Archive for the ‘Diet & Fitness’ Category

Medical tattoos are becoming more common, with some people choosing to ink their wrists or other body parts with warnings about a health condition instead of wearing standard MedicAlert bracelets or necklaces, says a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Family doctor Sheila Wijayasinghe explains that a trip to your doctor’s office is the best way to rule out certain underlying conditions or infections that may be causing you to feel warm

Report details concerns over growing number of people replacing MedicAlert jewellery with body ink

Ottawa is targeting interim benefits for refugee claimants using a cynical and misleading story line

The first French trial has begun over a diabetes drug that was also used to lose weight and is suspected in the deaths of at least 500 people.

The parents of a young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating bacterial infection said Monday they’ve learned to read lips and are now able to communicate with their daughter despite a breathing tube in her throat.

The Coca-Cola Co. is trying mid-calorie sodas again with its Sprite and Fanta.

Researchers have found that severely obese children respond well to behavioral treatment, but not severely obese adolescents. The study, conducted by Dr. Pernilla Danielsson, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, was presented at the 19th European Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France…

Individuals who consume egg proteins for breakfast are more likely to feel full during the day than those whose breakfasts contain wheat protein. Results from the study, conducted by Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana, USA, and colleagues were presented at the 19th European Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France…

A new study reveals that waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is a significantly better predictor of cardiometabolic risk than waist circumference (WC) and body-mass index (BMI). In addition WHtR takes account of differing heights, therefore making it the best proxy to use across all countries. Findings from the study, conducted by Dr…

An independent think tank says despite some small improvements in diet, Canadians are still eating too much salt, sugar and harmful fats.

Even the CEO of Weight Watchers has struggled with his waistline. Now, he’s written a new book detailing how he finally figured out the secret to maintaining a healthy weight.

A new study reveals that individuals who participate in a 1-year weight-loss program called Itrim, in Sweden, are significantly more likely to discontinue with the program if they are under 40 years of age. The study, conducted by Dr…

Binge drinking has reached crisis levels in Britain, health experts say, costing the cash-strapped National Health Service 2.7 billion pounds (US$4.4 billion) a year, including the cost of hospital admissions related to booze-fueled violence and longer-term health problems.

Spun out on spinning? Bored in barre class? Indoor surfing is a new workout, born of the sea but carving out a place in the center of town.

One in 3 young adults with autism in the U.S. have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That’s a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said.

Ontario’s universal flu shot program isn’t making much progress with the under-two crowd, a new study suggests.

When one of your best friends is dying of cancer, what do you do after you’ve stopped crying? If you’re friends with Alyson Woloshyn, you find a way to let the world know what an inspiring friend she has been.

Social jetlag – a syndrome related to the mismatch between the body’s internal clock and the realities of our daily schedules – does more than make us sleepy. It is also contributing to the growing tide of obesity, according to a large-scale epidemiological study reported online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication…

Researchers at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research conducted a retrospective analysis which found that morbid obesity impedes kidney donation…

Waist to height ratio is a better predictor of heart disease and diabetes risk than BMI, according to new research presented at a scientific meeting recently. Study leader Dr Margaret Ashwell, an independent consultant and former science director of the British Nutrition Foundation, presented the findings at the 19th Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France, on Saturday 12 May…

When police on an Ottawa-area highway pulled over a man for eating a rotisserie chicken while driving this week, they did more than simply hit him with a hefty fine.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to U.S. clinics performing studies on angioplasty as a treatment for multiple sclerosis, saying any studies on the procedure need FDA approval.

Dandruff is generally uncommon in young children, so the flakes may be signs of something else