Health Care Blog

Turmeric, the common ingredient in Indian foods, could well be helpful in delaying the onset of cataract.

Cheap fast food and little physical activity has led to increase in weight among latinos. The researchers have a notion that if immediate steps are not taken by the state and public health agencies to tackle this issue it might lead to greater health problems.

The questions that epidemiologists at the centers are adding to continuing studies are aimed at determining the source of such infections. Are some people acquiring the antibiotic-resistant staphylococcal infections from pets? Or are pets being infected from exposure to people? If so, how often are each occurring?

A growing number of researchers are looking into the possible link between a woman’s nutrition during pregnancy and a baby’s risk of becoming overweight.

Today as many as 300,000 young Americans die each year as a direct result of being overweight. One of Canada’s leading experts on childhood obesity says the problem has become “a worldwide epidemic” that must be addressed by health professionals or millions will continue to die far too young.

Chair free classrooms are introduced in some schools of Britain which is aimed at making pupils stand for hours each day and thus lead to a substantial weight loss.

Dr. Ruth Collins-Nakai, President of the Canadian Medical Association says that junk food should be taxed in order to control the epidemic of childhood obesity.

Thanks to University of Calgary researchers who are developing the first bioreactor procedures to grow pancreatic cells in their laboratory. This opens the door to the possibility of providing a steady supply of insulin-producing cells that can be transplanted into patients affected by this serious disease.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel urged beefed-up warnings for drugs used to treat attention deficit disorder after coming to know of cases where children using the medications experienced Hallucinations.

Obesity seems to increase the risk of Renal Cell Cancer in women while in men a small hip circumference is associated with increased risk.