Losing in Medical News

Keys to a Fit Pregnancy and Losing the Baby Weight

New Pregnancy Fitness and Nutrition Program from Fitness Expert Monique Hollowell SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Women often feel their bodies will never be the same following pregnancy and are consistently seeking solutions to have a fit pregnancy, less painful birth and quick re...

While Most Blue Cross and Blue Shield-Branded MCOs are Losing Members, Blue Shield of California Bucks the Trend

HealthLeaders-InterStudy's Managed Market Surveyor-Rx Evaluates How Medical and Pharmacy Lives are Covered at National, State and MSA Levels NASHVILLE, Tenn. , May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, the leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that although...

America Losing the Fight With Type 2 Diabetes

Yet simple lifestyle changes can make all the difference TUESDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The type 2 diabetes epidemic that continues to sweep across the United States has left an estimated 24 million Americans struggling with the disease, up more than 3 million people since 2005. ...

Scent To Sleep Offers Help for Companies Losing Time, Money to Microsleep

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Unemployment continues to grow nationwide, with more layoffs happening nearly every day. But what happens to the employees who aren't laid off -- the ones now doing their own jobs as well as those of former co-workers? Many are battling sleeplessness...

One Year Later, Millions are Losing Weight with alli(R)

alli celebrates its one-year anniversary with a donation to Dress for Success Worldwide PITTSBURGH, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of helping more than four million people get a new lease on life, alli(R) is celebrating its one-year anniversary with a $75,000 donat...

U of I study shows how to lose weight without losing bone

A higher-protein diet that emphasizes lean meats and low-fat dairy foods as sources of protein and calcium can mean weight loss without bone loss--and the evidence is in bone scans taken throughout a new University of Illinois study. The research, which compared the results of a high-protein, d...

Cell Phone Study Suggests People Are Losing Their Wanderlust

Many spend most of their time going to a few key locations, such as work and home WEDNESDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- Using cell phone records to track movement, a new study suggests that people are creatures of habit, spending most of their time going to -- and remaining at -- a few...

Guardian Survey: Fear of Losing Income Due to the Economy Equals Fear of Losing Income Due to Disability

Forty-one Percent with Retirement Accounts Would Borrow From Funds to Cover Lost Income NEW YORK, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite job-security worries stemming from current economic conditions, it appears that U.S. employees are just as concerned about the possibility...

Longview, WA Man Wins $50,000 for Losing 82 Pounds

Million Dollar Body(TM) Is Awarding Over One Million Dollars to Help People Lose Weight and Get in Better Shape ANAHEIM, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitness website MillionDollarBody.com has just announced a $50,000 Grand Prize winner in its Million Dollar Body Game(TM), an...

Covington, VA Man Wins $250,000 for Losing 125 Pounds

Million Dollar Body(TM) Is Awarding Over One Million Dollars to Help People Lose Weight and Get in Better Shape ANAHEIM, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitness website MillionDollarBody.com has just announced the $250,000 Grand Prize winner in its Million Dollar Body Game(TM),...

Woman from Kirksville, MO Wins $250,000 for Losing Weight and Beating Hypertension

Million Dollar Body(TM) Is Awarding Over One Million Dollars to Help People Lose Weight and Get in Better Shape ANAHEIM, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitness website MillionDollarBody.com has just announced the $250,000 Grand Prize winner in its Million Dollar Body Game(TM),...

Freeland, MI Woman Wins $50,000 for Losing Weight, Adding Muscle and Changing Her Life

Million Dollar Body(TM) Is Awarding Over One Million Dollars to Help People Lose Weight and Get in Better Shape ANAHEIM, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitness website MillionDollarBody.com has just announced a $50,000 Grand Prize winner in its Million Dollar Body Game(TM), an...

Knoxville, TN Woman Wins $50,000 for Losing 77 Pounds

Million Dollar Body(TM) Is Awarding Over One Million Dollars to Help People Lose Weight and Get in Better Shape ANAHEIM, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitness website MillionDollarBody.com has just announced a $50,000 Grand Prize winner in its Million Dollar Body Game(TM), an...

Caro, MI Woman Wins $50,000 for Losing 85 Pounds

Million Dollar Body(TM) Is Awarding Over One Million Dollars to Help People Lose Weight and Get in Better Shape ANAHEIM, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitness website MillionDollarBody.com has just announced a $50,000 Grand Prize winner in its Million Dollar Body Game(TM), an...

Columbus, OH Man Wins $50,000 for Losing 71 Pounds

Million Dollar Body(TM) Is Awarding Over One Million Dollars to Help People Lose Weight and Get in Better Shape ANAHEIM, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitness website MillionDollarBody.com has just announced a $50,000 Grand Prize winner in its Million Dollar Body Game(TM), an...

PSA Test Losing Diagnostic Value, Study Says

Advances in biopsy techniques rendering prostate cancer screen less useful, but some experts disagree MONDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Changes in medical practice have undermined the value of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test as a diagnostic tool for prostate cancer, a new s...

Shreveport, LA Mother Wins $10,000 for Losing 50 Pounds

Million Dollar Body(TM) Is Awarding Over One Million Dollars to Help People Lose Weight and Get in Better Shape BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitness website MillionDollarBody.com has just announced another $10,000 winner in its Million Dollar Body Game(TM), an ...

PA Residents Losing Employer Coverage at Rate Second Only to CA

HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly half a million fewer Pennsylvanians are receiving health insurance through their employer than were getting it just five years ago, according to a report released jointly today by the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC, and the...

Top Tips to Enjoy Healthy Latin Food Without Losing the Taste (Recipe)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Traditional Latin American foods have a reputation for being full of flavor. Unfortunately, many of these foods that have brought families together for generations are being prepared now in ways that can compromise one's health. Oftentimes L...

Young Girls Turning to Speed for Losing Weight

A new study has revealed that girls as young as 15 are resorting to the drug speed, class A and class B, for losing weight. The Amphetamine drugs that are snorted and injected contract appetite and trigger maniac behaviour, which results in burning of calories. Robin Herne with Suf...

'Katee Holmes' Vs 'Katie Holmes' Case of Losing Virginity

Wannabe porn star 'Katee Holmes', the namesake of Hollywood actress Katie Holmes, has declared that she will begin her career by losing her virginity on film. The 18-year-old fashion student, who has infuriated Katie, recently announced that she will lose her virginity in 26 days 15 hours ...

UK’s Junior Doctors Losing Hop

A pall of gloom and associated pessimism hangs thickly over Britain’s junior doctors,// reports show. It has just been a month since UK’s young doctors took the street in protest of the lack of suitable jobs. This was in spite of most of them having dished out thousands of pounds to train fo...

Lake Superior in US Losing Ice Cover Fast, Signaling Global Warming

Lake Superior has been warming even faster than the climate around it since the late 1970s. Its ice cover could completely vanish by the winter of 2040//, according to a study by professors at the University of Minnesota Duluth. A popular tourist spot,it is the largest freshwater lake in the worl...

Smoking Increases the Danger of Losing Vision

Advertising campaign pointing out the threat of losing vision due to smoking will prove to be more effective in young population//. This was cited by the British Journal of Opthalmology. According to the Royal National Institute of the Blind, losing vision is considered more serious by smoking ...

Is Excalia an Excellent Weight Losing Pill?

A California based company has developed a pill called Excalia ,the latest magic potion to fight excess flab . The researchers working for this announced //the results of their tests at a conference sponsored by the North American Association for the Study of Obesity. This organisation is one o...

Is Excalia an Excellent Weight Losing Pill?

A California based company has developed a pill called Excalia ,the latest magic potion to fight excess flab . The researchers working for this announced// the results of their tests at a conference sponsored by the North American Association for the Study of Obesity.This organisation is one o...

Laxatives are Not the Right Option for Losing Weight

Many youngsters are trying their best to gain an amazing figure at the cost of their own health. With under eating and vomiting after consumption //of food, a large population is opting for laxative abuse. Assumptions about weight loss Eating Disorders Association conducted a research wh...

Weight Gaining And Losing May Increase Men's Risk For Gallstones

According to a report in the November 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA/Archives journal, weight cycling may increase men's risk for gallstones later in// life. When a solid mass of cholesterol, bile and calcium salts gets accumulated in the gall bladder, it results in the Gallstone...

Which Is Better For Losing Weight? - Diet Or Exercise

An NIH-Funded study says that both diet and exercise works well for weight loss, but dieters end up in losing muscle mass. //The study further suggests those who want to lose weight in their 50s and 60s, to consider heading to the cardio workout room instead of counting calories. Both, those wh...

Forgetful? You May Be Losing More Than Just Your Memory

Older adults who complain their “mind is going” may be losing a part of their brain along with their memory, according to a study published// in the September 12, 2006, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study, which looked at 120 people over...

Fiji Boy Compensated for Losing Eye-sight due to Medical Lapse

A court in Fiji has awarded $458,755 in compensation to a 10-year-old Indo-Fijian boy who had lost his sight after being administered// excessive oxygen in an incubator post-birth. Jashnil Kumar, who was born prematurely on Jan 21, 1996, at a hospital in Lautoka, northwestern Fiji, was kept in...

MRSA Causes Man To Face Prospect Of Losing Leg

Sandy Davidson, who was being treated for a bowel complaint, now faces the risk of losing his leg after he caught the MRSA superbug in the hospital. // His left foot became infected when he was being treated, but nurses told him it was nothing. He was sent home, but returned four months later only ...

Women Compensated For Losing Eye-Sight After Undergoing Cataract Operation

The District Consumer Redressal forum ordered a compensation of Rs one lakh each to two women who lost their eye-sight after undergoing cataract operation// at a free medical Camp conducted on behalf of the Theni District Administration on January 24, 2003. The women submitted that after they u...

Spices and Herbal Tea Help in Losing Weight

Spices in Indian cookery and herbal tea could help fight the weight gain, according to scientists in Maastricht University in Holland. The results of the study// were published in the medical journal Physiology and Behaviour. Their study revealed that common ingredients in curries and black or gre...

Increased Rates of Heart Problems Due To Fear of losing one's Job

According to a study conducted by Yale university researchers it was found that forced out of work in the later part of one's life resulted in an increased rate of heart attacks //. They analyzed about 4,301 people between the age group of 51 to 61 years. The results of the study were published in ...

Low-Intensity Exercise The Key To Losing More Pounds

Shedding more pounds may be better achieved through a brisk walk through the park rather than a fast run exercise regime, points out a new study //. Weight loss is all about burning more calories than what is consumed. The effect of intensity of an exercise in producing the difference in body...

Does Losing A Game Affect Men?

An online survey has been launched by the Mental Health Foundation, even as the UK seeks to win the football World Cup. The object of the research // is to find out how much importance men give to the game. Evaluations will be made with regard to finding out if men would choose to lose their jobs...

Women Who Take Pill - Risk Losing Their Sex Drive

New York: Women who use oral contraceptive pills can lose their sex drive for up to a year after they stop taking it according to a recent study//. Loss of libido, muted or non-existent orgasms and painful intercourse have long been known as side effects of the pill. A previous research had, ...

Increased Risk Of Losing Sight In Obese People.

A research conducted by two Israeli ophthalmologists Professor Michael Belkin and Dr Zohar Habot-Wilner working at the Goldschleger Eye Institute at the Sheba Medical Centre said that obesity causes ocular diseases.//br> They said that they have co-related all the previous research that has been ...

Leptin Hormone Plays Key Role In Losing Weight

A research team of scientists at the Columbia University have found out as to why it is easier to gain weight when compared to keeping it off. // The key to this is the leptin hormone which controls the appetite. The hormone helped people to avoid putting on weight after having lost it. Over ...