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Women who have "little or no control" over their jobs are at double the risk for diabetes than women who are happy with their career. The same is not the case for men, who "react differently to workplace stress." Lead researcher Peter Smith followed 7,443 working women in Ontario who …

Over 6 months, computer-based interventions led to greater weight loss than minimal interventions such as a brochure on how to lose weight, a new review found. But patients in these programs had less weight loss than those who had in-person treatment. "Computer-based interventions have a positive effect on short-term weight …

According to a new study, people who are obese and suffer from high blood pressure and other problems linked to heart disease and diabetes may also see a faster decline in their mental abilities. Yet even obese people without these physical conditions experienced a faster decline in functions such as …

In a large study of adults with type 2 diabetes, pain and nonpain symptoms were common among all patients, not just among those near the end of life. According to the researchers, the prevalence of pain and nonpain symptoms across the age spectrum and at varying points before death or …

According to researchers, TZD drugs pioglitazone or rosiglitazone, which account for up to 20% of the medication prescribed for diabetes in the US, give patients 2 to 3 times more risk of bladder cancer after 5 or more years taking the drugs, as opposed to those who took sulfonylurea drugs, …

Price is the primary factor in customers choosing a company — except in health care, where personal experience with doctors or hospitals is more important. Consumers who have become accustomed to the customer-focused practices adopted by hotels, banks and retailers increasingly are judging physicians by those standards. Medicare and other …

Cholesterol levels have improved slightly among American youth over the past two decades, according to new government data. From 1988 to 2010, the rate of high total cholesterol dropped from 11% to 8% in children ages 6 to 19. The levels of LDL cholesterol and fats in the blood also …

Sleep behavior affects body weight control and sleep loss has ramifications not only for how many calories we consume but also for how much energy we burn off, a new study has revealed. Researchers have now found that sleep deprivation increased how hungry participants felt and also raised the amount …

Microwave ovens and other appliances may be increasing the odds that your child will be overweight or obese later, a new study said. According to researchers, magnetic fields from these appliances during pregnancy can increase risk of the baby growing up to be overweight or obese by almost 69%. These …

Most of those soda drinkers average 2.6 glasses/day with 28% of drinkers consuming one glass and 20% drinking two or more glasses. According to the Gallup consumption poll, soda drinkers not only consume more sugar, they also tend to list themselves as overweight but the study found almost no weight …