Childhood body mass index (BMI) has been associated with hospital admissions for asthma in early adulthood, with overweight BMI measures increasing the risk of admission in women and underweight BMI ...

Body mass index (BMI) is foundational in health care around the world today. The simple equation of weight relative to height may be used to determine your risk for certain diseases, your insurance ...

Researchers examined patients admitted with C. diff at a tertiary care center from January 2013 to June 2015. The cohort was stratified by onset of disease using the National Healthcare Safety Network ...

An increase in body mass index increases the likelihood of developing surgical site infections, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. Researchers gathered ...

Body weight is affected by calorie intake and expenditure. Rather than looking at weight alone, body mass index (BMI) calculated by weight and height provides more information. According to the World ...

The median BMI of the cohort was 26.7 kg/m 2 (range, 17.9–55.2). Patients were classified into 3 main weight categories based ...

Although overweight, obesity and high-intensity statin therapy can increase diabetes risk, new evidence demonstrates ...

Imagine a sales rep comes to your clinic office to pitch a new gadget to gauge your patients' health. They tell you that it's not nearly as good as the measures you already have. It performs even ...

Childhood body mass index (BMI) has been associated with hospital admissions for asthma in early adulthood, with overweight BMI measures increasing the risk of admission in women and underweight BMI ...