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Thursday, September 13, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>AAO: Younger Age Predicts Weight Gain After Tonsil Removal - Doctors Lounge

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:11 AM PDT


AAO: Younger Age Predicts Weight Gain After Tonsil Removal
Doctors Lounge
Data gathered included demographic information, OSA disease severity, and pre- and three- to six-month postoperative normalized body mass index (BMI; z-scores). The researchers found no significant differences between OSA and RT patients in mean age ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Read Food Labels, Lose Weight - Science 2.0

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:30 AM PDT


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Read Food Labels, Lose Weight
Science 2.0
The results of surveys on the relationship between reading food labels and obesity indicated that the body mass index of those consumers who read the label is 1.49 points lower than those who don't read food labels when shopping for food. This ...
People who read food labels stay thinner Medical Xpress

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>For Obese, Body Habitus, Not BMI Impacts Op Site Infection - Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 06:48 AM PDT


For Obese, Body Habitus, Not BMI Impacts Op Site Infection
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
In an effort to examine the role of body habitus, body mass index (BMI), diabetes, and weight distribution on developing postoperative SSI, Ankit I. Mehta, MD, of the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, and colleagues conducted a ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Low GI Diet During Pregnancy Reduces Excessive Weight Gain - Laboratory Equipment

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 06:08 AM PDT


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Low GI Diet During Pregnancy Reduces Excessive Weight Gain
Laboratory Equipment
All 800 women were weighed and had their body mass index calculated at their first antenatal session. This was repeated at 28 weeks of pregnancy, where their blood glucose was also measured. The measurements were repeated again at 34 and 40 weeks ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Did a New Yorker Cartoonist Predict Today's Apps in 2009? [Apps]

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:49 PM PDT

# apps There is an app for just about anything and everything these days. Even back in 2009, a cartoonist for the New Yorker knew what was up. Roz Chast drew "myPhone"—the cartoon marked the iPhone's first appearance in the magazine—for an issue that ran July 27, 2009. More »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Exercise And Eat Well: How Doctors Dole Out Advice

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:22 AM PDT

Primary care practitioners continue to serve as the first line of defense against the obesity epidemic. But when it comes to what happens between doctors and patients behind closed doors, some wonder whether doctors can really convince their patients to make permanent lifestyle changes.

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