Researchers at the University of Chicago have found important new relationships between obesity, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and cognitive processing among elementary school children…
Belly fat, known clinically as central obesity, has been linked to the development of asthma in a new study. The findings, which were presented at the European Respiratory Society’s Annual Congress in Amsterdam, have shown central obesity as a risk factor for the disease…
The prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma is increasing partly because of a link between asthma and obesity. Several factors lead to asthma-like symptoms in obese patients, including the mechanical effect of increased body mass index on lung volumes, which increases the work required for breathing…
Researchers have discovered that obese adults undergoing surgery are less frequently developing respiratory insufficiency (RI) and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and that when they do, they are less likely to have fatal outcomes…
Formoterol, a medication used to treat asthma and other lung diseases, improves fat burning and protein metabolism in men, a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. “Research in animals has shown that formoterol can stimulate the growth of muscle and the burning of fat…
If you want to increase your chances of losing weight, reduce your stress level and get adequate sleep. A new Kaiser Permanente study found that people trying to lose at least 10 pounds were more likely to reach that goal if they had lower stress levels and slept more than six hours but not more than eight hours a night…
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) continues to warn people about the herbal weight loss product ‘Herbal Flos Lonicerae (Herbal Xenicol) Natural Weight Loss Formula’ after test results have now revealed it contained more than twice the prescribed dose of a banned powerful pharmaceutical ingredient, sibutramine…
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) continues to warn people about the herbal weight loss product ‘Herbal Flos Lonicerae (Herbal Xenicol) Natural Weight Loss Formula’ after test results have now revealed it contained more than twice the prescribed dose of a banned powerful pharmaceutical ingredient, sibutramine…
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is advising people not to use the herbal weight loss product ‘Herbal Flos Lonicerae (Herbal Xenicol) Natural Weight Loss Formula’ due to concerns over possible side effects. The product is believed to be widely available over the internet as well as in some traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) outlets in the UK…
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is advising people not to use the herbal weight loss product ‘Herbal Flos Lonicerae (Herbal Xenicol) Natural Weight Loss Formula’ due to concerns over possible side effects. The product is believed to be widely available over the internet as well as in some traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) outlets in the UK…
