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Limiting fructose may boost weight loss Medicine & Health / Health July 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 28 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 One of the reasons people on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of sugar that can be made into body fat quickly, according to a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical ...

Eat oily fish at least once a week to protect your eyesight in old age Medicine & Health / Health August 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet Eating oily fish once a week may reduce age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which is the major cause of blindness and poor vision in adults in western countries and the third cause of global blindness, according to a study ...

Study suggests 86 percent of Americans could be overweight or obese by 2030 Medicine & Health / Health July 28, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet Most adults in the U.S. will be overweight or obese by 2030, with related health care spending projected to be as much as $956.9 billion, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the ...

Floss your teeth -- on the double! Medicine & Health / Health August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet In dental offices all over the world, patients are often told they are not flossing enough or instructed to floss more. As the old saying goes, you only need to floss the teeth you want to keep. After all, not flossing regularly ...

Health-care system leaves patients, medicos in the waiting room Medicine & Health / Health August 07, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet The Australian accreditation and registration system for international medical graduates is critically ill and the country needs to create a better system to support overseas health professionals or it will continue to face ...

Exercise could be the heart's fountain of youth Medicine & Health / Health July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger. According to a study conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, older people who did endurance exercise training ...

Beijing pollution may trigger heart attacks, strokes Medicine & Health / Health July 21, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Olympic athletes aren't the only ones who need to be concerned about the heavily polluted air in Beijing. The dirty air may trigger serious cardiovascular problems for some spectators.

Study Reveals Use of Cleaning Products During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Asthma in Young Children Medicine & Health / Health August 06, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Brunel University researcher suggests that chemicals in household cleaning products explains why excessive hygiene is linked to increased asthma and allergies.

'Office of the future' environment study Medicine & Health / Health August 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Mayo Clinic endocrinologist James Levine, M.D., Ph.D., has continued his research in environment-changing innovations with a six-month study of a real-life office that was re-engineered to increase daily physical activity ...

New approach sheds light on ways Circadian disruption affects human health Medicine & Health / Health July 16, 2008 \| User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Growing evidence indicates that exposure to irregular patterns of light and darkness can cause the human circadian system to fall out of synchrony with the 24-hour solar day, negatively affecting human health ...

89 percent of children's food products provide poor nutritional quality Medicine & Health / Health July 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Nine out of ten regular food items aimed specifically at children have a poor nutritional content – because of high levels of sugar, fat or sodium - according to a detailed study of 367 products published in the July issue ...

US immigrant children less physically active than US-born children Medicine & Health / Health August 04, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Immigrant children in the United States appear to be less physically active and less likely to participate in sports than U.S.–born children, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent ...

Obesity creeps up in US: report Medicine & Health / Health July 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Obesity continued to creep up in the United States last year and now affects more than one in four US adults, a US government report showed Friday.

English health-care system failing to provide basic care, shows major survey Medicine & Health / Health August 15, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The NHS and private healthcare are not providing good enough basic care to a large portion of the population in England, especially older and frailer people, according to a study published on bmj.com today.

Study finds a wide variety of errors in testing process at family medicine clinics Medicine & Health / Health August 13, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The largest study to date of testing errors reported by family physician offices in the United States found that problems occur throughout the testing process and disproportionately affect minority patients.

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Limiting fructose may boost weight loss Medicine & Health / Health July 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 28 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 One of the reasons people on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of sugar that can be made into body fat quickly, according to a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical ...

Eat oily fish at least once a week to protect your eyesight in old age Medicine & Health / Health August 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet Eating oily fish once a week may reduce age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which is the major cause of blindness and poor vision in adults in western countries and the third cause of global blindness, according to a study ...

Study suggests 86 percent of Americans could be overweight or obese by 2030 Medicine & Health / Health July 28, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet Most adults in the U.S. will be overweight or obese by 2030, with related health care spending projected to be as much as $956.9 billion, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the ...

Floss your teeth -- on the double! Medicine & Health / Health August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet In dental offices all over the world, patients are often told they are not flossing enough or instructed to floss more. As the old saying goes, you only need to floss the teeth you want to keep. After all, not flossing regularly ...

Health-care system leaves patients, medicos in the waiting room Medicine & Health / Health August 07, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet The Australian accreditation and registration system for international medical graduates is critically ill and the country needs to create a better system to support overseas health professionals or it will continue to face ...

Exercise could be the heart's fountain of youth Medicine & Health / Health July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger. According to a study conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, older people who did endurance exercise training ...

Beijing pollution may trigger heart attacks, strokes Medicine & Health / Health July 21, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Olympic athletes aren't the only ones who need to be concerned about the heavily polluted air in Beijing. The dirty air may trigger serious cardiovascular problems for some spectators.

Study Reveals Use of Cleaning Products During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Asthma in Young Children Medicine & Health / Health August 06, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Brunel University researcher suggests that chemicals in household cleaning products explains why excessive hygiene is linked to increased asthma and allergies.

'Office of the future' environment study Medicine & Health / Health August 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Mayo Clinic endocrinologist James Levine, M.D., Ph.D., has continued his research in environment-changing innovations with a six-month study of a real-life office that was re-engineered to increase daily physical activity ...

New approach sheds light on ways Circadian disruption affects human health Medicine & Health / Health July 16, 2008 \| User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Growing evidence indicates that exposure to irregular patterns of light and darkness can cause the human circadian system to fall out of synchrony with the 24-hour solar day, negatively affecting human health ...

89 percent of children's food products provide poor nutritional quality Medicine & Health / Health July 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Nine out of ten regular food items aimed specifically at children have a poor nutritional content – because of high levels of sugar, fat or sodium - according to a detailed study of 367 products published in the July issue ...

US immigrant children less physically active than US-born children Medicine & Health / Health August 04, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Immigrant children in the United States appear to be less physically active and less likely to participate in sports than U.S.–born children, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent ...

Obesity creeps up in US: report Medicine & Health / Health July 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Obesity continued to creep up in the United States last year and now affects more than one in four US adults, a US government report showed Friday.

English health-care system failing to provide basic care, shows major survey Medicine & Health / Health August 15, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The NHS and private healthcare are not providing good enough basic care to a large portion of the population in England, especially older and frailer people, according to a study published on bmj.com today.

Study finds a wide variety of errors in testing process at family medicine clinics Medicine & Health / Health August 13, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The largest study to date of testing errors reported by family physician offices in the United States found that problems occur throughout the testing process and disproportionately affect minority patients.

Limiting fructose may boost weight loss

Eat oily fish at least once a week to protect your eyesight in old age

Study suggests 86 percent of Americans could be overweight or obese by 2030

Floss your teeth -- on the double!

Health-care system leaves patients, medicos in the waiting room

Exercise could be the heart's fountain of youth

Beijing pollution may trigger heart attacks, strokes

Study Reveals Use of Cleaning Products During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Asthma in Young Children

'Office of the future' environment study

New approach sheds light on ways Circadian disruption affects human health

89 percent of children's food products provide poor nutritional quality

US immigrant children less physically active than US-born children

Obesity creeps up in US: report

English health-care system failing to provide basic care, shows major survey

Study finds a wide variety of errors in testing process at family medicine clinics

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