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Many adolescents and young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery – particularly those who were at a healthy body mass index (BMI) before surgery, reports a paper in the ...

Initial fasting plasma glucose levels outside of 80 to 94 mg/dL were linked to an increased risk for diabetes.

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Researchers looked at 186 pairs of identical twins to see how they had aged differently due to various lifestyle factors. A ...

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Two newer adiposity measures incorporating waist circumference predicted periodontitis better than body mass index, reported ...

Heart disease remains the top killer of Americans as risk factors continue to grow. Get the latest statistics from the ...