Category: Wellness (Page 11 of 116)

      The FDA Has Approved The Diet Drug Qsymia

      July 17, 2012 /

      The FDA has approved Qsymia for use today by those who are obese, with a BMI of 30 or more, or for those who have a BMI of 27 with weight related illness.

      The history of weight loss pills has been fraught with law suits due to life threatening side affects and prescription abuse by physicians and patients.

      The major problem with weight loss drugs is that they don’t address the underlying causes of weight gain such as the psychological component of over eating and the food itself.

      There is wide ranging debate regarding the way certain processed and scientifically engineered foodstuffs react with human physiology and metabolism.

      Until we confront these two major issues surrounding food it will be difficult to solve America’s obesity epidemic with a pill.

      “Given the literally insatiable appetite of doctors and patients for new drugs as a quick fix for obesity, there is every reason to believe that, if approved, a combination like this, will be used by millions, over long periods of time far beyond its labeling indications. Because of a long list of safety reasons, this drug should not be approved,” the group’s Dr. Sidney Wolfe told the FDA advisory panel in 2010.
      Vivus, the company that makes Qsymia, hopes it will be a safer successor to the notorious and now banned “fen-phen” diet cocktail. Fen-phen combined fenfluramine and phentermine — one of the two drugs in Qsymia — but it damaged the heart in some cases and caused a condition in some patients called pulmonary hypertension, which causes fluid to build up in the chest, bringing a feeling of breathlessness.

      Quality Control, Research, Resources, Wellness

      Team Sports Help To Keep Kids In Shape

      July 16, 2012 /

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      A recent study found that kids who played on three or more sports teams in a year, were 27% less likely to be overweight, and 39% less likely to be obese than those teens who did not play team sports.

      The study also found that biking or walking to school had less of an effect on a student’s weight – although it did reduce their likelihood of being obese.

      Researchers believe playing high school sports, which usually involve regular practices and competitions, reduces a child’s chances of having a weight problem because of the strenuous and consistent workouts. Therefore, study authors conclude, increasing a child’s opportunity to play sports, even if they are not gifted athletes, should be a priority, especially for teens and children entering middle school or high school.

      Organized sports is a fun way to motivate kids to keep active and stay competitive.

      Quality Control, Wellness

      5 Undesirable Traits That We Inherit

      July 15, 2012 /

      Baldness, Color Blindness, Lactose Intolerance, Acne and Heart Disease are traits which are genetic.

      In an age when we do everything possible to be our best there are some things we just can’t change.
      Colorblindness affects about 10 percent of men but less than 1 percent of women. It is directly inherited, and here’s why it’s more common in men: Genes for the eye’s red and green receptors sit near each other on the X-chromosome. Men have one X-chromosome, which they inherit from their mother; women have two, and a good gene will often balance out a defective one. Ninety-nine percent of cases involve the challenge of distinguishing between reds and greens. Complete colorblindness, or achromatopsia, is rare, affecting about one in 30,000 people worldwide. Interestingly, colorblind people dream in whatever colors they normally distinguish when awake.

      Research, Wellness

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