears actually to protect against a host of other causes of death, federal researchers reported today.
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Being obese or gaining weight more than  normal increases the risk of kidney stones, especially in women  who ordinarily run half the chance that men do of developing  the painful deposits, researchers said on Tuesday.
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WHEN it comes to avoiding heart disease, being fit may be more important than being thin, researchers say. A study from the University of Florida shows lack of fitness is a stronger risk factor for developing heart disease than being overweight or obese.