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 E-Mail IMAGE: Axial chest CT examination in a 54-year-old participant. A, On the axial noncontrast chest CT image, the pectoralis muscle (PM) area was segmented and measured in the section above the... view more  Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - Body composition information derived from routine chest CTs can provide important information on the overall health of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including their risk of all-cause mortality, according to a study published in Radiology. COPD is a group of chronic, progressive lun...

February 24, 2021 Compared with men, women have a lower range of optimal blood pressure and are therefore at higher risk for CV disease and events at systolic levels typically believed to be “normal,” new research concludes. “We've been assuming up to this time that 120 is the number to worry about, and anything under 120 is totally fine and safe for both women and men,” said senior author Susan Cheng, MD (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA). “It turns out it's probably fine and safe for men, but not necessarily for women.” In an analysis of participants from four large ...

Reducing the prevalence of obesity may prevent up to half of new Type 2 diabetes cases in the United States, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association.

Up to Half of New Type 2 Diabetes Cases in U.S. Are Linked to Obesity, Study Finds Photo: Joerg Sarbach (AP) New research released Wednesday underscores the role of obesity in type 2 diabetes. It suggests that obesity plays a major factor in up to half of new diabetes cases that occur annually in the U.S. Advertisement The link between obesity and type 2 diabetes—a condition where blood sugar levels become uncontrollable and stay too high—is well established. But the authors say their new study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, provides a more recent estimate on...

Obesity drives up to half of all Type 2 diabetes cases in the United States, new research...