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Restaurant meals overloaded with salt, fat, calories, study says
Want to satisfy your full day’s requirement of salt, fat and calories? Sit down in a restaurant and order a meal. After an exhaustive analysis of 3,507 possible ways to order 685 meals at 19 restaurants chains in Canada, researchers found that the...
Tags: Salt, Burger King, Heart Failure, Diseases and Illnesses, Foods and Beverages
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Small restaurants serving big calories, salt: studies
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite public health progress in cutting calories, as well as salt and fat from fast foods and supermarket products, neighborhood restaurants are still packing big helpings of each into their meals, a trio of studies suggests....Tags: Salt, Food and Drug Administration, Health and Medical Professionals, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medical Specialization
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Gov. Chris Christie's lap-band, a health need or political ploy
HealthNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is making headlines for his recent lap-band stomach surgery, which could help the overweight politician lose up to 100 pounds—if he changes his ways. The fact that his name features prominently on the news is good news... -
US suicide rate rose sharply among middle-aged
NEW YORK (AP) — The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, the government reported Thursday. The trend was most pronounced among white...
Tags: Suicide, Demographics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Paterson, Smith-Baugh: Health trends for blacks must be reversed in a hurry in South Florida
In April, the National Urban League released their 37th State of Black America report, which looks at the education, income, employment and health of Black America in communities and nationwide. This 50-year retrospective discusses how we need to...Tags: Social Issues, Diseases and Illnesses, Obesity, Weight, Diabetes
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Study questions fish oil benefit before heart attack
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fish oil supplements did not prevent heart problems in people who hadn't had a heart attack yet, in a large long-term study from Italy. The study - a gold-standard randomized, controlled trial - tested the effect of omega-3...Tags: General Practitioners, Placebo, Food and Drug Administration, Diseases and Illnesses, Vitamin E
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William F. Childs III, engineer
William F. Childs III, a retired engineer who was an early salesman of do-it-yourself cement products, died of complications from heart disease April 23 at his Towson home. He was 95 and lived for many years in Stoneleigh. Born in Salisbury, he was a...
Tags: Science and Technology, Annapolis, Maryland General Assembly, Anglicanism, Baltimore County
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Applying Torah values to our diets
Since Shavuot is z'man matan Torateinu (the commemoration of the giving of the Torah to the Israelites on Mount Sinai), many dedicated religious Jews admirably stay up the entire first night of Shavuot to hear talks about and discuss Torah teachings....Tags: Ecosystems, Judaism, Torah, Global Change, Religion and Belief
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Packaged diet foods may spur more weight loss
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a head-to-head comparison with a traditional diet, people who stuck to a diet of portion-controlled packaged foods lost almost twice as much weight as those who only got advice on how to trim calories, according to a new...Tags: Health Treatments, Body Mass Index, University of Alabama, Obesity, Weight Loss
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Rising temperatures increase health risks
Summer is almost here, and with it likely some blistering hot days. A recent study suggests the elderly should beware when the temperature spikes, because they face an increased risk of winding up in the emergency room short of breath on those days. And...
Tags: COPD, Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses, Ecosystems, Heat Stroke
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Pets may help cut heart disease risk: American Heart Association
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Anyone wanting to live longer and cut their risk of suffering from heart disease might want to consider getting a pet. The American Heart Association (AHA) issued a scientific statement on Thursday saying owning a pet may help to...Tags: Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses, American Heart Association, High Blood Pressure
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Rise of the 'femivores': An activist woman's place is in the kitchen
Is the feminist movement to blame for our expanding waistline? In her book “Homeward Bound,” excerpted on Salon, author Emily Matchar points to food writers and experts who’ve pinned the problem on feminism. In driving women out of the...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Obesity, Periodicals, Weight, Feminism
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