Obesity Carries Extra Health-Care Costs
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Obese and overweight men spend much more on prescription drugs than men with normal weight, says a Mayo Clinic study. Researchers studied 328 male executives, average age
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While being fat increases your chances of a heart attack, some studies suggest a puzzling paradox: Obese people seem to have a better chance of surviving one.
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Patients who undergo obesity surgery get far more than cosmetic benefits - many also shed fat-related ailments including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers say.    Their report - an analysis of 136 studies - suggests that in some cases, the drastic operations may alter the patient's body chemistry itself and relieve conditions that can lead to heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure...
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Nov. 1, 2004 - Being overweight or obese can hurt the heart, even in people who don&#39;t have heart disease. New research from Australia spotlights obesity&#39;s independent effects on the hearts of healthy people who have excess weight.
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The growing number of obese Americans and the rising cost of caring for them is responsible for 27 percent of the increase in health-care costs since 1987, according to a study in the journal Health Affairs.
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Being overweight can limit your health and your wealth, costing tens of thousands of dollars over a lifetime.
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Obese mothers-to-be need significantly more NHS care than pregnant women of a healthy weight, a study says.
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The main reason so many people lack health insurance is because of its cost and a big reason for that cost is the explosion of expensive, medically questionable care like knee replacements and lumbar fusion procedures.
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Take a stand against the high costs of health care.
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Rising rates of obesity will lead to dramatic increases in the number of people with Alzheimer's disease, experts have predicted.
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CHICAGO - Patients who undergo obesity surgery get far more than cosmetic benefits - many also shed fat-related ailments including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers say.    Their report - an analysis of 136 studies - suggests that in some cases, the drastic operations may alter the patient's body chemistry itself and relieve conditions that can lead to heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure...
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Obesity can double the risk of several cancers, according to a study published on Friday that for the first time also links being overweight with a number of less common forms of the disease.
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Nearly two out of three Americans are overweight/obese and at risk for diabetes, heart disease and other illnesses associated with obesity.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Adult obesity rates increased in 31 states during the past year, leaving an estimated two-thirds of Americans vulnerable to fatal diseases such as diabetes, stroke and cancer.
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The ballooning cost of cancer treatment offers an example of how difficult it may be to rein in the nationâs runaway health care spending.
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The cost of providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 percent this year, according to an authoritative national survey reported Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Men and women who are obese in  middle age will be up to twice as expensive to cover under  Medicare, the government health plan that kicks in after  Americans reach age 65, according to new study findings  reported Tuesday.