Waist-To-Height Ratio More Accurate In Predicting Heart Disease Risk Than BMI, New Lancet Study Shows

While obesity is a known risk factor for heart disease, a new study showed that the ratio of a person's waist measurement ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Nearly All US Youth With BMI-Defined Obesity Have Excess Adiposity

The prevalence of body mass index (BMI)-defined obesity (BDO) among US youth aged 8 to 19 years closely mirrored that of BDO with excess adiposity across age, sex, and race and ethnicity, according to ...

Waist-to-height ratio outperforms BMI in predicting heart disease risk

The ratio of a person's waist measurement compared to their height is more reliable than body mass index (BMI) at predicting ...
USA Today

Which agencies have been hit by federal layoffs? What to know about NPS, NIH, IRS, more

In a flurry of activity at the end of the week, the Trump administration fired more than 10,000 federal workers across multiple agencies as part of its "large-scale reductions" in the government ...
Mining

Fitch’s BMI lifts 2025 copper price forecast on resilient demand, supply disruptions

Fitch Solutions’ BMI has raised its 2025 average copper price forecast to $9,650 per tonne, up from $9,500 previously, as persistent supply disruptions and resilient industrial demand continue to ...
Billboard

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ Makes Record Start on Billboard’s Radio Charts

The song is the first ever to launch in the Pop Airplay top 10. By Gary Trust As Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, forges an historic first week, its accolades extend to Billboard’s ...
Billboard

Here Are the Top 10 Hits on Billboard’s Top Hot Latin Songs of the 21st Century Chart

See which smashes rule Billboard's 100-position Top Hot Latin Songs of the 21st Century recap. Below, check out the 2000-24 top 10. By Pamela Bustios Sr. Charts & Data Analyst (Latin & Billboard ...
Inside Higher Ed

NIH Directors Fired Months After Being Put on Administrative Leave

Four directors at the National Institutes of Health who were placed on administrative leave earlier this year have now been fired, Science reported. The ousted leaders led the National Institute of ...
FierceBiotech

NIH research grinds to a halt as government shuts down

As the U.S. government shuts down due Congress' failure to pass a spending bill, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is implementing a contingency staffing plan that will again roil a research ...
Nature

NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding

Staff members at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) seem to have done the impossible. Despite US President Donald Trump’s administration laying off thousands of the agency’s workers, delaying ...
Game Rant

Ghost of Yotei is Dominating the PlayStation Pre-Order Charts

Rachel is a writer on Game Rant. She has been playing video games since the original Nintendo Entertainment System. She spends lots of time (and money) on games like Marvel Rivals, Halo, Mortal Kombat ...
The Washington Post

NIH pulled off a ‘near miracle.’ Scientists say there’s still a problem.

A senior leader at the National Institutes of Health wrote an impassioned email to staff on the last Friday in August, lauding them for pulling off a “near-miracle.” The round-the clock work of ...