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Study: Exercise improves body image for fit and unfit alike

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Attention weekend warriors: the simple act of exercise and not fitness itself can convince you that you look better, a new University of Florida study finds.


New study identifies risk factors of disordered eating in overweight youth

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Minnesota Project Eating Among Teens (EAT) researchers have identified factors that may increase overweight adolescents' risk of engaging in extreme weight control behaviors such as self-induced vomiting, the ...


Caution: Lose more than weight with imported diet pills

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Americans who use illegal diet pills from South America are taking amphetamines without knowing it and seriously risking both their health and their jobs. Physicians need to be made aware of the range of serious side effects ...





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Study: More teenage girls using diet pills

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 30, 2006 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A new study suggests use of diet pills by teenage girls is rapidly increasing, with 20 percent of females using such pills by the time they are 20 years old.


Researchers develop drug interface to save lives

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A drug information interface system developed by two University of Alberta researchers has been shown to help in dealing with visual and motor impairments, which can make sorting, holding and indentifying pills a challenge ...


Pills or papayas? Survey finds Americans want healthful foods, not more medicines

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 02, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

If you thought Americans would rather pop a pill to treat illness than make major diet changes, think again. A new survey shows the vast majority would rather change their diets—including trying a vegetarian diet—than use ...


FTC, diet pill marketers settle for $25M

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 05, 2007 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission recovered $25 million as a settlement in its cases alleging deceptive advertising against marketers of four diet pills.


Tips on hormone use, coping with menopause

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- What to do if menopause makes you miserable?


Lowering blood pressure

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The words are in larger-than-average type. The message is simple: "The Blood Pressure Miracle." And Frank Mangano, health advocate and natural health writer, says that's all it takes to lower your blood pressure -- naturally.


Studies: Bone drugs may help prevent breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- New results from a large women's health study suggest that bone-building drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel might help prevent breast cancer.


Does a placebo gene exist?

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A short time ago, Swedish scientists published a paper suggesting the existence of a genetic disposition to respond to placebo, thus giving rise to debate in the media about a possible "placebo gene." In the current issue ...


Fatty food can weaken the immune system

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fresh evidence that fatty food is bad for our health has come to light: mice fed a lard-based diet over a long period got worse at fighting bacteria in the blood, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University ...


FDA: Dieters should stop Hydroxycut use now

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 7

(AP) -- Government health officials warned dieters and body builders Friday to immediately stop using Hydroxycut, a widely sold supplement linked to cases of serious liver damage and at least one death.



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