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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Common bone drug may extend life of replacement joints

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 03:49 PM PST

People who take bisphosphonates after joint replacement surgery are less likely to need a repeat operation, finds a new study published on bmj.com today.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Change in Fitness More Important Than BMI Over Time

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:53 AM PST

Experts have been debating the relative role of obesity and fitness in cardiovascular risk. Now a new report from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study published in Circulation finds that maintaining or improving fitness significantly lowers CV risk irrespective of changes in BMI. Duck-chul Lee and colleagues followed 14,435 men for 11.4 years. Compared with people ...

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Few Parents Remember Doctor Saying Their Child Is Overweight

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:59 AM PST

Pediatricians are supposed to track if youngsters are putting on too many pounds, but a new study found less than a quarter of parents of overweight children recall the doctor ever saying there was a problem

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Babies on obesity path?

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:25 AM PST

Researchers say there's a new way to tell if infants are likely to become obese later on: Check to see if they've passed two key milestones on doctors' growth charts by age 2.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Physical fitness, not weight loss, key to longevity

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 12:14 AM PST

Washington, Dec 6 : Being physically fit is more important than losing weight, when it comes to reducing death risks, a new study has suggested.

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