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Rapid Weight Gain in Early Infancy Predisposes to Childhood Obesity
I am sure every mommy is happy to see her baby has a good appetite. Even more, they don’t...
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Multnomah County Chain Restaurants Required to List Calories on Their Menus
Multnomah County (Oregon) commissioners have approved a new set of rules that will require chain...
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Study Finds Heart Rate At Rest Very Important For Heart Disease Evolution
A study of postmenopausal women has released some interesting conclusions. It looks like a...
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Justice Ginsburg Has Surgery To Remove Pancreatic Tumor
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery Thursday at the Memorial...
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Smoking Death Rates – The Highest in Kentucky and West Virginia
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report in its journal Morbidity and...
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Men Better Than Women In Resisting Food Temptations
When it comes to goodies, who in the world can resist temptations? Apparently, men are able...
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Heart Attack And Stroke Death Rates Have Decreased
The American Heart Association has reasons to be proud as it can achieve its goal of decreasing...
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FDA Criticized By Its Scientific Advisers In BPA Case
The Food and Drug Administration was recently
criticized by its own scientific advisers, and...
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Deaths Caused By Heart Attacks, Strokes Decline But For How Long?
Deaths caused by heart attacks and strokes have declined by about 30 percent since 1999 most...
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Gene Variant May Predispose Children to Craving for Junk Food
A gene variation may play a significant role in the control of food intake and food choices,...
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Americans Don’t Exercise Enough
One of the biggest health risks that the United States face at the moment is obesity. In a recent...
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One Third Of Americans Don’t Meet Minimum Levels Of Physical Activity
A report by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention found that approximately...
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State Health Rankings – Louisiana Last, Vermont First
The health of Americans has recently been under close scrutiny in a study that analyzed health...
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‘America’s Health Rankings 2008’- Vermont Is Healthiest State
A comparison of state rakings from 2007 to 2008 released
Wednesday by the United Health Foundation...
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Texans Face Growing Health Risks
Because of the continuously failing health care system in the United States, health risks are...
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Healthy Habits Finally Pay Off: Cancer Rates Start Declining in the US
New cancer cases and deaths have started to decline for the
first time in both American men and...
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Study: Diabetes Drug Avandia Riskier Than Actos
Older diabetics taking Avandia may face higher risk of heart
failure and death than those taking...
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Censoring Fast-Food TV Ads Might Lower Childhood Obesity Rates
Banning fast-food advertising could lead to a decrease in
the number of overweight and obese...
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Staying Active Helps Heart Failure Patients As Well
“Be
active!” is not a message that we hear for the first time. Health care
providers and not only...
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US Heart Failure Hospitalization Rate Almost Tripled Over 3 Decades
A study presented Sunday at the American Heart Association
meeting in New Orleans revealed that...
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More U.S. Children Take Medications For Chronic Diseases
The number of U.S children who take
medications for chronic diseases is growing dramatically, a...
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Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Often Go Hand in Hand
When you look at the list of risk factors
for developing type 2 diabetes you may see that there...
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Drug Prescriptions For US Children Rising At Alarming Rates
More and more children in the United States are prescribed
medication for chronic diseases,...
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CDC: The Rate of New Cases of Type 2 Diabetes Has Doubled in 10 Years
According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of new...
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Turn Your Clock Back to Avoid Heart Attacks!
A new research, based on heart attacks in Sweden, shows
that sleep deprivation may be directly...
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Consumer Group Urges FDA to Ban Glaxo’s Avandia over Liver Failure
Consumer group Public Citizen on Thursday asked the Food and
Drug Administration to ban...
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Obesity, Sedentary Life Blamed For Soaring Rates Of Diabetes In The South
The rate of new cases of diabetes almost doubled in the US in
the past ten years, fueled by...
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Hydrogen Sulfide May Regulate Blood Pressure
Hydrogen sulfide, the same gas used in many stink bombs, may also control blood pressure, US and...
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Study Concludes Brain Signals Can Predict Weight Gain
A study published in the October 17 issue of the journal Science
has revealed that overweight...
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Update: Hypertension Rates Soaring In The United States
Researchers
from the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute have recently revealed
that...
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Kids Who Need Vitamins Less Likely To Get Them
A study appearing in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine reveals that children and...
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Men – More Capable Than Women To Refrain From Food Temptations
Men are more capable than women to refrain from their desire to have more of their favorite...
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Sleeping 7 Hours Or More Protects You From Common Cold
A new study suggests the connection between lack of sleep and common cold is stronger than...
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Zoo Conditions Not So Great For Elephants
Seeing elephants at the zoo might be an incredible
experience for many, but knowing that their...
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Vermont Ranked Healthiest State, Louisiana Least Healthy
Health continues to be an important issue for the United States,
as recent studies have shown that...
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Report Correlates Heavy Media Use to Serious Health Problems in Kids
Television, music, movies and other media appear to significantly
increase obesity rates, tobacco...
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Couch Potatoes Have Now Something to Fear: Ban on Fast Food Adverts
A new study demonstrates that banning fast
food advertisements from children’s television programs...
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Supplements Don't Reduce Cancer, Heart Disease Risk
A long-term study of more than 14,000 male
physicians concluded that taking daily supplements of...
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Arteries of Most Obese Kids – As Thick and Stiff as Middle-Aged Adults’
Hundreds of previous studies have shown that obesity comes with
a number of risks, such as heart...
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U.S.A Ranking Low In Infant Mortality Rate
Recent data from the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention shows that infant deaths declined...
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High Blood Pressure Rates Up 5 Percent In The US
High blood pressure rates appear to increase in the United States,
according to a report released...
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Government: Get Fit To Avoid Health Risks!
Whether you’re young or old, you need to keep moving! No
matter you’re doing brisk walks, running...
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Could Soy Foods Affect Male Fertility?
Although many previous studies have shown that soya is good
for humans by lowering cholesterol,...
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Weight Loss Surgery May Block Cancer
Weight loss surgery, or in medical terms gastric bypass
surgery, appears to have more benefits...
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Death Gap Expands between Educated and Less Educated in the US
Being educated could boost your chances to live longer new
research suggests.
American...
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Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US
Americans’ life expectancy is stagnating or falling as
obesity, high blood pressure, different...
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American Diabetes Risk Test Available Online - Get Tested!
March 25th will mark the 20th anniversary of the American
Diabetes Association (ADA) Diabetes...
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