Obesity builds immunity to fight flu
• Obesity • Mar 17 10
A new research has shown that obesity limits the body’s ability to develop immunity to influenza viruses, particularly secondary infections, by inhibiting the immune…
Geisinger Obesity Expert to Address Nation’s Lt. Governors
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 17 10
Director of Geisinger’s Obesity Institute Christopher D. Still, D.O., will address the Federal-State Relations Meeting of the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) in Washington,…
Smokers Who Quit Gradually or Cold Turkey Have Similar Success
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 17 10
Although many smokers try to quit by selecting a “quit day” and going cold turkey, a new Cochrane review finds that quitting gradually might…
E-prescriptions cut medication errors: study
• Public Health • Mar 17 10
Doctors who trade in their prescription pads for electronic prescribing systems may be able to significantly cut down on medication errors, a small…
Diet may alter fibroid risk in black women
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 17 10
Black women who tend to eat foods more likely to lead to higher blood sugar may have slightly greater risk for uterine fibroids, suggest…
Tax soda, pizza to cut obesity, researchers say
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Mar 16 10
The researchers, writing in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine on Monday, suggested taxing could be used as a weapon in the fight against…
Big Soda should pick up the tab for role in obesity crisis
• Obesity • Mar 16 10
Despite the best efforts of the soda industry to keep a lid on any discussion of a soda tax, the concept keeps bubbling up.…
Mom’s Obesity Influences Kid’s Weight
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Mar 16 10
Scientists at two ARS-funded nutrition research centers are examining how maternal influences of the unborn child and the developing newborn could increase the risk…
New Jersey Woman Wants to Weigh 1,000 Pounds
• Dieting • • Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 16 10
Simpson, of Old Bridge, N.J., is 42 years old, has two kids and a boyfriend, and she weighs 602 pounds. That’s right ... 602…
Michelle Obama Takes Anti-Obesity Drive to Food Makers
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 16 10
First lady Michelle Obama will test the limits of her bully pulpit Tuesday when she tells the Grocery Manufacturers Association about voluntary moves the…
For Obese People, Prejudice in Plain Sight
• Obesity • Mar 16 10
As a woman whose height and weight put me in the obese category on the body-mass-index chart, I cringed when Michelle Obama recently spoke…
Check For 2 Fish Oils That Matter Most
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Mar 16 10
Different brands of fish oil contain varying amounts of the two fats that are showing to offer health benefits.
The Good Housekeeping institute reminded…
US House Democrat says still short on health votes
• Public Health • Mar 15 10
White House officials on Sunday confidently predicted quick final passage of healthcare reform but a top Democratic vote-counter said the party still needs…
County among fittest in U.S.
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 15 10
You want the skinny on San Luis Obispo? Just look around.
San Luis Obispo County is the fifth “slimmest” — or fifth least obese…
Rising Obesity Rate Generates Government Action
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 15 10
The Obama Administration recently announced the creation of a task force on child obesity. And Missouri is looking for ways to guard the waistline…
SKMC holds Public Lecture about Obesity on 16 March 2010
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 15 10
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), managed by Cleveland Clinic holds a public lecture on Obesity under the title of “Walking Away from Obesity”…
Obesity and climate top agenda
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 15 10
A letter signed by more than 350 Australian health scientists has today been sent to the Medical Journal of Australia, urging Australian politicians and…
Sixth taste fights obesity: Study
• Obesity • Mar 15 10
Inability to taste fat in food is one of the reasons contributing to excess weight and obesity in some individuals, a new study finds.
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Conclusive Proof that Childhood Obesity Leads to Premature Death
• Obesity • Mar 15 10
Over ten million American kids between ages 10 and 17 are obese. One out of three are either overweight or obese. Those are startling…
Birth control pill poses no added health risk
• Cancer • • Drug Abuse • • Heart • Mar 13 10
One of the world’s largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are…
New study identifies best treatment for childhood epilepsy
• Children's Health • • Epilepsy • Mar 13 10
One of the oldest available anti-seizure medications, ethosuximide, is the most effective treatment for childhood absence epilepsy, according to initial outcomes published in this…
15 Years After ACL Knee Reconstruction, 84% of Male Patients Still Highly Active
• Arthritis • • Trauma & Injuries • Mar 13 10
Eighty-four percent of males who had ACL knee (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction with a patellar tendon (the tendon that attaches the knee to the…
Kids outgrow growing pains: study
• Children's Health • • Pain • Mar 12 10
Most youngsters grow out of having otherwise unexplained bone and muscle aches known as growing pains, researchers from Israel report.
Of 35 children who…
Center Aims to Cut Obesity in Black, Latino New Yorkers
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 12 10
A $6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has funded the creation of ORBIT: Obesity Related Behavioral Intervention Trials…
Years of smoking associated with lower Parkinson’s risk, not number of cigarettes per day
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 11 10
Researchers have new insight into the relationship between Parkinson’s disease and smoking. Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing…