Sep
2
Experts Wonder Why Slimming Drug Meridia (sibutramine) Is Still On The Market In USA
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Sibutramine, brand name Meridia is an appetite suppressant, a weight loss pill. Editors at the NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) write it is difficult for them to discern a “credible rationale for keeping this medication on the market”, even though it is restricted for people without heart disease…
Aug
27
Researchers Study Cinnamon Extracts - Could Help Reduce Risk Factors Associated With Diabetes And Heart Disease
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A study led by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) chemist Richard Anderson suggests that a water soluble extract of cinnamon, which contains antioxidative compounds, could help reduce risk factors associated with diabetes and heart disease…
Aug
12
Improving Weight Loss Success By Putting Focus On Immediate Health Benefits
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Most weight loss programs try to motivate individuals with warnings of the long-term health consequences of obesity: increased risk for cancer, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and asthma. New research suggests the immediate health benefits - such as reduced pain - may be the most effective motivator for helping obese individuals shed extra weight and commit to keeping it off…
Jul
20
Risk Of Coronary Heart Disease Indicated By Increased Waistline And High Triglyceride Levels
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People with a larger waistline and high triglyceride levels are at increased risk of coronary heart disease, according to a research study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal…
Jul
7
Body mass index, or BMI, is the most common tool used to describe overweight and obesity in children. But BMI does not adequately describe regional distribution of fat, such as in the upper body, which is a better predictor of some obesity-related complications such as hypertension, diabetes and heart disease…
Jul
3
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: July 1, 2010
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METABOLIC DISEASE: Childhood obesity: possible new insight from mice Given the current ‘epidemic’ of obesity and its related diseases (including type 2 diabetes and heart disease), understanding how food intake, body composition, and energy expenditure are regulated has become a research priority. One soluble molecule found to regulate all these processes, and more, is leptin…
Jun
21
Obesity Doesn’t Always Guarantee Heart Disease (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - SATURDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — For a small number of obese
people, those extra pounds do not condemn them to heart disease or
diabetes, Dutch researchers report.
Jun
21
Obesity Doesn’t Always Guarantee Heart Disease (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - SATURDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — For a small number of obese
people, those extra pounds do not condemn them to heart disease or
diabetes, Dutch researchers report.
Jun
21
No Risk Of Heart Disease, Diabetes In Certain Obese People
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Obese people without metabolic risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol, do not have the elevated cardiovascular risk typical of obesity, but they represent only a small percentage of the obese population, according to a long-term study. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego…
Jun
20
Obesity Not Always a Sentence for Heart Disease (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - SATURDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — For a small number of obese
people, those extra pounds do not condemn them to heart disease or
diabetes, Dutch researchers report.