How the Body Maintains Blood Sugar Levels

How the Body Maintains Blood Sugar Levels

Beware the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Beware the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Lose Belly Fat and Avoid Stroke, Heart Disease and Diabetes!

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What is Hypoglycema?

Hypoglycemia or low blood sugar level is a complication that usually results from diabetes and its treatment. However, even non-diabetics can also experience decreases in blood sugar levels. One of the basic teachings doctors, nurses and health workers can give to a patient is how to prevent, recognize and treat hypoglycemia.

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Latest Cpr Guidelines Introduce Major Changes | Healthmad

Latest Cpr Guidelines Introduce Major Changes | Healthmad

Seasonal Flu Vaccine for Egg Allergic Children is Now Ok | Healthmad

Seasonal Flu Vaccine for Egg Allergic Children is Now Ok | Healthmad

Sedatives and Tranquilizers Increase Risk of Death | Healthmad

Sedatives and Tranquilizers Increase Risk of Death | Healthmad

Botox for Migraine, Another Approved Medical Use | Healthmad

Botox for Migraine, Another Approved Medical Use | Healthmad

Whole Grain Foods Decrease Belly Fat, Help Lose Weight

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition recently published a study that correlates having three or more servings a day of whole grain foods with decreased belly fat.
Previous observational studies have shown that including whole grain foods in the diet, taken instead of refined sugars, significantly decreases body mass index, abdominal fat and risks for cardiovascular disease. On the other hand, diets that include mostly refined grains were associated with increased abdominal girth and tendency to increase body weight.


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Exercise Markedly Lowers Risk for Dementia and Memory Loss

The benefits of regular exercise to the body have been proven over time. Moderate exercise done habitually over many years keeps the body fit, prevents obesity, improves cardiac function, lowers cholesterol, and decreases the risk for many diseases like diabetes, stroke and many more. Now more studies are showing that exercise also benefits the brain, decreases the risk for memory loss and dementia, and may improve cognitive function or thought processes.

More studies show that exercise benefits the body but also lowers the risk of dementia. Regular exercise improves brain function and prevents memory loss.

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Whole Grain Foods Decrease Belly Fat, Help Lose Weight

Obesity is on the rise, and more studies are being undertaken to find out what foods are helpful to decrease the consequences of obesity. Diabetes, heart disease and many other chronic diseases are related to obesity, which affects about a third of Americans today. Even in many other countries obesity and its complications is one of the leading causes of public health concern and health care costs.

Eating three or more servings per day of whole grain bread, rice, cereal and pasta decreases belly fat, waist measurement and helps to lose weight.

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Halloween Health and Safety Reminders

Parents and children look forward to the biggest holidays of the year, starting with Halloween, then Thanksgiving, followed by Christmas and the New Year. The common element in these merry occasions being lots of eating, it is obvious that health may be set aside, only to be regretted after the holidays are over. Safety may also be compromised, because the excitement gives another reason to let one’s guard down for the sake of fun. These reminders should help keep the season of eating and merriment safe and healthy for everyone.

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Osteoarthritis Pain Relievers That Don't Really Work

Joint pains caused by arthritis are very common complaints worldwide. Huge amounts of money and resources are continually being spent for research towards the alleviation of pain and deformity brought about by the disease. Chronic inflammation of the knees and hips are often debilitating and burdensome for patients and their families. A wide variety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and other pain relievers have been developed and marketed throughout the years. In the recent decade, glucosamine and chondroitin, which are natural components of cartilage, have been popularly used and prescribed as diet supplements to alleviate joint pains caused by arthritis. But a large scale analysis shows they are not effective.

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Weight Loss Drug Withdrawn from Market Because of Harmful Effects

FDA has announced the withdrawal of sibutramine, a weight loss drug, from the market because recent studies showed increased risk of stroke and myocardial infarction in its use.

The Sibutramine Cardiovascular Outcome Trial (SCOUT), a post marketing research study showed that the weight loss drug which was approved for use in the market in 1997 increased the risk of serious cardiovascular complications compared to placebo. The results of the study were published in the Sept 2, 2010 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. More than 10,000 overweight or obese men and women over the age of 55 with pre-existing cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes participated in the study. They were randomized, took either sibutramine or placebo and were followed up for around 3 years.


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Seven Lots of Lipitor Recalled

After three reports of “uncharacteristic odor” in different bottles of Lipitor last July 2010, Pfizer recalled seven lots of the drug in August and is continuing to monitor the safety of its products. The lot numbers of the recalled bottles bore these numbers: 0855020, 0819020, 0842020, 0843020, and 0854020, including three lots supplied to a Canadian company. All were due to expire in Jan 2013, and were contained in 191,000 bottles of 40 mg tablets.

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