Body Mass Index

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• Last week, new clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of obesity in Canada were published by ...
• Swedes' coffee passion could cut nerve disease
• More sleep may put you at higher stroke risk
• UC Davis Study Finds Hispanics Develop Alcoholic Liver Disease at Younger Ages than Caucasians or African Americans
• Pregnant Women with a BMI above 35 Now Eligible for Fetal Spina Bifida Repair Surgery Study at the St. Louis Fetal Care Institute

Last week, new clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of obesity in Canada were published by ... Posted: 27 Feb 2015 11:14 AM PST Canadian Medical Association Journal. Unfortunately, it is not exactly a 'solutions based' document. The main recommendations are as follows: 1. Body mass index (BMI) should be calculated by family doctors to help prevent and manage obesity.

Swedes' coffee passion could cut nerve disease Posted: 27 Feb 2015 01:00 AM PST Few people drink more coffee than the Swedes and now research funded by the Swedish Medical Council has suggested that those who have four to six cups a day may be less likely to get multiple sclerosis (MS).

More sleep may put you at higher stroke risk Posted: 26 Feb 2015 09:56 PM PST The relationship between long sleep and stroke stayed the same after researchers accounted for factors such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, body mass index and physical activity.

UC Davis Study Finds Hispanics Develop Alcoholic Liver Disease at Younger Ages than Caucasians or African Americans Posted: Hispanics develop alcoholic liver disease (ALD), a common cause of liver-disease death, between four and 12 years earlier than Whites/Caucasians or African Americans, according to a new study from UC Davis Health System. (PRWeb February 27, 2015) Read the full story at This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Pregnant Women with a BMI above 35 Now Eligible for Fetal Spina Bifida Repair Surgery Study at the St. Louis Fetal Care Institute Posted: The SSM St. Louis Fetal Care Institute is one of the first fetal surgery centers in the country to have an Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved study to allow pregnant women with a body mass index (BMI) of up to 40 to be considered for fetal myelomeningocele surgery. (PRWeb February 27, 2015) Read the full story at This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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