Diet Care

Study Shows RIsks Increase in People Who Already Have Heart Disease
By
Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News
Reviewed By
Laura J. Martin, MD
Sept. 1, 2010 – People who take Abbott’s weight loss pill Meridia have a higher risk of nonfatal heart attack and stroke, a company-sponsored study shows.
The increased risk was seen only in patients with underlying heart disease. [...]

By Tina Haupert
I first started running in college in order to deal with the stress of my coursework. I’d head out for a run around the campus and by the time I returned to my dorm room, I would feel like a million bucks. It was a great way to keep in shape and, let’s [...]

The association seems confined to former breast cancer patients who are postmenopausal or overweight or obese, the researchers noted.
However, drinking moderately (about three to four drinks per week) was not linked to increased risk for all-cause death, and may in fact lower the risk for dying from a non-breast cancer-related health issue, the study suggests.
The [...]

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That 20s gain is actually not so surprising. Women put on an average of 2.2 pounds per year between ages 18 and 30, says Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, an associate professor of nutrition in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “When you’re making that transition [...]

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) — If you think a few weeks of slothful behavior and caloric overindulgence can be easily worked off at the gym, think again.
New Swedish research suggests that just a month’s worth of unhealthy living changes physiology, making piled-on fat even harder to lose.
“A short period of [over-eating] can have later [...]

By Tina Haupert
Two months later, I’m still celebrating my 30th birthday. Last Saturday, my uncle and aunt treated me to a fancy dinner at Top of the Hub, a fine-dining restaurant with gorgeous views of the city at the top of the Prudential Center in Boston. We enjoyed good conversation and lots of laughs while [...]

Study Shows Drinking Water Helps People Lose Weight and Keep the Pounds Off
By
Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News
Reviewed By
Laura J. Martin, MD
Aug. 23, 2010 — Drinking water before each meal has been shown to help promote weight loss, according to a new study.
Brenda Davy, PhD, an associate professor of nutrition at Virginia Tech and senior author of [...]

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By Kate Ashford
From Health magazine
How many friends have you heard complain that once they hit their 30s, the number on the scale started to creep up? The bummer truth is that weight becomes easier to gain and harder to lose as you get older, thanks to changes in your body—and your lifestyle, too. But [...]

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That 20s gain is actually not so surprising. Women put on an average of 2.2 pounds per year between ages 18 and 30, says Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, an associate professor of nutrition in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “When you’re making that transition [...]

MONDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDay News) — Bariatric weight-loss surgery in obese people with type 2 diabetes can have an unexpected, yet positive side effect — nearly 3 out of 4 patients in one study were able to stop taking their insulin and other diabetes medications within six months of surgery.
In a study of more than [...]