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BMI Alone May Not Be Enough to Measure Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Among Adults, UTHealth Houston Researchers Find
 Body mass index (BMI) alone may not be enough to measure someone's risk of cardiometabolic disease, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston. The research, led by a team from the Border Health Research Cohort at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, was published in JAMA Network Open and focused on the relationship between adiposity, or excess fat tissue, and cardiometabolic disease in adults.
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October 30 2025October 29 2025October 28 2025October 27 2025October 26 2025October 25 2025October 24 2025October 23 2025 - 2025 Mental Health, Brain, and Behavioral Science Research Day Tackles Addiction and Maternal Mental Health
- Psilocybin Plus Mindfulness Shows Promise for Healthcare Worker Depression: Report
- Teenagers and Young Adults Who Use Cannabis Have a Higher Risk of Progressing to Regular Tobacco Use
- Mayo Clinic Collaborates on New Drug Study Showing Improved Survival for Early Breast Cancer
- ASTRO Marks President Biden's Treatment Milestone, Highlighting Radiation Therapy's Vital Role in Prostate Cancer Care
- Head to Toe: Georgia Tech Researchers Treat the Entire Human Body Through Neuroscience Research
- Inhibrx Biosciences Reports Positive Topline Results from its Registrational Trial of Ozekibart (INBRX-109) in Chondrosarcoma and Provides Updates on Colorectal Cancer and Ewing Sarcoma Expansion Coho
- Measles Outbreak Spreads Beyond Utah-Arizona Border, 123 Cases Reported
- Some Antidepressants Linked to Weight, Heart Health Changes
- Two Pet Food Brands Recall Products After Salmonella Concerns
- Gum Disease May Raise Stroke Risk, Even Damage the Brain
- Are We Counting the Wrong People? Data Gaps Reveal GP Visit Numbers Skewed by 20%
- New Study and Online Tool Identify and Rank Community Factors that Predict Cancer Disparities
- Cataract Surgery Becoming An In-Office Procedure, Experts Say
- Any Drinking Can Cause Blood Pressure To Increase, Study Says
- Pill Might Extend Survival Among Kids With Rare Bone Cancer
- Doctors Overlooking A Common Symptom Of Autism, Survey Finds
- ALS Care Costs Over $47,000 in the First Year, ALS Association-Led Study Shows
- Common Toxin Linked to Liver Disease
- Brain Health and Africa's Future
- Decades-Old Asthma Theory Challenged: Newly Discovered Molecules May Be Real Drivers of Disease
- It's Not the Pain, It's the Mindset: How Attitude Outweighs Pain
- Pathological Progression of Osteoarthritis: A Perspective on Subchondral Bone
- Insights Into Optimizing Exosome Therapies for Acute Skin Wound Healing and Other Tissue Repair
- Unraveling the Complex Roles of Macrophages in Obese Adipose Tissue: An Overview
- Alzheimer's Disrupts Circadian Rhythms of Plaque-Clearing Brain Cells
- Haploinsufficiency of Lipin3 leads to hypertriglyceridemia and obesity by disrupting the expression and nucleocytoplasmic localization of Lipin1
- Early-Life Famine Exposure, Adulthood Obesity Patterns, and Risk of Low-Energy Fracture
- Moffitt Study Shows Gene Expression Test Can Help Identify Melanoma Patients at Low Risk of Lymph Node Spread
- The Medical Minute: E-Bike and E-Scooter Injuries Are on the Rise in Children
- Survey: Californians Don't Know Cannabis Driving Laws
- International Consortium of Women's Mental Health Experts Present Scientific Evidence to Support Classification of Postpartum Psychosis as a Distinct Disease
October 22 2025October 21 2025October 20 2025 - Building Stronger Health Systems Saves Lives, Madagascar Experiment Shows
- Sylvester Research Targets Treatment Resistance in Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Survivors of High-Risk Neuroblastoma Face Substantial Late Effects of Modern Therapies
- Medicaid Expansion Associated With Smaller Declines in Early-Stage Cancer Diagnoses During COVID-19 Pandemic in U.S., New ACS Study Suggests
- A Protein Modification is Critical for Maintaining ER Homeostasis
- Built-In Backup System Helps Muscles Counteract Fatigue
- DNA Shed by Colon Cancers May Help Personalize Postsurgical Treatment
- One in four transplant hepatologists shows signs of unhealthy alcohol use, new survey finds
- Obesity-Related Cancer Rising Among Both Younger and Older Adults Worldwide
- PCPs Spend Over 60 Hours a Week Caring for Patients, Partly Caused by High Volumes of Patient Messages
- ACP Calls for Better Performance Measures Relevant to Internal Medicine for Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Physical Activity Increases Total Daily Energy Use, Study Shows
- New, More Dangerous Mpox Strain Found in 3 Californians
- Trump Announces Lower-Cost Fertility Drug Deal With EMD Serono
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- Do GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Cause or Prevent Vision Loss?
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- Precision Reprogramming: How AI Tricks Cancer's Toughest Cells
- No Tricks, Only Treats: Bats Glow Under Ultraviolet Light
- Deadly Diarrhea Germ Targets White Patients, Study Says
- RSV Antibody Shot Safe For Infants Even If Mom Was Vaccinated During Pregnancy, Experts Say
- 1 In 10 Kids Rarely Venture Outside To Play, Poll Finds
- Shingles Vax Protects Against Heart Disease, Dementia, Death
- AI Counts Kids' Bites In Fight Against Obesity
- Mental Health Distress Increasing Among LGBTQ+ Youth
- Transformative Eye Research Expands Donor Pool for Corneal Transplant Patients
- Combination of Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy Improves Survival for Patients with Advanced Colorectal Cancer
- Q-Space-Coordinate-Guided Neural Networks for High-Fidelity Diffusion Tensor Estimation From Minimal Diffusion-Weighted Images
- ADC Improves Outcomes for Patients with Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Who are Ineligible for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
- ESMO: 10-Year Survival Data for Lung Cancer Immunotherapy, New Psma-Targeted Therapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer, Promising Results in Metastatic Colorectal and Urothelial Cancers
- Evolution-Assisted Engineering Boosts Succinic Acid Production in E. Coli
- Does Cataract Surgery Worsen Macular Degeneration?
- Engineered Yeast Unlocks Sustainable Production of Cannabinoids and Analogs
- Boosting Production of Pharmacologically Relevant Diterpenoids Through Engineered Miltiradiene Synthase
- Yeast-Engineered Biocatalysis Enables Stepwise Production of MDMA and Analogs
- Combination Therapy Could Expand Treatment Options for AML Patients, Extend Survival
- New Blood-Based Biomarkers Could Help Predict Bariatric Surgery Outcomes in Teens
- Protein Engineering Advances Unlock Pathways to Greener Industrial Biocatalysts
- National Poll: 1 in 10 Young Children Play Outdoors as Little as Once a Week
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Observe Significant Reduction in Diagnosis of Food Allergies Following Expert Guidelines Encouraging Early Peanut Exposure
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