Research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health reports that children of working mothers are likely to lead unhealthier lifestyles than those whose mothers do not work.
The study suggests they are more sedentary and are more likely to be driven to school.
The research was based on more than [...]

Meal replacements in a medically supervised weight loss program are successful in facilitating weight loss, according to a new study conducted at the University of Kentucky. The study appears in the August 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
The meal replacements are products of Health Management Resources Corporation (HMR), a privately owned [...]

The HealthGrades Fourth Annual Bariatric Surgery Trends in American Hospitals Study released today identifies 88 hospitals as “best” performers (fivestar rated), with mortality rates, complication rates and patient lengths of stay that are dramatically lower than poorly rated hospitals.
In the study, HealthGrades, the nations leading independent healthcare ratings organization, evaluated the quality of bariatric [...]

Results from a small study of postmenopausal women suggest that obesity might relate to a reduced volume of gray matter in the brain. However, whether the results have relevance in a womans daytoday life is unclear.
“A subset of women from the Pittsburgh Healthy Women Study (HWS) who had been followed for an average of 15 [...]

The most popular type of gastric bypass surgery appears to nearly double the chance that a patient will develop kidney stones, despite earlier assumptions that it would not, Johns Hopkins doctors report in a new study. The overall risk, however, remains fairly small at about 8 percent.
As rates of morbid obesity have climbed in recent [...]

Not everyone declines in cognitive function with age. Elderly people who exercise at least once a week, have at least a high school education and a ninth grade literacy level, are not smokers and are more socially active are more likely to maintain their cognitive skills through their 70s and 80s, according to research published [...]

Metabolic surgery, a new surgical approach to metabolic disease, may provide the key to curing diabetes in some patients. This data was presented at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 18th Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress.
“This goes beyond just weightloss surgery,” Chief of Gastrointestinal Metabolic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College [...]