If you’re looking for tips to lose weight, it is not difficult to find them. The weight loss industry is a 60 billion dollar business, involving a plethora of experts, coaches, and companies advocating every diet and remedy under the sun. Unfortunately, much of the advice out there consists of empty promises.
Two-thirds to 90 per cent of dieters regain the lost weight within a year or two. The b

Health officials raised further questions on Friday about the source of a new strain of bird flu infecting humans in China after data indicated that more than half of patients had had no contact with poultry.The H7N9 virus has been found in 87 people, mostly in eastern China, and killed 17. But it is not clear how people are becoming infected and the World Health Organization (WHO) says there is n

An international team of flu experts will go to China within a week to help with investigations into the deadly H7N9 virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) .
The new strain of avian flu has killed 14 among 63 people known to have been infected, but no human-to-human spread of the virus has been confirmed.
China confirmed on Saturday a seven-year-old child had been infected by the virus in t

Carrying excess weight around the abdomen is linked to an increased risk of kidney disease, a study suggests Friday.
It was already known that being “apple-shaped,” as opposed to “pear-shaped”, added to the risk of developing cardiovascular problems. This research, in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, which is highlighted by the media here, found signs of kidney problems

Lake Annabelle Hall wouldn’t be alive today if doctors at Children’s Hospital of Colorado hadn’t operated on a cyst on her left lung before she was born.
Doctors pulled her halfway out of her mother’s womb, leaving her connected to her the umbilical cord and placenta, which served as life support for her while a team of 43 doctors and nurses operated on her.
She is now 5 months old after the

Increasing potassium in our diets as well as cutting down on salt will reduce blood pressure levels and the risk of stroke, research in the British Medical Journal suggests.One study review found that eating an extra two to three servings of fruit or vegetables per day – which are high in potassium – was beneficial.A lower salt intake would increase the benefits further, researchers said.A stroke

Most people who stop taking cholesterol-lowering statins – because of side effects or for another reason – are able to restart the same drug or a similar one without lasting problems, a new study suggests.
That’s important because for people who need statins, quitting them for good increases the chance of serious heart problems, researchers said, so doctors and patients should think carefully

Patients don’t trust obese doctors and are less likely to follow their advice compared with skinnier physicians, new research shows.
The study is believed to be the first to show that overweight and obese MDs are vulnerable to the same “fat phobia” and harmful stereotypes that physicians display toward their overweight patients.
Numerous studies have shown that doctors have biased attitu

The flu season is winding down, and it has killed 105 children so far — about the average toll.
The season started about a month earlier than usual, sparking concerns it might turn into the worst in a decade. It ended up being very hard on the elderly, but was moderately severe overall, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Six of the pediatric deaths were report

Young men who have served in the British military are about three times more likely than civilians to have committed a violent offense, researchers reported in a study that explores the roots of such behavior.
The research found that merely being sent to Iraq or Afghanistan made no difference in rates of violent crime later on. Instead, a key predictor was violent behavior before enlisting. Comb

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