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Psoriasis May Lead to Diabetes and High Blood Pressure
A new study published in the April edition of the journal Archives of Dermatology concludes that...
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Belly Fat Tied to Increased Risk for Restless Legs Syndrome
Excess fat around the waistline has long been blamed for increasing the risk of heart disease,...
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Lose Weight! Live Longer!
We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
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Optimism Helps You Live Longer and Healthier Lives
Pessimists are now given one more reason to turn the page and be more optimistic, according to...
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Obesity Raises Risk of Joint Replacement in People with Osteoarthritis
We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
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Vitamin Pills Show Little Benefit in Reducing Heart Disease Risk
Multivitamins taken on daily basis don’t seem to lower the risk of developing heart...
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Migraines Could Be Linked To Belly Fat
According to a recent research, belly fat might could be linked to more than just heart diseases...
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Study Finds that Obese Mothers Are Likely to Have Babies With Birth Defects
Researchers led by Katherine Stothard at Newcastle University in Great Britain found that the range...
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Obesity in Pregnancy May Result in Birth Defects
Obese pregnant women are at great risk of having babies with a wide range of birth defects,...
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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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Fewer Calories Equals Improved Memory
According to the findings of a new study, eating fewer calories may be the answer to memory...
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Obese Women at High Risk of Ovarian Cancer, Researchers Say
It is a known fact that obesity has something to do cancer. New research appearing in the journal...
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Elevated Blood Sugar Levels Associated With Memory Decline
Maintaining normal blood sugar levels may help prevent age-related memory decline, according to a...
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Reverses Diabetes In Adolescents
Teens who undergo gastric bypass surgery are frequently relieved of Type 2 diabetes without delay,...
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Obesity Is A Brain Issue
According to a new study published in Nature Genetics, it seems that obesity may partially be a...
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Obesity Drug Data Shows Promise
The experimental obesity drug Qnexa helped patients lose an average of 9.2 percent of their weight...
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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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Higher Death Risk For Overweight People
A new study at the German Institution of Human Nutrition shows that overweight people tend to have...
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Study: Big Waist Could Mean Elevated Death Risk
Your weight doesn’t bother you very much because you think
it’s ok and because it seems to be just...
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Large Waist Doubles Premature Death Risk
A European study suggests that people with a large waist are almost twice
more prone to premature...
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Large Waists - Early Death Risk Factor
Obesity is one of the main risk factors in developing cardiovascular diseases and other serious...
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Too Much Belly Fat Doubles The Risk Of Early Death
It’s no secret anymore that overweight and obese people have
more health problems than those...
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AHA's Study Says Obese Teenagers Have Old Arteries
Research
presented at the American Heart Association's annual meeting that was
held in New...
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Anti-Obesity Drug Pulled From European Markets
On
Thursday, the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis halted the
sales of their...
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Western Diet’s Harm Finally Revealed
Fried foods, salty snacks and meat, in other words the typical Western diet accounts for some 30...
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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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Excess Drinking Linked To Brain Shrinkage
It appears that heavy drinkers have smaller
brains than non-drinkers, a new study published in the...
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Study Says: Literature Helps Obese Kids Lose Weight
Does the link between reading and losing weight ring you a bell? Of course it doesn’t! I bet you...
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Gastric Bypass Surgery: Not so Good for Everyone
Diabetics who undergo gastric bypass
surgery could be at disadvantage compared to other patients,...
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The Efficacy Of Gastric Bypass Surgery In Diabetics Questioned
Contrary to other studies, a new study
found that people with diabetes did not lose as much weight...
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Brown Fat Makes You Slimmer
A study in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that adults still have a type of fat that...
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Restless Legs Syndrome Associated with Obesity
Having too much belly fat appears to be an increasing risk even for developing restless legs...
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Get Rid of Extra Pounds! They Shorten Your Life!
British researchers at the University of Oxford, through a new study, have warned once again...
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Migraines May Now Have An Explanation: Too Much Belly Fat?
Excess fat around the waistline has long been blamed for increasing the risk of heart disease,...
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High Blood sugar Levels Connected To Memory Lapses
Elevated blood sugar levels may be responsible for memory lapses that frequently occur with...
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Oprah Winfrey Speaks About Weight Gain, Admits She Weighs 200 Pounds
In the
January issue of “O” magazine, which hit the newsstands this Tuesday, iconic
talk-show...
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Genetic Screening for Diabetes No More Useful than Traditional Methods
Genetic testing to see someone’s predisposition to type 2 diabetes
is not significantly better...
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Large Waist Equals Elevated Death Risk
Your weight doesn’t bother you very much because you think
it’s ok and because it seems to be just...
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Obese People Experience Less Pleasure From Eating
When you see a person weighing more than usual, the first
thought that crosses your mind is that...
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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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New Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Released, Get Moving!
Trying to prevent obesity and thus health problems related
to obesity, the Department of Health...
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Book’s Overweight Character “Teaches” Girls to Lose Weight
As obesity increasingly becomes a global health concern,
researchers try to figure out what we can...
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Vitamin D Deficiency May Boost Heart Attack Risk
Men suffering from Vitamin D deficiency appear to be more
predisposed to heart attack, new...
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Wii Fit Frenzy Hits The US
After selling over 2 million units in Japan, Nintendo's innovative exercising video game was...
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Women’s Diet Influences Baby’s Sex
If you’re trying to conceive and you wish to influence one
way or the other the sex of your baby,...
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