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Smartphone Way to Lose Weight
April 15, 2013 Forget fad diets and hypnotherapy; your smartphone could be a key tool to losing those post-Easter egg pounds, according to ... > full story -
Following a Western Style Diet May Lead to Greater Risk of Premature Death
April 15, 2013 Data from a new study of British adults suggest that adherence to a "Western-style" diet (fried and sweet food, processed and red meat, refined grains, and high-fat dairy products) reduces a person's ... > full story -
Molecular Techniques Are 'Man's New Best Friend' in Pet Obesity Research
April 11, 2013 Molecular biology technologies are making the mechanisms underlying the pet obesity epidemic more easily ... > full story -
Weight Loss Surgery Not Only Shrinks Waists but Also Affects Genes
April 11, 2013 Gastric bypass surgery can drastically reduce the body weight of obese individuals in a short timeframe. For reasons that are not entirely clear, the surgery also leads to early remission of type 2 ... > full story -
Adult Generations of Today Are Less Healthy Than Their Counterparts of Previous Generations
April 10, 2013 Despite their greater life expectancy, the adults of today are less "metabolically" healthy than their counterparts of previous generations. That's the conclusion of a large cohort study which ... > full story -
Modest Population-Wide Weight Loss Could Result in Reductions in Type 2 Diabetes and Cardio Disease
April 9, 2013 A new article suggests a strong association between population-wide weight change and risk of death from Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular ... > full story -
Stress During Gestation Causes a Predisposition to the Development of Pathologies in Adulthood
April 9, 2013 The intrauterine environment plays an important role in the health of the offspring. Now, experts from the affirm that the mother's stress, due to socio-economic or psycho-social causes, is ... > full story -
'Well-Being Risks' Contribute to Decreased Productivity
April 9, 2013 In addition to health-related risk factors, some non-traditional "well-being risks" can have a significant impact on workers' ... > full story -
Adding Intestinal Enzyme to Diets of Mice Appears to Prevent, Treat Metabolic Syndrome
April 8, 2013 Feeding an intestinal enzyme to mice kept on a high-fat diet appears to prevent the development of metabolic syndrome -- a group of symptoms associated with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease ... > full story -
Fatheads: How Neurons Protect Themselves Against Excess Fat
April 8, 2013 In a recent study in mice, researchers have pinpointed an enzyme that keeps neurons' fat levels under control, and may be implicated in human neurological ... > full story
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