Obesity and asthma are linked: study (Reuters)

Reuters - A new study confirms a link between obesity and asthma.

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Overweight Younger Adults as Healthy as Normal-Weight Peers? (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) — There’s good news for fat people who are nearing middle age: A new study finds that judged by medication use alone, 25-to-39-year-olds who are classified as obese aren’t more likely to suffer illness than people of normal weight.

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CDC has contraception advice for some ill women (AP)

AP - U.S. health officials have for the first time released contraception safety guidelines for more than 1 million women who have had weight-loss surgery or have certain medical conditions.

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Rare Cases of Liver Damage Tied to Weight-Loss Drug (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) — Responding to reports of rare but sometimes severe cases of liver damage, U.S. health officials on Wednesday announced revised labels for a widely used weight-loss drug.

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U.S. warns of liver risk with Glaxo, Roche diet drugs (Reuters)

Reuters - Weight-loss drugs from GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Roche Holding AG will carry new warnings about rare reports of liver injury, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.

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Chronic Pain Pill Addiction

One of the most common forms of chemical addiction that Americans are dealing with is prescription drug abuse. How many celebrities have we read about entering rehab or even succumbing to a lethal overdose? However, not everyone abuses these substances in an attempt to get high. Much like many of the people who end up in alcohol rehab, addicts to prescription drugs started taking these medications with no intent to abuse them.

One group in which prescription drug abuse is all too common is those patients who suffer from chronic pain conditions. This includes orthopedic patients, the elderly, and those dealing with chronic conditions like back pain or arthritis. Unfortunately, even a rehab program to deal with dependency can’t always address the larger issue at hand — the chronic pain that these individuals must deal with on a daily basis.

While some conditions can be improved upon with physical therapy or surgery, painkillers often offer dramatic, fast relief of the symptoms that these people are dealing with. That might seem like enough of a fix that they will ignore other possible methods of treatment that could serve to provide a more permanent alleviation of the pain.

As anyone who has spent time around an addiction center can tell you, the effect of many substances, including medications, will decrease over time as the individual develops a tolerance for that substance. While pain medication can certainly provide a satisfying level of relief in the short term, the long term usage of these medication can result in painful and damaging consequences, particularly in the case of those people who forego doctors’ orders and self-medicate with excessive amounts of the painkillers. This is usually a good sign that the patient is in need of addiction treatment.

The medications generally used for chronic pain conditions are Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID). While many people take ibuprofen or acetaminophen regularly and don’t have problems with drug addiction, the situation is dramatically different for those facing constant suffering. Consequences like stomach ulcers or cancer can seem like distant risks in the face of easily available relief.

Menus still calorie-laden despite new laws: group (Reuters)

Reuters - Laws requiring U.S. restaurant chains to list calorie counts have not stopped them from offering unhealthy meals that pack in calories, fat and salt, a group that encourages healthy food said on Tuesday.

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Billions needed to end US child hunger, obesity: officials (AFP)

AFP - US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday urged Congress to plow billions more dollars into programs to end the twin scourges of child obesity and hunger, which impact children, the economy and national security.

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WHO targets child obesity with food marketing curbs (Reuters)

Reuters - Health ministers, alarmed at the growing number of obese children, agreed on Thursday to try to reduce children’s consumption of junk food and soft drinks by asking member states to restrict advertising and marketing.

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Is a high carbohydrate diet linked to pancreatic cancer? (Reuters)

Reuters - One of the first symptoms of pancreatic cancer — often noticed even years before diagnosis — is indigestion. A new study suggests that these timely tummy troubles may be enough to explain away previous links made between a high carbohydrate diet and an increased risk of the disease.

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