Many women don’t use birth control pills because they’re afraid of gaining weight. After all, it’s listed as one of the adverse effects of the pill.
According to the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), women may be limiting their birth control options unnecessarily.
The more overweight you are, the greater your risk for developing cancer — especially cancer of the breast, colorectum, endometrium, kidney, oesophagus, and pancreas.
Aspartame, a low-calorie sweetener, is often used in diet products as a sugar substitute.
But are you risking your health to lose weight with aspartame?
This morning, I read in The Pittsburgh Press that Jerry Lewis made the following remark to Entertainment Tonight about his supposedly “good friend,” Merv Griffin:
“I was very angry when I heard he died. He didn’t have to die. He knew he had prostate cancer and he did nothing about it. He deserved to die.”
I hope he was misquoted. But if he wasn’t…
Can a common virus similar to ones that cause colds and pinkeye be responsible for making you fat?
Some scientists believe that infection with human adenovirus-36 may be a contributing factor.
In an unbelievable decision to anyone faced with a terminal illness, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled that terminally ill patients may be denied access to potentially lifesaving drugs.
In an 8-2 ruling, the court decided that it’s unacceptable to risk speeding up the deaths of terminally ill patients by using experimental drugs without proven benefits.
But shouldn’t someone facing a certain death have the right to try anything to save himself (as long as it doesn’t harm others)?
Dr. Mohamed Ahmedna, a researcher from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, claims to have developed a simple process to make allergen-free peanuts.
Dr. Ahmedna is now refining the process to remove allergens from other foods.
I hope it’s true. But as someone who’s suffered from “call 9-1-1″ allergies for years, the evidence isn’t strong enough for me to believe it yet.
Recently, the Associated Press reported that nutrition education has little impact on kids and their poor eating habits.
Despite federal spending of over $1 billion on these programs this year alone, the childhood obesity epidemic continues to grow.
Does anyone really expect the majority of kids to pick fruits and vegetables over junk food if they’re given a choice?
I think that’s the crux of the problem: “if they’re given a choice…”
Some doctors try to establish a more personal relationship with you by talking about themselves, their own health problems, their family members, even their political beliefs.
Could their good intentions be bad medicine?
Using non-toxic chemical injections, scientists have discovered how to remove fat from one part of the body and grow it in another.
This could revolutionize cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.
It may also help to control diseases associated with obesity. And explain why stress can cause weight gain…