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Social Stress Sends Body Fat to the Stomach

In turn, that meant heart risks were raised, researcher says WEDNESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Social stress may cause the body to deposit more fat in the abdomen, which increases the risk of heart disease, a new study suggests. The findings could lead to new ways to combat risi...

Autism May Hinder Ability to Read Body Language

Trouble seems to lie in visual processing, researchers say WEDNESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Autism may hinder a person's ability to see and read body language, making it difficult to gauge other people's feelings, a British study finds. Dr. Anthony Atkinson, of the Durham Unive...

Average Mom USA Wins $25,000 Via Total Body Transformation

Fayetteville, North Carolina's Toni Warrick Prevails in Max Muscle Sports Nutrition's "MaxFormation Life Challenge" over nearly 3,000 contestants nationwide Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) July 24, 2009 -- Six months and three weeks after declaring "Start...

Nation's Most Popular Cosmetic Surgery Procedure is a Way for One Houston Plastic Surgeon to Renew Body Contours and Self-Esteem

New statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery indicate breast augmentation has surpassed liposuction after years of dominance as the number-one surgical cosmetic procedure performed in America. Houston plastic surgeon Dr. Philip J. Straka makes breast surgery procedures...

Philips Expands Emergency Healthcare Offering With Acquisition of InnerCool Therapies, a Leader in Body Temperature Management

AMSTERDAM and SAN DIEGO, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Philips (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG ) announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire the assets of InnerCool Therapies Inc., a pioneer in the field of therapeutic hypothermia, which involves the management of a pati...

Milk: Does It Do A Body Good?

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- A study in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests drinking fat-free milk in the morning may be better than drinking juice to stave off morning hunger. However, the study only looks at feeling full...

Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Seeks to Provide Mind, Body and Spirit Healing for Combat Stress

PARK CITY, Utah, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- From July 13-17, 16 female wounded warriors from around the country will take part in outdoor activities like ropes courses, rock climbing, horseback riding and water sports as part of Wounded Warrior Project's Project Odyssey. Project Odyssey brings togethe...

Brio Active Brings Whole Body Vibration Fitness to Cherry Hills Village

Brio Active opens its doors this month, offering a unique, whole body workout with whole body vibration technology at its core. DENVER, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Brio Active offers programs that combine the benefits of whole body vibration, a relatively new fitness concept in the U.S., with rot...

ZoneDiet.com Survey Reveals That Body Insecurity Prevents Nearly Half (49%) of Americans From Engaging in Summer Activities

Zone Diet makes it easy for men and women to achieve a healthy balance and enjoy the outdoors DANVERS, Mass., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- If you've thought twice about attending a pool party because of the swimsuit requirement, you're not alone. A new survey from ZoneDiet.com reveals that 70...

Nature's Healing Nutrition - Healing the Body Naturally

NaturesHealingNutrition.com launches new content to include information about nutritional health, and chemotherapy and its alternatives. Bush, LA (PRWEB) June 16, 2009 -- NaturesHealingNutrition.com has recently launched a new series of pages. The site's primary focus i...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve discover a new way the body fights fungal infection

A team of researchers led by Amy G. Hise, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, is the first to discover how the body fights off oral yeast infections caused by the most common human fungal pathogen, Can...

Can lowering body temperature prevent brain damage in children who suffer cardiac arrest?

ANN ARBOR, Mich. In the first large-scale study of its kind, researchers at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and the University of Utah will lead a multi-center study to investigate whether hypothermialowering body temperaturecan prevent or reduce brain damage in childre...

New Stayhealthy Body Composition Technology Announced at Microsoft's Connected Health Conference

BELLEVUE, Wash., June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a two-year clinical study at the University of Southern California , Stayhealthy introduced their next generation body composition analysis technology at Microsoft's Connected Health Conference. The technology accurately measures body compositio...

Genetic pathway responsible for link between body clock disturbance and worsening arthritis

Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday 10 June 2009: The genes that regulate human circadian rhythm, or 'the body clock', are significantly disturbed in individuals with arthritis, according to the results of a new study presented today at EULAR 2009, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rhe...

BellaDerm(TM), a Unique Human Skin Tissue Implant for Facial and Body Contouring, is Introduced by MTF

EDISON, N.J., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- BellaDerm, the first human dermal tissue graft offered specifically for facial and body contouring procedures, is being introduced today by MTF, the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, the country's leading non-profit tissue bank. BellaDerm is a uniqu...

Marbles: The Brain Store Opens New Location in Chicago, Introduces World's First Bike that Trains Body and Brain

Marbles: The Brain Store, today announced the new Skokie store opening mid-June will introduce the brain-health industry's latest: The NeuroActive Bike, the world's first exerciser that combines cardio workouts with brain workouts. Powered by Brain Center America's (BCA) patent-pending NeuroActiv...

Of body and mind, and deep meditation

Chinese researchers have unlocked the mechanism of an emerging mind-body technique that produces measurable changes in attention and stress reduction in just five days of practice. The practice -- integrative body-mind training (IBMT) -- was adapted from traditional Chinese medicine in the 1990...

Chicago-area Infertility Specialist Richard Sherbahn, MD, Reports a Woman's Body Mass Index Affects Her Success in Infertility Treatment

Research by board-certified reproductive endocrinologist Richard Sherbahn, MD, at the Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago reveals that women with a higher body mass index have more eggs retrieved -- but not a correspondingly higher rate of success -- with in-vitro fertilization. ...

Increased food intake alone explains the increase in body weight in the United States

Amsterdam, the Netherlands: New research that uses an innovative approach to study, for the first time, the relative contributions of food and exercise habits to the development of the obesity epidemic has concluded that the rise in obesity in the United States since the 1970s was virtually all du...

Dr. Elliot Jacobs' New 'Hypo Lipo' Procedure Permanently Reduces Hyperhidrosis and Body Odor

Axillary Curettage Suction Provides Permanent Reduction of Excessive Sweat and Smells New York, NY (Vocus) May 7, 2009 -- Uncontrollable sweating and body odor affects 176 million people and in most cases can be physically, emotionally and financially debilitating. A re...

Dieters Dealt a Body Blow From Recent Labeling of Hydroxycut as Unsafe for Human Consumption

Food Intolerance Testing: Natural Alternative to Hydroxycut? DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The country's estimated 50 million dieters were dealt a body blow on Friday when the FDA declared Hydroxycut (containing hydroxycitric acid, a purported liver toxin) unsafe for human cons...

Mind and Body Reunite as Premier Indianapolis Psychiatry Practice Adds Integrative Medicine

INDIANAPOLIS, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Indiana Health Group (IHG) announced today Angela LaSalle, M.D., Integrative Medicine, will be joining its clinical staff at the Carmel office located at 703 Pro-Med Lane. For further information about Dr. LaSalle or Indiana Health Group, visit the web site...

Obese Children More Likely to Suffer Lower Body Injuries

Stress on muscle, bone behind severity of damage, longer recovery, study finds SATURDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) -- The bones and muscles of the lower body appear to be more vulnerable to injury in obese children than their lighter peers, a new study suggests. The study analyzed the ...

Protect Yourself with Hand Washing Help from Bath & Body Works

NEW YORK, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- As this week's headlines have made it all too clear, you can never be too careful when it comes to protecting yourself against flu outbreaks. What's the number one way to prevent the spread of illness? Frequent, thorough hand washing! According to the Centers for Di...

G & G Holistic Addiction Treatment Uses Innovative Use of Oxygen Therapy Which Restores Mind and Body in Drug Rehab

G & G Holistic Addiction Treatment has added the use of Mild Hyperbarics to drug and alcohol treatment program protocols. Long used around the world, including Scotland and Russia, mild hyperbarics is not generally associated with drug and alcohol treatment in the U.S. G & G provides dr...

Pediatric patient body shape may play a key role in decreasing radiation dose during CT scans

Manipulation of kVp (kilovoltage peak) and mAs (tube current flow) according to a patient's body shape may help reduce radiation doses in pediatric patients during CT, according to a study performed at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital in Cleveland, OH. Phantoms that were 10, 16 and 32...

Gunther Von Hagens' BODY WORLDS and KORPERWELTEN - Not Affiliated With Paris Copycat Display

HEIDELBERG, Germany, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Plastination in Heidelberg, Germany and its Scientific Director, anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens - creators of the world renowned anatomical exhibitions: BODY WORLDS and KORPERWELTEN - categorically state that their exhibitions a...

GNC Launches the First-Ever Comprehensive Line of Whole Body Health Products Exclusively for Fit and Active Women

'GNC WELLbeING' Offers a One-Source Line of Customizable Fitness, Nutrition and Wellness Products Specifically for Women PITTSBURGH, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- GNC is expanding its scope as the leading global specialty retailer of nutritional products with the launch of an innovative new line o...

Introducing solixir(TM)... The First All-Natural Sparkling Botanical Beverage to Hydrate Body and Soul

CHICAGO, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- SOL Elixirs LLC introduces solixir sparkling botanical beverages to the United States. s olixir is the first line of all-natural sparkling beverages with a balanced combination of ingredients that are designed to hydrate the body and soul. so...

A woman's nose knows body odor

PHILADELPHIA (April 7, 2009) It may be wise to trust the female nose when it comes to body odor. According to new research from the Monell Center, it is more difficult to mask underarm odor when women are doing the smelling. "It is quite difficult to block a woman's awareness of body odor....

Dr. Rudy Kachmann, Neurosurgeon, Author, Lecturer & Founder of Kachmann Mind Body Institute Selects TransMedia Group as Agency of Record

World-renowned neurosurgeon for over 40 years, Dr. Kachmann teaches how the connection between mind, body and spirit are essential for optimum health. FORT WAYNE, Ind., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- For residents of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Rudy Kachmann, M.D., creator of the Kachmann Mind Body Institu...

SHAPE Heats Up With First Ever Bikini Body Tour

Hit the sand in the hottest cities and get moving with forty body-boosting fitness classes NEW YORK, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- 4 out of 5 American women say they're dissatisfied with the way they look. That will change this spring. SHAPE magazine, the #1 women's active lifestyle magazine, ...

Khloe Kardashian Receives Body Contouring VelaShape(TM) Treatment Before Photo Shoot

Body shaping (through circumferential reduction) treatment by Syneron(TM) exposed as celebrity beauty secret IRVINE, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Khloe Kardashian, celebrity and star of the E! show Keeping up with the Kardashians , receives the VelaShape(TM) ( http://velashape.com ) trea...

Study finds injectable birth control causes significant weight gain and changes in body mass

GALVESTON, Texas Women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the birth control shot, gained an average of 11 pounds and increased their body fat by 3.4 percent over three years, according to researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). However, wome...

'America's Super Fruit' May Help Reset Body Clock

Cherries Offer Natural Source of Antioxidant Melatonin LANSING, Mich., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Setting the clocks forward this spring can have the unfortunate side effect of disrupting your body's clock. In fact, research indicates that losing even one hour of sleep may affect us for days or...

Discover Whole Body Wellness Through a Revolutionary - and Natural - Approach to Dental Care

The Center for Natural Dentistry - San Diego County's premiere dental practice (online at http://www.NaturalDentistry.us ) - launches a revolutionary care program designed to promote whole-body health at its newest dental practice in downtown Encinitas ENCINITAS, Calif., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/...

Back by Popular Demand! DIAKADI Body Announces Its Spring Edition of Outdoor Boot Camps

Sessions begin Saturday, March 14 at 10 a.m. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- DIAKADI Body, Personal Training and Wellness Center , is excited to bring back its outdoor boot camps, the hottest and most economical workout in San Francisco. Starting Saturday, March 14 at 10 a.m., ind...

The NBA Teams up With Body By Milk to Challenge Teenagers to 'Get Fit By Finals'

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- NBA All-Star Chris Paul and WNBA All-Star Diana Taurasi, are teaming up to help get teenagers into the fitness game through a new national campaign called Get Fit By Finals. The program, which launched today at an event at NBA All-Star 2009 in Phoenix, Ariz....

Mind out of balance, body out of balance

Many of the 40 million American adults who suffer from anxiety disorders also have problems with balance. As increasing numbers of children are diagnosed with anxiety, Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that the link between balance and anxiety can be assessed at an early age and th...

Video: Solta Medical Introduces Advanced Thermage Body Tip 16.0 for Faster Body Shaping and Contouring Treatments

Larger Tip Enables Physicians to Perform Thermage Body Area Treatments Twice as Fast and Improves Patient Treatment Experience HAYWARD, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Solta Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLTM ) today announced the launch of its new Body Tip 16.0 for the Thermage NXT syst...