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 ...
Pulses have captured the attention of the United Nations. The UN General Assembly voted to declare 2016 as the "International Year of Pulses." "This is an extraordinary opportunity for the global pulse industry" declared Gordon Bacon, CEO ...
In the first 50 years of this century, the proportion of the world's over 60 population is forecast to grow from about 16% to 25% – correlating with a marked growth in chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancers. With ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Officials Confirm First North American Death From H5N1 Bird Flu The first death in North America from H5N1 bird flu has been ...
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U.S. adults without a high school diploma are living sicker, shorter lives than ever before -- especially white women, researchers say. Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Society and Health and the Robert Wood ...
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Sanford Health announced today Denny Sanford, the preeminent health care philanthropist in the United States, will gift the organization $125 million to establish Sanford Imagenetics, a first-of-its-kind program in the country that ...
FDA has recently given Class I status to a recall of Abbott Laboratories' FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite test strips, which indicates that the products could cause serious injury or death. Abbott voluntarily recalled the strips because they ...
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Sverica International Management LLC ("Sverica International" or "Sverica"), a private equity investment firm, announced today that it made an additional equity investment in RestorixHealth, a comprehensive wound care management company. ...
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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 ...
Adults at risk for heart disease who eat a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil can lower their chances of developing diabetes, even without restricting calories or boosting exercise, new research suggests. In the study, Spanish ...
The record-shattering cold weather that's gripping much of the United States can pose extreme health risks, doctors warned Monday. "It's best to limit your outdoor activity as much as possible, since prolonged exposure can lead to ...
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Americans are living longer than ever and their life expectancy is increasing every year, federal health officials reported Monday. People born in 2009 can expect to live 78.5 years. That's an increase from just a year before (when life ...
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Hispanic women tend to be less informed than white women about the link between being obese or overweight and increased risk for heart disease, a new study finds. For the study, published recently in the Journal of Women's Health, the ...
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Starting January 2nd and running through the month of January, Nourison has launched a social media donation campaign to help fund the research efforts of the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) to help find a cure for diabetes. Nourison is ...
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Gene defect prevents insulin from ever reaching bloodstream Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found that dysfunction in a single gene in mice causes fasting hyperglycemia, one of the major ...
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