The relationship between belly size and hip size appears to be a more useful measure of health risk than the widely used body-mass index, or BMI. According to a study published in The Lancet, a ...
Beer bellies may double the risk of dying prematurely even among people who aren't traditionally considered overweight, a study of more than 350,000 Europeans suggests. In Thursday's online issue of ...
LOS ANGELES - A new study is calling into question the validity of body mass index (BMI) as a practical way of measuring healthy weight in patients. Researchers for the European Association for the ...
The cement is a crucial part of the hip replacement operation Researchers are developing a device to measure the "gooiness" of the crucial cement used to fix in replacement hip joints. It is crucial ...