Healthy Weight Loss News

Reuters - Overeating makes the brain go haywire, prompting a cascade of damage that may cause diabetes, heart disease and other ills, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) — Men who are overweight and who
have high insulin levels when they are diagnosed with prostate cancer may
be more likely to die from the disease, research shows.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) — The inhaled steroids that
are often used to treat asthma don’t work as well in the overweight or
obese, new research shows.

Reuters - Being obese may dim a man’s
chances of becoming a father, even if he is otherwise healthy,
a new study suggests.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) — The inhaled steroids that
are often used to treat asthma don’t work as well in the overweight or
obese, new research shows.

Reuters - Being obese may dim a man’s
chances of becoming a father, even if he is otherwise healthy,
a new study suggests.

Reuters - South Korea plans to help obese children pay for health club membership and other activities that can help them lose weight, an official said on Wednesday.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have uncovered a
genetic link between obesity and the risk for colon cancer. The discovery
could lead to greater accuracy in predicting who is at risk for the
disease, experts say.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) — Drugs used to treat obesity may
be effective against a wide range of viral infections such as the flu,
hepatitis, and even HIV, say researchers from the University of Rochester
Medical Center and Princeton University.

Reuters - While overweight and obese men tend to have abnormal sex hormone levels, the quality of their semen doesn’t seem to be affected, study findings indicate.