- Medical Weight LossResearchers identify brain region associated with feeling full after eating - Weight Know More Medical Weight Loss Clinics
- Smoking CessationPeople with diabetes who quit smoking tobacco may have a lower risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases -- and weight gain following smoking cessation does not mitigate the health benefits among these patients, according to one study. Long-term, heavy smoking is a risk factor for cognitive decline, researchers found in an unrelated study. CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE!
- Neurology"Our work is the first that uses human data to show that synaptic protein regulation is related to physical activity and may drive the beneficial cognitive outcomes we see," said Kaitlin Casaletto, PhD, an assistant professor of neurology and lead author on the study, which appears in the January 7 issue of Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.
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- EndocrinologyWeight cycling is associated with a higher risk of death, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
- Bariatric Surgery“In short, metabolism is a term for all the chemical processes in our body that control our balance of energy,” says Dr. Brian Quebbemann, a bariatric surgery specialist based in Newport Beach, California, and author of "World's Greatest Weight Loss: The Truth That Diet Gurus Don't Want You to Know." When you eat food, your digestive system breaks it down into various components, and those get converted to energy by the body's metabolic process. CLICK HERE TO READ ARTICLE!
- Skin CancerObesity is a known risk factor for many cancers. A recent study, involving over 2,000 bariatric surgery patients, asks whether losing weight could reduce the risk of melanoma. A new study investigates weight loss and skin cancer risk. In the United States, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer.
- EczemaA new Respirology review and analysis of published studies reveals a link between fast food consumption and an increased likelihood of having asthma, wheeze, and several other allergic diseases such as pollen fever, eczema, and rhino-conjunctivitis.