What is Obesity
Obesity is a health issue that affects many different people. But, how do you know if you are obese or just overweight? Well, one way that you can tell is just to find out how much someone your age and...
View ArticleNew Study Says Weight-Loss Surgery Doesn’t Decrease Death Risk Among Obese
A recent study using 850 male patients at a Veterans Affairs medical center that had undergone weight loss surgery has concluded that this type of surgery may not decrease their death risk after all....
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Antismoking Efforts Receiving Less Funding As States Shift Priorities
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and four other organizations released a report estimating that only two states are poised to meet federal recommendations for...
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Snacking On Nuts Provides Many Health Benefits
If you are looking for a healthy snack that can provide you with numerous health benefits, you should consider snacking on nuts. Evidence for the health benefits of nuts has been consistent since the...
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Study Finds Not All Lung Tumors Are Harmful
A new study found that approximately 1 in 5 lung tumors that are detectable with CT scans probably grow so slowly that they would never cause health problems for the patient. The analysis suggests that...
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Benefits Of Multivitamins Questioned By Health Experts
There are many people across the nation that take a daily multivitamin because they believe it will improve their health. However, according to a new editorial published in the journal Annals of...
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New Blood Pressure Guidelines Issued
The new hypertension guidelines are expected to change how doctors approach patients that have been diagnosed with high blood pressure. Under these new guidelines, many people currently on drug...
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Brain Injuries Continue As Ski Helmet Use Rises
Even though more people are wearing ski helmets on the ski slopes, they do not seem to be reducing the number of brain injuries that are occurring on the slopes. In recent years, experts have charted...
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Experts On A.D.H.D. Re-evaluating Drug Recommendations
The National Institute of Mental Health gave a group of more than a dozen leaders in child psychiatry $11 million twenty years ago to study whether medication, behavioral therapy or both were the best...
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H.I.V. Prevention Method Slow To Catch On
Health professionals have been surprised to find that a proven H.I.V. prevention method has been slow to catch on with the groups that are most at risk. Many health experts hoped that the medication,...
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Many Consumers Unaware Of Risks Of Laser Hair Removal
In recent years, laser hair removal has become a very popular method for long lasting hair removal results. Celebrities have endorsed the practice as their secret hair removal method and shops that...
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Depression The Focus Of Many New Studies
While much has been learned about depression over the years, there is still much that is unknown. Now, depression is the subject of many new studies conducted by researchers across the nation. In the...
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FTC Cracks Down On Weight Loss Companies’ Claims
The Federal Trade Commission has begun to crack down on the unfounded claims advertised by weight loss companies to generate more business. Four companies have been charged with fraud for deceptively...
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Surgeon General Expands List of Smoking-Related Illnesses
The acting surgeon general of the United States, Dr. Boris D. Lushniak, has released a new list of illnesses related to smoking that has been expanded to include diabetes, colorectal and liver cancers,...
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The 8 most harmful habits for your teeth
Bruxism: Bruxism is known as the action of clenching the jaw by force. You can do it consciously, or unconsciously, for example, while you sleep . Most people suffer from anxiety disorders and the wear...
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World Health Organization wants your opinion on Sugar Consumption
Through a public consultation, The World Health Organization (WHO), will be accepting, through their website from March 5 through March 31 2014, comments and opinions about their draft guidelines about...
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Chemoprevention and Prostate Health
Men of today are too busy to think for themselves. Their lives most likely revolve around office, gym and family. But, does any of them ensure good health and save you from one of the most dreadful...
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Tomato-rich Diet Could Prevent Postmenopausal Breast Cancer
According to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, eating a diet rich in tomatoes could protect postmenopausal women against breast cancer. As women age, the risk...
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Health Care and Disease Prevention Programs for Hispanics in the U.S slowly...
It is a fact verified by the United States Census Bureau that currently 17% of the United States population is Hispanic and estimated by the Census Bureau that by the year 2060 there will be about 129...
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