Exercise As Effective As Drugs For Treating Heart Disease, Diabetes
Zia Soleil Forget the pills — there’s new evidence that exercise may be as effective as medications in treating heart disease and diabetes. Doctors now advise everyone, from young children to older...
View ArticleIndigenous diabetes testing kit to cost 90% less
NEW DELHI: India is set to introduce indigenous testing products for diabetes by the year-end, bringing down costs by 90 per cent. The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) is in the final stages...
View ArticleObesity in children: What is the responsibility of doctors?
Lying in a hospital bed, my seriously obese patient could barely see her swollen and odorous right foot over her abdominal fat. The foot was soon to be amputated, the result of an untreatable infection...
View ArticleYoga can cure early stage heart disease, diabetes: Study
NEW DELHI: Can yoga be a cure for early stage diabetes and heart disease? The results of a year-long study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Yoga and Physical Therapy suggests so. In...
View ArticleIs DDT a time-bomb behind the obesity epidemic? | Grist
Michael Skinner didn’t start the experiment with the hypothesis that he’d find a connection between the insecticide DDT and obesity. “We didn’t expect to find that,” he said. “In fact, the frequency of...
View ArticleTaxing fizzy drinks ‘could cut obesity and disease among Britons …
Fizzy drinks ‘should be taxed at 20 per cent’ (Picture: PA) Fizzy drinks should be taxed at 20 per cent to cut the number of overweight Britons, a report has suggested. Imposing such a levy on sugary...
View ArticleDiabetic eye disease: How regular eye exams could save vision
Individuals with diabetes are likely accustomed to regular insulin injections or a strict diet. But are they as familiar with regular eye examinations? According to the results of a new survey...
View ArticleOne-day diabetes awareness festival attracts hundreds
AURANGABAD: Hundreds of people visited the ‘Madhumeha Anandnagari’ at the St Francis School ground here on Sunday. The event was aimed at creating awareness about diabetes and its complications and...
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Obesity is a Disease? | Care2 Healthy Living
Yes, obesity is now classified as a disease by the American Medical Association (AMA). Do you agree with this? Obesity is killing three times as many people as malnutrition. The “disease” claims more...
View ArticleHarvard Researchers Address Obesity and Toxic Food
Visit the Mercola Video Library By Dr. Mercola A staggering two-thirds of Americans are now overweight, and according to the American Heart Association,1 five percent of American children can now be...
View ArticlePatrick Swayze loses his battle with pancreatic cancer
Swayze was diagnosed with a type of pancreatic tumor called Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN). Pancreatic cancer is a vicious type of cancer, with only five percent of patients still...
View ArticleExercise and optimism can help fight chronic diseases, study finds
According to a study conducted by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost half of the American population currently suffers from chronic diseases. These numbers, MSNBC reports, have...
View ArticleWhat is malaria?
Malaria is commonly known as a fever that can be contracted by mosquitoes when traveling to an exotic country. This is true, but there is so much more to the disease that affects nearly half the global...
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