Dr. House
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Weight-Loss Supplements Not Effective For Majority Of People.
of 27 weight-loss “supplements that had been recalled by the FDA, but were still on the market,” revealed that one-third of users “didn’t lose any weight,” and while another third reported some weight loss, just “nine percent said they lost all the weight they hoped to and kept it off.” Additionally, the study found that about half of surveyed users “said they experienced at least one side effect, including a rapid heart rate, jitteriness, dry mouth, or digestive problems such as constipation or diarrhea.” Consumer Reports concludes that “the key to success is finding a diet you can stick with,” and “a recent review of 48 studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that popular programs like Atkins, Jenny Craig, and Weight Watchers, all worked as well as another.” adding that 20 percent of surveyed users believed the supplements “were safe and tested” by the FDA. TIME notes that “unlike prescription drugs, supplements aren’t regulated under the strict criteria that require manufacturers to perform rigorous safety and effectiveness testing before getting approved.” http://time.com/3648784/weight-loss-supplements/
FTO Gene Linked To Obesity In People Born After 1942.
researchers looked at data from the Framingham Heart Study. The investigators “found no link between the FTO gene and obesity for people born prior to 1942.” But, “they found a very strong link between the gene and obesity in those born after 1942 – a link twice as strong as reported in previous studies.” http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/will-fat-gene-get-you-your-birth-year-may-matter-n276366
Flu Deaths Hit Epidemic Threshold
HIgher than normal rates of influenza-like illness seen across the U.S. http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/URItheFlu/49359?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2014-12-31&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyHeadlines&utm_source=ST&eun=g721819d0r&userid=721819&email=amydugan2%40gmail.com&mu_id=5883165&utm_term=Daily
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Tied To Health Problems.
CDC’s journal Preventing Chronic Disease reveals “some interesting connections between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and a slew of health problems.” Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York “looked at how much sugar-sweetened soda people drank, how many vegetables and fruits they ate and how active they were, among other things and noticed a correlation between a person’s soda habit and other health factors.” For example, people who consumed more than one sugar-sweetened soda “per day were more likely to smoke, were more likely to eat no fruits or vegetables, and were more likely to have gone a month without much walking or biking.” People who drank no sugar-sweetened soda on a daily basis had a decreased likelihood of hypertension and type 2 diabetes. http://time.com/3639703/soda-sugar-health/
Ebola Toll Passes 20,000
Monday, December 29, 2014
NYTimes Blog Discusses National Diabetes Prevention Program.
the CDC “began rolling out the National Diabetes Prevention Program in 2012. Now, 527 organizations around the country — health care providers, community groups, employers, colleges, churches — offer it in every state, often at multiple sites.” According to the blog, it “may be the largest national health effort that most of us haven’t heard of, and one of the most important, especially for older adults.” Ann Albright, who directs the diabetes division at the CDC, said, “This is not a ‘diet,’ some sort of temporary thing.” Instead, Dr. Albright said, “This is intended to help people adopt new habits and to look at that as a way of life.” http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/26/diabetes-prevention-that-works/?ref=health
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