Archive for May, 2010
Reuters - Weight-loss drugs from GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Roche Holding AG will carry new warnings about rare reports of liver injury, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) — Responding to reports of
rare but sometimes severe cases of liver damage, U.S. health officials on
Wednesday announced revised labels for a widely used weight-loss drug.
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AFP - US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday urged Congress to plow billions more dollars into programs to end the twin scourges of child obesity and hunger, which impact children, the economy and national security.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Laws requiring U.S. restaurant chains to list calorie counts have not stopped them from offering unhealthy meals that pack in calories, fat and salt, a group that encourages healthy food said on Tuesday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - One of the first symptoms of pancreatic cancer — often noticed even years before diagnosis — is indigestion. A new study suggests that these timely tummy troubles may be enough to explain away previous links made between a high carbohydrate diet and an increased risk of the disease.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Health ministers, alarmed at the growing number of obese children, agreed on Thursday to try to reduce children’s consumption of junk food and soft drinks by asking member states to restrict advertising and marketing.
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AFP - The American Heart Association has teamed up with Japanese entertainment giant Nintendo to harness its Wii consoles and encourage Americans to exercise more to counter a soaring obesity problem.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) –When it comes to weight-loss
patterns, the old adage proclaims that “slow and steady” wins the race,
but recent research suggests otherwise.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Children whose mothers developed diabetes while pregnant are at increased risk of being overweight by age 11, a new study shows.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) — You know you need to lose
weight. And you know you’re ready, which is more than half the battle. But
you still have to pick from a seemingly endless array of weight-loss
plans.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) — At the age of 5, Lauren Ashley
began complaining that “her eyes hurt.”
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled a 70-point plan for reducing childhood obesity within a generation, including a call for marketing healthier food but stopping short of recommending regulatory action or a federal tax on sugary sodas.
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AP - Women could help reduce childhood obesity by maintaining a healthy weight when they become pregnant and by breast-feeding their babies, a government panel has found.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) — Obese children are much more
likely to snore than normal weight children, a new study finds.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)LiveScience.com - The key to long-term weight loss and maintenance might be to
lose weight quickly rather than gradually, at least in the initial stages of
dieting, a new study suggests.
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Reuters - Weight-loss surgery should only be used in the most severely obese of children, and then only with extreme caution due to the risks and the fact its effectiveness remains unknown, health experts said on Thursday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Inflammatory bowel disease refers to a group
of varied disorders affecting the intestines. Symptoms may include pain or
bloating in the intestines, diarrhea, unexplained weight loss, bloody
stools and loss of appetite.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)LiveScience.com - Teens might be tempted to stay up late, cramming for an exam
or text messaging with friends. But the lack of shut eye could lead to
expanding waistlines, particularly for boys, a new study finds.
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AP - What’s the magic in Oregon that keeps kids lean? It’s a mystery health officials would like to solve as they admit all states are failing — by a mile — to meet federal goals for childhood obesity.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - MONDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) — For kids, a few extra pounds may
invite trouble from the schoolyard bully.
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