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Weight loss tips: top three weight loss diets for 2012

January 5, 2012 No Comment

Weight loss tips have become very important these days. U.S. News & World Report lists top three weight loss diets for the year 2012 U.S. News & World Report has come out with a brand new list. This is very relevant to all those who have some clause about weight watching in their New Year [...]

Medicare extends coverage for obesity in America

December 5, 2011 1 Comment

(Nvonews.com) American Medicare has been extended to cover obesity screening for seniors now. The news was announced this past week and was welcomed by medical practitioners as obesity happens to be a major cause of illnesses in the country. The new Medicare would, after the inclusion of obesity screening, now include 42 million more people [...]

Weight loss tips: Very low calorie diet without exercise may not succeed

December 4, 2011 No Comment

Working out is among the best weight loss diet tips. Even very low calorie diet may not be of much help without working out properly. A question that is on everyone’s mind is how to get into shape and lose weight? I too was one among them. But right now I am facing a question [...]

Weight loss issue: Medicare anti obesity action gives hope to millions

December 3, 2011 2 Comments

Weight loss is a big problem here. But now Medicare anti obesity proposal has given hope to millions of people in the US Obese people have great hope now. The report that Medicare is going to take care of severely obese people is going to open a new chapter of hope for them. They can [...]

New moms, dads unable to live upto ‘perfect’ parent tag

December 1, 2011 No Comment

Washington, (IANS) Parents of newborns might not quite be able to live upto the tag of ‘perfect’ moms and dads, thrust on them by the society, says a study. The study found moms showed less confidence in their parenting abilities and dads felt more stress when they were more worried about what other people thought [...]

Eating healthy at fast food restaurants

November 26, 2011 1 Comment

Nvonews.com Eating out often means eating unhealthy. Eating out at fast food restaurant is almost always unhealthy because fast food is loaded with all the wrong ingredients from our diet. But it need not necessarily be such a guilt ridden outing if we watch and become a little more discernible about what is served to [...]

Bottle gourd juice, healthy? Take care before you drink it

October 26, 2011 No Comment

New Delhi, (IANS) Bottle gourd or lauki juice may not be the best health drink and certain precautions must be observed, including discarding bitter-tasting lauki, the health ministry said in an advisory issued Tuesday. After a few cases of death and illness due to lauki juice were reported, the health ministry has come out with [...]

Mammograms saving lives is nothing but a myth

October 26, 2011 1 Comment

Women who have survived breast cancer swear by the mammograms that saved their life, but they might be so wrong. It has been found that mammogram screenings do not really save as many lives a popularly believed. A new analysis published in the Archives of Internal Medicine this Monday shows otherwise. Dr. Gilbert Welch of [...]

Polio under control but India aims at eradication: Azad

October 24, 2011 No Comment

New Delhi, (IANS) Though India reported just one case of polio this year, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Sunday efforts to contain the virus will be intensified, amid the risk of the disease creeping in from Pakistan and China. Thirty-nine cases were reported last year. In his message for the World Polio Day [...]

Cell phone cancer risk is merely a myth

October 23, 2011 1 Comment

That the use of cellphones increases the risk of causing cancer has been proven to be a myth by Danish researchers. British Medical Journal’s website published the research that was conducted on more than 350,000 people. It reiterates some other studies that indicate the same harmlessness of mobile phones over causing cancer to users. The [...]

Weight loss surgery may prompt others to lose weight

October 23, 2011 1 Comment

It has been found out that when a family member undergoes bariatric surgery to lose weight, the other members of the family are more likely to shed a few pounds, mostly women. And it was further discovered that the average weight lost by the family members was 8 pounds, which is impressive considering that the [...]

Daylight savings 2011: does it make any difference?

October 18, 2011 1 Comment

Now you can have more rest and get an hour’s extra sleep beginning 6th November when the Daylight savings times 2011 ends. This is annual ritual and you will have to move your watches an hour back. Though there is lack of consensus among expert if this practice of moving the clock back or forward [...]

Weight loss tips: maintaining long term weight-loss possible, says research

October 15, 2011 1 Comment

Substantial weight-loss is believed to be a sporadic phenomenon with patients often gaining the lost weight with the passage time. However, this was proven wrong by researchers who charter the participants for ten years. The data was presented by Dr Graham Thomas, a researcher at the National Weight Control Registry at the 29th Annual Scientific [...]

Diet Doc hCG Diet & Weight Loss give better weight loss tips

October 12, 2011 No Comment

Diet Doc hCG Diet & Weight Loss tips give better weight loss tips. Diet Doc hCG Diet & Weight Loss has come up with a new diet menu for people suffering from different ailments. So we have different weight-losing plans for diabetics and another personalized one for heart patients, among many others. The forum believes [...]