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Study gives more insight into how obesity affects fecal incontinence
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
For millions of adults in the United States, involuntary loss of bowel control, or fecal incontinence (FI), has a major negative influence on their quality of life and mental health. Although it is believed that obesity has an impact on bowel function, it is still unknown how body mass index
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Global Bariatric Surgery Experts Converge in Goa for Landmark Conference:
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 10: A historic gathering of global bariatric surgery leaders is set to take place in the idyllic setting of Goa, India, from April 17th to 21st, 2024. The MGB-OAGB International Club's 7th Annual Consensus Conference, in partnership with Apollo Hospitals, Goa Medi
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Gut bacteria can influence obesity in men and women: Study
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New research has found that gut bacteria can play a key role in the onset and development of obesity.
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Researchers find how ketogenic diet improves severe mental illness
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The common antipsychotic medication used for severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder might have unintended consequences. Although these medications aid in the regulation of brain chemistry, they frequently result in metabolic adverse effects, such as obesity and in
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Episealer Individual Implants for all knee disorders by Episurf Medical
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 30: Changing lifestyle and diseases caused by it are increasing today. About 35 to 40 per cent of people in India are suffering from knee pain. Excessive friction in the knee joint, incorrect sitting and standing methods, changing lifestyle, obesity can caus
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CKOSMIC Health City: Leading the Fight Against Obesity in Punjab
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 29: In Punjab's vibrant healthcare landscape, countless healthcare institutions deliver exceptional care to patients from Punjab and beyond its borders. The landscape is teeming with state-of-the-art hospitals and creative medical solutions, and CKOSMIC Health City s
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Collaborative study between bariatric, transplant surgery team provides ne
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A bariatric and transplant surgery team collaborated on a study that gave people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and obesity a new hope
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Patients with obesity and renal dysfunction may now be eligible for kidney
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A collaborative research between a bariatric and transplant surgery team has provided fresh hope for individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and obesity. The study's authors investigated the results of metabolic and bariatric surgery in ESRD patients, as well as whether such surgery
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Research shows how oestrogen protects against fatty liver
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New research from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet demonstrates how oestrogen protects against MASLD, a fatty liver disease that has developed rapidly during the obesity epidemic. The study, published in the journal Molecular Systems Biology, demonstrates how a new medicine under development c
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Do you know obesity is a risk factor for stillbirth? Study finds
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Obesity increases the risk of stillbirth as the pregnancy progresses to full term, according to a study.
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Children with 'lazy eye' at higher risk of serious disease in adulthood: S
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to a new study performed by UCL researchers, those who had amblyopia ('lazy eye') in childhood are more likely to experience hypertension, obesity, and metabolic syndrome in adulthood, as well as an increased risk of heart attacks.
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Language of Diabetes Launch Set to Transform Diabetes Self Care in India
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 6: Obesity International announces the launch of "Language of Diabetes", a novel patient awareness and empowerment digital tool. Offered free of charge, this technology-based innovation is aiming to significantly lower the incidence of diabetes complicatio
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