Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

As obesity experts say more than 15 million Birtons are being wrongly labelled overweight and propose a radical overhaul of ...

Obesity is typically assessed by measuring someone's body mass index, but now researchers are calling for a more nuanced ...

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It took me years to become a morning workout person. For most of my early 20s, I went to the gym in the evening, usually ...

Israel became the latest jurisdiction to enact comprehensive privacy legislation, largely inspired by the EU’s General Data ...

With new treatments in neurology, and more in development in cardiology and autoimmune diseases, precision medicine is moving ...

Genebanks - items that preserve and store genetic material, such as seeds, tissues, or DNA samples - are sent from all over the world to Svalbard in a bid to keep native - and sometimes ancient ...

If there’s a specific disease identified, we always recommend genetic testing.” Dr Shanitha Fathima “The procedure itself is simple,” said Dr Rehab Yousuf Al Saadi, Head of Family Medicine ...

Genetic testing for all citizens intending to get married across the UAE will be a part of the mandatory premarital screening programme from January 2025. While premarital medical examination was ...

The most significant gene is the ABO gene which determines your ABO blood type. Like many of your physical characteristics, including your eye color or dominant hand, your blood type depends on ...

The study looked at the drug atogepant, which is a calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist taken by mouth. With many current drugs to prevent migraine, it takes time to find the ...