A recent article on MSNBC reported that doctors should not be too quick to remove the tonsils of children who only have mild to moderate throat infections. The surgery is more expensive and really has fewer health benefits than just watching and waiting.
In a Dutch study involving 300 children aged 2 to 8 advised to [...]
A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that women who shrank their portions by 25 percent slashed 250 calories a day—enough to help them lose a half-pound a week—and still felt full. Ready to downsize? Here are some easy ways to get started:
Trim your trigger foods
Most people typically overeat two or three [...]
A vast majority of those who do not have access to group health insurance plans are taking their chances without insurance because they are afraid of high personal health insurance plan costs.
The problem with taking this type of risk is that the cost of just one major injury can far exceed the cost of any [...]
According to the first study to evaluate factors associated with post-heart attack weight changes, overweight people lose virtually no weight after suffering a heart attack, a recent article in Reuters Health reported.
The study’s author said that following a heart attack, patients reduced their body weight by less than a half a percentage point on average.
People [...]
A recent study reported in the New York Times found that children who do not get enough sleep may increase their risk for obesity.
Researchers recorded sleep times and body mass index of 785 children in third grade and then again in sixth. Children slept an average of 9.45 hours a night in third grade and [...]
Give your friends and loved ones the very best gift ever this year – the gift of health! To help you with your holiday shopping, we at IBD compiled our very favorite healthy lifestyle gift ideas.
The AeroGarden Indoor Gardening System
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$149.99
Having instant access to fresh fruits and vegetables is delicious way encourage healthy eating in [...]
Adam Waters tried and failed at losing weight several times. Then he decided to hold himself accountable to himself and the rest of the internet viewing community with a video documentary of his progress.
Because losing weight or getting healthier happen so gradually, it can seem frustrating and unrewarding to continue toward your goal. [...]
A new website has recently joined the Internet stratosphere and it is already generating a lot of buzz. In fact, Time Magazine named it one of the 50 best websites of 2007!
A new version of My Space? Nope. Music sharing? Wrong again. Would you believe it is a website focused solely on the subject [...]
A recent article on CNN said that going “smoke free†is a growing trend among the nations college campuses.
The American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation reports that nearly 60 college campuses around the United States have smoke-free policies that affect the entire campus. Other schools have limited restrictions, banning smoking indoors in residential housing and student facilities.
The [...]
Many parents fear the medications offered by doctors to “cure†their child’s ADD and ADHD. Could a natural remedy be the solution? According to Dr. Steven Forrest of Forrest Health Online “A growing number of parents are terribly concerned about their doctor’s recommendation to place their child on psychotropic medications as a treatment [...]
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