Weight Battle

It’s never too late for obese adults to improve their heart risks through diet and exercise, the results of a new small study suggests.

The researchers, who enrolled 27 obese men and women age 65 or older, found that calorie cutting and exercise helped participants shed pounds and lower their blood pressure, blood sugar and blood fats called triglycerides.

Obesity surgeries for patients between the ages of 55 and 64 in the United States soared from 772 procedures in 1998 to 15,086 surgeries in 2004—a nearly 2,000 percent increase, according to a new report by HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The report, the latest of several studies that AHRQ has done on obesity surgery, also found a 726 percent increase in surgeries among patients age 18 to 54. There were a total of 121,055 surgeries performed on patients of all ages in 2004.

Among the reasons for the extremely dramatic increases is that the mortality outcomes from obesity surgery have improved greatly. The national death rate for patients hospitalized for bariatric surgery declined 78 percent, from 0.9 percent in 1998 to 0.2 percent in 2004. 

What is AnaemiaLevel of haemoglobin which carries oxygen in the blood cells is insufficient or number of red blood cells fall below normal level. Types of anaemiaThere are 4 main types of anaemia: 1. Not eating enough iron or loss of blood through heavy periods, internal bleeding via ulcers or cancer. Iron deficiency is the most common cause of anaemia, especially among adolescent girls and

Got a forwarded message from my sister in Australia. It was concerning "fatt choi" (cantonese prononciation), a black hair-like mass that I personally have helped to sell in my father's grocery shop as a youth, and have personally consumed, especially on Chinese New Year, which incidentally is just around the corner this year. Here is the forwarded message: Hello Chinese friends, BE warned!

If you suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, it may pay you to study if you have any food allergy. An article "Rheumatoid Arthritis and Food: a Case Study" in the respectable British Medical Journal describe the ordeals of a 38 year old woman. Ms X suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for 11 years. The joints of her arms, legs and hips were severely inflamed and swollen. She had no had grip and can