A major new study has found genetics play a powerful and independent role in endometrial cancer risk—challenging the ...

Three major modifiable risk factors account for much of the attributable cancer burden, but substantial variations across ...

Buying $100 In BMI: If an investor had bought $100 of BMI stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $483.43 today based on a price of $156.92 for BMI at the time of writing.

BACKGROUND: Obesity is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, the overall and sex-specific relationships across the full spectrum of body mass index (BMI), particularly ...

After Bonnie had part of her thyroid removed, weight gain accompanied the aftermath of the procedure. The Connecticut ...

Obesity contributes to more than 10% of infection-related deaths and up to 11% could be prevented by addressing obesity, ...

Last year, The Lancet helped catalyse this overdue change by recommending that BMI alone should not be used to measure obesity, a suggestion that was promptly taken up by 75 international medical ...

During American Heart Month, we are continuing to put a focus on how women can be more proactive to better protect their heart health. The first step is getting a ...

Obesity is well known to be linked to a broad range of adverse health effects, and key among them is impaired immunity, which ...

People with obesity are at 70 percent higher risk of serious infections, with one in ten infectious disease deaths globally ...

Obesity's ties to increased systemic inflammation, immune system dysfunction, and metabolic disturbances likely help drive ...

Individuals with obesity may experience a lower incidence of acute complications following TBI, supporting the "obesity paradox." ...