Latest Obesity associated morbidity Stories

Researchers have found evidence that chronic disease in either a mother or father can create unfavourable conditions in the womb that are associated with the development of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in daughters. In another study, researchers found that brothers of women with PCOS and insulin resistance are themselves at greater risk of developing insulin resistance or diabetes, suggesting that factors associated with the condition can be passed down to sons as well as daughters.The...

Young adults who are overweight or obese have an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, and being obese at an older age is associated with a lower overall survival rate for patients with pancreatic cancer, according to a study in the June 24 issue of JAMA.Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death for both men and women in the United States. As the prevalence of overweight and obesity have rapidly increased during the last 2 decades, accumulating evidence has emerged...

In reviewing the weight history of pancreatic cancer patients across their life spans, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have determined that a high body mass index in early adulthood may play a significant role in an individual developing the disease at an earlier age.The study, published in the June 24 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, also found that patients who are obese the year before diagnosis have a poorer outcome than those...

Carrying extra weight earlier in life increases the risk of developing problems with mobility in old age, even if the weight is eventually lost, according to new research out of the Sticht Center on Aging at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.The study, funded by the National Institute on Aging and the Wake Forest University Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, appears in the April 15 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology."In both men and women, being...

Obese women are more likely to give birth to children with birth abnormalities, according to new findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. British researchers said the health issues for children include spina bifida, heart problems, cleft palate and a number of other defects. The findings underscore obesity's role as a major health problem and add to evidence that being too heavy while pregnant carries risks for both mother and child.Katherine Stothard and...

A large study of U.S. women suggests that obese women may have a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer than their thinner counterparts.Ovarian cancer has a higher death rate than most because in the initial stages it typically has vague symptoms or none at all.A U.S. study involving more than 94,000 women between the ages of 50 and 71 who were followed for more than 7 years noted several connections between obesity and ovarian cancer.The researchers found that obese women were the most...

Obese and non-obese patients have same overall survivalObesity affects health in several ways, but new research shows obesity can have minimal impact on ovarian cancer survival. A study by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer Center found ovarian cancer survival rates are the same for obese and non-obese women if their chemotherapy doses are closely matched to individual weight.The findings contradict earlier research that shows obese women have...

By Paula Fentiman Obese women who carry most of their extra weight in their stomach are 70% more likely to develop pancreatic cancer, a study found today. Researchers identified a link between high waist-to-hip ratios and cancer of the pancreas while monitoring more than 138,000 women for seven years. The study of postmenopausal American women investigated the effects of obesity on pancreatic cancer as part of the Women's Health Initiative, which looks at health problems experienced by...

By Anthony J. Brown, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Findings from a new study confirm that obesity is associated with decreased survival among women with ovarian cancer. "A large study reported last year showed that obesity adversely affects the survival of a number of cancers, including ovarian," senior author Dr. Andrew J. Li, from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, told Reuters Health. Li explained that his team wanted to see if this was due to the presence of other...

By David Douglas NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obesity is associated with a broad range of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events, Scottish and Australian researchers report. "That's a potentially huge public health problem and burden on the health care system," senior investigator Dr. John J. V. McMurray told Reuters Health. "Of course, our focus was just on cardiovascular disease and not the other problems also associated with obesity -- including cancer." The whole spectrum of...