1. ACC: Agony of Long-Distance Runners
(Radiology Conferences/Conference News)

... elite long-distance runners had less body fat, better lipid profiles, and better heart rates than people being tested for cardiac disease, but, paradoxically, the runners had more calcified plaque in their ...

2. WDI uses Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry
(Modalities/Radiology )

Women's Digital Imaging of Ridgewood (WDI), has begun using Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA), to measure body fat in patients who want a more accurate method of establishing goals and measuring results ...

3. Toshiba Showcases Aquilion ONE’s Pediatric Imaging Capabilities
(Company News/Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation)

... less body fat, pediatric patients have different imaging needs than adults. Pediatric patients frequently have difficulty holding their breath or staying still during a scan, creating the need for CT technology ...

4. Ventricular septal defect in childhood does not limit exercise capacity
(Communities/Pulmonary Thoracic)

... rates and somewhat lower energy expenditures. Nevertheless, after adjusting for weight and body fat, the investigators found that peak oxygen uptake, peak workload, and energy expenditure did not differ ...

5. Lap band gastric bypass surgery improves insulin resistance
(Imported/Imported)

... fat is not simply a cosmetic problem; it constitutes a health risk as well. As the amount of adipose tissue (body fat) increases, the concentrations of substances produced in adipose tissue can become ...

6. Dense breasts, hormone levels are two separate, independent risk factors for breast cancer
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... blood hormone levels by decreasing body fat, Byrne added, since fat itself is converted by the body to estrogen. The findings represent an opportunity to both fine-tune existing breast cancer risk models, ...

7. Excess body fat causes cancer
(Imported/Imported)

People should aim to be at the lower end of the healthy weight range, according to a landmark report that links body fat and cancer more closely than ever before. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) ...

8. Eat less or exercise more? Either way leads to more youthful hearts
(Imported/Imported)

... considered to be a fairly reliable indicator of the amount of body fat. In both groups, participants' hearts responded to this weight loss by gaining the ability to relax more quickly, recovering some ...

9. Moderate physical activity is critical for reducing the risk of chronic disease in men and women
(Imported/Imported)

... overall body fat and intra-abdominal fat, a hidden risk factor for many chronic illnesses. In the June issue of Obesity, lead investigator Anne McTiernan, M.D., Ph.D., a member of Fred Hutchinson's Public ...

10. Obese people tend to pick overweight mates
(Imported/Imported)

... team used a technique called dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to get a more precise picture of levels of body fat in their study participants, which included 42 couples. They used statistical techniques ...

11. Community screenings build awareness but have limitations
(Imported/Imported)

... help patients track these important aspects of overall health. Body fat measurement or simple tests to measure fitness: These tests can help determine overall fitness and provide information indicating ...

12. Modest gain in visceral fat causes dysfunction of blood vessel lining in lean, healthy humans
(Imported/Imported)

... rise in body fat was more an issue of going up a clothing size, not a health issue. This study suggests otherwise, providing evidence that may help change our cultural attitude to the implications of modest ...

13. Cranial radiotherapy tied to elevated adiposity, metabolic risk in ALL survivors
(Imported/Imported)

... was 6.2 years. After controlling for age and race, the researchers found that the patients who had been treated with CRT had higher levels of abdominal and visceral fat, body fat percentage, and leptin ...

14. Adolescent obesity not a benefit to bone strength
(Imported/Imported)

... quantitative computed tomography (pQCT), which measures size, shape and mineral density. To investigate further, the researchers studied 115 females with a mean age of 18.2 years. Those with a body fat ...

15. Spectacular program of science set for RSNA 2006
(Radiology Conferences/RSNA 2006)

... knee. • Use of to study the loss of body fat from different anatomical areas through diet and exercise. • How MRI machines could be configured to allow imaging of the spine with patients sitting instead ...

16. MRI identifies ‘hidden’ fat that puts adolescents at risk for disease
(Communities/MRI)

... 18.8 per cent of children (age 6 to 11) and 17.4 per cent of adolescents (age 12 to 19) in the United States are overweight. Current methods used to estimate body fat include anthropometry, which involves ...

17. Normal weight obesity tied to increased cardio-metabolic risk
(Imported/Imported)

Patients with a normal body mass index (BMI) can still have a high body fat content and an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. a Mayo Clinic team announced during the American College of Cardiology's ...

18. T-cadherin affects blood vessel growth in breast cancer, hormone from fat cells may play a role
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... that T-cadherin is essential for binding adiponectin, a hormone produced by fatty tissue that is released in inversely proportional amounts to body fat. Adiponectin has a protective effect against metabolic ...

19. Being overweight or obese linked to faster brain aging, study suggests
(Imported/Imported)

... the world. The authors caution that the study is suggestive rather than definitive because data such as cholesterol, blood glucose, blood insulin, blood pressure, and additional markers of body fat and ...

20. Preventing prostate cancer and BPH: Prostate-health expert available
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... more, in men who are at high risk of prostate cancer because of prostate cancer occurring in a first-degree relative, the distribution of body fat may also contribute to increased prostate-cancer risk. ...