Weight loss and Weight Chat Blog http://weightlossopinions.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:04:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en Customized Vitamins: The New Future of Health? http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/customized-vitamins-the-new-future-of-health/ http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/customized-vitamins-the-new-future-of-health/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:04:32 +0000 http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/customized-vitamins-the-new-future-of-health/ Vitamins are an important part of overall health since they can supplement vital nutrients and vitamins that you would not otherwise receive from your regular diet.  In fact, vitamins can help prevent disease and illness, strengthen the immunity system, slow down the aging process, increase your energy levels, and help you lose weight.  But how do you know exactly which vitamins you should be taking?
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students taking psychiatric medications experiment with stopping their
medication while away at college.
Case Western Reserve University researchers in Cleveland said that the
National American College and University Health Services

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]]> http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/students-may-stop-mental-health-medication/feed/ Happiness may affect breast cancer risk http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/happiness-may-affect-breast-cancer-risk/ http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/happiness-may-affect-breast-cancer-risk/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:19:09 +0000 http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/happiness-may-affect-breast-cancer-risk/ BEER-SHEVA, Israel (UPI) — Happiness and optimism may help
guard against breast cancer, while adverse life events may increase
breast cancer risk, Israeli researchers said.
Ronit Peled of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel questioned
women about their life experiences and evaluated

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]]> http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/happiness-may-affect-breast-cancer-risk/feed/ Chronic lead poisoning from urban soils http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/chronic-lead-poisoning-from-urban-soils/ http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/chronic-lead-poisoning-from-urban-soils/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:19:09 +0000 http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/chronic-lead-poisoning-from-urban-soils/ INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Chronic lead poisoning — from playing
in contaminated dirt — affects more U.S. children than acute lead
poisoning from imported toys, researchers said.
Gabriel M. Filippelli of Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis conducted a literature review of studies of

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]]> http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/chronic-lead-poisoning-from-urban-soils/feed/ Late-talking toddlers catch up by age 7 http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/late-talking-toddlers-catch-up-by-age-7/ http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/late-talking-toddlers-catch-up-by-age-7/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:19:09 +0000 http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/late-talking-toddlers-catch-up-by-age-7/ LAWRENCE, Kan. (UPI) — Eighty percent of children with
language delays at age 2 will catch up by age 7, U.S. and Australian
researchers said.
However, this also means that for 20 percent of late-talking toddlers,
language delays persist, said study leader Mabel Rice of the University
of Kansas

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]]> http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/27/late-talking-toddlers-catch-up-by-age-7/feed/ 100-calorie packs may not help dieters http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/100-calorie-packs-may-not-help-dieters/ http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/100-calorie-packs-may-not-help-dieters/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:11:57 +0000 http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/100-calorie-packs-may-not-help-dieters/ TEMPE, Ariz. (UPI) — Chronic dieters, who try to manage their
weight and food intake, tend to eat more snacks if they’re packaged in
100-calorie packs, U.S. researchers said.
Arizona State University study authors Maura L. Scott, Stephen M.
Nowlis, Naomi Mandel and Andrea C. Morales examined

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]]> http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/100-calorie-packs-may-not-help-dieters/feed/ New immigrants receptive to dental care http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/new-immigrants-receptive-to-dental-care/ http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/new-immigrants-receptive-to-dental-care/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:11:57 +0000 http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/new-immigrants-receptive-to-dental-care/ BOSTON (UPI) — A “silent epidemic” of dental problems is
occurring in disadvantaged communities, but new immigrants are the most
receptive to oral care, U.S. researchers say.
Study authors Shuili Du, of Sankar Sen of City University of New York,
and C.B. Bhattacharya of Boston University

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]]> http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/new-immigrants-receptive-to-dental-care/feed/ New strategy to reduce unhealthy behaviors http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/new-strategy-to-reduce-unhealthy-behaviors/ http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/new-strategy-to-reduce-unhealthy-behaviors/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:11:57 +0000 http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/new-strategy-to-reduce-unhealthy-behaviors/ PHILADELPHIA (UPI) — Health campaigns to reduce binge
drinking and eating junk food often focus on risk but focusing on
communities may be more effective, U.S. researchers said.
Study author Jonah Berger of University of Pennsylvania and Lindsay Rand
of Stanford University found that linking a

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]]> http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/new-strategy-to-reduce-unhealthy-behaviors/feed/ Dense breasts may increase cancer risk http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/dense-breasts-may-increase-cancer-risk/ http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/dense-breasts-may-increase-cancer-risk/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:11:57 +0000 http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/dense-breasts-may-increase-cancer-risk/ NASHVILLE (UPI) — Women with denser breasts have an increased
risk for developing breast cancer and having breast cancers with
invasive characteristics, U.S. researchers said.
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers said breast cancer cells
grown in dense, rigid surroundings step up their

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]]> http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/26/dense-breasts-may-increase-cancer-risk/feed/ Arsenic linked to increased diabetes risk http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/25/arsenic-linked-to-increased-diabetes-risk/ http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/25/arsenic-linked-to-increased-diabetes-risk/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:08:09 +0000 http://weightlossopinions.com/2008/08/25/arsenic-linked-to-increased-diabetes-risk/ BALTIMORE (UPI) — Higher levels of arsenic in the urine
appear to be associated with increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes,
U.S. researchers said.
Millions of individuals worldwide are exposed to drinking water
contaminated with inorganic arsenic, including 13 million Americans
whose public

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