Tag Archive | "overweight"

Obesity ups risk of painful fibromyalgia

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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The study in women found that being overweight or obese was associated with increased risk of fibromyalgia, especially among women who weren't all that physically active.

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Large waist hard on the lungs

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Being overweight, especially around the middle, may increase a woman's risk for developing asthma, study findings hint.

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Obese Hearts

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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Obesity causes prolonged inflammation of heart tissue that in turn boosts heart failure risk, according to a U.S. study of almost 7,000 people. Recent findings from the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) may provide the first real evidence that obesity causes prolonged inflammation of heart tissue. This in turn boosts heart failure risk in obese individuals.

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