Archive for October, 2010
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) — Treatments designed to tackle
childhood obesity by enrolling just the parents in nutrition and exercise
education programs are as effective as those that enlist both parents and
children, new research suggests.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) — Children with symptoms of
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased risk for
obesity in adulthood, a new study claims.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)LiveScience.com - Children who are obese have blood vessels as stiff as those seen in adults who have heart disease, according to new research.
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AFP - Researchers have uncovered more reason to believe that properly managed diet and exercise can help overweight, obese and severely obese people lose weight, two studies have suggested.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)AP - A Brazilian court ruled this week that McDonald’s must pay a former franchise manager $17,500 because he gained 65 pounds while working there for a dozen years.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Saturday U.S. health officials have rejected its experimental obesity pill, citing cancer risks.
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) — The arteries of obese children have
a degree of stiffness normally seen in adults with heart disease,
according to a new study.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)LiveScience.com - This is the fourth in a six-part MyHealthNewsDaily series examining
the problems and solutions related to six “winnable battles” in public
health, as recently announced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) — For overweight children,
losing just a little weight can significantly lower their blood pressure,
according to researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)LiveScience.com - Americans are becoming too fat for their britches, military
britches that is.
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AP - Nearly 17 percent of U.S. medical costs can be blamed on obesity, according to new research that suggests the nation’s weight problem may be having close to twice the impact on medical spending as previously estimated.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)LiveScience.com - While herbal weight-loss supplements may bring the promise of
shedding pounds using “natural” products, a new study shows that many
are laden with pharmaceutical agents (lab-made drugs) - some of which
are illegal.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) — Gene variants that increase the
risk of childhood obesity have been identified by U.S. researchers.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - A substantial proportion of obese people don’t think they’re too fat, new research shows.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) — Weight-loss surgery may be gaining
traction as a viable treatment for obese teenagers, particularly those who
are beginning to show the detrimental health effects of morbid
obesity.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Abbott Laboratories’ has pulled its controversial diet drug, Meridia, off the U.S. market after regulators said it was too dangerous, making it the latest casualty in the troubled obesity drug sector.
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associatedcontent - With a family history of diabetes and a parent on dialysis, I was determined to take preventive measures to avoid such a fate.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)AFP - US pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories on Friday said it was pulling its obesity drug Meridia from the US market after European tests found the key ingredient increased the risk of serious heart problems.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) — The obesity drug Meridia has
been withdrawn from the U.S. market because of an increased risk of heart
attack and stroke, federal health officials said Friday.
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