Obesity Linked to Lowest Earnings

A new UC Davis study has found that minimum-wage employees are more likely to be obese than those who earn higher wages, adding to growing evidence that being poor is a risk factor for unhealthy weight.
"Our study clarifies a link that has been assumed but difficult to prove," said Paul Leigh, senior author of the study and professor in the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research. "The correlation between obesity and poverty-level wages was very strong."

"Future research should address wage and obesity correlations among samples that include more African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and women," said Leigh. "Obesity is a complex problem that likely has multiple causes. The more we can pinpoint those causes for specific populations, the greater chances there are for reducing its impact.

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Obesity linked to lowest earnings

Whole grain, Bran Intake Associated with Lower Risk of Death in Diabetic Women

Women with type 2 diabetes who ate the most bran in a study had a 35 percent lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and a 28 percent reduction in death from all causes than women who ate the least amount, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.


Bran is a component of whole grain rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber. "These findings suggest a potential benefit of whole grain, and particularly bran, in reducing death and cardiovascular risk in diabetic patients," said Qi, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and assistant professor of nutrition in the Harvard School of Public Health.

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Whole grain, bran intake associated with lower risk of death in diabetic women

Weight-loss Supplement Has Potential to Burn Fair Amount of Calories

Weight-loss supplement has potential to burn fair amount of calories
A new weight-loss supplement tested by the University of Oklahoma Health and Exercise Science Department has the potential to burn as many calories as a 20-minute walk, according to Joel T. Cramer, assistant professor of exercise physiology.

A supplement containing black pepper, caffeine, and a concentrated form of capsaicin, was researched and found to increase energy expenditure by 3-6% ( or burn calories as a 20% walk). Read the details ...

Study: Bone Drug Lowers Breast Cancer Risk 38% in High-Risk Women - USATODAY.com

Study: Bone drug lowers breast cancer risk 38% in high-risk women - USATODAY.com

The osteoporosis drug Raloxifene was found to reduce breast cancer risk by 38% but does not increase the risk of endometrial cancer, the same as Tamoxifene which - although reduces breast cancer risk by 50% - it doubles the risk of endometrial cancer. Read more ...

Vitamin And Calcium Supplements May Reduce Risk Of Breast Cancer : dBTechno

Vitamin And Calcium Supplements May Reduce Risk Of Breast Cancer : dBTechno

As common is breast cancer, as simple is how to reduceits risk by taking Calcium and multi-vitamin supplements.
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New Hope for Stroke Sruvivors

BBC News - Robot trainer benefits stroke patients - study
New robots - that are still at an early development stage - has helped patients improve arm movement. There is a hope that a machine compact enough to be used in the patient's home will be developed. Read on ....

Is It The End of Baldness?

Gene that regulates hair growth identified

Would the discovery of this gene that regulates the hair growth lead to eradication of baldness, or hair fall in women?

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Keys to Herbal Medicines are Unlocked

Tiny worms employed to unlock keys to herbal medicines

A one herb contains many ingredients, and a collection of herbs in one herbal formula may contain hundreds of ingredients, the single herb or ingredient that cause the medicinal benefits was not known. Using tiny worms that live only 20 days, it can be sorted out which compound in a herbal formulation showed the most potential for their stated purpose.


As there is a high level of (common genetic origin) with nematode and humans, testing single herbs with C .elegans worms and then testing those herbs on well-characterized mutant worms, enables scientists to find the missing genes.


C. elegans has very short life cycle and is suitable for conducting rapid experiments, and between 60-80 percent of the 20,000 genes in C. elegans genome have similar origins to human genes.


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New Opioid Approved .. but for How Long?

Controlled-release OxyContin is the last opioid pain killer to be approved by FDA.

FDA said "The new formulation will most likely result in less abuse by inhaling or injection, but it still can be abused or misused by ingesting larger doses than are recommended.

They added "The manufaturer company -Purdue Pharma- will be required to conduct a post-market study to collect data on the extent to which the new formulation reduces abuse and misuse of its drug".

Isn't it attractive to drug abuser to ingest larger doses to obtain the effect they want? we'll see.

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Harder-to-Break OxyContin Pill Wins Approval - NYTimes.com

Unhealthiest Foods At The Mall on Yahoo! Health

Unhealthy foods like:
- The drink Jamba Juice Peanut Butter Moo’d (22 oz)  which contains 770 calories, 20 g fat (4.5 g saturated), 108 g sugars,
- Pizza like Sbarro Stuffed Pepperoni Pizza, 1 slice of which contains 890 calories, 42 g fat, and 3,200 mg sodium,
- The Chinese meal Panda Express Orange Chicken with Fried Rice  which contains 970 calories, 38 g fat (7.5 g saturated), 1,540 mg sodium,
- The sandwich Panera Bread Full Chipotle Chicken on Artisan French  which contains 990 calories, 56 g fat (15 g saturated, 1 g trans) and 2,370 mg sodium,
- Cinnabon Regular Caramel Pecanbun which contains 1,100 calories, 56 g fat (10 g saturated, 5 g trans), 47 g sugars, and 141 g carbohydrates, can be easily obtained at the mall.

In this article, you will find more details about these foods and drinks, moreover you will be given their healthy alternatives.
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Unhealthiest Foods At The Mall on Yahoo! Health

Be Skincare Savvy

Buzzwords like "All natural", "Hypoallergenic", "Patented", "Patent-pending", "Organic", "Fragrance free", " No fragrance added", and "Non-comedogenic" may face you and mostly you don't bother by asking about their meaning.

In this article you will find out what do these words exactly mean, so that you do not get fooled up! Read on ........

6 Skincare Buzzwords Translated on Yahoo! Health