Effective management of PPH is crucial to prevent severe outcomes, and recent research has focused on identifying risk factors, improving detection methods, and implementing treatment protocols to ...

The association persisted independently of BMI and other traditional risk factors. Increased intermuscular fat, not BMI, was independently associated with coronary microvascular function and major ...

Results of two large studies highlight a link between anemia and risk for postpartum hemorrhage and maternal death, with ...

Obesity can lead to several lifestyle diseases. Reducing weight to the optimum level can help prevent several diseases. Once someone becomes obese, it is tough to lose weight. If someone knows ...

The Commission on Clinical Obesity has proposed a “reframing” of obesity that distinguishes between people who have a disease here and now, and those who may have a risk for future disease ...

Background: Although obesity is a well-studied risk factor for diabetes, there remains an interest in whether "increasing body mass index (BMI)," "high BMI per se," or both are the actual risk ...

Study reveals a 12.8% 10-year risk of diabetes in a cohort of 44,992 individuals, highlighting the role of fasting plasma glucose, body mass index, age, and sex in predicting risk—even among ...

The analysis by the World Cancer Research Fund is the first to examine how these two factors combine to minimise cancer risk. They compared the chances of cancer in people who met the World Health ...

Lower skeletal muscle mass and higher IMAT were independently linked to reduced CFR, even after adjusting for factors such as BMI and other conventional risk markers. Moreover, unlike BMI or ...

The body mass index is not going away, a new report suggests, but it could be demoted to just a first step in making a more nuanced diagnosis of obesity as a disease, one that distinguishes ...

Maternal obesity has become ... which can increase the risk of preeclampsia and other cardiovascular complications. There is an increased risk of postpartum hemorrhage for women who are obese ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI. Here's what they recommend using instead.