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Lifestyle changes for obese patients linked to modest weight loss

March 12, 2012
(Washington University School of Medicine) A program that helps obese patients improve healthy behaviors is associated with modest weight loss and improved blood pressure control in a high-risk, low-income group, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Duke University, Harvard University and other institutions.

Lifestyle Choices In Early Adulthood Can Impact Your Heart Health In Later Life

March 6, 2012
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle from young adulthood into your 40s is strongly associated with low cardiovascular disease risk in middle age, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. "The problem is few adults can maintain ideal cardiovascular health factors as they age," said Kiang Liu, first author of the study. ...

Maintaining healthy lifestyle from young adulthood linked with low CVD risk in middle age

March 3, 2012
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle from young adulthood into your 40s is strongly associated with low cardiovascular disease risk in middle age, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Altered Lifestyle Plus Anti-Obesity Drugs Are Effective

February 10, 2012
Researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that anti-obesity drugs together with lifestyle advice are effective in reducing weight and BMI. In the paper published in Obesity Review, Dr. Laura Gray and her team from Leicester University's Department of Health Sciences assessed the effectiveness of anti -obesity drugs and ...

Weight Loss With Anti-Obesity Drugs And A Modified Lifestyle

February 10, 2012
A study led by the University of Leicester has found that anti-obesity drugs coupled with lifestyle advice are effective in reducing weight and BMI. Dr Laura Gray and colleagues from the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Leicester have published a paper in the journal Obesity Review which ...

Combination of anti-obesity drugs and lifestyle advice effective in reducing weight, BMI

February 9, 2012
A study led by the University of Leicester has found that anti-obesity drugs coupled with lifestyle advice are effective in reducing weight and BMI.

Anti-obesity drugs with a modified lifestyle helps weight loss — new study

February 8, 2012
A study led by the University of Leicester has found that anti-obesity drugs coupled with lifestyle advice are effective in reducing weight and BMI.

Anti-obesity drugs with a modified lifestyle helps weight loss — new study

February 8, 2012
(University of Leicester) A study led by the University of Leicester has found that anti-obesity drugs coupled with lifestyle advice are effective in reducing weight and BMI.

Lifestyle changes can help prevent 30% of cancers: WHO

February 3, 2012
More than 30 percent of cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes, the World Health Organization said Friday, on the eve of World Cancer Day.

Sedentary Lifestyle A Problem For 2 In 5 Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis

January 27, 2012
A new study, funded by a grant from the National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), found that two in five adults (42%) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were inactive. Taking measures to motivate RA patients to increase their physical activity will improve public health according to the ...

Patients With Diabetes Benefit From Lifestyle Counseling In Primary Care Setting

January 26, 2012
Lifestyle counseling, practiced as part of routine care for people with diabetes, helps people more quickly lower blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels and keep them under control, according to a large, long-term study published in the February issue of Diabetes Care...

Lifestyle Counseling Helps Diabetes Patients Control Blood Sugar

January 25, 2012
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Incorporating lifestyle counseling into routine care for diabetes patients significantly reduces the time it takes them to reach their treatment goals, according to a new study. It included more than 30,000 diabetes patients with elevated blood glucose, blood pressure or cholesterol ...