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Friday, March 15, 2013

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Fibromyalgia: Moderate Drinking May Ease Symptoms - Medscape

Posted: 15 Mar 2013 05:07 PM PDT


Medscape

Fibromyalgia: Moderate Drinking May Ease Symptoms
Medscape
Drinkers had higher education, a lower body mass index (BMI), and a lower frequency of unemployment and opioid use than nondrinkers. After adjusting for age, employment status, education level, BMI, and opioid use, the researchers found significant ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Advocates Urge State to Stop Tracking Fat Students - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Posted: 15 Mar 2013 02:09 PM PDT


Wall Street Journal (blog)

Advocates Urge State to Stop Tracking Fat Students
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Since 2009, Massachusetts has required public schools to measure the height and weight of students in grades 1, 4, 7 and 10 and calculate their Body Mass Index, or BMI. The results are mailed to parents with educational materials about health eating.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Walking Improves Cancer Outcomes - Medscape

Posted: 15 Mar 2013 09:14 AM PDT


Medscape

Walking Improves Cancer Outcomes
Medscape
Just in the last few months, 2 very interesting studies have been published on the relationship between exercise, physical activity, body mass index, and colorectal cancer. I thought it would be useful to pause and think about this a bit. The data from ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body-mass index doesn't tell full tale of health - Edmonton Journal

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 07:11 AM PST


Body-mass index doesn't tell full tale of health
Edmonton Journal
As emergency physicians, patients often ask us if weight loss would be beneficial to them. Our answer is usually based on our calculation of body-mass index, which is a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in metres. A ...

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