Body mass index, or BMI for short, is a measure of body weight based on your height. For decades, BMI has been a way to measure whether someone is at a healthy weight. In general, people are ...

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South Asians have a four-times greater risk of heart disease compared to the general population. While traditional risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol are ...

Objective To develop and validate a novel risk prediction model for incident major adverse liver outcomes (MALO) in a primary care setting. Design Population based cohort study. Setting Sweden, with ...

Asthma risk in woman has significant associations with body mass index (BMI), body roundness index (BRI), white blood cell count (WBC).

Adiposity—or the accumulation of excess fat in the body—is a known driver of cardiometabolic diseases such as heart disease, ...

Research led by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University finds that regional fat distribution exerts distinct effects on brain ...

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From the Mahagathbandhan camp, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav are set to launch the Ati Pichda Nyay Sankalp, targeting the state’s extremely backward community, which forms ...

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BACKGROUND: Early detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) is essential for preventing ischemic stroke and other cardiovascular ...