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Most men dealing with eating disorders wait much longer to seek help than women suffering from the same disorder, a new study has found. The study, which was recently published in the journal BMJ Open, finds that men suffering from eating disorders often go days without eating and often obsess about their weight. In some […]
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Huntington-Ashland-Ironton, a metropolitan area that encompasses parts of three different U.S. states, is the most obese community in America, according to a new Gallup study. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Boulder, Colorado, has been named the nation’s slimmest community for the fifth time in six years. Huntington-Ashland-Ironton encompasses parts of West Virginia, Kentucky, […]
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A new study says that teenage boys who spend lots of time on the computer may be at risk for developing osteoporosis. The study, which involved just under a thousand Norwegian teen boys and girls and was recently presented at the World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases, found that boys tend to spend […]
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A new report says that more and more women are developing diabetes during their pregnancies, thereby increasing the risk that newborns will have serious birth defects. The report comes from Dr. Denice Feig and a team of Mount Sinai Hospital researchers. Feig and her team examined gestational and pre-gestational diabetes rates over a fourteen-year period, […]
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It’s well known that a good night’s sleep is good for our health. A new Taiwanese study emphasizes this fact by pointing to insomnia, which reportedly leaves sufferers more susceptible to stroke. The study, which has been published in the American Heart Association’s medical journal Stroke, is the work of two of Taiwan’s top medical […]
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