Best way to measure blood pressure in people with obesity
What’s the best way to measure blood pressure in surgical patients with obesity?
While oscillometry using blood-pressure cuffs is the standard, in patients with obesity,...
Gastric sleeve weight-loss surgery: a real story
Kristina knew she had to make a change in her life. She had never struggled with her weight before she got pregnant.
But after the...
Weight loss management for fatty liver disease
Fatty liver is a leading cause of chronic liver disease in America. It can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer, and the need for liver...
The role of diet vs. exercise in the obesity epidemic
Obesity is a disorder involving excessive body fat that increases the risk of health problems.
It occurs when a person's body mass index is 30...
Sleep hormone melatonin can worsen asthma
Asthma sufferers generally find their condition gets worse at night. Now, a research group may understand why.
In a new study from Tohoku University, researchers...
How to jump rope to lose weight
How to jump rope to lose weight?
There is a big difference between jumping rope to do tricks and jumping rope to get lean.
In this...
Is fasting for weight loss safe?
Fasting is the willful refrainment from eating and sometimes drinking.
From a purely physiological context, "fasting" may refer to the metabolic status of a person...
Top weight loss myths you need to know
When talking about weight loss, most people’s gut reaction is to immediately think of strict diets, and hours upon hours of exercise.
But as some...
Can keto diet help you lose weight effectively?
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used mainly to treat hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children.
The diet forces the body to burn fats rather...
More belly weight increases danger of heart disease
In a new statement from NIH, researchers say that people with excess fat around the body’s midsection and organs have a higher risk of...