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Body mass index, or BMI, is a person’s mass (weight) in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters. Since it was first developed in the 1970s, BMI has been used to broadly categorize people as underweight, normal weight, overweight and obese, and in turn, help assess an individual’s current health and predict future outcomes.

By NATION REPORTER

ZAMBIA needs constitutional reforms to look at the independence of the office of the Registrar of Societies, powers and duties of the Speaker and deputy Speakers of the National Assembly, funding of political parties for their capacity building if our multi-party democracy governance system can be sustained, FDD Information and Publicity Secretary Caesar Liteta has said.

Routine mammograms are used to check women for breast cancer. But new research suggests they could do more than that: The images may help predict a woman’s risk for major cardiovascular problems, such as heart attacks and strokes, when they show the presence of calcium buildup in the arteries of a woman’s breast.

Whether it be a few strands falling out in the shower or signs of a receding hairline, hair loss can happen to anyone. An expert at Baylor College of Medicine reveals some of the reasons behind hair loss and why you might not need to pull your hair out stressing about hair loss.

Squamous cell lung cancer is a lung cancer subtype that is particularly difficult to treat. A new study now has revealed a novel genetic alteration that occurs in some cases in this type of tumor and that may expose a weakness of the tumor for therapeutic intervention.

Alarmed by yet another jump in syphilis cases in newborns, U.S. health officials are calling for stepped-up prevention measures, including encouraging millions of women of childbearing age and their partners to get tested for the sexually transmitted disease.

Hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) have emerged as significant risk factors for cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. Inflammation and nutrition play critical roles in the development of hypertension and damage to target organs. The HALP Score, which assesses levels of hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocytes, and platelets, is an index closely associated with inflammation and nutrition, and has been demonstrated to be particularly effective in the older population.

A new study published in Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications has investigated the effects of the 2011 Chinese Society of Cardiology guidelines (2011 CSC guidelines) on the overall and subtype specific cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden in China.

Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a multifaceted complication of diabetes that lacks effective treatments. Berberine (BBR), a bioactive compound from Rhizoma coptidis, has potential therapeutic implications, but its precise role in diabetic cardiomyopathy has yet to be defined.

By NATION REPORTER

GOVERNMENT says it plans to put in place aggressive measures aimed at preventing the spike in cases of Anthrax.