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Obesity Linked to Heart Failure Risk

TUESDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) — Swedish studies add heart failure to the list of cardiac problems linked to overweight and obesity. “The take-home message is that body-mass index, however we measure it, is associated with the risk of heart failure,” said Emily B. Levitan, a research fellow at the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit of [...]

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