Wide Waists Trim Lifespan For Women

Ever since the mid-1970s when Harvard initiated what is now known as “The Nurses Study” we’ve been told that white women with waists over 40 inches, raised their risk of early death by 40% vs. their slimmer sisters who maintained waists in the 26 to 27 inch measure. However, significant new data just published in the New England Journal of Medicine (Sept. lead by Dr…

Following Abortion, Immediate Use Of An IUD Is More Likely To Prevent Unintended Pregnancies

Women who receive a contraceptive known as an intrauterine device or IUD immediately following a first trimester abortion experience few complications and are less likely to have an unintended pregnancy than those who delay getting an IUD by several weeks, according to a new study at Oregon Health & Science University. The findings are published in the June 9 New England Journal of Medicine…

Bisphosphonates Worth Taking Despite Tiny Thigh Fracture Risk

Although bisphosphonates are linked to a tiny risk of a rare type of thigh fracture, their benefits are still far greater than their dangers for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, Swedish researchers wrote in the NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine)…

Combination Of Two Hormones Increases Height In Girls With Turner Syndrome

Giving girls with Turner syndrome low doses of estrogen, as well as growth hormone, years before the onset of puberty, increases their height and offers a wealth of other benefits, say a team of researchers led by Thomas Jefferson University. Their report is published in the March 31st issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)…

Consideryour lap band procedure

Find out more about lap band!  There is not a single person trying to lose weight who hasn’t tried a diet. Think of all the diets out there; it seems like there are a million diets. Why is that? Well in the long run, none of them work. All of the different diet plans make grand promises and show off their individual success stories, and then they have that small disclaimer that reads “results may vary.”

The vast majority of diets have never been studied scientifically and you can’t get reliable reports on long term results. What none of the diet programs tell you is that when they are studied scientifically they generally show poor results. Let’s take a look at some dietary interventions that were studied carefully as reported in scientific medical journals. There have been recent reviews of diet programs in the The New England Journal of Medicine, widely recognized as the most influential scientific medical journal in the United States, and in the Journal of the American Medical Association, another widely respected medical journal. One study, published in 2008 in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that subjects trying three different dietary regimens lost on average between 7 – 12 lbs in 2 years! This is a very modest weight loss.

Another study published in JAMA in 2007 compared the Atkins diet, the Zone diet and two other diets. After one year the average weight loss for each person was 10 pounds for the Atkins diet and 3.5 pounds for the Zone diet. For one whole year!

For people who are seriously overweight or obese, this very modest amount of weight loss is often not enough to make a big difference in their weight issues. The cost of Lap Band surgery depends mainly on the factor of whether or not your insurance company will cover the procedure for weight loss surgery.

Now you know more about lap band diet .

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