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In a discovery that could help obese people and those afflicted with diabetes, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies has devised a new tablet that could help people reduce and burn fat. This, however, has openly been tested on mice and sedentary...
Although Alzheimer’s disease appears in old age but early signs of possibility of development of dementia in the future might appear in the middle age. According to researchers at Kaiser Permanente, people with large waistlines in the middle age are...
According to a recent report published in the Lancet medical journal, obesity can cause the risk of several cancers like those of the bowel, kidney, and breast to almost double up. Risk of numerous blood cancers such as adult leukemia, multiple...
We had interesting viewpoints on Instablogs whether obesity was a media created hype or a genuine problem. There seems to be more to create another debate on whether the obsession with size-zero is a hype or a genuine problem.
The media is...
So, you are overweight and obese and nothing can motivate you to get off the couch to exercise and nothing can stop you from giving in to the temptations of dumping extra servings of food on your plate but you still want to lose that flab without...
Doctors should consider the body weight of the patient while reading the tests for prostate cancer as obesity could considerably alter the results of these tests, a recent US study has revealed.
Obese men have more blood which lowers the...
Among other risk factors as earlier studies detected in obesity such as heart problems, cases of diabetes and other limited activities, cases of infants of overweight pregnant mothers dying after birth were seen.
This usually happens in an infant...
Seems centuries old Indian concept of Yoga is again going to sit on the heads of all medical systems with its popularity spreading around the globe like wild fire. In a major step to transpire its popularity and access further, BBC has now come up with a...
Though the link between asthma and obesity is well established, what still baffles the researchers in the reason behind this relationship.
Yes, obese people are more vulnerable in developing asthma, compared to ones with normal weight. If the same...
Obesity epidemic is a bundle of diseases in itself. While briefings from the speech of Dr Colditz at the American Association for Cancer Research's international conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, points out at rising levels of...
Thanks Judy for your three-pronged approach towards obesity epidemic. Nevertheless, I think that you are needlessly overstretching the issue of obesity to the domains of medical science. May be, you will agree with me if I say that the tone of your...
Jesse Drysdale is just one of the many kids across New Zealand swelling up before their TV sets. Study shows that the food the children preferred while watching TV are the ones being advertised on it. No matter what amount of fruits are served to them in...
Do your child demands for various food items displayed in TV commercials? What did you said? YES! Be cautious, it can make your kids fatty.
According to a study by British researchers the television food ads prompted a 134 percent increase in the...
An occasional indulgence of fast food is something all of us deserve and must enjoy too. But could a single high fat meal pose a health threat?
It's a known fact that eating high-fat meals regularly makes you obese and puts you at a higher risk of...
The age of mother's first menarche may affect her children's growth rate, height and risk of obesity according to a study. The researchers hypothesized that age at menarche in the mother may in turn predict her children's early growth and obesity...
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