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10 Risk Factors Cause 90 Percent of Strokes

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:05:03 +0000

New research published in the journal The Lancet has found that 10 risk factors–five of them related to lifestyle–are responsible for 90 percent of all the risk of stroke.

Vitamin D, Calcium Supplements Safe for Women’s Arteries

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:24:00 +0000

According to a new study published in the journal Menopause, moderate doses of calcium and vitamin D supplements don’t raise women’s coronary artery calcium levels.

Pistachios May Help Lower Cholesterol

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:45:00 +0000

According to a new study published in the Journal of Nutrition, eating pistachios may fight heart disease by helping to lower cholesterol.

Too Little Sleep Linked to Early Death

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 17:08:04 +0000

An article published in the journal Sleep suggests that getting fewer than six hours of sleep per night may increase your risk of dying prematurely.

Statins Improve Hip Replacement Outcomes: Study

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:20:03 +0000

According to new research published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, cholesterol-lowering statins may decrease complications in people who have total hip replacement surgery.

Why Eating Slowly Cuts Calories

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:57:26 +0000

At some point or another we’ve all had our mothers scold us for eating too quickly and told to slow down. There might be some truth to the old wives tale that eating slower will help you lose weight too, according to a new study. Published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism , the study conducted by researchers at Athens University Medical School in Greece was to determine whether eating the same meal at different speeds produces different post-meal hormones (glucagon) that signal feelings of satiety and fullness to the brain.

Junk Food Making you Depressed?

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:06:19 +0000

We all know what it’s like to get home at the end of a tough day and just want to curl up on the sofa with a jumbo sized Pepsi and super-sized Big Mac. We all think that junk food makes us feel a little self-indulgent and a little better about ourselves, but it might actually be fueling the bad mood you’re in and making feel worse – even to the point of increasing your risk of depression

The Fifth Stage: Decline

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:34:30 +0000

An editorial in this month's Journal of the American Medical Association describes the four phases of the “epidemiological transition” that brought us into the modern medical age–and adds a depressing coda.Here's the topline: Phase 1: Pestilence and Famine.

Calories Claims on Restaurant Menus May Be Inaccurate

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:24:39 +0000

If you can’t trust the calorie labels on foods and in restaurants then what can you trust these days?

Carrie Underwood: Weight Loss of 20 pounds

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:31:04 +0000

When Carrie Underwood won American Idol in 2005 she not only found stardom but also the scrutiny of the media. Just a little bit on the curvy side (see photo on the left) she was suddenly labeled fat and she had to do something about it. She told Shape magazine, “There’s nothing worst than going online and reading that someone has called you chubby.” Only 5-feet-3 inches tall the country singer dropped 20 pounds and went from a size 6 to a size 2-4.

Study shows being more conscious about eating speed and feelings of satisfaction help individuals eat less

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:33:02 +0000

I came across this report here of a study recently published in the British Medical Journal [1]. It concerns a device known as a ‘Mandometer’ – which has been developed as an aid to weight loss

Jillian Michaels: Biggest Loser Season 9

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:57:05 +0000

The Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels appears to practice tough-love as she whoops and hollers and whips the contestants into shape. But in her most recent interview with Ladies’ Home Journal she revealed her soft side and expressed her true concern for these new contestants. Season 9 boasts the largest contestants to date on the show and this has created new challenges for the staff and trainers

Successful strategies for over-weight adolescents

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:06:36 +0000

One in five U.S. teens is now overweight–an increase of almost 100% percent in the last fifteen years.

Obese teens more prone to MS: study

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:44:03 +0000

The study, published in the journal Neurology, found that girls who were obese at age 18 were twice as likely to develop MS later in life.

Sleep Apnea in Women: Diet, Exercise & Weight Loss

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:15:00 +0000

A new study from Australia tested the effectiveness of a 16-week exercise and diet program for people with obstructive sleep apnea. The results were published today in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.The study involved 12 people with an average age of 42 years; nine of the participants were women.

Can Weight Loss Surgery Break Family Cycle?

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:59:52 +0000

It’s not unusual to see that at least one parent of an obese child is obese as well. While some of this may be environmental (diet and lifestyle), research is pointing to genetic and intra-uterine (during pregnancy) factors as well. An interesting study undertaken by American and Canadian researchers, and will be published in the next issue of Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), has found that children of women who were conceived after their mother had weight loss surgery had a lower incidence of obesity than siblings who were born before she had the surgery. The researchers looked at 49 women who had a surgery called biliopancreatic diversion, or BPD before between pregnancies.

More evidence that saturated fat has been falsely accused?

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:24:05 +0000

What if cancer, heart disease, and diabetes are really all the same disease? An excellent commentary in this month's issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association