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News: May 28, 2012
Severely Obese Have More Complications With Spinal Surgery
THURSDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- Morbidly obese patients who undergo spinal fusion surgery have nearly double the risk of developing complications and also face higher hospital costs, a new study says. Spinal fusion surgery is an increasingly ...
Being Obese May Make Job Search Tougher
THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- It was the small square photo clipped to an applicant's resume that most influenced whether a woman would be hired. But there was a hidden catch: The pictures showed the same six women both before and after wei...
Weight-Loss Surgery May Also Help Menstruation, Skin, Hair
FRIDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) -- Obese women often stop getting their periods, but new research suggests weight-loss surgery can help regulate their monthly cycles, while also stemming excessive hair growth and skin problems that often accompany...
U.S. Obesity Rate Set to Soar, Costing Billions: CDC
MONDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- Even if the skyrocketing rates of obesity level off, 42 percent of Americans will be obese and 11 percent will be severely obese by the year 2030, a new report predicts. That means 32 million people will be tippin...
CT Scans Deliver More Radiation to Obese People: Study
FRIDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) -- Obese and overweight patients who undergo CT scans are exposed to much more radiation than people of normal weight, researchers say. The challenge for heavier people is that more radiation is needed to scan the...
U.S. Report Outlines Strategies to Prevent Obesity
TUESDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- The United States' progress against the battle of the bulge has been slow, but certain strategies could speed obesity prevention efforts, a new report concludes. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) on Tuesday outline...
Weight-Loss Surgeries May Beat Standard Treatments for Diabetes
MONDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- A new international analysis comparing weight-loss procedures to standard diabetes treatments contends that surgery is more effective at helping people combat type 2 diabetes. The finding stems from two years o...
Obese Workers' Health Care Costs Top Those of Smokers
FRIDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) -- Obese workers have even higher health costs than smokers, a new study finds. Researchers examined data from more than 30,000 Mayo Clinic employees and retirees who had continuous health insurance from 2001 to 2...
Many Don't Believe Their Obesity is Unhealthy: Study
SATURDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Many overweight and obese patients seen in hospital emergency departments don't believe their weight poses a risk to their health, and many say doctors have never told them otherwise, a new study finds. Resear...
Many Don't Believe Their Obesity Poses Health Risks: Study
SATURDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Many overweight and obese patients seen in hospital emergency departments don't believe their weight poses a risk to their health, and many say doctors have never told them otherwise, a new study finds. Resear...
Rigorous Exercise May Boost Benefits of Weight-Loss Surgery
FRIDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- After undergoing the weight-loss procedure known as bariatric surgery, following a rigorous exercise routine can help patients continue to lose weight and avoid regaining unwanted pounds, researchers say. "We di...
Obesity a Major Cause of Early Death in Women: Study
TUESDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major risk factor for death among obese women who don't smoke, particularly low-income women, a new study finds. It included more than 3,600 women aged 45 to 64 in Scotland who never smoked and wer...
For Many, Weight-Loss Surgery Also Eases Migraines
WEDNESDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Severely obese patients who suffer from migraines may see them fade or become less frequent after having weight-reducing gastric bypass surgery, University of Iowa researchers say. In the three years followin...
Can Weight-Loss Surgery Reverse Common Cause of Infertility?
WEDNESDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Weight-loss surgery may reverse a common cause of infertility in women, a small, new study suggests. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal imbalance that affects up to 10 percent of women of child-...
Weight-Loss Surgery May Not Lower Death Risk: Study
SUNDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Weight-loss surgery doesn't decrease the risk of death among severely obese middle-aged adults, a new study says. U.S. researchers looked at 850 male patients at Veterans Affairs medical centers who had weight-l...
Severely Obese Teens No More Depressed Than Slimmer Peers
TUESDAY, April 26 (HealthDay News) -- Severely obese teens are no more likely to be depressed than their normal weight peers, new research suggests. "People assume that all obese adolescents are unhappy and depressed; that the more obese a teen ma...
Obesity Could Raise Risks of General Anesthesia
WEDNESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Obese patients are twice as likely as non-obese patients to develop serious airway complications while under a general anesthetic, a new study has found. And severely obese patients were four times more like...
Weight Guidelines May Be High for Severely Obese Moms-to-Be
FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Current U.S. guidelines may overestimate the amount of weight that severely obese women need to gain during pregnancy, according to a new study. Extremely obese women who gained less than the Institute of Medici...
Weight-Loss Surgery May 'Remodel' Heart
THURSDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Besides enabling severely obese people to lose weight, gastric bypass surgery seems to help their overly stressed hearts return to more normal function and appearance, a new study suggests. Obesity is a risk fa...
Obese Drivers at Higher Risk of Death in Car Crashes: Study
THURSDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Here's another reason not to pile on too many excess pounds: A new study finds that the obese and very obese are at raised risk of death in severe car crashes. According to the research, published in the Ameri...
Obesity May Interfere With Vitamin D Absorption
FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The more obese a person is, the poorer his or her vitamin D status, a new study by a team of Norwegian researchers suggests. The study found an inverse relationship between excess pounds and an insufficient amou...
Structured Diet, Exercise Plans Seem to Shed Pounds
SATURDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies support the notion that structured diet and exercise plans -- and perhaps some free prepared meals -- can help the obese and severely obese lose weight. Both studies used prepackaged meals in th...
Gastric Band Surgery Rising Among Obese Teens
MONDAY, Sept. 20 (HealthDay News) -- More overweight teenagers are undergoing laparoscopic gastric band surgery, a weight-loss procedure that isn't approved for anyone under 18 years old, a new study finds. Looking at a database of bariatric surge...
Many Americans Don't Even Know They're Fat
THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans have skewed perceptions when it comes to their weight, often believing they are thinner than they really are, even when the scales are shouting otherwise, a new poll finds. As part of the Harris...
Some Minority Groups Hit Hard by Childhood Obesity
MONDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDay News) -- While some research suggests that the incidence of childhood obesity may be leveling off, a new study finds that for certain racial groups the rates may actually be getting higher. The study, to be published in ...
As Weight Goes Up, So Do Heart Risks
FRIDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- People concerned about heart disease rightfully fret about their cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar levels, but there's another overarching problem that could eclipse all those risk factors. The nation'...
Obesity in Pregnancy Ups Risk of Heart Defect in Baby
FRIDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- Obese pregnant women are at increased risk of having a baby with a congenital heart defect, a new study finds. On average, obesity is associated with a 15 percent increased risk of having a baby with a heart def...
Novel Method Eyed for Normalizing Blood Sugar
TUESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- A potential new method of normalizing blood sugar levels in diabetes has been discovered by U.S. researchers. The Children's Hospital Boston team identified a cellular pathway that fails because of obesity. Ar...
Obese Colon Cancer Survivors Face Poorer Prognosis
TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer survivors who are moderately or severely obese face tougher survival odds following treatment compared with their normal-weight peers, a new study reveals. The finding builds on prior research that...
Gastric Banding Most Effective for Obese Teens
TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Severely obese teens who received gastric banding surgery lost significantly more weight than those who made lifestyle changes such as dieting and exercise, Australian researchers report. Their study included 50...
Very Obese People May Be Missing Genes
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Adding more evidence to theories linking DNA to weight, European scientists report that a genetic variation seems to virtually guarantee that a person will become obese. The genetic variation in question robs ...
Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- People who are super obese and those with the most chronic health problems face an increased risk for dying within a year after weight-loss surgery, a new U.S. study has found. The research involved 856 men a...
Delaying Weight-Loss Surgery May Leave Teens at Risk
FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The time frame in which gastric bypass surgery can be used to reverse morbid obesity in teens could be much shorter than previously believed, U.S. researchers say. Their study included 61 teens who had laparoscop...
Pre-Pregnancy WeightLinked to Babies' Heart Problems
THURSDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Overweight and obese women are more likely to give birth to babies with heart defects, a new study has found. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers analyzed data on 6,440 infants with cong...
Weight-Loss Surgery Breaks Families' 'Obesity Cycle'
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Obese mothers have children who are likely to be obese, but a new study concludes that weight-loss surgery can break the cycle. Researchers found that women who had weight-loss surgery before becoming pregnan...
More Kids Becoming Severely Obese
FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- In the last 25 years, rates of severe childhood obesity in the United States have tripled, putting increasing numbers of children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, says a new study. Researchers looked at N...
Study Finds Weight-Loss Surgery Safer Than Thought
WEDNESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- For those considering bariatric surgery to combat significant obesity, a new study suggests the risk of complications may be much lower than what has previously been reported. The study, which looked at both ...
Obese Poor Shut Out From Weight-Loss Surgeries
THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Despite having one of the highest rates of obesity in America, the poor are less likely to undergo weight loss surgery than obese people who are better off financially, new research shows. White women with hig...
Weight-Loss Surgery Safe, Effective Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
WEDNESDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) -- Not only does one of the largest studies on bariatric surgery find the procedure to be as safe as other routine surgeries, two other studies confirm that it also appears to stave off diabetes for the long ter...
Heart Association Warns of Surgery Risks in Obese
MONDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Severely obese people undergoing surgery are at greater risk of heart problems, wound infections, prolonged hospital stays and other complications, according to a Scientific Advisory from the American Heart Asso...
Making Obese Mice Slim, Without Diet or Exercise
WEDNESDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have come up with two new ways to control weight and blood sugar levels in obese mice -- without diet or exercise. And although putting the techniques to use in people is a long way off, they hope ...
Obesity May Hide Fetal Abnormalities on Ultrasounds
WEDNESDAY, April 22 (HealthDay News) -- Overweight and obese women are less likely to receive an accurate reading from ultrasound screenings aimed at identifying fetal abnormalities, new research reveals. Such screenings also seem to be less effec...
Obesity Takes Years Off Your Life
TUESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Being obese can shorten your life, a new study shows. "Moderate obesity typically shortens life span by about three years," said researcher Gary Whitlock, from the Clinical Trial Service Unit at the University...
Problems Tied to Obesity Also Seem to Affect Sleep
FRIDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Three conditions often linked to obesity have also been tied independently to sleep apnea, new studies show. Insulin resistance, the progression of liver disease, and living a less-than-active life were all foun...
Gastric Bypass Halts Diabetes in Obese Teens
MONDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Obese teenagers who have gastric bypass surgery not only lose weight but see their type 2 diabetes disappear, a new study finds. Also called bariatric surgery, the procedure works by limiting the size of the sto...
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