BMI (body mass index) has long been thought of as an indicator of how healthy someone is. The truth is a little more ...

It has long been a well-established and well-documented fact that obesity — a complex, chronic disease which involves the ...

Clots are treated with blood thinners. But the length of treatment depends on the causes behind a clot, which is categorized as either provoked or unprovoked. A provoked clot is one from a known ...

When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight.

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Though retrospective, the findings provide ‘compelling’ evidence that GLP-1 receptor agonists may help prevent development ...

Thigh intramuscular fat infiltration (IMFI) may significantly increase the risk of developing knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA), regardless of sex or body weight, according to findings from a ...

A new study has found that apolipoprotein B particle count and lipoprotein(a) count were critical indicators of risk for ...

The mBCA Alpha scanner is an alternative to screenings that rely on weight and body mass index to understand the risk of ...

A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Tsukuba revealed that the use of a gamified sleep-tracking mobile application led to improvements in sleep parameters and a reduction in ...

Reviewed by Dietitian Annie Nguyen, M.A., RD A new study connects ultra-processed foods with an increased risk of developing ...

Body mass index (BMI) is the tool doctors use to calculate whether someone is underweight, at a healthy weight, overweight or obese. But because BMI calculations can't tell the difference between body ...