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Texas Laparoscopic Consultants Perform 300th Single-Incision Weight Loss Procedure at Houston Bariatric Surgery Practice
Board-certified bariatric surgeons in Houston are using a new weapon in the fight against morbid obesity, a disease that now afflicts about 11 million people in the U.S.
Regulators Want Truckers On Road To Shape Up
Federal regulators have announced plans to step up scrutiny of sleep apnea and other health issues affecting truckers, who are more likely than average Americans to be overweight. The move has prompted a health craze -- or what passes for one -- among truckers.
South Bay's Best Trainers Unite To Fight The Obesity Epidemic In Southern California
Torrance, CA (BlackNews.com) -- On August 7, 2010, the Fitness Syndicate officially wages war on obesity in the South Bay. The Fitness Syndicate vs. Obesity "Push Through the Obstacle" is a 12 week program to combat the epidemic of obesity in the South Bay. The Fitness Syndicate was established on March 6, 2010, when a group of South Bay trainers and coaches decided to join forces to help do ...
Gestational Diabetes Often Repeats Itself
A new study suggests that pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes have a good chance of developing the condition again. The researchers found that the risk of having gestational diabetes during a future pregnancy increase with each previously affected one. Gestational diabetes typically occurs during late pregnancy and is known by high blood sugar that results from the body's ...
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Bisphenol A, a synthetic estrogen and endocrine disrupter, has been in the news lately. Scientists, health experts and consumers have been pressing for a federal ban on the use of BPA in food packaging and beverage containers, which Congress has been debating since early last year.
Functional MRI can help to assess tumor viability
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (the disease commonly referred to as pancreatic cancer) carries the worst prognosis of any cancer. As current treatments offer minimal benefit, entirely new approaches are needed. Given the success of local therapies, as opposed to intravenous systemic therapies, for liver diseases (such as hepatocellular carcinoma), it is thought that similar local therapies may ...
Pregnancy-related diabetes likely to recur: study
Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study.
Stand up for good health and a long life
We all know that exercise is good for you. Since obesity has been linked so strongly to a lack of activity, public health guidelines have concerned themselves with promoting increasing physical activity with little or no attention to the topic of the amount time spent sitting.
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