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• Drugs Alone Don't Lower Heart Disease Risks for Overweight Americans

  May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Daily doses of statins and blood pressure medications will not ...

• Some Weight-Loss Drugs Might Disrupt Brain Growth in Kids

  May 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new class of weight-loss drugs that suppresses appetite by ...

• Obesity-Related Inflammation Boosts Heart Risks

  May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity causes prolonged inflammation of heart tissue that in turn ...

• Obesity May Worsen Impact of Asthma

  May 1 (HealthDay News) -- A study of women with a wide range of body-mass ...

• Gastric Bypass May Also Relieve Low Back Pain

  April 28 (HealthDay News) -- Obese people who underwent surgery that reduced the amount of ...

• Metabolic Syndrome Triggered by Overeating, Not Obesity

  April 18 (HealthDay News) -- Overeating, not the obesity it causes, is the actual cause ...

• Birth Size, Early Weight Gain Tied to Boost in Heart Risks

  April 10 (HealthDay News) -- Low birth weight followed by excessive weight gain during childhood ...

• School Environment Can Curb Kids' Weight Gain

  April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Schools that serve healthier foods, offer nutrition education and reward ...

• Too Little Sleep Leads to Too Much Weight for Kids

  April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Babies who get less than 12 hours of sleep a ...

• Dads' Early-Onset Obesity Linked to Liver Disease in Kids

  April 3 (HealthDay News) -- People whose fathers had early-onset obesity are at increased risk ...

• Obesity During Pregnancy Carries Bigger Price Tag

  April 2 (HealthDay News) -- It is well-known that obesity increases the chances of medical ...

• Normal Weight Doesn't Always Equal Healthy Weight

  April 1 (HealthDay News) -- Despite appearances to the contrary, more than half of normal-weight ...

• Obesity Drug Shows Mixed Success Against Atherosclerosis

  April 1 (HealthDay News) -- The weight-loss drug Acomplia may or may not help slow ...

• Abdominal Fat Boosts Dementia Risk

  March 26 (HealthDay News) -- A potbelly in middle age more than triples the risk ...

• Obese Women Less Likely to Be Tested for Some Cancers

  March 24 (HealthDay News) -- A new review of 32 studies suggests that obese women ...

• Diabetes' Toll Continues to Grow

  March 21 (HealthDay News) -- News from the diabetes front seems to grow more discouraging ...

• Starved for Sleep? Watch Your Waistline

  March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Could the key to weight loss for some people be ...

• Genes May Determine Obesity After Weight Surgery

  March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Two obesity-related genetic variations may be associated with higher body ...

• Personal Contact Helps Maintain Weight Loss

  March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Statistics on maintaining weight loss are often dismal, but a ...