In the Forum - Smoking and Exercise
July 28th, 2006One forum member asks the question: “What I need is some real data or personal experences about smoking while exercising. I already know smoking is bad,…
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Safer Anti-obesity Drugs May Stem From New Insight Into How Serotonin Reduces Appetite
July 28th, 2006A study led by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher sheds light on how the brain chemical serotonin, when spurred by diet drugs such as Fen-phen, works to curb appetite.That knowledge could aid in the design of safer anti-obesity drugs nearly a decade after Fen-phen was banned for causing harmful side effects. [click link for full article]
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Dieting mums-to-be ‘put baby’s health at risk’
July 28th, 2006Mothers-to-be who diet during pregnancy are putting their children at risk of heart attacks and strokes later in life, experts warned today.
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Jackson Laboratory Researchers Show High BMI Doesn’t Always Spell Obesity
July 28th, 2006For years doctors have used the body mass index (BMI), a ratio of height and weight, to characterize the clinical weight status of their patients. The lower the number, the presumption goes, the leaner the person, and anyone with a BMI above 30 is characterized as obese and at high risk for the associated complications. [click link for full article]
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The sugar trap: what ‘healthy foods’ are doing to our children
July 28th, 2006We think of breakfast cereals as a healthy option, but look closely at the ingredients label and you might want to make some an occasional treat rather than everyday food. As a Which? report published last week revealed, some cereals have as much sugar in them as a chocolate bar
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Obesity weighs more heavily on women than men (Reuters)
July 28th, 2006Reuters - Being overweight puts a greater burden on women’s health than men’s, a new study shows.
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The virus that made me forget my family
July 28th, 2006Two years ago Claire Rutherford thought she had flu, but in fact the former school nurse had viral encephalitis which wiped out her short-term memory and left her unable to recognise her own family. Here, she tells her heartbreaking story to ANGELA EPSTEIN
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Nurses? It’s the doctors who are the real problem
July 28th, 2006An article in the Daily Mail last week, written by an anonymous doctor, stirred up an overwhelming response from nurses. Most of them strongly disagreed with his damning criticisms of their profession. Here, we publish a selection of their letters
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Patient obesity is obscuring medical scans (HealthDay)
July 28th, 2006
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) — In yet another example of how obesity is playing havoc with Americans’ health, a new study finds that the number of inconclusive diagnostic imaging exams has doubled in the last 15 years — a phenomenon experts attribute to all those extra pounds.
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Low glycemic index diet best at reducing weight (Reuters)
July 28th, 2006Reuters - A diet rich in carbohydrates with a low glycemic index appears to be more effective in reducing fat mass and lowering the chances of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) than diets with a high glycemic index or high in protein, an Australian research team reports.
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