The Models Direct Guide To Beating Headaches
• Headaches • • Migraine • Jan 30 10
Headaches affect us all. The pain they generate can range from irritating to debilitating, and Models Direct know that for those who suffer them…
Weather and headaches
• Headaches • Jan 29 10
Feeling ‘under the weather’ shown to be a genuine physical response
If you see dark clouds on the horizon, it might be worth…
FLOTUS Promises “Ambitious” Childhood Obesity Program To Come
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jan 29 10
Taking one more step toward the expected formal launch of what her aides describe as a “major program” aimed at targeting childhood obesity, First…
Obesity Treatment Works for Kids
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 29 10
An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to…
Headache from religious fast? Researchers may have a cure
• Headaches • • Migraine • Jan 28 10
Every year millions of Jews fast on their holiest day, Yom Kippur, and millions of Muslims fast for the month of Ramadan - and…
Task force: Screen kids, obesity treatment works
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 28 10
An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to…
Primary Docs Can Successfully Treat Obesity
• Obesity • Jan 28 10
Despite a general belief among physicians that extreme obesity is too difficult to treat, except with bariatric surgery, researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research…
Get junk food out of schools
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 28 10
SINCE CHIPS and soda from vending machines are hardly staples of a healthy diet, Massachusetts can take a step to improve children’s nutrition by…
SC senators approve healthier meals in schools
• Public Health • Jan 28 10
A South Carolina bill barring honey buns, greasy pizza and chocolate bars from being sold to students during the school day received tentative approval…
Study: Reduce obesity, blood pressure by cutting carbs instead of fats
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Jan 28 10
A unique head-to-head trial of low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets in people with chronic diseases such as hypertension revealed that while both regimens helped people…
What is normal weight obesity?
• Obesity • Jan 28 10
Most of us judge our health by our appearance. If we look good in certain outfits and our clothes are still fitting, we consider…
Researchers Develop New Tool for Gene Delivery
• Genetics • Jan 27 10
Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts have developed a new tool for gene…
Ginkgo herbal medicines may increase seizures in people with epilepsy
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • Jan 27 10
Restrictions should be placed on the use of Ginkgo biloba (G. biloba) — a top-selling herbal remedy — because of growing scientific evidence that…
Mediterranean diet good for the heart
• Dieting • • Heart • Jan 27 10
New research from Spain confirms the benefit of a Mediterranean diet to a healthy heart.
In an analysis of more than 40,000 Spanish adults…
The Power of Food
• Food & Nutrition • Jan 27 10
Most of life’s circumstances are beyond our control. Family, work and busy schedules can bring all of us a certain amount of stress and…
Study Shows UV-Blocking Contact Lenses Can Protect Eyes from Sun Damage
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 27 10
A new study reported in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science found that UV-blocking contact lenses can reduce or eliminate the effects of the…
Intensive Insulin Therapy for Septic Shock Patients Does Not Show Survival Benefit
• Endocrinology • • Infections • • Surgery • Jan 27 10
Treating adults with septic shock with intensive insulin therapy to counter elevated blood glucose levels associated with corticosteroid therapy did not result in a…
Herbal use common among pregnant women in U.S.
• Alternative Medicine • • Pregnancy • Jan 27 10
Roughly 1 in 10 pregnant women in the U.S. expose their unborn baby to herbal products, according to a new study.
This finding is…
Medical Therapy Delivered by Primary Care Doctors Is Successful in Severe Obesity
• Obesity • Jan 26 10
Despite a general belief among physicians that extreme obesity is too difficult to treat, except with bariatric surgery, researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research…
Obesity linked to increased risk of stroke: Study
• Obesity • • Stroke • Jan 26 10
According to a new study, obesity is a significant risk factor for stroke irrespective of race, gender and how it is measured.
Lead author…
Warning over fake obesity drug for sale online
• Drug Abuse • • Obesity • Jan 26 10
The drug, Alli, which is available over the counter in Britain, was found not to contain orlistat which it should have done.
Instead it…
New Tools and Systems May Help Patients, Primary Care Clinicians Manage Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 26 10
Using combined and intensive treatments and restructuring care to treat obesity like other chronic diseases may help primary care clinicians and patients better address…
Exercise Beneficial for Healthy Aging
• Aging and Gerontology • Jan 26 10
The benefits of engaging in regular exercise during middle age and beyond are demonstrated in several studies published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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How bad is childhood obesity in the United States?
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Jan 26 10
The problem of childhood obesity in the United States has held fast during the past decade, according to research published in the January 20…
First Lady Michelle Obama Confronts Childhood Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 26 10
Saying childhood obesity has tripled in the last 30 years, first lady Michelle Obama asked the nation’s mayors to help her battle an epidemic…