Researchers in Germany found that men with men low testosterone who are given replacement doses of the hormone shed weight steadily for years.
Fitness is often a combination of personal choice and environmental support, experts say, and a ranking of the 50 healthiest U.S. cities seems to reinforce the theory.
A new study has found that an experimental drug, phentermine/topiramate, has helped significantly more overweight patients with diabetes lose weight.
It is not only teens and young women who are struggling with eating disorders. A new study found that the problems are very common even among middle-aged and older women. ...
A new study finds that a drop in testosterone levels over time is more likely to result from a man's behavioral and health changes than by aging. The study results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston.
In a tight economy, with fewer jobs, many people end up working harder and sacrificing more to stay employed. A new study finds that one of those sacrifices is sometimes their own and their family's nutrition.
Children born by mothers who have of consumed between 1 and 6 alcohol units per week are just as intelligent and well-developed as children of abstaining mothers. Mothers who have been drinking 5 or more drinks on a single occasion a limited number of times before realizing that they were pregnant may also breathe a sigh of relief; their children have not been harmed.
Type 2 diabetes can extend to the brain, causing decline in memory, attention and other cognitive skills, reveals a latest study. ...
Undergoing weight-loss surgery can be beneficial not only to attain a desirable figure, but also to cut down the risk of heart disease, a new study has found. ...
A new study has found that men who drink seven cups or more of tea every day are at 50% higher risk of developing prostate cancer than others who have less than three cups a day. ...
Obesity are putting undue pressure on earth's resources, according to a new study. ...
CHICAGO - Among patients who underwent bariatric surgery, there was a higher prevalence of alcohol use disorders in the second year after surgery, and specifically after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, compared with the years immediately before and following surgery, according to a study in the June 20 issue of JAMA. This study is being published early online to coincide with its presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
Children born with one kidney are often advised by doctors not to play sports, since there is a fear that if they sustain an injury to the organ, they might need a lifelong dialysis. However, those beliefs can be left behind, since the result of the analysis of a large database of sports-related injuries among varsity-level high school athletes, showed that only 18 cases involved kidney injury. Or in other words, there was 1 kidney injury per one million times an athlete hits the playing field....
With the growing concern of the obesity epidemic, exercise is an important step in maintaining a healthy body weight. Luckily, that's an easy task to achieve and you do not need to go to the gym to get it done.
A vitamin found in milk has remarkable health benefits like improving energy expenditure and reducing chances of developing obesity due to high fat diet, says a new study.