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Experimental procedure helps people with C. difficile, small study shows
I get that going for what you really want can be terrifying… (including with your weight loss).I understand that going for what you really want can be terrifying sometimes and thoughts can run through your mind, such as “What if it doesn’t happen for me?” “What if I can’t handle it?” “What if my dream never comes true and then I feel…
Title: Health Tip: Monitoring Your Weight
Category: Health News
Created: 3/27/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/27/2015 12:00:00 AM
Emergency visits, hospitalizations for airway disease dropped by half after procedure, study finds
What did you have for breakfast the day before yesterday? Do you remember? And aside from what you actually ate, how did you actually eat it? Or were you so rushed to get your day started that you skipped breakfast on that day all together?Too often in our multitasking-oriented society, we rob ourselves of the quiet moments in life that we not…
By Megan Rowling SENDAI, Japan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When professional boxer and model Tomomi Takano heard that children in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture were becoming unfit and overweight as the 2011 nuclear crisis there limited the time they could play outside, she decided to use her skills to help. “They really concentrated on the boxing and tried hard,” she said at a recent U.N. conference on disasters in the northeastern city of Sendai. The boxer hopes to run more sessions in Fukushima to improve children’s agility and provide an outlet for their emotions. Takano and civil society activists in Sendai said they wanted to communicate to the rest of the world the human impacts of the crisis sparked when a huge earthquake and tsunami caused nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to melt down four years ago.
Research shows that pregnant women with obesity are at increased risk of pregnancy complications, including gestational diabetes mellitus, hypertension, preeclampsia, cesarean delivery and postpartum weight retention, says lead author Dr. Hutcheon, Assistant Professor for the Department of Obstetrics amp; Gynecology at the University of British Columbia. Similarly, children born to pregnant women with obesity face higher risks of prematurity, stillbirth, congenital anomalies, macrosomia with possible birth injury and childhood obesity. These known risks reinforce the need to closely monitor weight gain during pregnancy for women with obesity, which reduces risks and can lead to better outcomes.
Title: Health Tip: Evaluating a Weight-Loss Program
Category: Health News
Created: 3/19/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/19/2015 12:00:00 AM
Researchers say that modifying these factors might help ease condition
Seafood is rich in PUFAs, which have been shown to be beneficial for brain health. According to new research, not eating enough fish could increase the risk of cognitive decline.