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Weight Loss In Adulthood Linked To Improved Cardiovascular Health

Weight Loss In Adulthood Linked To Improved Cardiovascular Health

A recent study has indicated that weight loss at any age during adulthood can have a significant effect on cardiovascular health. This weight loss can yield long-term cardiovascular benefits, even if people gained the weight they lost later on. Findings of the said research are published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. Researchers from the University College London in the UK analyzed data from the UK Me
Diabetes Symptoms You Should Be Aware Of

Diabetes Symptoms You Should Be Aware Of

Diabetes is a disease that can affect a person’s standard of living. But it is also a disease that can be treatable with sound blood sugar management through diet and exercise as well as use of certain diabetes drugs. The problem is that sometimes people may not be aware that they have diabetes until it is too late. Here are some of the common diabetes symptoms that people should know. Urge To Urinate People
Weight Loss May Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in People With Pre-Diabetes

Weight Loss May Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in People With Pre-Diabetes

Recent research indicates that losing about 10 percent of their previous body weight may help people with pre-diabetes reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the next three years if the weight loss came within six months of their diagnosis. The findings offer a clue on how short-term lifestyle changes may affect long-term health, especially for people with great risk of developing diabetes. A report on th
New Diabetes Drugs May Also Aid Weight Loss

New Diabetes Drugs May Also Aid Weight Loss

Diabetes and excess weight are probably the two common issues that more and more people have to deal with nowadays. Both are even closely linked to each other, as some studies suggest. It may also be this link that may someday help people treat one in order to also treat the other. And as what a recent study may suggest, a certain class of diabetes drugs can also be used to aid people with weight loss. Researchers
Overweight Americans Struggling With Losing Weight

Overweight Americans Struggling With Losing Weight

A study shows that only a few Americans who have been overweight or obese are able to lose excess weight and then maintain the loss. According to researchers from Penn State College of Medicine, only one in every six Americans who are obese or overweight is quite successful in losing weight and then keeping it off. About two thirds of the adult population in America are considered overweight which is considered as