Monthly Archives: April 2007

Weight Loss Surgery: How To Predict Your Risk Of Death

Duke University surgeon Eric DeMaria, MD, has developed a 5-step scoring system to predict your risk of dying from weight loss surgery. A new study of over 4400 bariatric surgery patients supports his system. To determine your score, the doctors … Continue reading

If Diets Don’t Work, Then How Do You Lose Weight?

The headline du jour on all the diet news stories is: “Diets Don’t Work.” Instead, they say you should eat less and exercise more. Huh? Isn’t that a diet?

High Blood Pressure: Is It All In Your Head?

New research suggests the heart isn’t responsible for high blood pressure. The brain is.

Are You Eating FDA-Approved Arsenic?

You gotta love the government’s strategy to help us “eat healthy.” City after city in the U.S. has banned trans fats like they’re trying to protect us. Of course, they neglect to tell us that trans fats are being replaced … Continue reading

Can Obesity Make You Pregnant?

Well, not exactly. But your birth control pills may not work as well…

Warning: This Food Could Kill Your Kids

It could also kill you. Or just make you very sick. But it’s children who usually die. So why don’t the experts issue a public warning about this danger?