There may be an "obesity paradox" in diabetes – study

An overweight woman watches a street performer at Venice Beach in Los Angeles(Reuters) – Obesity and diabetes may not be the double whammy people expect, with an analysis of previous studies surprisingly finding that overweight and obese people who get diagnosed with the blood sugar disorder tend to live longer than leaner peers. The findings, which appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association, were based on data from five earlier studies that tracked people over time to identify risk factors for heart disease. …

Many egg-donor recruiters ignore ethical standards – study

South Korean women line up to hand over flowers called "rose of Sharon" to the stem cell research team of Seoul National University in Seoul(Reuters) – A sizable share of the U.S. organizations recruiting egg donors online don't adhere to ethical guidelines, including failing to warn of the risks of the procedure and offering extra payment for traits like good looks, according to a U.S. study. Women are recruited to donate eggs to fulfill a growing demand by couples seeking in-vitro fertilization (IVF), but a number of websites seeking to recruit them ignore standards set by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). …

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