Overweight 9-year-old girls at heart risk
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Jan 08 07
Girls as young as age 9 who are overweight are at heightened risk for serious short-term and long-term health problems that put them at…
Alzheimer gene kicks in only in old age
• Genetics • • Neurology • Jan 08 07
A gene that predisposes its carriers to Alzheimer’s disease - APOE4 - appears to be active only in old age and has nothing to…
Liquids make up 22 percent of American diet
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 08 07
Americans who have made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight should start thinking about more than what they eat, a beverage industry survey…