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Even A Few Extra Pounds Increase Heart Failure Risk
Not only obese, but also overweight people are exposed to a higher risk of heart failure, compared...
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New Ratings System for U.S. Nursing Homes
Federal officials hope the new rating system for nursing homes across the country will put...
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FDA Wants More Study for Diabetes Drugs to Better Asses for Heart Risks
More than a year after GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s Avandia was linked to higher risk of heart...
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Deaths Caused By Heart Attacks, Strokes Decline But For How Long?
Deaths caused by heart attacks and strokes have declined by about 30 percent since 1999 most...
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Gene Variant May Predispose Children to Craving for Junk Food
A gene variation may play a significant role in the control of food intake and food choices,...
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Americans Don’t Exercise Enough
One of the biggest health risks that the United States face at the moment is obesity. In a recent...
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One Third Of Americans Don’t Meet Minimum Levels Of Physical Activity
A report by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention found that approximately...
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Inactivity in Depressed Heart Patients Increases Cardiac Risk
Depression is one of the issues today’s world faces and tries
to overcome. Scientists have shown...
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Your Beauty Sleep, Your Ticket To A Life Without Cancer
According to a new study led by James McClain of the National Cancer Institute, practicing regular...
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Too Little Sleep May Boost Cancer Risk
U.S. researchers claim that a proper diet and exercise enhance body weight and physical function in...
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CDC: Huntington, W. Virginia Is the Unhealthiest City in the US
A new report released by the US Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention places Huntington,
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Study Fails To Find Benefits Of Exercise In Heart Failure Patients
A recent study on the benefits of physical exercise in patients with heart failure has failed to...
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Staying Active Helps Heart Failure Patients As Well
“Be
active!” is not a message that we hear for the first time. Health care
providers and not only...
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Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Often Go Hand in Hand
When you look at the list of risk factors
for developing type 2 diabetes you may see that there...
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CDC: The Rate of New Cases of Type 2 Diabetes Has Doubled in 10 Years
According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of new...
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Consumer Group Urges FDA to Ban Glaxo’s Avandia over Liver Failure
Consumer group Public Citizen on Thursday asked the Food and
Drug Administration to ban...
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Obesity, Sedentary Life Blamed For Soaring Rates Of Diabetes In The South
The rate of new cases of diabetes almost doubled in the US in
the past ten years, fueled by...
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Western Diet’s Harm Finally Revealed
Fried foods, salty snacks and meat, in other words the typical Western diet accounts for some 30...
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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk Helps People Facing The Disease
Thousands of people turned out for the
walk to promote breast cancer awareness and to provide hope...
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Study Concludes Brain Signals Can Predict Weight Gain
A study published in the October 17 issue of the journal Science
has revealed that overweight...
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More Exercise and Less Alcohol
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a lot of reports and studies linked to breast...
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Overweight People Find Sweets Less Satisfying
Overweight people actually don’t enjoy
eating fatty food and sweets, a brain study found. The...
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Your Brain Likes Googling
The Internet has so far proven its benefits regarding the sharing and spreading information,...
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New Guidelines And The Benefits Of A Regular Exercise Regimen
The new Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of...
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Update: New Guidelines For Physical Activity For A Healthier Life
According to government guidelines released this week, adults need somewhere between two and two...
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Federal Guidelines Urge More Physical Activity
Children and adolescents should do an hour
or more of moderate-intensity to vigorous aerobic...
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Commitment to healthy eating a must after weight loss
Hamburg - Finally, you've lost the 15 kilograms you had hoped to lose, your body has emerged...
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90% of U.S. Nursing Homes Cited for Violating Federal Care Standards
More than 90% of U.S. nursing homes surveyed were
cited for violating federal care standards in...
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Study Shows No Benefit from Arthroscopic Surgery for Knee Osteoarthritis
A study in the New England Journal of
Medicine shows that arthroscopic knee surgery does not...
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Alternative Treatments Can Successfully Replace Arthroscopic Knee Surgery
One of the most common surgical procedures to treat osteoarthritis – arthroscopic knee surgery –...
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Gyms Have Special Offers for the New Year! Find a Fitness Club that Fits You
The first week of January is always the busiest time of the year for health clubs. According to...
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Low-Glycemic Diet Helps Diabetics
People suffering from type 2 diabetes may keep their disease under control if they follow a...
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Heavy Snorers Burn More Calories at Rest than Non-snorers
People who snore heavily burn more calories
than those who snore lightly, a new research shows....
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Cancer – A Leader by 2010
The World Health Organization, in a report released this week, warned that new cancer cases and...
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Cancer To Become World’s Number One Killer By 2010
Cancer will become world’s number one killer by 2010, as the number of people in poorer countries...
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Brain Waves, a New Tool to Measure Autism Severity
A new study involving MEG (magnetoencephalography)
as a diagnostic tool discovered that certain...
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Regular Exercise And Sleep Hours Found To Halve Women’s Cancer Risk
Lack of sleep is something common nowadays. Whether it’s
just a movie on our laptop or...
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Take Your Statins To Prevent Heart Attack!
Half of heart attacks and strokes happen
among apparently healthy men and women with normal or low...
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Magnetic Field Therapy Said To Help Cure Body's Ills
Munich - Magnetic fields, which are common in our everyday lives but cannot be felt, are also...
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Migraine Headaches May Diminish Breast Cancer Risk
Women with a history of migraine headaches have a reduced risk of developing breast cancer,...
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Bullies Enjoy Seeing Others Suffering, Study Indicates
A new study of brain activity reveals that aggressive boys and men may enjoy seeing others in...
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Vigorous Activity Reduces Breast Cancer Risk by 30%, Study Shows
Vigorous exercise reduces a woman’s breast cancer risk by about 30 percent, according to a new...
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Vigorous Exercise Found to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
Choosing a healthy life means to maintain a balance in everything. It means having a balanced diet...
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Government: Get Fit To Avoid Health Risks!
Whether you’re young or old, you need to keep moving! No
matter you’re doing brisk walks, running...
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New Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Released, Get Moving!
Trying to prevent obesity and thus health problems related
to obesity, the Department of Health...
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Guidelines Set For Healthy Activity
In fact, forget this article and just turn off the computer and stop working on it, stop playing...
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Book’s Overweight Character “Teaches” Girls to Lose Weight
As obesity increasingly becomes a global health concern,
researchers try to figure out what we can...
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Popular Supplements Glucosamine and Chondroitin No Good for Arthritis
Popular dietary supplements – glucosamine and chondroitin
sulfate – proved no better than placebos...
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AHA Recommends Screening For Depression In All Heart Patients
People suffering from some form of heart disease appear to
be at a higher risk of depression as...
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US Study: Frequent Running Found To Delay Aging Process
If you want to delay the consequence of aging, you’d better
start running on daily basis according...
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Texting Could Be Hazardous As Well, Emergency Physicians Warn
It seems that not only talking on the phone while driving is
dangerous resulting in more accidents...
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It Only Takes An Hour Of Daily Exercise For Women To Get In Shape
Losing weight can be a real pain just thinking about it, but
in fact, a recent study found that it...
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Obesity In The US Is A Real Problem, Study Says
On Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention published the alarming results of...
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Vitamin D Deficiency May Boost Heart Attack Risk
Men suffering from Vitamin D deficiency appear to be more
predisposed to heart attack, new...
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Report: San Francisco - The Fittest City in the US
A scientific analysis by the American College of Sports Medicine released at its annual meeting in...
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Giant Networks ABC, CBS and NBC Join Hands in Cancer Initiative
It
is always great news when you hear that the fight against cancer brings more
people together,...
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