Archive for May, 2007

More than half of adults in European Union overweight

According to top health experts from European Union (EU), More than fifty percent of adults in EU are obese or overweight and so they are playing the biggest part in making European Continent fattier...

Brad Online Journal about losing extra pounds with various diet reviews and latest news and tips about obesity, diets and weight loss

Comments off

Transient ischemic attacks can be rapidly detected

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using a new procedure to rapidly diagnose transient ischemic attacks (TIA) in patients seen in the emergency department is more efficient and less costly than the traditional procedure of patient admission, according to a report in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Comments off

EU urges industry to step up fight against obesity

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's food and drink industry must step up its fight against obesity over the next three years or face new regulations, a spokesman for the European Union's health chief said on Wednesday.

Comments off

U.S. isolates traveler with highly resistant TB

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has placed in isolation a man who may have exposed fellow passengers and crew on two May trans-Atlantic flights to a tuberculosis strain that is extremely hard to treat, officials said on Tuesday.

Comments off

Pumping iron stimulates muscle-building hormones

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In men, young and old, strength training boosts levels of testosterone, growth hormone, and cortisol -- hormones associated with enhanced muscle mass and function, a study shows.

Comments off

« Previous entries ·