Pyramid walking is a seamless yet effective way to spruce up your daily walking routine. It's a structured workout method that keeps you engaged with various walking intensities and speeds to increase ...

(ABC: Sharon Gordon) For generations, words like fat, obese and overweight have been thrown around like hand grenades. In medical settings, the damage dealt can last generations — and the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 years old and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about five years ago. I take hydroxyurea for polycythemia vera (PV).

Words that bring down folks in certain demographics have evolved into things that are just not OK to say, even as a joke. But that doesn’t seem to apply as much to fat-shaming. Many people still use ...

NEW research presented at this year’s Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting suggests that analysing body fat distribution using MRI scans could help predict the risk of Alzheimer’s ...

Share on Pinterest Visceral fat could contribute to Alzheimer’s risk. Could shedding that fat help prevent cognitive decline? Image credit: Adrian Rodd/Stocksy. Obesity has previously been ...

But not all belly fat is created equal. New research published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, using data from the database UK Biobank, suggests it is more harmful to be a ...

“This study goes beyond using BMI to characterize body fat more accurately with MRI and, in so doing, reveals key insights about why obesity can increase risk for Alzheimer’s disease,” she said in an ...

But he says that few aerobic exercises provide as many all-around benefits as running – with one of its top advantages being that it can help melt away excess fat. What are the health benefits ...

A Halifax resident is frustrated after waiting more than three years for an MRI that showed a benign brain tumour and she's worried others are suffering because of an inefficient system.

"So we measure visceral fat using abdominal MRI, and we have a specialized computer program that can measure the actual volume of visceral adipose tissue."The study also used gold-standard amyloid ...