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TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- While there are plenty of good reasons to avoid obesity in your teens, a new study now suggests that extra weight in adolescence may increase your risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) later.
A primer for employers fed up with spiraling healthcare costs and looking toward trimming down their employees as an answer.
More and more evidence today of the link between obesity and cancer.Michele Gielan has that story and more in today's health report.As many as 100-thousand cases of cancer could have been prevented if Americans lost some weight.(takevo)That's the word from a new report that links OBESITY with many of the cancer cases in the U-S.Obesity contributed to nearly half the cases of endometrial cancer ...
In her guest commentary published Wednesday, Martha Simons’ meretricious effusion over Bonita Springs District 5’s “unbelievable support” more appropriately should be an expression of gratitude for that district’s chronic apathy as she prepared to become the second council person by default out of six, a percentage just short of those suffering from obesity, but surpassing victims of alopecia ...
JAMA. 2009;302(17):1864. Incorrect Wording in a Table: In the Clinical Crossroads entitled "A 52-Year-Old Woman With Obesity," published in the September 9, 2009, issue of JAMA (2009;302[10]:1097-1104), incorrect wording occurred in Table 2 on page 1101. Under the column heading "Additional Findings" for Buchwald et al, 35 2004, the data labeled "mean estimated weight loss" should have been ...
( University of Illinois at Chicago ) UIC researchers have received $1 million to study the relationship between "fat taxes" and food consumption, diet quality and obesity.
And excess consumption of saturated fats raises obesity risk, researchers find
Amylin Pharmaceuticals signs obesity drug deal with Takeda potentially worth over $1 billion
The Select Committee on Obesity and Diabetes and the Senate Health Committee held a joint hearing at Los Angeles City Hall inviting members of the beverage industry, health experts, community leaders and state officials to discuss the alleged role of sugar-sweetened soft drinks in America’s obesity crisis, and the possibility of taxation.
A cook at an Indiana restaurant suffered a job-related back injury, and a workers’ compensation board said the employer must pay for a medical procedure. What makes this news?
TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- While there are plenty of good reasons to avoid obesity in your teens, a new study now suggests that extra weight in adolescence may increase your risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) later.
MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major risk factor for left atrial enlargement, which increases the risk of atrial fibrillation, stroke and death, a new study shows.
New data from a long-term survey suggests that U.S. teens are no less active today than they were in 1991. Yet they've gotten increasingly heavier over the same period
Should teachers be giving out stickers instead of Snickers? Most attendees at the recent Preventing Obesity Summit hosted by Dakota County would answer yes.
Firm focuses on TB. breast cancer, diabetes, obesity and autoimmune diseases.
(AP:SAN DIEGO) Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Tuesday posted a smaller third-quarter loss following completion of clinical testing of its obesity drug candidate lorcaserin.
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