Major overhaul of US life urged to cure obesity: experts
Two-thirds of American adults are too fat, and a major overhaul of US policies — from schools to restaurants to urban planning — is needed to stem the epidemic, medical experts said Tuesday.
Month: May 2012
FDA favors first drug for HIV prevention
Federal drug regulators on Tuesday affirmed landmark study results showing that a popular HIV-fighting pill can also help healthy people avoid contracting the virus that causes AIDS in the first place. While the pill appears safe and effective for prevention, scientists stressed that it only works when taken on a daily basis.
News 12 Special Assignment: HCG: The Diet Debate
The HCG diet was featured on the Dr. Oz show on News 12. Dieters who tried the diet say they experienced rapid weight loss, but there's a debate among doctors in the medical community about whether it actually works. The tried and true method of …
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FDA revisits safety of Arena Pharma's diet pill
By MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer – 1 minute ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are asking tough questions about the risk of tumors and heart problems with an experimental diet pill from Arena Pharmaceuticals, which was previously …
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Top 10 diet foods that can make you fat
Unfortunately, even with the best intentions, you could be sabotaging your weight loss with the wrong foods. They might look and seem healthy, but that's not always the case. Check out the top 10 diet foods that could pile on the pounds.
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Is healthy weight impossible for many Americans?
The IOM, part of the National Academies, offers advice to the government and others on health issues. Its report was released at the Weight of the Nation conference, a three-day meeting hosted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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isee systems Releases New Interactive Weight Loss Prediction Model
LEBANON, NH, May 08, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — isee systems, developer of market-leading STELLA and iThink Systems Thinking software, has released LabP: Predicting Weight Loss, a holistic, interactive, laboratory that allows individuals, health care …
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NNSA, FBI conclude radiological security exercise in NC
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) completed a table-top counterterrorism exercise at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) at Research Triangle Park, …
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Lipace Ends Tutorial Exercise
The Liberia Institute for the Promotion of Academic Excellence (LIPACE), in collaboration with youth Exploring Solution (YES) has ended a two-week free comprehensive tutorial exercise for over four hundred students writing this year's West African …
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Champion Of Exercise
| “I love sweating and exercising. If I don't exercise, I'm not a happy camper,” says the two-time Olympic medalist. That's why you'll find her practicing yoga five times a week at various studios around town. She's impressed by how many choices there … See all stories on this topic » |
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Evacuation exercise May 19 to prepare residents, responders
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is hosting an evacuation training event for Highlands Ranch residents April 19 in conjunction with its wildland training exercise that same day. In this file photo, smoke blows in from the Lower North Fork Fire in …
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Innovative Exercise System Created by Braintree Gymnast Offers On-the-Go Fitness
Greg Monaco developed Mobile Fitness Systems after working as a fitness trainer and earning his graduate degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology. By Joseph Markman Designing and constructing the Mobile Fitness Systems equipment.
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