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Archive for December, 2008
New Years Resolutions
Dec. 28 | This is usually the time of year when people make New Years resolutions to make better health choices, lose weight, work on their marriages, and many other resolutions. The American Lung Association is encouraging people to stop smoking as part of their...
Cervical Cancer Awareness January
Dec. 28 | As we all know, cancer has always been a big thing for everyone to be aware of and is not considered a very beautiful thing. Being aware of the many types of cancers that exist within this planet’s atmosphere is vital to the survival of the human species....
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Dec. 27 | January has been designated as Cervical Cancer Awareness month. Approximately 11,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year. The American Cancer Society offers suggestions at www.amercancancer.org to help women become aware of this disease. Cervical...
New Hope for Obesity Treatment?
Dec. 26 | There is new hope on the horizon for an old failed hormone treatment for obesity. A new study was published this week in the journal Cell Metabolism that shows the natural hormone Leptin, first discovered in 1994, when combined with two FDA-approved...
Add protein to diet to reduce weight
Dec. 24 | Many people in the United States of America are overweight. Obesity is a big problem because so many Americans eat junk food. Most Americans do not exercise; they spend a majority of their free time watching television. Nutritionists have said that some...
Surgery Check List Saves Lives
Dec. 19 | A study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that when surgeons look over a comprehensive checklist before beginning a surgery, patient complications and death are greatly reduced. Eight hospitals in several countries have participated...
Dec. 17 | President Elect Obama is hopeful that the Senate will pass this resolution so that he can sign it into act when he is inaugurated, saying that not only is it a benefit to us in this time of crisis in the economy but it is also the moral obligation to...
Senators back national child health plan
Dec. 15 | On Friday, Colorado Senators has allowed a resolution asking for the health program to help out needy children with health insurance to be sent forward. If passed this would allow for an additional $31 million to be towards the SCHIP program over four...
Gastric bypass can reverse diabetes in teens
Dec. 14 | At Cincinnati’s Children’s Medical Center, along with 5 other medical centers, researchers took on the task of giving gastric bypass surgery to 78 teens ranging in age from 13 to 21 years of age. They were chosen based on the fact that their...
