Washington, July 17 : A new study has found that vitamin deficiency after weight loss surgery can cause vision loss in newborns.
Researchers documented the case of a woman who had undergone biliopancreatic diversion surgery for obesity seven years before the birth of her child.
At nine weeks gestation, the mother was diagnosed with severe deficiencies of [...]
Washington, Apr 14 : Simply reducing caloric intake is not enough to promote significant weight loss, concludes a new study.
The research by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University is published in the April edition of the American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.
“In the midst of America’’s obesity epidemic, physicians frequently [...]
Washington, April 5 : The belief that intentional weight loss is harmful to older adults is unfounded, a new American research has found.
The study, conducted by scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, will be published in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences.
According to M. Kyla Shea, first author on the study and a [...]
Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): Healthy, long-term weight loss diets can significantly reverse carotid (main brain artery) atherosclerosis, a direct risk factor for strokes and heart attacks, a new study has found.
The two-year study led by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has been published in Circulation, the leading journal of the American Heart [...]
Washington, Jan 10 (ANI): Forget dieting or gruelling workout regimes –adopting a holistic approach to losing weight would be enough to feed your body the nourishment it craves for, says medical director of Greenwich Hospital.
Henri Roca, medical director of Greenwich Hospital’s Centre for Integrative Medicine, has suggested a holistic weight loss program that would help [...]
London, Dec 4 (ANI): Obese men with obstructive sleep apnoea can reduce their problem by losing weight, a new study suggests.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep apnea caused by the collapse of the upper airways during sleep. It is characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep. Each episode (apnoea) lasts for at least [...]
Washington, Oct 29 (ANI) As little as 80 minutes a week of aerobic or resistance training helps not only to prevent weight gain, but also to inhibit a regain of harmful visceral fat one year after weight loss, according to a new study.
Unlike subcutaneous fat that lies just under the skin and is noticeable, visceral [...]
London, Oct 27 (ANI): Heading to the gym? Well, don’t forget to take along your friend, for a new study has claimed that exercising with a partner boosts weight loss.
To reach the conclusion, Professor Shiriki Kumanyika and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, conducted the two-year trial. The study included 344 [...]
Melbourne, Sep 22 (ANI): A new drastic weight-loss fad has come up that involves the insertion of patches on the tongues, which in turn makes eating a painful experience.
According to the Chugay Cosmetic Surgery website, the “Chugay Tongue Patch” produces a “means of weight loss never before offered by other surgeons”.
The “patch” is a mesh [...]
London, July 1 (ANI): A new study has suggested that minor weight loss in obese women could boost their chances of getting pregnant.
Professor Bill Ledger, from the University of Sheffield, and colleagues said conducted a three-month study of 40 obese women who were not ovulating.
Many of them suffered from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
The group’’s average [...]