Easy Way To Lose Weight

If a woman dies from breast cancer, her daughters and sisters have a 60% to 80% greater chance of dying within 5 years if they also develop breast cancer.

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About 1 in 9 U.S. adults has chronic kidney disease (CKD). You may be one of them — even if you don’t know it.

Here’s something else you may not know:

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After treatment for a heart attack, obese patients have a lower risk of dying than normal weight patients.

It doesn’t make sense, does it?

My earlier article, Obesity May Cause Enlarged Heart, says that obesity puts you at higher risk of heart problems that can be deadly.

Here’s why both conclusions are true:

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If you have a body mass index of 30 or more — which indicates obesity — you may be at particular risk for developing heart disease.

That’s because obesity is linked to the thickening of the muscle in your left ventricle, the heart’s pumping chamber.

This condition, called left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), can result in heart rhythm problems and heart failure.

LVH is also associated with a higher risk of death.

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If you love high-fat comfort food, a new study may give you more reason to eat it.

It seems that comfort food really can increase happiness and relieve stress. The findings may even hold the key to understanding and possibly overcoming the obesity epidemic.

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U.S. adults have been getting steadily fatter over the last few decades. We’ve even managed to let our kids join the obesity trend.

But when I heard that Pfizer, Inc., introduced an injectable diet drug for dogs last month, I saw red.

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College students are in prime physical condition. Or are they?

The good news is they don’t smoke much. The bad news is…

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It’s a strange side effect of gastric bypass surgery, which reduces your stomach to the size of a walnut.

There have been reports of a patient drinking just one glass of wine and being cited for “driving under the influence.”

Even more frightening is the possibility of “addiction transfer,” where a binge eating addiction transfers into an alcohol addiction.

But is any of this really true?

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It’s true.

Women with early-stage breast cancer may cut their risk of dying by 50% — just by eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly.

It doesn’t matter if you’re thin or obese.

But you have to do it right.

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There’s a common sleep disorder that’s associated with a higher release of adrenaline.

According to researchers at Emory University School of Medicine, that’s what may increase the risk of high blood pressure for patients with this problem.

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