Women are four times more likely than men to seek weight-loss surgery, a new study finds. And men typically are older, more obese and sicker than women when they do see a doctor about having the procedure, the researchers found. "It is ...
Tags: Weight-Loss, Weight-Loss Surgery, Women Open to Weight-Loss
In the US but not in England, patients on low incomes with high blood pressure have their condition managed poorly compared with those who earn more. A new study comparing blood pressure management in the US and England found that ...
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Whites are twice as likely as blacks to have weight-loss surgery and people's views about how obesity affects their quality of life is an important factor in that difference, according to a new study. The researchers interviewed 337 obese ...
While weight loss surgery offers one of the best opportunities to improve health and reduce obesity related illnesses, the nearly 100,000 Americans who undergo bariatric surgery each year represent only a small fraction of people who are ...
Doctors aren't talking often enough with their patients about the harmful effects of alcohol, even if those patients are binge drinkers, U.S. health officials reported Tuesday. Only one in six adults says a doctor or health professional ...
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New findings show that many Americans are at risk for high blood pressure because of too much sodium in our diets - and the risk is especially high for children. The study was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...
High blood pressure might be more dangerous for women than men, a new study suggests. As a result, women may need earlier and more aggressive treatment for the condition, the study authors said. "The medical community thought that high ...
Tags: high blood pressure, physiologic differences, women health
Doctors may need to treat high blood pressure in women earlier and more aggressively than they do in men, U.S. researchers suggest. Lead author Dr. Carlos Ferrario, professor of surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in ...
Doctors may need to treat high blood pressure in women earlier and more aggressively than they do in men, according to scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. In a new study, published in the December edition of Therapeutic ...
Tags: high blood pressure, women health, treatment
As a preeminent expert in the field of obesity surgery, board-certified bariatric surgeon Michael Feiz, M.D., F.A.C.S, has personally seen the physical, emotional and financial toll that obesity takes on his patients. As a matter of fact, ...
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Chances are that you've heard good things about yoga. It can relax you. It can get you fit -- just look at the bodies of some celebrities who sing yoga's praises. And, more and more, yoga is purported to be able to cure numerous medical ...
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Less than 1-in-10 adult Canadians is in ideal cardiovascular health, Toronto researchers say. "A large proportion of Canadians are in poor cardiovascular health, and the overall trend has not changed in the past decade," senior author Dr. ...
United States Army researchers have found that a bio-nanomaterial can help solve a public health issue involving people showing up in emergency rooms with dangerous reactions to marijuana substitutes sold at gas stations and head shops, ...
Black men who were raised in single-parent households have higher blood pressure than those who spent at least part of their childhood in a two-parent home, according to a new study. This is the first study to link childhood family living ...
Tags: black men, single-parent households, blood pressure, high blood pressure
The notion that some people can be overweight or obese and still remain healthy is a myth, according to a new Canadian study. Even without high blood pressure, diabetes or other metabolic issues, overweight and obese people have higher ...
Tags: overweight, obesity, healthy obesity, benign obesity