Posts Tagged ‘Obesity’
How obesity is like alcoholism
Posted by: admin on: August 8, 2011
What is Alcoholism? Alcoholism is a primary chronic disease with genetic, psycho-social and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. It is characterized by continuous or periodic impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol despite adverse consequences and distortions of thinking, mostly denial. Let us look at this definition of alcoholism and see […]
The relationship between various measures of obesity and arterial stiffness in morbidly obese patients
Posted by: admin on: August 8, 2011
Background The prevalence of obesity is rising globally, independent of ethnicity, race and age, and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity Several lines of evidence indicate that the distribution of fat is a major determinant of cardiovascular risk in both normal weight, overweight and moderately obese subjects, although measures of general obesity and physiological […]
How PCOS can be diagnosed and treated in primary care
Posted by: admin on: July 22, 2011
It is one of the most common causes of dysfunctional uterine bleeding, with a complaint of irregular periods being the most common presenting complaint to the doctor. The PCOS diagnostic criteria were developed by the National Institute of Health (NIH) in 1990, and include the following: 1. Hyperandrogenism: These women tend to have more androgen […]
Too Few Doctors Tell Patients they’re Overweight
Posted by: admin on: July 8, 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity Many people who are overweight and obese either don’t realize it or are in denial — and too few doctors are setting them straight, according to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers analyzed data on roughly 5,500 people who took part in government health surveys between 2005 and 2008. […]
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