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Textually (Free subscription) | yesterday
People with an eating disorder may not want to attend a support group or meet with therapists, but a new report raises the prospect that "remote therapies" via e-mail, text messaging or through Web sites could help them recover. US News reports. Related: -- Nagging text messages help you save and stay healthy -- Text messages may help smokers quit
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
Eating disorder (ED) patients display a high prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms and functional gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome. These symptoms may interfere with their nutritional management. Ingestion of fructose-sorbitol (F-S) is an established means of gastrointestinal symptom provocation in irritable bowel syndrome patients.
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Forbes (Free subscription) | yesterday
Online and text messages might be more helpful than therapy for some, researchers suggest
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VitaBeat (Free subscription) | yesterday
People with an eating disorder may not want to attend a support group or meet with therapists, but a new report raises the prospect that "remote therapies" via e-mail, text messaging or through Web sites could help them recover. In the new report, published online Nov. 19 in The Lancet , researchers pointed out that it can be difficult to find treatment.
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Gastric Band Surgery Blog (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Keep up to date with all of the latest News on Gastric Band Surgery which will cost Less in France and Belgium. Our overall health is closely connected to our eating habits and our nutrition. A nutritious diet can prevent diseases and reduce the risk of many others. At the same time, a poor nutrition can [...]
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Blowing San #1 (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. Officials at historically black Lincoln University said Friday that the school is simply concerned about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American community....
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Notebooks - Los Cuadernos de Julia (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
- Can She Actually Speak? - A few weeks ago I read a feature in the brand new Stylist magazine about Kate Moss. Half-way through the interview I read this phrase that left me... well, speachless, if only for a moment. ...while Karaiskos steered Kate's profile and made the decision that she should never give interviews, ensuring her lasting mystique. To this day I struggle to understand what it was...
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Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Twenty-five seniors at a university in Pennsylvania must prove they've lost weight in order to graduate this spring. The unusual requirement stems from a policy Lincoln University put in place fours ago: Incoming freshmen with a body mass index of 30, the threshold for obesity, must take a nutrition class...
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Feed Me! (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Lincoln University, a historically black college in southern Pennsylvania, has made the news recently for jumping on the now-mandatory "wellness" bandwagon. As reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education , Lincoln's version is to institute a policy of weighing and measuring all freshmen; those with BMIs over 30 are required to take a one-credit course called "Fitness for Life"...
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PTSD After Childbirth (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
MORE than 800 health care professionals and breastfeeding experts from around the world will descend on the BIC for the Unicef UK Baby Friendly Conference next Wednesday and Thursday. Delegates will hear about research into breastfeeding and obesity, stem cells in breast milk, postnatal depression, and care for premature babies. There will also be presentations on how to improve breastfeeding support...
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Fitness Watch (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
More PTSD - Post-Truth Stupidity Disorder. "Childhood obesity is on the rise, and with it comes an increased risk for developing health problems such as type 2 diabetes. The best way to reduce the risk of serious weight-related health issues such as diabetes is to eat healthy and increase physical activity. Researchers at Geisinger Health System's Henry Hood Center for Health Research and the...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
HYDERABAD: President of the Public Health Foundation of India Prof. K. Srinath Reddy has accused the corporate sector of engineering food to a new concept level of “eatertainment” and adding to the obesity problem in the ...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
The incidence of Type 2 diabetes has increased significantly over the last two decades, affecting both women and men alike. Obesity, often the result of unhealthy diets and lack of exercise, is a major contributor to the development of Type 2 diabetes. But despite the large number of cases diagnosed in the United States, many Americans still lack basic knowledge about the disease.
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The-F-Word.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
You’ve heard of the Connecticut woman who was mauled by a 200-pound chimpanzee, right? Charla Nash, 65, was visiting a friend last February when her friend’s pet chimp attacked her, tearing off her nose, lips, eyelids and hands before being shot dead by cops. Nash later lost her eyes to infection and her facial disfigurement [...]
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The Observer (Free subscription) | yesterday
• Interview comments criticised as dangerous • Agent says words were taken out of context When the supermodel Kate Moss, in a rare online interview this week, told readers that one of her mottos was "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels", the fallout was instant, vitriolic and damning. Susan Ringwood, chief executive of Beat, an eating disorder charity, said Moss's words were...
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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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riderwear | 11/13/2009
Importance of male sexual wellness and its effects on a person’s relationships and his over all health. Male sexual wellness and sexual libido depends on both, a man’s mind and body. Physical fitness plays a vital role in increasing a man’s libido and his over all health. There are many kinds of herbs and medicines that provide you with the necessary elements needed for a man’s sexual well being, but...