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01/28/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Daily physical activity is more important than weight: New study finds it lowers risk of cancer, heart attack, stroke – even in people who are overweight or obese

Walking, jogging, biking, or doing any physical activity every day will reduce the risk of cancer, heart attack, and stroke, no matter what your body mass index (BMI) is, according to a study. A team of researchers from Copenhagen University in Denmark evaluated data from The Danish National Health Examination Survey 2007-2008, which involved 10,976 […]

12/07/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

The evolution of body size: New study explores how height and weight of humans has changed over time

Have you ever wondered why people are of different heights and weights? A new large-scale study attempted to answer this by exploring the evolutionary patterns in humans. For the study, researchers from the University of Cambridge analyzed the height and weight of 311 hominin specimens, the ancestral lineage of which Homo sapiens alone still exist, dating from […]

12/05/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Skinny isn’t healthy: Research shows chronic dieters and super slim women have a higher risk of early menopause

Women who are skinny are also prone to fertility problems, much in the same way overweight ladies are. A new study finds that being underweight as a teenager and during their mid-30s increases a woman’s chance of having an early menopause, as reported by The Daily Mail. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts in Boston […]

12/03/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Acupuncture found to be an effective tool for weight control in adults

If you’ve run out of ways on how to lose weight, there is another alternative — that is, if you are brave enough to face needles. Acupuncture, a traditional form of Chinese medicine, has been found to play a role in weight loss for adults. A team of researchers at the School of Chinese Medicine […]

11/14/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

How alive are your cells? New cell scale measures how much “life” weighs; the BMI scale is really out of date now

The current medical standard that determines one’s ideal weight (the BMI scale) is outdated and dismisses more important indications of good health, such as the energy production of trillions of cells throughout the body. The narrow-minded body mass index scale dictates the appropriate weight for people in relation to their height, but this method of […]

10/18/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

U.K. health care system may deny surgery to smokers and the obese

A new plan by the Hertfordshire clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) of the U.K.’s national health care system, the NHS, will deny surgery to patients who are obese and those who smoke. Not surprisingly, the news is being met with some heated debate on the part of patients as well as doctors. The new plan would […]

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