Imagine trying to work out if you are dangerously overweight without once hopping on to the bathroom scales. That's what a new method for determining body size aims to do.

The study highlights BMI's role in mediating genetic risk for diseases, suggesting a complex relationship with conditions ...

New study from deCODE genetics/Amgen highlights the importance of BMI in pathogenesis of disease, suggesting that reducing ...

The term BMI was first used in the mid-19th century, although the acronym wasn't officially coined until 1972 when ...

Scientists have developed a novel method to curb mosquito-borne diseases by making male mosquitoes deaf, hindering their ability to find females and mate.

To calculate the principal and interest, multiply the principal amount by the interest rate and multiply the result by the number of years in the loan. Calculating the principal and interest tells ...

Helaina Miorgan, 30, from Bolton says women shouldn’t pay attention to what their BMI says. She said: “Female empowerment is a vital part of my story and especially for women with curves.

The service says in a statement that 26 per cent of the 1,749 toxicity deaths so far this year were women or girls, and the rate of death among females is up 60 per cent from four years ago.

Nicole Powers used to compete against women — but Powers came to the realization that it was unfair. Powers is a transgender woman who has golfed against biological females. Powers has also ...

While there’s no single cause of lung cancer in nonsmoking females, research suggests that a combination of toxin exposure, genetics, and hormones may play a role. Tobacco smoking continues to ...