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News: Latest in Weight Management
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by hernews
Posted: Thu., May 15, 2008, 02:35 pm
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By Kathleen Doheny
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Weight-loss supplements widely available for purchase online often include ingredients that are potentially hazardous to your heart, and a new study shows the labels often don't include this warning.
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by Kelley
Posted: Wed., May 14, 2008, 04:50 pm
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PART 1
Kelley Howard: Mexico Lap-Band Experience
http://www.empowher.com/share/weight-man...
PART 2
When we last left off, I had undergone a lap-band procedure in Mexico and was suffering from some pretty awful on-going side-effects.
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by hernews
Posted: Mon., May 12, 2008, 02:22 pm
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By Carolyn Colwell
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Daily doses of statins and blood pressure medications will not be enough to prevent heart disease among the ever-growing number of Baby Boomers who are overweight or obese, a new study suggests.
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by hernews
Posted: Wed., May 7, 2008, 10:37 am
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WEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new class of weight-loss drugs that suppresses appetite by blocking cannabinoid receptors in the brain should be used with caution in children, U.S. scientists report.
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by hernews
Posted: Wed., May 7, 2008, 07:19 am
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By Alan Mozes
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new brain imaging study reveals that a gut hormone known for its appetite-promoting powers actually stimulates key reward centers in the brain to make food look more tasty and irresistible.
The feeding culprit is ghrelin, and the finding suggests that this hormone's so-called "hedonic effect" on the senses unfolds in the same brain regions that researchers have long-associated with drug addiction -- motivating people to eat even when there is no nutritional reason to do so.
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