Body mass index

Can You Give Me Some Information on Depression?

...  bring awareness to anxiety and depression According to The Anxiety and Depression Association of America, about 40 million adults in the U.S. struggle with one or both of these illnesses. For more information about depression or anxiety, go to… Continue reading

Eating Disorders?

...  and access to affordable and healthy foods. For example, a lack of sidewalks, safe bike paths, and parks in neighborhoods can discourage children from walking or biking to school as well as from participating in physical activity. Additionally, lack… Continue reading

How to Make the Brain Control Obesity (Part 4)

...  to make the brain control obesity (Part 4) According to Professor Stephen Bloom (Part 1), individuals with high body mass index (BMI) produce higher levels of ghrelin, which makes them hungry and want to eat all the time. Recent… Continue reading

Sensory Therapy Might Work for Kids With Autism

...  Therapy Might Work for Kids With Autism The therapy is called sensory integration. It uses play to help these kids feel more at ease with everything from water hitting the skin in the shower to the sounds of household… Continue reading

Doctors Blame Poor Lifestyle, Diet

...  blame poor lifestyle, diet The cure for simple obesity is to bring change in lifestyle and diet along with some exercise, however, for the latter kind medication and surgery is also recommended," adds Kaul. One has to go for… Continue reading

Bradford Hospital Opens Beds to Online Addicts

...  Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at UPMC and Allegheny Health Network and Gateway Rehabilitation — treat any number of behavioral and/or substance abuse issues, but none addresses Internet addiction. "There is a … Read more on Pittsburgh Post GazetteTelomere… Continue reading

Decreased Femoral Cartilage Thickness in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis.

...  With Systemic Sclerosis. Am J Med Sci. 2013 Aug 7; Kilic G, Kilic E, Akgul O, Ozgocmen S Systemic sclerosis (SSc), or scleroderma, is a severe connective tissue disease. Although musculoskeletal involvement is frequent and causes significant functional disability… Continue reading

Screening for Elder Mistreatment Among Older Adults Seeking Legal Assistance Services.

...  disease: A randomized control trial. Int J Yoga. 2013 Jul; 6(2): 111-7Parswani MJ, Sharma MP, Iyengar S Psychological risk factors such as anxiety and depression have been associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). Stress can have an impact on… Continue reading

The Potential for Motivational Interviewing to Improve Outcomes in the Management of Diabetes and Obesity in Paediatric and Adult Populations: A Clinical Review.

...  different treatment. Acute morphine administration produced a marked increase in TH activity and DA turnover in the NAc (shell). In contrast, precipitated morphine withdrawal decreased TH activation and did not change DA turnover. These findings provide new information into… Continue reading

Differential Reward Response to Palatable Food Cues in Past and Current Dieters: An fMRI Study.

...  8; Cornelis MC, Rimm EB, Curhan GC, Kraft P, Hunter DJ, Hu FB, van Dam RM Objective: Many confirmed genetic loci for obesity are expressed in regions of the brain that regulate energy intake and reward-seeking behavior. Whether these… Continue reading