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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
USDA today issued a study which shows how successful each State is in reaching families eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and that state-by-state participation rates in SNAP varied widely. According to Reaching Those in Need: State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2007, the latest annually released report, 66 percent of eligible persons...
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The-F-Word.org (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Thanksgiving is perhaps the holiday that inspires the most amount of anxiety and fear in the hearts of those (Americans) with eating disorders, especially those of us with bingeing disorders like bulimia or BED who know we can eat the feast twice over and then some. We've discussed tips and advice for the holidays here before, but I got a note from the Eating Recovery Center of Colorado this week with...
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LG15 Today (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Eating Disorders: A Sad Truth I posted this article because i think more people are getting the wrong idea about eating disorders and it'd be really nice to see them actually have some of the facts instead of all this fiction you can find on the web.
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FitSugar (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The holidays can be pretty indulgent - decadent meals, cocktail parties, and dessert after dessert to savor. Add to that stressful gift shopping, holidays spent away for home, and workouts being replaced with entertaining and suddenly you've gotten completely off track with your health. Before you beat yourself up for having that second piece of pumpkin pie, take a deep breath and tell yourself it's...
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aindreas.com (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Jeremy above (1997 and @2007) severely suffers from anorexia. Jeremy has done alot to raise awareness. Hope he's keeping well. I have mentioned male eating disorders previously. Geeky facts = 20 years ago for every 10-15 females who suffered from Anorexia or bulimia there as only 1 male. Today research shows for every ...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
While well meaning in nature, we have to consider that obesity is incredibly complex and has multiple origins. Therefore, interventions are likely to be as complex in nature.
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The-F-Word.org (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Happy almost-Thanksgiving to all my American readers. This post is coming to you a day early because, like so many of my fellow countrymen, I’ll be taking tomorrow off to sleep in before gorging on some Tofurkey and pumpkin pie and then vegging out in a stupified food coma with my closest friends and family. [...]
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A Western Heart (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
"Hungry Jack's" is the Australian branch of America's "Burger King". When something is attacked by "the chairman of the Sydney World Action on Salt and Health", you know you are dealing with an attention-seeking fraud -- and you can be pretty sure that the truth is the reverse of what he says -- since a low salt diet REDUCES your lifespan . The full range of scientific...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
The immune systems of HIV patients who are obese don't respond to antiretroviral therapy as well as do those of people of normal weight, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). The findings were presented by San Diego-based Nancy Crum-Cianflone, MD at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Summary of recent events: Dr G and I bought a house! Upon collecting the keys we discovered it stank. In the literal sense. We're frantically trying to de-stink before the move on December 9 Some bright spark said, "If we're...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking a permanent injunction against Sharkco Seafood International Inc., located in Venice, La. The injunction is intended to stop the seafood processing company from distributing scombrotoxin-forming fish in interstate commerce. Consumption of scombrotoxin-forming fish that are not properly preserved or refrigeratedcan result in scombroid food poisoning,...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
When you eat may be just as vital to your health as what you eat, found researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Their experiments in mice revealed that the daily waxing and waning of thousands of genes in the liver-the body's metabolic clearinghouse-is mostly controlled by food intake and not by the body's circadian clock as conventional wisdom had it.
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The Local (Free subscription) | yesterday
After decades of progressive weight gain, Swedes' waistlines appear to have stopped expanding, a new study shows.
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advanced nanotechnology (Free subscription) | yesterday
Map of coal power by state. Note: about of third of the air pollution can go thousands of miles from the plant. There is more impact on air quality and health of those near the plants. Air pollution has been improved in the USA since the 1950s and 1960s. There is still a negative effect. 24,000 coal impacted deaths and a total of 60,000 air pollution impacted deaths out of 2.5 million deaths from...
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Michael R. Eades, M.D. (Free subscription) | yesterday
I'm going to reveal the only medical problem I have (at least that I know of) other than the propensity toward obesity when I eat too many carbs. I'm going to explain how the direct response business works. I'm going to talk about the problems direct marketers have in dealing with our servants in Washington. [...]
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elga80zko | 11/24/2009
NEW YORK – Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware has played in dozens of important games and hung out with some of the biggest stars in sports. Still, he was nervous when he met President Barack Obama. "It's something like no other," Ware said Thursday. "Being able to meet the most important guy in the United States, the guy with the most power, it was unbelievable." Ware and fellow NFL players Drew...
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jhon0009 | 11/17/2009
Fats are necessary nutrients for the health they play a variety of the important functions in daily life. They are the source of the energy to the body. But, when these fats are available in the body in the excess then they put the adverse impact on the health of the individual. At first stage you will not feel anything with those excessive fats, but internally your body would be suffering a lot due...
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biocomtechha | 11/16/2009
Health Assessment for early detection of arterial hypertension According to the 2004 World Health Organization report, high blood pressure is the primary cause of premature death. In fact, 13% of all deaths can be associated with high blood pressure. There is a growing tendency of people suffering from hypertension. In USA alone, 24% of the adult population suffers from arterial hypertension symptoms....
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