High-Dose Statins For people recovering from heart attacks, drugs called statins are already standard medicine. Statins, such as Pravachol and Lipitor help patients lower their cholesterol levels. According to the American Heart Association, 42...
Obesity can negatively affect a child’s physical and psychological well-being. Teasing by peers can lead to depression and anxiety. Many children who are teased about their weight will try restrictive dieting at an early...
As the rate of overweight and obesity climbs, so do the related physical and psychological consequences. Studies indicate that the lowest risks for heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers are in people who have...
Are American children overweight because their parents are, because they eat too many calories, or is something else going on? Researchers found babies who gain weight more rapidly than their peers in the first...
What is it about our culture that brought us here? Experts used to think weight was predetermined by a person’s set-point: a weight range at which the body is comfortable that can be maintained...
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A well-known Eastern supplement found in plants like barley and wheat could be the key to preventing the most common type of liver transplant. The molecule S-methylmethionine (SMM), which has been marketed as an...
Because the prevalence of type 2 diabetes has tripled in the last 30 years, researchers continue to study the link between obesity and diabetes so that greater numbers of individuals can better control their...
With more than 30 percent of children overweight and one in five considered obese, U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher calls childhood obesity a national health problem with frightening long-term implications. The American Medical Association...
Despite all the hype about the benefits of a low carbohydrate and no carbohydrate diet, new research by the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicates diets high in carbohydrates are actually lower in calories and...
There is an increasing number of drugs, fat and carbohydrate substitutes, surgical procedures and group programs that have the potential for helping people manage their weight. Some are effective; others are risky. None is...
Not only is weight control difficult, it’s not even fair. We are different in genetic makeup, age, gender, physical activity, medical problems and emotional health. Heredity and Environment If members of your family are...
There is little evidence that current weight loss strategies are very effective. Well over 30 percent of Americans are overweight and the number is growing. Those who do lose weight will drop an average...
Enhancing Energy Every cell in the body is packed with small organelles called mitochondria. Referred to as “intracellular powerhouses”, these cell components produce most of the energy used by the body. Cells with a...
Metabolic syndrome is really a clustering of risk factors that makes up the syndrome, like a high waist circumference. When you carry the weight around your waist, it puts you at higher risk of...
How much fructose does the average American consume each day? The average fructose consumption is about 37 grams to 40 grams per day. However, in the last three decades, the amount of fructose, from...
What happens when bodies don’t get enough Vitamin C? There is too little reproduction of the reinforcement molecules called collagen which make up not only the bones, but also the skin, the organs, the...
What is Type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes and used to be called “maturity onset” or “non-insulin-dependent” diabetes. When you have diabetes your body cannot use glucose...
Yes. There is some evidence that taking just some form of calcium supplement can have the same effect. However, at this point in time, it looks like that actually something about the combination of...
Fish is really becoming a superstar so to speak when it comes to heart health primarily because it’s such a great source of the omega-3 fatty acids. These omega-3 fatty acids do a number...
What is the prevalence of heart diseases in Americans? Heart disease is the biggest killer of all of the chronic diseases. Cancer comes second. They say if you don’t die of heart disease you’re...
Carotid Ultrasound IMT Score Not surprisingly perhaps, the health of the carotid arteries (the ones that carry oxygen and nutrients to the brain) can give great insight into the health of the cardiovascular system...
The findings come from Japanese investigators who tested the technique on 86 patients in the hopes of identifying the cancer in its early stages. Although the procedure failed to find the cancer before it...
Quitting smoking can decrease the risk of developing all different types of lung cancer, including those most and least closely associated with tobacco use. Lung cancer is typically divided into two major types: small...
Why has the incidence of autism increased? Do you think vaccines relate to this? There really is not a good hypothesis right now to explain that increase. I think many parents have been concerned...