Research of the Week: Too Much Drinking, Weight May Harm Liver

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One study found that overweight and obese women who were heavy drinkers had a significantly increased risk of developing and dying from chronic liver disease. The other study found an increased risk of liver cancer in people with alcoholic cirrhosis who also have fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes and are overweight or obese.

The first study included more than 107,000 women in the United Kingdom. They were classified as having either a low or high body mass index (BMI, a measure of body fat based on height and weight), and low or high alcohol consumption. Low was between zero and 15 units of alcohol per week while high was more than 15 units per week. According to the U.K.'s National Health Service, 15 units of alcohol per week would work out to a little more than six pints of beer or nine small glasses of wine weekly.

Women with a high BMI and high alcohol intake were much .... Read More 

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Research: Obese drivers more likely to die in crashes

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Obese drivers are more likely to die in collisions than people of normal weight, a new study has found.

The risk of death increased the more obese the driver was, according to the study released Monday in the BMJ Group's Emergency Medicine Journal.

The researchers examined data from the U.S. Fatality Analysis Reporting System from 1996 to 2008. In that period, 57,491 collisions in the nation were submitted.

The study used the World Health Organization definition of obese , which is a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher ....Read More

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Current:Metformin Improves Blood Glucose Levels, BMI in Very Obese Children

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Metformin therapy has a beneficial treatment effect over placebo in improving BMI and fasting glucose levels in obese children, according to a recent study accepted for publication in theJournal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. The study showed reduction in BMI was sustained for six months. Childhood obesity has increased globally over the last two decades and it is linked to an increase in the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in childhood, previously a condition that was only diagnosed in adults. Metformin is a first line drug for type 2 diabetes, and has been used for many decades. In adults metformin delays the onset of type 2 diabetes, but there is no evidence that the drug has a similar effect on children ... Read More

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