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Critics demand a better health and wellness policy for Howard
As a Columbia pediatrician, Henri Merrick regularly sees young patients who are significantly overweight. It's a trend she started noticing several years ago, and the weights of school-aged children began to cause her great concern. So three years ago,...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Yale University, Family, Teaching and Learning, Renee Foose
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Weight management The University of Maryland Center for Weight Management & Wellness is offering a free educational seminar at Baltimore Washington Medical Center from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, in the Leo and Lysbeth Courtney Conference...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Vaccines, Family, AIDS, Mental Health
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Pablo Sandoval an inspiration to fat guys everywhere
The Baltimore SunThe beauty of baseball is that even fat guys can play it, and play it well. It's the most democratic of sports. You can be chunky, you can be roly-poly, you can be out and out blubbery and still find a place in this game. I should know. I played it for...Tags: Babe Ruth, Baseball, Albert Pujols, Al Alburquerque, Pablo Sandoval
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Health professionals look inward to tackle obesity
Taylor DesRosiers was a competitive swimmer throughout her life, always fit. But in her first year of medical school, she realized that had changed — she was at an unhealthy weight.
The rigors of her education had piled on top of two rough years in...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Weight Loss, Diabetes, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization
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Howard County health briefs
Look good, feel better The free program teaches beauty techniques to women with cancer to help them combat appearance-related side effects of treatment. Participants receive a bag of cosmetics donated by major manufacturers as well as instruction and...Tags: American Cancer Society, Hospitals and Clinics, Pregnancy and Childbirth, HIV, Health Organizations
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Wellness program making inroads in Howard County
Each day while getting dressed, Elkridge Elementary School para-educator Adrienne Grein slips on one of the most important items of her wardrobe — a pedometer, which is part of a popular health and wellness program that has become a hit in the...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Hips, Virgin Group, Ltd., Teaching and Learning, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Y to fight childhood obesity with new grant
The Y of Central Maryland is expanding a childhood obesity program with a $280,000 grant from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. The two year grant from the region’s largest health insurer, will allow the Y of Central Maryland extend its Fit N Fun...Tags: Obesity, Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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FDA approves new obesity drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administrationapproved a new drug Wednesday to help people battle chronic obesity. Used in conjuction with a healthy diet and exercise, the drug Belviq will help people lose weight by activating a receptor in the brain that will...
Tags: Weight Loss, Food and Drug Administration, Heart Failure, Diabetes, Placebo
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Belly fat most harmful to health
Someone with a lot of belly fat has a higher risk of death than those who are obese, a new study suggests. "We knew from previous research that central obesity is bad, but what is new in this research is that the distribution of the fat is very important...
Tags: Mayo Clinic, Obesity, Weight, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Considering bariatric surgery? Read this first
Often, those who are very overweight have tried dieting for years before giving up in frustration. But more obese people are turning to bariatric surgery to jump-start their weight-loss programs. The surgery is low-risk but isn't for everyone. It...
Tags: Weight Loss, Symptoms, Food and Drug Administration, Gallbladder Removal, Physiology
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Getting doctors to practice what they preach
It's ironic that the year we, both new medical students, moved across the street from the nation's best hospital and began learning how to manage the health of others is the same year we stopped taking care of our own. It was a year of ups and downs....Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Health and Safety at School, Michael Bloomberg, Diabetes, Teaching and Learning
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Optimizing nutrition after breast cancer treatment
Many cancer patients end treatment underweight. Post-treatment breast cancer patients, however, often end up overweight. This can sometimes be attributed to medications such as steroids or chemotherapy. Or the patient is overweight to begin with. Losing...Tags: Diabetes, Insulin, Medical Research, Acupuncture, Blood
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