Obesity Bad for Brain, Study Finds
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Obesity is harmful to the brain for women, but it doesn&#39;t appear to raise the risk of dying for men who have suffered heart attacks, according to two new studies.
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Two new studies shed light on the role obesity may play in causing heart attacks and, surprisingly, keeping them from being fatal.
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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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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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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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Smoking not only damages health, it is bad for the brain too, according to a Scottish study spanning nearly 60 years.
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Being overweight may not kill you, but it could lead to obesity, U.S. health experts cautioned on Wednesday in response to research suggesting that being a bit heavy does not raise the risk of death.
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For years, experts have worried that dieting might lead to depression, binge eating and eating disorders in obese women, but a new study shows that&#39;s not the case.
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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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It&#39;s a well-known fact that the foods we eat influence our health. But foods do more than affect our waistline and our heart. It seems that what we eat can also impact the way our brain performs its tasks.
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The same brain circuits are involved  when obese people fill their stomachs as when drug addicts  think about drugs, a finding that suggests overeating and  addiction may be linked, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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A new study gives scientific clout to a conclusion many already see as obvious: Eating lots of fast food makes you fat and increases the chance of developing diabetes.
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Smoking not only damages health, it is  bad for the brain too, according to a Scottish study spanning  nearly 60 years.
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NEW YORK  - New research does not support the general belief that obesity increases bone mass and is therefore good for bone health. A study, in which investigators corrected for the mechanical loading effect of increasing body weight, suggests the opposite.
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Obesity nearly doubles the risk that an otherwise healthy middle-aged man will eventually have a stroke, a long-running Swedish study finds.
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Oct. 28, 2004 -- Being overweight after age 40 could double a man&#39;s stroke risk, a new study shows. It&#39;s more evidence that obesity is a major -- but modifiable -- risk factor for numerous chronic health problems
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New research does not support  the general belief that obesity increases bone mass and is  therefore good for bone health. A study, in which investigators  corrected for the mechanical loading effect of increasing body  weight, suggests the opposite.