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Obesity linked to prostate cancer

san-felice team — Sun, 29 May 2011 01:24:37 +0000

The men who are fighting against the prostate cancer are twice as likely to die by the disease if they are obese, according to a new study.
Michel Pollak one of the oncologists of McGill University that next to the Harvard University conducted the study declare: “If we were detectives could say that we have a suspected very serious”
The study found that obese men who suffer from prostate cancer are twice as likely to die as men who carried a healthy weight. The high levels of insulin (which is linked to obesity) are related to the possibilities of dying in cancer patients.
This new study linking the prostate cancer to obesity is important not only for having confirmed the link between these factors, but also spoke of the possibility of a new line of studies in relation to the treatment of prostate cancer.
The relationship between the secretion of insulin and the risk of dying of prostate cancer gives rise to more research to develop strategies to prevent and treat this type of cancer.
The doctor Pollak stated: “the results should inspire more men to healthy eating and exercise more”.

The rates of suicide and obesity.

san-felice team — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:41:04 +0000

We have seen many times the amount of negative consequences that entails the obesity. However, and to counter a little, a recent study has linked the disease with a low rate of suicide consummated.
Specialists of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston studied the rates of suicide and obesity in the United States during the years 2004 and 2005. On average, a quarter of the people studied were described as obese based on her body mass index. This index is the result of the relationship height and weight (to learn more about this click here). In addition, there were on average about 12 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of all forms with every 3 per cent increase in the obesity in a given state had 3 suicides less each 100,000 people. The States of America with higher rates of obesity also had a lower rate of suicide successful using weapons, choking or poisoning.
In general, states with higher rates of obesity also had higher rates of possession of weapons, adult smokers, most indexes lower education and a smaller amount of income. Even taking into account these factors the relationship obesity- suicide remained constant.
As you can imagine even more studies are needed to discover what the key factor to this fact is. This investigation cannot prove a direct link between obesity and low rate of suicide accomplish and, although in the future so, the risks of obesity are greater than this potential benefit.

Epidemic Of Obesity

san-felice team — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:20:12 +0000

Progress in decades in the U.S. in lowering cholesterol, blood pressure and snuff consumption stagnated over the increasing rate of obesity and heart diseases cause 400,000 deaths in the country this year, experts said on Monday.

A study by British scientists found that about half of those deaths could be prevented if people ate healthier foods and stop smoking.

Experts warned that there is no room for complacency when it comes to the risks to heart health.

Simon Capewell from the University of Liverpool said that recent trends in weight were “alarming”, with an estimated 1,500 million adults worldwide are overweight by 2015.

“Although the number of deaths from heart disease fell in the U.S. in the last four decades, now is leveling off among men and women,” she wrote in a study published in the weekly magazine of the World Health Organization (WHO).

“The reduction in total cholesterol in blood has been modest, blood pressure is rising among women and obesity and diabetes is increasing in both sexes,” he said.

The researchers calculated the number of deaths from the lifestyle trends of people and taking 2000 as base year.

The team found that nearly 200,000 lives could be saved by eliminating some risks for the heart, even modestly, in particular, “if people eat healthier and quit smoking,” Capewell said.

Two-thirds of U.S. adults and nearly one in three children are overweight or are obese, a condition that increases the risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and other chronic ailments.

U.S. health officials last week presented the first lady, Michelle Obama, as the ultimate tool to combat the problem of obesity, which generates heavy costs to the economy.

But Shanthi Mendis, an expert in chronic disease prevention, the WHO, said the U.S. is not the only country facing an obesity epidemic and noted that many choices related to lifestyle directly affect the health of many individuals around the world.

“Worldwide, nearly 1,000 million adults are overweight and, if no action is taken, this figure will exceed 1,500 million in 2015,” said Mendis in the study.

“Avoiding the consumption of snuff, to a healthy diet and being physically active on a regular basis can dramatically reduce the risk of developing heart disease, stroke or diabetes,” he said.