Health Care Articles

[Articles : Diabetes]
16-Jan-2008 11:45:27

Childhood Obesity Takes a TollType 2 diabetes, long an "adult" disease, has been affecting more children in the last several years. This is due to an increase in overweight and obese children. Kids are becoming more sedentary and eating mor ...

[Articles : Blood Pressure]
05-Jan-2008 21:58:53

Summary:  Women who developed high blood pressure during pregnancy are more likely to have a buildup of calcium in the coronary arteries after menopause. This calcification has been associated with an increased risk of heart disease.   ...

[Articles : Body Weight]
04-Jan-2008 01:09:34

Learn how the Harvard Food Pyramid can help you improve your health. Nutritionists from the Harvard School of Public Health created the Healthy Eating Pyramid. When people in the Harvard study followed new guidelines, men decreased their overall ...

[Articles : Body Weight]
04-Jan-2008 00:23:14

Various methods are used to determine if someone’s weight has increased his or her health risks. Some are based on the relationship between height and weight; others are based on measurements of body fat. The most commonly used method today is ...

[Articles : Diabetes]
20-Dec-2007 11:32:16

By Sandra Jordan/Special to the NNPA  ST. LOUIS (NNPA) - "Brendon never got sick. That was probably the hardest part," Kynedra Ogunnaike said about her son. Playing the drums, sports, and everything about being an active 6-year-ol ...

[Articles : Body Weight]
19-Dec-2007 23:56:52

by Jenifer D'souza  Nowadays, we see the fitness experts are busy advising long lists of what to eat and what not to eat, how to mould your daily routine so that exercises and physical workouts covers the major part of the day and in making peop ...

[Articles : Blood Pressure]
19-Dec-2007 23:48:22

Living with Hypertension by Susan Price-johnson A fairly common illness nowadays is hypertension or in common man's language high blood pressure. It is this blood pressure that is responsible for making sure that the blood travels in our heart, arter ...

[Articles : Body Weight]
17-Dec-2007 23:36:21

The worldwide obesity epidemic has increased the number of bariatric (slimming) surgical procedures more than fivefold within five years in most developed countries; there is also mounting evidence that the surgery reduces mortality in morbidly obese ...

[Articles : Blood Pressure]
16-Dec-2007 18:50:45

By Sanjay Kak  Down with blood pressure, want to reduce excess fat. Don't know how to start. All it needs a strong decision in your heart that you can do it, and few minutes of your daily time. Simple ways to bring smile on your face and re ...

[Articles : Blood Pressure]
16-Dec-2007 18:44:32

By Sanjay Kak  Choosing blood pressure medications - This is the biggest dilemma one faces while going through high blood pressure disease. Most of the time your dilemma will be solved by your doctor, his expertise of disease and knowledge ...