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Obese persons with excess visceral fat have increased risk of diabetes

Written by | 26 Oct 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Obese persons with excess visceral fat appear to be at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes,

ITS 2012 Report – Nutrition and gut immunity – Are we eating the enemy?

Written by | 5 Oct 2012

by Maria Dalby – It is possible to modulate the body’s immune system by altering the gut microbiota, simply by changing the diet.

ITS 2012 Report – Difficult donor issues in the time of donor shortages

Written by | 5 Oct 2012

by Maria Dalby – Introduction – In many ways waiting lists to receive an organ transplantation look very much the same today as they did a decade ago… read more.

Obesity promotes prostate cancer by altering gene regulation

Written by | 28 Sep 2012

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men and early treatment is usually very successful. However, like other cancers, obesity increases the risk of aggressive… read more.

Metformin may help to prevent primary liver cancer

Written by | 28 Sep 2012

Metformin, a drug widely used to treat Type II diabetes, may help to prevent primary liver cancer

ESC 2012 Report – Normal weight and belly fat spells higher risk of CVD than obesity only

Written by | 17 Sep 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Normal weight persons with weight concentrated in their belly run a higher death risk of CVD-related death than obese-only individuals, researchers reported at ESC.

ESC 2012 Report – Smoking after stroke increases death risk by three-fold

Written by | 17 Sep 2012

by Zara Qadir – Patients who resume smoking after a stroke increase their risk of death by three-fold, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2012 by Professor… read more.

ESC 2012 Report – Normal weight individuals with belly fat at highest CVD risk

Written by | 17 Sep 2012

by Zara Qadir – BMI still offers a simple numeric measure of a person’s “thickness” or “thinness”.  However, normal weight individuals who carry weight concentrated in their belly… read more.

ESC 2012 Report – Cholesterol and risk: past, present and future – The benefits of adding newer cholesterol-lowering agents to the statins

Written by | 17 Sep 2012

by Zara Qadir – ESC Geoffrey Rose Lecture on Population Sciences.   The recipient of the ‘ESC Geoffrey Rose Lecture on Population Sciences’ went to Rory Collins (pictured), who… read more.

ESC 2012 Report – Metabolically healthy, fit obese persons appear to have normal CVD and cancer risks

Written by | 17 Sep 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Obese persons who are metabolically healthy and fit have no more risk of developing or dying from cardiovascular disease or cancer than persons of… read more.

ATC 2012 Report – Pancreatectomy and auto islet transplantation works well in children

Written by | 21 Aug 2012

by Thomas R. Collins –  Total pancreatectomy and auto islet transplantation among children can bring about good results, with many able to stay insulin-free and almost all of… read more.

ATC 2012 Report – Hypertension among kidney transplant recipients still a big challenge

Written by | 21 Aug 2012

by Thomas R. Collins – The blood pressure of the kidney transplant recipient at the University of Glasgow kept climbing. But it wasn’t without effort from physicians.

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