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A new study provides the first evidence that people with higher body mass index (BMI) may have a greater response to ozone than leaner people. Short-term exposure to atmospheric ozone has long been known to cause a temporary drop in lung function in many people. This is the first study in humans to look at [...]

People with raised blood pressure (hypertension), who are at increased risk of cardiovascular or renal disease because of excess weight, are particularly likely to benefit from a new class of blood-pressure lowering treatment called direct renin inhibitors (DRIs), experts said this week. The first drug in the class, aliskiren (Tekturna/Rasilez) is now available in the [...]

Angst ridden 30 something Bridget Jones starts each day on the scale, obsessively tracking her weight against social expectations. She vows to become svelte, only to confide her personal dieting failures to her diary the next morning. Author Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’ Diary resonated with women near and far, even catapulting her London-based heroine onto [...]

The extra blood volume produced in the obese may so dilute levels of a telltale protein produced by prostates that the popular PSA test may be essentially useless for diagnosing prostate cancer in men carrying extra pounds, a new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests. The new research, combining data from [...]

Most people spend most of their day sitting with relatively idle muscles. Health professionals advise that at least 30 minutes of activity at least 5 days a week will counteract health concerns, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity that may result from inactivity. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia say a new model [...]

An innovative pediatric healthy weight toolkit will help Michigan doctors tackle one of the state’s new and preventable epidemics: childhood obesity, part of an ongoing comprehensive effort by the Blues to improve the health of Michigan children. The kit was designed in consultation with eight Michigan physicians who are active in battling childhood obesity. “Obese [...]

The Washington Post on Friday examined the Hair Heart and Health program, a collaboration between CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and MedStar Research Institute that trains local barbers and beauticians to screen clients for obesity and high blood pressure and urge them to seek follow-up care. Officially launched in Washington, D.C., in October, the program is modeled [...]

The British Medical Journal recently published an article stating that most obesity drugs achieve ‘modest’ weight loss. Below is the response from Sanofi-Aventis. “We welcome new research that benefits patients, however this latest paper published by BMJ online is an analysis of previously published data and fails to add new information to our understanding of [...]

Below is a response from Sanofi-Aventis regarding an article that appeared in The Lancet about Acomplia (Rimonabant)? “The meta-analyses published today in the Lancet and BMJ reflect the data previously published, and do not introduce any new information that doctors, sanofi-aventis and regulatory bodies have not already considered and acted upon. The articles summarise the [...]

The AMA yesterday hallenged the Coalition and Labor to act to halt the growing obesity crisis in Australia, which is costing the health system billions of dollars every year. In 2005 Access economics estimated that the total economic cost of obesity was $3.76 billion – this includes productivity costs, health systems costs, and carer costs. [...]