Trim the Fat, Reduce the Pain?

Facebook A first-of-its-kind study has found a link between carrying extra fat in the gut and widespread chronic pain, with reductions in body fat correlating with lessening pain.Reducing excess body fat in multiple areas was further linked to more reductions in pain—with the association between excess abdominal fat and chronic pain strongest in women, according […]

Metabolic Abnormalities Boost Obesity-Related Cancer Risk

Facebook In one of the first studies to examine this phenomenon, metabolically unhealthy obesity is associated with an increased risk, of around 1.5-fold higher, of any obesity-related cancer, and an even higher risk, of two- to threefold higher, for specific cancers, such as endometrial, liver, and renal cell cancers, compared with metabolically healthy normal weight.  […]