With the start of a new year, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute experts are encouraging people to ring in new healthy habits and offer a number of free and low-cost strategies to help people maintain good health and possibly reduce various cancer risks.
Indulging during the holidays means more acid reflux, but prolonged reflux can lead to Barrett’s disease and esophageal cancer. The University of Michigan has refined a minimally invasive procedure to treat esophageal cancer, and the need for surgery keeps going up. It’s one of the most common cancers among white males and obesity and acid reflux increases the risk.
Researchers at Temple University’s Center for Obesity Research and Education offer research-based tips for keeping your resolution.
Dieting is a skill that involves trial and error, just like learning how to ride a bicycle, says Loyola weight specialist, Dr. Jessica Bartfield. Tips to help New Year's resolutions for weight loss come true
Researchers from the Monell Center report that 6-month-old infants who have been introduced to starchy table foods, which often contain added salt, have a heightened preference for salty taste. They also were more likely to consume plain salt at preschool age. The findings highlight the potentially significant role of early dietary experience in shaping salty taste preferences of infants and young children.
Practical goals and preparation are the keys to success, a Saint Louis University physical therapist says.
Nearly 45 percent of Americans will make New Year’s resolutions. Unfortunately, many of us will fall off after the first week. If you’re one of those individuals, the Monday strategy could increase your odds for success: Make Monday the day to recommit to your resolutions with 52 Healthy Monday Tips.
A weight management program for inactive and retired military members and their families could improve health and reduce medical costs, according to a new study by researchers at RTI International, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of South Carolina, Cooper Institute, and TRICARE Management Activity.
Fitness Expert gives tips for staying on track during the holidays.
Regular exercise tends to steeply decline among youth as they move to university or college, and does not appear to revert itself, but continues on a downward trajectory into adulthood.
Providing teens with easily understandable caloric information, specifically in the form of a physical activity equivalent, may reduce the likelihood of sugar-sweetened beverage purchases by as much as half.
Order what the doctor orders at your favorite fast food place - Loyola physician and nutrition specialist helps you navigate the menu to order smart.
It's that time of year when extra calories lurk around every corner – baked goods at the office, cocktails and snacks at holiday parties, chocolates in stockings and holiday dinners that can average more than 4,500 calories and 220 grams of fat, according to the Calorie Control Council. All these extras can add up to weight gain during the holiday season.
The holidays are upon us and, for many Americans that means some degree of weight gain and the subsequent New Year’s resolution to diet. However, shedding the pounds may have some negative consequences on the overall health of older women if the weight loss is not maintained, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Throughout the interior spaces of humans and other warm-blooded creatures is a special type of tissue known as brown fat, which may hold the secret to diets and weight-loss programs of the future.
Experts from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute offer some tips to pick festive foods that may even fight cancer.
Real weight loss patients share how they are navigating the holdiays and keeping the pounds off.
Exercising harder, but for a shorter period, may have significant benefits for some with type 2 diabetes.
If the festive season tempts your tastebuds to overindulge, learn to prevent holiday weight gain with these 10 tips from the team of medical experts at Greenwich Hospital’s Weight Loss & Diabetes Center
Researchers at McMaster University have found that brief high intensity workouts, as little as six sessions over two weeks, rapidly lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetics, offering a potential fix for patients who struggle to meet exercise guidelines.
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