You can be doing all the right things and still have unexplained reasons for not losing weight… frustrating to be sure, but all too common for many women. Before you beat yourself up for your lack of success, consider these four hidden health conditions that might be sabotaging your best efforts.
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When it comes to staying sharp as you age, one body type might just have the edge on the others. A new U.S. study in the July 14, 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society finds that older obese women are more likely to have memory problems if they [...]
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Maybe. An observational study of over 35,000 postmenopausal women published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention suggests that those who take fish oil supplements might have a lower risk (1/3) of developing breast cancer than those who don’t. But these findings, though intriguing, still aren’t enough to conclude that [...]
Get this… just five minutes a day on a bike can help a woman minimize her weight gain as she enters middle age according to new research appearing in the June 28, 2010 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. This is especially true if you’re already carrying more weight than you [...]
In the battle against breast cancer medicine may have acquired another valuable weapon – broccoli. A natural compound inside this delicious leafy green might just help in the fight as part of a breast cancer diet based on the results of a new bit of research published May 1, 2010 in Clinical [...]
Just ten years ago, the World Health Organization called obesity the most visible, but neglected, public health problem in the world. Today guidelines out of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) determine who is considered obese or overweight based on body mass index, a measurement that puts height and weight in [...]
We’ve all heard (time and time again) that a daily vitamin is important in ensuring your body gets the nutrients it needs. One each day is supposed to help improve your overall health and protect against heart disease, perhaps even cancer. Now, a new observational study appearing online in the American [...]
Important, though hardly welcome news for middle aged women who are exercising but not losing weight. A new U.S. study of 34,000 women that appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds the secret of how to stay slim – an hour a day of moderate exercise is what you [...]
In an intriguing report published online in Cancer Research, extracts of a tropical fruit known as bitter melon were found to have ingredients that interfere with the chemical pathways involved in breast cancer growth, offering a potential new treatment in breast cancer.
The substance turned off signals that tell breast cancer cells to divide, and switched [...]
The past ten years hasn’t just added inches to belly fat in women; USC researchers have found that stroke risks for women have risen inline with their expanding waistlines.
The gap between men and women when it comes to stroke rates keeps getting bigger according to work presented at the 2010 American Stroke Association’s (ASA) International Stroke Conference [...]
