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Weight Loss Secret: Thinking Thin

Your struggle with weight might have begun while you were a child, as you attempted to find out just how many cookies you could eat at one sitting. Or it might have occurred shortly after you arrived on a college campus for the first time. Those late nights of studying might have led to l…

Weights on children's toys 'can boost their fitness'

ADDING weights to children's toys may help them improve their fitness during playtime, according to new research in the US. The study included five boys and five girls, who were an average of seven-and-a-half years old and were randomly assigned to carry either large, cardboard toy bl…

'Light' Cigarettes Don't Help Smokers

Smoking low-tar and low-nicotine — or "light" — cigarettes may actually make it harder for smokers to kick the habit. A new study shows that people who smoke light cigarettes are more than 50 percent less likely to quit smoking than those who smoke regular cigarettes. "Even…

Ethnic Disparities in Teen Exercise

Black and Hispanic girls are less physically active than white girls, but that this difference is attributable to the schools they attend. Ethnic Disparities in Teen Exercise

Chewing Up A Key Regulator Of Fat Synthesis Keeps Mice Lean Despite A High-fat Diet

Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a novel pathway that regulates the body's ability to store or burn fat, a discovery that suggests new ways to reduce obesity, diabetes and other fat-related human diseases.Genetically engineered mice, in which th…

Cutting Calories Slightly Can Reduce Aging Damage

A lifelong habit of trimming just a few calories from the daily diet can do more than slim the waistline - a new study shows it may help lessen the effects of aging.Scientists from the University of Florida's Institute on Aging have found that eating a little less food and exercisin…

Sleep More Important Than Diet For Weight Control

If you manage to get a good night's sleep on a regular basis your chances of staying slim or becoming slimmer are significantly higher, say researchers from Care Western University, Ohio, USA, after monitoring nearly 70,000 women for over a decade and-a-half. This is the largest stud…

Can A High-Fiber Diet Prevent Obesity?

While diets low in carbohydrates and high in protein continue to attract the public's attention, researchers at the University of Texas - Austin report that "normal-weight" adults tend to eat more fiber and fruit than people who are overweight or obese. [click link for full …

Cherry Juice May Prevent Muscle Damage Pain

No pain, no gain phrase usually associated with exercise may be a thing of the past if results from a study on cherry juice. Cherry Juice May Prevent Muscle Damage Pain

Cherry Juice May Prevent Muscle Damage Pain

The familiar "no pain, no gain" phrase usually associated with exercise may be a thing of the past if results from a study on cherry juice published June 21 in the online version of the British Journal of Sports Medicine prove true in future research.Historically, a number of ap…

Blue Cross Of California Launches BMI Training And Promotion Program To Make Childhood Obesity ...

Blue Cross of California (BCC) haskicked off "Taking Measures for Their Future" -- a statewide Body MassIndex (BMI) training and promotion program for clinical staff (registerednurses, licensed vocational nurses, and medical assistants) throughoutCalifornia -- as part of its $…

Avoid Air Pollution While Exercising In The City

As environmentalists have pointed out, it can be as dangerous to be outdoors behind a city bus -- walking or bicycling -- as it is to be in front of one. All the exhaust and smoke -- even when they have been reduced by clean air technology -- can damage a person's health . The danger…

Would Requiring Nutrition And Calorie Labeling In Restaurants Make A Difference To Consumers?

Amid calls from public health and consumer advocacy groups for legislation that would require nutrition and calorie labeling on menus at fast- food and similar types of restaurants, a survey by researchers at the University of Vermont found significant numbers of people do not look at f…

Tips for Senior Golfers

Playing golf offers great health benefits that can span a lifetime and an increasing number of older Americans are enjoying those benefits more than ever. Tips for Senior Golfers

Risk Of Relapse For Patients With Anorexia Nervosa Not Decreased By Use Of Anti-depressant

Use of the anti-depressant fluoxetine did not help patients with anorexia nervosa who had restored their body weight maintain that weight or reduce their risk of relapse, according to a study in the June 14 issue of JAMA.Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder primarily affecting young wo…

How to Get Rid of Acne: A Step-By-Step Tutorial

To get rid of acne, you have to understand what causes it in the first place. All in all, the formation of acne pimples a pretty complicated process that even scientists and dermatologists don't fully understand. What is known though, can be summed up in a fairly simple manner ? Acne …

Calorie Restriction May Prevent Alzheimer's Through Promotion Of Longevity Program In The Brain

A recent study directed by Mount Sinai School of Medicine suggests that experimental dietary regimens might calm or even reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The study, which appears in the July 2006 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, is the first to show that rest…

Vegetarian Diets Cause Major Weight Loss, New Scientific Review Shows

A scientific review in April's Nutrition Reviews shows that a vegetarian diet is highly effective for weight loss. Vegetarian populations tend to be slimmer than meat-eaters, and they experience lower rates of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and other life-threatening co…

Suntory, Kyoto University Confirm Effectiveness Of Calorie-controlled Diets In Weight Loss

Suntory made a presentation on its recent research with Kyoto University at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science . The two partners have been conducting research on a calorie-controlled diet, which is low in calories but supplies adequate amounts …

Stopping A Killer Of Young Athletes

Cardiologist Dr. Srihari Naidu has become one of the first interventional cardiologists in New York to routinely treat hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM), a thickening of the heart's muscle, using a minimally invasive procedure known as alcohol septal ablation. The proced…

Step By Step, Cancer Patients Use Exercise To Feel Better

When individuals with breast or prostate cancer followed a moderate, home-based exercise program using resistance bands and walking, the patients had less fatigue during radiation treatments, greater strength and could walk farther and faster in only four weeks, researchers discovered in …