JoAnne Zoller Wagner's diagnosis as prediabetic wasn't enough to compel her to change her habits and lose 30 pounds. Not even with the knowledge her sister had died because of diabetes.
"I didn't have that sense of urgency," said the Pasadena, Md., woman.
But nine months later, doctors told Wagner her condition had worsened. She, too, now had Type 2 diabetes.
To get into the drive-through lane at our McDonald's you can come in one of two ways. You can make the direct approach through the parking lot or you can come in from the right from an extension of the parking lot. I thought I was beating the rush because I was in line before noon. This, I thought, was a great thing. I came in through the right side of the drive-through lane. Well, I didn't exactly come through. I got in line.
The New England Journal of Medicine has three new studies, which show that adult human beings have what is called 'brown fat', a type previously thought to be present only in animals and human babies. Brown fat is made up of energy-burning adipose tissue and could be helpful in keeping adult humans lean.
When Rebecca Martin, MSN, APRN, RN, hematology/oncology nurse practitioner at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, read research that claimed shorter sleep in children is associated with them being overweight, she was intrigued by the results.1
"At first, when I read the study, my response was, 'Of course children gain weight when they're short of sleep because they're too tired to go out and exercise the next day.' As I read on, it was interesting to see the weight gain was more related to chemical imbalances secondary to sleep deprivation as opposed to fatigue that limited physical activity."
Humans are the only species with permanently enlarged breasts. Evolutionists, social scientists, artists, and philosophers, have different takes on why this may be the case, but throughout the course of history, this fact has lifted the breast from an object of function, to one of beauty, desire, and status.
It’s been a little less than a year since Dr. Brunilda Cordero became the first pediatric endocrinologist in the city.
Since then, she’s seen things that have amazed her.
For example, she recently treated an obese 4-year-old boy for high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes — a disorder that usually affects overweight adults.
More and more seriously obese patients in the region are having surgery on the NHS. Health Editor Barry Nelson meets one patient who says her life has been transformed.
IT is still painful for Tracey Lyons to remember what it was like when she weighed almost 25 stones. That was two years ago, before an NHS “stomach stapling?
