| Large Waist Nearly Doubles Death Risk A new study of people in Europe found that having a large waist nearly doubled the risk of premature death regardless of whether they were overweight or not and supports the idea that waist size or waist to hip ratio should be used to assess risk of death. medicalnewstoday.com |
Computerized Mobile Health Support Systems Assistance for patients Intelligent sensor networks monitor important vital signs of patients or measure their activity. Fraunhofer researchers present the new systems at CeBIT 2009 in Hannover in Hall 9, Stand B36. Poor sleep can be attributed to many causes, including shift work, stress, snoring or even sleep apnea - a disorder in which the sleeper temporarily stops breathing. medicalnewstoday.com |
Asthma Not Worsened By Obesity, But Response To Medications May Be Affected Being overweight or obese does not make asthma worse in patients with mild and moderate forms of the disease, according to a study by National Jewish Health researchers, although it may reduce the response to medications. "With both asthma and obesity on the rise in recent years, there has been much interest in the possible link between these two conditions," said lead author E. medicalnewstoday.com |
Get The World On Its Feet: The Role Of Exercise Training Western societies are struggling to pay for their ever increasing medical budgets. In the US up to 393 billion US-$ were spent in 2005 for cardiovascular diseases alone. Based on epidemiologic studies in primary prevention it is reasonable to estimate that 30% of coronary heart disease and stroke could be prevented by 2.5 hours of brisk walking per week and approximately 284,886 cardiovascular deaths could be prevented per year in the US alone. medicalnewstoday.com |
Top Reasons Those 'Get Fit' Resolutions Don't Stick (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Another New Year's Day looms, and millions of Americans will resolve that this year, they'll exercise and get fit, so why by the end of January are so many of those resolutions broken? us.rd.yahoo.com |