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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 06:44 |
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 How healthy is the place you live? A new report will tell you where your county ranks vs all the other counties in the lower 48 sates. Released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconson the report covers over 3000 counties. Where does your county rank? Is your home town healthy or hurting? Click here for the article ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 19:20 |
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Can all the chemicals that are found in today’s American diet contribute to obesity? Stephen Perrine, the author of The New American Diet thinks that it can. He argues that plastic pollutants, pesticides, and the use of antibiotics may contribute to your girth around the middle. Read the article here _____________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Monday, 15 February 2010 14:05 |
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Male breast reduction is becoming increasingly popular. It is the 2nd fastest growing cosmetic procedure in all of Britain. Yes, surgery can help solve the "man boobs" problem. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Friday, 12 February 2010 18:52 |
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(From the) Archives of Internal Medicine, January 25, 2010
Researchers at Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center have shown low-carb diets are more successful in lowering blood pressure than the weight-loss drug orlistat ( the generic name for Alli and Xenical weight loss pharmaceuticals) and a low fat diet.
"If people have high blood pressure and a weight problem, a low-carbohydrate diet might be a better option than a weight loss medication," lead study author William S. Yancy, Jr., M.D., was quoted as saying.
The study included 146 overweight participants who had typically associated health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and arthritis. Over the year-long study, patients improved their cholesterol and glucose levels and lost an average of almost 10 percent of their body weight.
Most importantly, almost half of the participants who followed the low-carb diet decreased or discontinued their high blood pressure medication compared to 21 percent of the orlistat plus low-fat diet group.
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