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Potential new treatment target for sleep apnea identified during study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Specialized channel proteins are possible therapeutic targets for sleep apnea and similar abnormally slow breathing disorders in obese people, suggest Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers who did a study on mice.
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Study finds lack of sleep a contributor to obesity in teenagers
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Adolescents who sleep less than eight hours a night are more likely to be overweight or obese compared to their peers with sufficient sleep, according to new research.
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Insufficient sleep in teenagers is associated with overweight and obesity:
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Adolescents who sleep less than eight hours a night are more likely to be overweight or obese compared to their peers with sufficient sleep,according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022. Shorter sleepers were also more likely to have a combination of other unhealthy characteristics in
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Eating after bedtime increases hunger, decreases calories burned
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Boston [US], October 10 (ANI): About 42% of adult Americans in the United States are obese, which increases the risk of developing chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer, and other illnesses.
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Obese women taking birth control pill likely to have blood clots
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 15 (ANI): Obese women who take oestrogen and progestin-containing oral contraceptives have a 24-fold greater risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared to non-obese women who do not use the medicines.
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Research: Cold method for clearer fatty liver observation
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], September 12 (ANI): Health issues related to obesity can take many different forms. Obese people are more likely to have nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a kind of fatty liver disease that can lead to cancer.
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New approach for clearer fatty liver observation found
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 12 (ANI): Obesity can cause a number of health problems. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a kind of fatty liver disease that can lead to cancer, is more common in obese people. Treatment for NASH patients has yet to be discovered, owing in part to the lack of sui
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Study: Lack of sleep might lead to overweight, obesity
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], August 28 (ANI): Teenagers who sleep less than eight hours at night are more likely to be overweight or obese than their peers who get enough sleep, according to a study. Shorter sleepers are also more likely to have a combination of other negative characteristics, such as
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Do you know lack of sleep is linked with overweight and obesity? Study sug
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], August 24 (ANI): According to a study, adolescents who sleep less than eight hours per night are more likely to be overweight or obese than their peers who get enough sleep. Shorter sleepers are also more likely to have a mix of other undesirable traits such as abdominal o
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Migraine drugs might be beneficial for weight loss: Study
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): According to a study conducted on obese mice, a prescribed category of migraine drugs named Tripants is considered to be helpful in treating obesity.
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New research says eating avocado daily can help lower cholesterol
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): A recent study has indicated that consuming one avocado per day for six months had no impact on waist circumference, belly fat, or liver fat in those who were overweight or obese. It did, however, cause harmful cholesterol levels to slightly decline.
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Study: Exposure to light at night might cause obesity, diabetes, high bloo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): A recent study has revealed that people who were exposed to any medium of light while sleeping during the nighttime ran the risk of being obese, and suffer from diabetes and high blood pressure as compared to those adults who were not exposed to any amount of l
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