Childhood body mass index (BMI) has been associated with hospital admissions for asthma in early adulthood, with overweight BMI measures increasing the risk of admission in women and underweight BMI ...

Researchers examined patients admitted with C. diff at a tertiary care center from January 2013 to June 2015. The cohort was stratified by onset of disease using the National Healthcare Safety Network ...

Body weight is affected by calorie intake and expenditure. Rather than looking at weight alone, body mass index (BMI) calculated by weight and height provides more information. According to the World ...

An increase in body mass index increases the likelihood of developing surgical site infections, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. Researchers gathered ...

A retrospective analysis of anti–B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy outcomes ...

A U-shaped relationship between BMI and CAR T-cell therapy outcomes was observed, with overweight patients showing poorer PFS ...