Topic: Julie Von Behren

Large waist hard on the lungs: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being overweight, especially around the middle, may increase a woman's risk for developing asthma, study findings hint.In the study women who were overweight or obese were much more apt to have asthma than women at a healthy ...
In adult women, overweight, obesity and abdominal obesity, regardless of body mass index, are independently associated with adult-onset asthma, according to a study published online Aug. 25 in Thorax.. Julie Von Behren, of the Northern California Cancer Center in Berkeley, and colleagues ...

Wider Waist Boosts Asthma Risk

Women with extra fat around their waists are more likely to develop asthma, even if they aren't overweight, a new study finds.. That finding was an offshoot of a study originally intended to look at factors related to breast cancer in women, ...

Wider Waist Boosts Asthma Risk

Women with extra fat around their waists are more likely to develop asthma, even if they aren't overweight, a new study finds.. That finding was an offshoot of a study originally intended to look at factors related to breast cancer in women, ...