Higher body mass index (BMI) after diagnosis is linked to better survival outcomes in patients with localized renal cell ...

Medically reviewed by Yasmine S. Ali, MD, MSCI A healthy weight and BMI range for adults over age 65 may mean carrying a few ...

Weight may be linked to a modified response to vitamin D supplementation, according to a post-hoc analysis of the Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL). While supplementation with vitamin D 2,000 IU/day ...

A new study suggests your weight-to-height ratio may reveal heart disease risk more accurately than BMI. Subjects with larger ...

Is BMI Accurate? What Is It and Is It Useful? When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight. With this data, the computer ...

Are good health and obesity mutually exclusive? Not necessarily — but it’s complicated. For years, body size was considered a barrier to most sports, but today that’s starting to change — with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Setting an acceptable BMI range for a potential kidney transplant recipient remains a controversial topic within ...

Assam Police's annual BMI test revealed over 2% of its 73,000-strong force is obese, a figure showing a steady decline since the initiative began in 2023. Director General Harmeet Singh emphasized the ...

Among patients with heart failure (HF), those taking dapaglifozin or empaglifozin had a 30% odds reduction in HF hospitalization, 14% odds reduction in cardiovascular mortality, and a 10% odds ...