Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder who receive methylphenidate may be at an increased risk of having a ...

Researchers at Leipzig University and the University of Gothenburg have developed a novel approach to assessing an individual ...

Of U.S. adults with a BMI indicating obesity, 98.4% also had excess adiposity confirmed by other measures. Researchers suggest there may be limited utility to confirming excess adiposity in people ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BMI should not be used to rule out liver transplantation, according to a speaker. However, people with obesity ...

BMI, the body mass index, a risk factor or a trigger for the development of ovarian cancer? The the risk association with ovarian cancer of all the gynaec malignancies for BMI is rather weak for ...

High BMI and poor physical fitness during later adolescence increase the risk of both contracting and dying from sepsis and other severe bacterial infections in adulthood, according to a study from ...

In a study of identical twins in Sweden, researchers found that twins who are heavier were not at increased risk of heart attack or death when compared to their corresponding twin. However, having a ...

High BMI and poor physical fitness during later adolescence increase the risk of both contracting and dying from sepsis and other severe bacterial infections in adulthood, according to a study from ...

New research suggests that body mass index (BMI) may influence response to topical corticosteroid (tCS) therapy for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). The higher the patient's BMI level, the lower the ...