Medical Breakthroughs on Obesity

Today obesity has become one of the most public health concerns especially among developing countries. If this issue is not addressed to immediately, people will be at risk of fatal diseases because of obesity. Medical science the world over has continuously in search of medical breakthroughs on obesity. This is in response to the worldwide demand to alleviate health-related risk of obesity.

Obesity Vaccine: A Cure to the Epidemic?

Several groups of scientists are racing to publicly release an obesity vaccine to fight the global threat. Immunopharmacotherapy is proving to be effective in fighting obesity from within.

Obesity Vaccine

Scientists have effectively identified a few hormones that are directly involved in a person’s appetite. The obesity vaccine would target the hormone known as ghrelin, which would cause the immune system to attack and break down the said hormone.

Diet, Exercise, Obesity, and Diabetes

Obesity has been a world wide problem, even as a silent epidemic in developed countries. Diabetes on the other hand has been one of the most difficult to treat human diseases. Put the two together and you have an endemic that would test the limits of science in saving lives – the peril of obesity and diabetes.

A Look at Obesity

If you thought being obese is being the target of fun, it only tells the part of the story about dangers and predicaments obesity exposes you to. Obesity is no more a simple result of overeating-lead-to-overweight case.

Surgery For Morbid Obesity Is Not Simply About Losing Weight

With obesity rising at a record rate so too is surgery for morbid obesity but all too often severely overweight individuals are forced to jump through a series of hoops before they can get the treatment that they often desperately need.

Laparoscopic Weight Loss Surgery - A Popular Choice But One With Many Medical Implications

The introduction of such techniques as laparoscopic weight loss surgery has made life a lot easier for a huge number of obese individuals but, like any other form of surgery, there is a price to pay in terms of both risk and lifestyle.

CFS, Fibromyalgia and Obesity: The Truth about Exercise and Diet

We have now reached levels of obesity and stress which are unparalleled in history. These new peaks correlate directly with the increasing occurrence of many diseases of Western society, including rheumatic and fatigue spectrum illnesses Fibromyalgia and CFS. The article explains why protocols that treat depression or use graded exercise are detrimental to Fibromyalgia and CFS sufferers and outlines a healthy dietary regime for sufferers.

The Tummy Tuck Procedure Is A Major Surgery That Will Remove Excess Fat But Still Leaves A Scar

A tummy tuck, also known as abdominoplasty, is a major surgical procedure, with all the usual risks involved. Yes, the purpose of a tummy tuck is to removal excess fat and skin from the lower area of the abdomen, but you need to realize that you will be left with a permanent scar, and it may take well over six months for you to recover from the surgery.

Health Issues Relating To Obesity

There are many health dangers connected to obesity, such as heart disease and strokes, diabetes, cancer, sleep apnoea and osteoarthritis. Obesity can be the cause of death!

Re-Thinking Farming - The Solution To Obesity

World leaders need to force an end to 'crazy' agricultural policies that fuel the global obesity epidemic by keeping unhealthy food cheap. This is what International Obesity Taskforce chairman, Philip James, told a gathering of experts in the field, that existing farm policies, particularly agricultural subsidies in the European Union and US, have been damaging people's health for decades.

Risks of Obesity Cited as #1 Health Issue in 2020

What is the health issue expected by many experts to become the number-one cause of preventable deaths worldwide in the year 2020.

Deal Or No Deal

Yes this is what I believe could be the most important decision of your life. Deal or no deal?, well the deal is, are you going to work with me, and do what I ask you to lose weight. Okay, I know in your mind right now you are thinking what the blazes is this guy talking about. Well, there are two reasons I am telling you why this is the most important decision of your life, first, should you lose weight for you will feel you are so full of energy and be raring to go, and what could be better than that. Imagine having the energy that you had those many years ago.