Articles in Research & Technology
By Emma Wilkinson ,Health reporter, BBC News
People who are overweight or obese in middle-age run the risk of being frail in later life, say Finnish researchers.
A study of more than 1,000 men found the highest …
The Diet Composition Comparison Study By G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN
When I saw the headlines and heard the news reports about a new study that concluded diet doesn’t matter as long as the calories …
By Ed Yeates
SALT LAKE CITY — Grandma told us “Early to bed, early to rise makes one healthy, wealthy and wise!” But should we now add “makes one lose weight” to the old saying as …
Does weight-loss surgery boost a patient’s sex life or libido? Yes, it does, especially when he is suffering from obesity-related erectile dysfunction or ED.
Obese men with ED have low levels of testosterone, and lower still …
For people considering weight loss surgery, the operation can offer significant health benefits ranging from reversal of Type 2 diabetes to
Weight-loss surgery
Weight-loss surgery cuts diabetes risk, improves fertility (Getty Images)
improving fertility and increasing an individual’s …
Jacksonville – Research is proving that brown fat cells are associated with weight management. Babies are born with an extremely high amount of this specific type of fat cells.
These brown cells are responsible for the …
By Jaimi Tudor (iBerkshires Columnist)
March is National Nutrition Month. This year’s slogan from the American Dietetics Association is “Eat Right.”
It is no secret that in America, obesity has become an epidemic: two out of three …
By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY
Weighing too much may take as much as a decade off your life, according a new analysis of studies that involved 900,000 people.
Adults who are obese — about 40 or more …
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sexual dysfunction that commonly occurs in morbidly obese men improves after weight loss surgery, according to a new study.
“Sexual dysfunction should be considered one of the numerous potentially reversible complications of obesity,” the study team concludes.
Supplements and weight loss
A supplement some people turn to in hopes of losing a few pounds may have some previously unknown, unsavory side effects, suggest two new studies.
