Metabolic Syndrome Not Limited to Obese People
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Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of problems that can raise the risk of heart disease, is often associated with obesity, but new research indicates that people of normal weight can develop the condition too.
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Regular exercise is not enough to offset  the health problems associated with obesity -- but that  shouldn't stop people who are overweight from working out,  according to a study to be published in Thursday's New England  Journal of Medicine.
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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  - Having either a large waistline   or being overweight raises a person's risk of developing type 2   diabetes, but the combination of the two is most dangerous, a   study shows.
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NEW YORK  - The prevalence of metabolic syndrome is increased among middle-aged adults who regularly drink carbonated soft drinks, even soda that is calorie-free, new research suggests.
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A whopping 75 million Americans may have something called metabolic syndrome. How Big Pharma turned obesity into a desease and then invented the drugs to cure it. By Thomas Goetz from Wired magazine.
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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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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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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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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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Middle-aged adults who do not yet  have heart disease but have a spectrum of symptoms called  metabolic syndrome are very likely to also have clogged  arteries, researchers said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - A brisk 30-minute walk 6 days a week is enough to trim waistlines and cut the risk of metabolic syndrome -- an increasingly common condition that is linked to obesity and a sedentary lifestyle, a new study indicates.
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Elevated blood sugar increases the risk of heart disease, not only in people with diabetes but also in those with high-normal readings not considered diabetic.
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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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New American Heart Association research shows patients with even just one or two metabolic syndrome traits were at increased risk for death from coronary heart disease and cardiovascular diseases.
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NEW YORK  - 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  - 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.