Review explores postpartum weight-loss strategies
(HealthDay)—For postpartum women, lifestyle interventions that include a combined diet-and-exercise approach and those that use self-monitoring are associated with greater weight loss, according to a...
View ArticleNew book shows how US can achieve better health of its citizens and cut...
The U.S. is one of the wealthiest nations in the world but its citizens are far from the healthiest. In fact, the U.S. lags behind several other developed nations in life expectancy and other...
View ArticleWHO aims to make Europeans start moving, stop smoking
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday launched strategies aimed at getting Europeans to start moving and stop smoking over the next decade to defuse what it termed the ticking time-bomb of...
View ArticleAddition of orlistat benefits obese patients with T2DM
(HealthDay)—In overweight and obese patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), treatment with orlistat in addition to lifestyle modifications improves outcomes, according to research published online Sept. 8...
View ArticleSmoking, drink, obesity may shorten European lives: WHO (Update)
"Alarming" rates of smoking, alcohol consumption and obesity in Europe could mean the next generation live shorter lives, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.
View ArticleGroup identifications are the strongest indicator of mental and physical health
Individuals who fail to derive value from their interactions with family, friends, colleagues, and other groups are much more likely to be depressed, drink heavily, eat unhealthily, smoke, and fail to...
View ArticleChildhood infections associated with increased risk of early heart attack
Infections in childhood are associated with an increased risk of early heart attacks, according to research presented today at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2015 by Dr. Andriany Qanitha, a Ph.D. candidate...
View ArticleObesity, diabetes threaten economic health: Saudi minister
Obesity and diabetes threaten Gulf states' economic health as well as human wellbeing, Saudi Arabia's health minister has said, as the region struggles with the growing cost of the conditions.
View ArticleResearchers study differences in ischemic stroke in marijuana users
A new study found strokes in young adults who use marijuana are more likely to be caused by stenosis, narrowing of the arteries, in the skull than strokes in non-users.
View ArticleLifestyle a risk factor for celiac disease
Celiac disease incidence has increased among Swedish children between 2 to 15 years. The significant escalation in celiac disease can be associated with planned caesarean sections, urinary tract...
View ArticleDoes alcohol consumption affect the risk for Parkinson's disease?
For many years, researchers have been investigating whether there are any associations between Parkinson's disease (PD) and lifestyle choices such as smoking and coffee and alcohol consumption. In a...
View ArticlePCI may not improve survival for some heart disease patients
(HealthDay)—Patients with stable ischemic heart disease who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) fare no better than those treated with medication and lifestyle changes alone, according to...
View ArticleGenetic risk score IDs insulin resistance, change in IR
(HealthDay)—A genetic risk score based on 17 established insulin resistance (IR) variants and their effect sizes (weighted IR-GRS) is associated with IR at baseline and change in IR, but does not...
View ArticleDiabetes dilemma: Most Europeans unsure how to reduce type 2 diabetes risk,...
Despite greater access to health information than ever before, new research illustrates many people remain confused about diet and lifestyle messages related to increased risk of developing type 2...
View ArticleWorking up a sweat may protect men from lethal prostate cancer
A study that tracked tens of thousands of midlife and older men for more than 20 years has found that vigorous exercise and other healthy lifestyle habits may cut their chances of developing a lethal...
View ArticleBlood test reveals how old your body really is
Now a simple blood test can reveal your biological age—how old your body really is. This was found in a new study from Uppsala University, the results of which are now being published in the...
View ArticleTranscendental Meditation, lifestyle modification increase telomerase, study...
A new study published in PLOS ONE found that the Transcendental Meditation technique and lifestyle changes both appear to stimulate genes that produce telomerase, an enzyme that's associated with...
View ArticleToo few Americans are taking needed cholesterol-lowering drugs: CDC
(HealthDay)—Nearly half of American adults who should be taking cholesterol-lowering drugs don't, federal government researchers report.
View ArticleHeart injury reduced after bariatric surgery but not lifestyle intervention
Heart function in morbidly obese patients returns to normal after bariatric surgery but not after lifestyle intervention, reveals research published today in the European Journal of Preventive...
View ArticlePreventing diabetes at the office
For people who already have high blood sugar, preventing diabetes could amount to just another day at the office.
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