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Saturday, November 10, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study overturns common assumption about knee replacements in morbidly ... - Science Codex

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 02:58 PM PST


Study overturns common assumption about knee replacements in morbidly ...
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Until now, many studies examining TKRs in obese patients have lumped all patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 and higher into one category. "In my mind, there is clearly a difference in a patient with a BMI of 40, the morbidly obese, versus an ...
Hospital-Based Exercise Programs Benefit People with Osteoarthritis Newswise (press release)

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Rethinking Body Mass Index (BMI) For Assessing Cancer Risk - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 11:00 AM PST


Rethinking Body Mass Index (BMI) For Assessing Cancer Risk
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8, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University suggests that body mass index (BMI)—the most commonly used weight-for-height formula for estimating fatness—may not be the ...
BMI May Not Be Best Measure For Assessing Cancer Risk Medical News Today

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Regular exercise raises life expectancy: study

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 09:36 PM PST

WASHINGTON - Regular moderate exercise can raise life expectancy - even among people who are overweight, a study said Tuesday.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>U.S. elderly, middle-aged see higher obesity rates: poll

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 08:29 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here's one more reason to dread aging: older Americans are seeing a greater increase in obesity rates, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Data from nearly 600,000 U.S. adults showed that people aged 18 and older were more likely to be obese than they were in 2008, according to the Gallup survey. Researchers noted a significant jump among adults in their 40s, 70s ...

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