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Decrease in physical activity may not be a factor in increased obesity rates among adolescents

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decreased physical activity may have little to do with the recent spike in obesity rates among U.S. adolescents, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.


Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest (Update)

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.


Help for the overweight could be at the end of a phone

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created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Counselling via the phone and internet can help weight management in overweight individuals, according to a Dutch study published in the open access journal, BMC Public Health.





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People entering their 60s may have more disabilities today than in prior generations

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a development that could have significant ramifications for the nation's health care system, Baby Boomers may well be entering their 60s suffering far more disabilities than their counterparts did in previous ...


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Good food nation: Researchers think America's obesity epidemic can be reversed via 'foodsheds'

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the last three decades, childhood obesity in the United States has become a massive public-health problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control, between 1980 and 2006 the percentage ...


New finding suggests prostate biopsy is not always necessary

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that some elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men may be caused by a hormone normally occurring ...


Researchers link health-care debate to risk of dying in US and Europe

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 2

The current health care debate in the United States is complicated. Trade-offs between heath care expenditures, lifestyle choices and life expectancy have been suggested but seldom clearly demonstrated. The U.S. spends on ...


Study to explore if more sleep will help teens shake off depression

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After a late night of texting or updating Facebook, it's hardly surprising that many teenagers show up groggy for school, which studies have shown can diminish academic performance. To address this troubling ...


New scientific study indicates that eating quickly is associated with overeating

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), eating a meal quickly, as compared to slowly, curtails the release of hormones in the gu ...


Premature births worsen US infant death rate

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday.


For dialysis patients, skinny is dangerous

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dialysis patients with low body fat are at increased risk of death—even compared to patients at the highest level of body fat percentage, according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd ...


UM scientists create fruit fly model to help unravel genetics of human diabetes

Scientists create fruit fly model to help unravel genetics of human diabetes

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As rates of obesity, diabetes, and related disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the US in recent years, scientists are working from many angles to pinpoint the causes and contributing factors involved ...


High fructose corn syrup: A recipe for hypertension

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 12

A diet high in fructose increases the risk of developing high blood pressure (hypertension), according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San ...



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