Symptoms Of Depression Associated With Increase In Abdominal Fat Dec 3, 2008
Measures of overall obesity included body mass index and body fat percentage, while abdominal obesity was assessed using waist circumference, sagittal diameter (distance between the back and the highest point of the abdomen) and visceral fat (fat between the internal organs) measured by computed tomography ... After adjusting for sociodemographic and other characteristics associated with weight changes, depression was associated with an increase in sagittal diameter and visceral fat over five... (Science Daily)
Depression Linked with Abdominal Obesity Dec 3, 2008
Abdominal obesity was determined by waist circumference, sagittal diameter (the width of the body from front to back around the abdominal area) and the amount of internal abdominal fat using CT imaging, the report indicates. After accounting for sociodemographic factors, other illnesses, and overall obesity, patients who had depression at the start of the study were more likely to have increases in both sagittal diameter and visceral fat. (MEDLINEplus)
Elsevier to unveil "BrainNavigator" at 'Neuroscience 2008' Nov 15, 2008
BrainNavigator is an electronic brain map that combines the coronal, transverse and sagittal atlases on easy to navigate planes that show detailed image descriptions of each brain section. Instead of printed graphs, BrainNavigator provides a 3D precise picture, allowing for better visualization, enhanced accuracy and increased productivity. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Cooper's fused skull springs back into shape Nov 14, 2008
Three weeks later Cooper's head was even more elongated, and he was diagnosed with sagittal craniosynostosis, a condition affecting about one in 3000 babies, in whom two sides of the skull are prematurely fused. At nine weeks old he became one of the first babies in Australia to undergo a radical procedure to separate the plates. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
MRI useful and reliable in surgical planning of patients with rectal cancer Jun 7, 2008
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the image quality of various 3T MR sequences for preoperative staging and planning of sphincter sparing rectal cancer resection," he said. The study included 39 patients (23 men, 15 women), who underwent 3T MRI. According to the study, rectal carcinoma was identified on MRI and confirmed histologically in all 39 patients. The study showed that MRI findings correctly identified 31 of 32 resectable cases (96.9%), and sphincter-sparing approaches were... (EurekAlert!)
Why That Potbelly Could Kill You! May 16, 2008
The aforesaid study, published in the April 2008 edition of the journal Neurology, measured the sagittal abdominal diameter, or (in laymens terms, how far the potbelly sticks out), of 6,583 men and women in their 40s from 1964 to 1973, then looked at their records an average of 36 years later, when they found 1,049 dementia cases. . (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Wedded bliss linked to lower blood pressure Apr 3, 2008
The study, which appeared online last week in Neurology, measured the sagittal abdominal diameter, or SAD (in laymen's terms, how far the pot belly sticks out), of 6,583 men and women in their 40s from 1964 to 1973, then looked at their records an average of 36 years later, when they found 1,049 dementia cases. Compared with those in the lowest one-fifth in SAD, those in the highest one-fifth were almost three times as likely to have dementia. (International Herald Tribune)
Study: Big bellies in 40s worsen risk of dementia Mar 30, 2008
The researchers used a complicated method for measuring fat known as sagittal abdominal diameter. Those with a SAD score above 25 had the biggest bellies and the greatest risk. (Chicago Tribune)
Bigbellycould mean dementia later Mar 27, 2008
The measurement used, known as sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD), is the height of the belly taken while a person is lying down and is considered a good indicator of abdominal fat. A SAD of 9. (MSNBC -- Health)
Big bellies linked to Alzheimer's Mar 27, 2008
The researchers used a complicated method for measuring fat known as sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD). Those with a SAD score above 25 had the biggest bellies and the greatest risk. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Libby has a date on Valentine's Day Jan 29, 2008
Her sagittal suture has prematurely fused. Without surgery, Libby s head would grow front to back, causing her face to deform. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Michelangelo had brains on his mind Jan 3, 2008
Yet four eminent scientists are convinced the swirls are not simply decoration but a transverse part of the sagittal section of a human brain. The brain resemblance was first suggested by another scientist, F.L.Meshberger, but now four British-based experts in neurology and radiology - Alessandro Paluzzi, Antonio Belli, Peter Bain and Laura Viva - have dissected the theory and found more brains in other Renaissance paintings. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
MRI Is Key To Understanding Cartilage Health Jun 19, 2007
Sagittal MR images of the knee joint in a 30-year-old male obtained with a high-resolution, spoiled-gradient echo sequence and the same acquisition time at 1. 5T (a) and 3T (b). (Science Daily)
Muscular abs are cool, fat abs could kill you Jan 4, 2007
In the current study, Iribarren and his team tested whether sagittal abdominal diameter, which is the distance from the back to the upper abdomen midway between the top of the pelvis and the bottom of the ribs, would improve the accuracy of BMI in predicting heart disease risk. Waist circumference is widely used to measure obesity in the abdominal area, Iribarren explained. (Xinhuanet, China)
Your belly size tells your heart's condition Jan 1, 2007
Carlos Iribarren and colleagues of the research division of Kaiser Permanente of Northern California in Oakland studied another factor known as sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD), a measure of "visceral obesity. SAD is also called "supine abdominal height" which has been used to predict mortality in men, and is a measure of the girth around the abdomen - half way between the top of the pelvis and lower ribs. It is considered a more reliable measure of a person's girth than the waistline, and... (CNN-IBN)
