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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term autoimmune condition that causes pain, swelling and stiffness in the joints. Researchers from New York City’s Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical School examined data from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort, an observational trial of patients with early RA, with the aim of finding out how excess […]
Published time: 30 Nov, 2017 16:28 Edited time: 30 Nov, 2017 16:29 Childhood obesity is shaping up to be a major health problem in the United States, according to a major study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Obesity among US children has tripled since the 1970s. Despite various nationwide campaigns to slow […]
Computer modelling in new study estimates that 57 per cent of U.S. children who were between two and 19 in 2016 would be obese by their 35th birthday. CBC | Health News
The NHS digital data also reveals weight-related hip and knee replacements, normally associated with older people, have been soaring among young adults and people of middle age. The total number of obese people of all ages having to undergo joint replacements has risen by almost 60 per cent in the past three years to 37,352. […]
CHILDREN as young as 10 are having to undergo joint replacements due to damage caused by obesity, shocking new figures show. Daily Express :: Health Feed
WOMEN who suffer traumatic events – such as being mugged, burgled or made redundant – are more likely to become obese, according to research. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Published time: 12 Nov, 2017 01:16 The UK is the most overweight country in Western Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has stated. Over 63 percent of adults in Britain are overweight OECD says. The 2017 Obesity Update report found that the UK is the sixth fattest nation out of 35 OECD […]
OBESE patients are deliberately piling on the pounds to qualify for free NHS weight loss surgery, experts have revealed, writes Lucy Johnston. Daily Express :: Health Feed
It comes as research has shown that hospital doctors are seeing an overweight patient every 15 seconds. Weight-related health problems are costing hospitals almost £2billion every year. There were a record 632,975 hospital appointments last year where medics noted that the patient was obese, NHS digital records show. This is a rise of 19 per […]
THE NHS has announced plans to ban smokers or obese patients from surgery unless they quit smoking or lose weight. Daily Express :: Health Feed
