Obesity Prevalence Remains High in U.S.; Women Over 60 At Particular Risk
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Obesity As a Disease – Really! (VIDEO)
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Obesity As a Disease – Really!
åÊ The American Medical Association recently voted to define obesity as a disease, making it a medical condition requiring treatment that should be covered by insurance. Obesity affects more than a third of adults and 17 percent of children nationwide. The AMA took its vote during its annual meeting after...
Patients with Diabetes More than Twice as likely to Have Hearing Impairment (VIDEO)
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Patients with Diabetes More than Twice as likely to Have Hearing Impairment
Source: McKnight’s LTC NewsPatients with diabetes are more than twice as likely to have hearing impairment than individuals without, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).The study’s lead author said diabetic patients should be screened for hearing impairment...
Gastric Bypass Surgery Can Lead to Alcohol Abuse (VIDEO)
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Can Lead to Alcohol Abuse
Patients who had gastric bypass surgery faced double the risk for excessive drinking, according to a study released by in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Gastric bypass surgery shrinks the stomach’s size and attaches it to a lower portion of the intestine. That limits food intake and the...
Putting Obesity in Perspective
The world’s population is 16.5 million tons overweight. If everyone on the planet had the same average weight as Americans, it would be equivalent to having 935 million additional people on earth.åÊ Happy 5th of July! Source: BBC
Diabetes Doubles Risk of Dementia, Alzheimer’s
A study on the relationship between diabetes and dementia reveals that diabetes appears to double a personäó»s risk of developing Alzheimeräó»s disease or other dementias. A study published in the September 20 issue of Neurology showed that people with diabetes were more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other types...
Boomers – The Fattest Generation
According to an Associated Press-LifeGoesStrong.com poll, boomers are more obese than other generations and even those who aren’t obese need to do more to stay fit. Most adults are supposed to get 2_ hours a week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity. Only about a quarter of boomers polled report working up...