The newly launched over the counter diet pill Alli (weight loss pill available without prescription) is becoming extremely popular among obese and over-weight people. Alli by GSK was recently launched as the first over-the-counter weight loss pill to be available in pharmacies across the UK and Europe.
Alli has previously been available on prescription for some time but the Government has decided it should be more accessible to the public. According to the claims made by GSK, the manufacturers of Alli, Alli helps dieters lose 50 per cent more weight than through willpower alone, by preventing the body absorbing fat. GSK also stresses that it is not a 'magic' pill and is designed to enhance, rather than replace, the effects of diet and exercise.
The drug, which actually is a half-strength version of the prescription-only diet pill Xenical, is only available to those with a body mass index of 28 and over after a consultation with the pharmacist has taken place. If you are looking at buying Alli over the counter, be ready to be weighed and measured at your pharmacy if do not know your BMI (Body Mass Index). Alli is not available to under 18s. A monthly course of Alli costs around £50.
So is Alli really worth trying? Are there anyother weight loss pills better than Alli - Read complete story here:
http://www.medical-specialists.co.uk/news/index.php/2009/04/28/slimming-pill-alli-and-xenical
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
HEALTHYGOSSIP - The start of a specialized health related new social news website
Web 2.0 is really amazing. It is so because it brought a totally new idea of collaboration on the world wide web. It is the social web era and more and more social book marking and social media web sites equiped with latest technologies are coming up. Now the focus is on specialized social media web sites.
Why bother with a social media web site where you cannot even find what you are actually interested in. The launch of Healthygossip has opened a new door of opportunities on the people interested in health related web sites. Its interface is simple and elegant and it doesn't confuse you with loads of clutter here and there. Registration is really simple and easy and you can start posting news stories straight after registration. and most importantly, the Healthygossip web site is DO FOLLOW !!! - So what you guys are thinking about? Just visit Healthygossip and see how we all can promote healthy websites through collaboration and supporting each other.
Why bother with a social media web site where you cannot even find what you are actually interested in. The launch of Healthygossip has opened a new door of opportunities on the people interested in health related web sites. Its interface is simple and elegant and it doesn't confuse you with loads of clutter here and there. Registration is really simple and easy and you can start posting news stories straight after registration. and most importantly, the Healthygossip web site is DO FOLLOW !!! - So what you guys are thinking about? Just visit Healthygossip and see how we all can promote healthy websites through collaboration and supporting each other.
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Erectile Dysfunction, Diabetes and Heart Disease
Men with diabetes having trouble keeping an erection could be at increased risk of serious heart problems”, A report presented on BBC has revealed. According to the report, people with erectile dysfunction are twice as likely as other men with diabetes to develop heart disease. This finding could apparently be used to “alert both patients and healthcare providers to the future risk of coronary heart disease”.
The study followed 2,306 diabetic men for four years and found that the men with erectile dysfunction were 1.58 times more likely to have a cardiac event (fatal or non-fatal heart attack or surgery for heart disease).
Despite its shortcomings however, this research corroborates what other studies have suggested. It suggests that an assessment of erectile dysfunction could be useful when assessing the risk of heart disease in men with diabetes.
The study followed 2,306 diabetic men for four years and found that the men with erectile dysfunction were 1.58 times more likely to have a cardiac event (fatal or non-fatal heart attack or surgery for heart disease).
Despite its shortcomings however, this research corroborates what other studies have suggested. It suggests that an assessment of erectile dysfunction could be useful when assessing the risk of heart disease in men with diabetes.
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Obese women 'significantly more likely to have children with birth defects'
Researchers at Newcastle University have found that obese mothers are significantly more likely to have children with birth defects than slim mothers. The research highlights the dangers of obesity in expecting mothers at a time when an estimated one in six pregnant women in Britain is overweight or obese. Experts are calling for UK Government's anti-obesity campaign (Change4Life) to specifically target and educate women in the child-bearing age about the complications related to being pregnant when you are over-weight or obese. This research also calls on the Doctors to be made more aware of the complications that obese or over-weight expecting mothers can possibly suffer.
According to the review of 39 separate scientific studies, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, there were more than twice babies as likely to be born with spina bifida, (with incomplete spinal cord causing disability) and 30 per cent more likely to have heart defects and 20 per cent more likely to be born with a cleft palate.
A separate study warns that doctors routinely miss warnings signs of heart disease in pregnancy, despite the condition being responsible for 2.27 deaths per 100,000 pregnancies, twice the rate it was in the 1990s.
These studies have shown that obesity can result in critical consequences for obese mothers. It is definitely the right time to start tackling obesity before it gets too late.
Further Reading:
Download support materials from Change For Life campaign
Read more on how fat mothers are associated with birth defects
Help and advice from Manchester Slimming Clinic
According to the review of 39 separate scientific studies, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, there were more than twice babies as likely to be born with spina bifida, (with incomplete spinal cord causing disability) and 30 per cent more likely to have heart defects and 20 per cent more likely to be born with a cleft palate.
A separate study warns that doctors routinely miss warnings signs of heart disease in pregnancy, despite the condition being responsible for 2.27 deaths per 100,000 pregnancies, twice the rate it was in the 1990s.
These studies have shown that obesity can result in critical consequences for obese mothers. It is definitely the right time to start tackling obesity before it gets too late.
Further Reading:
Download support materials from Change For Life campaign
Read more on how fat mothers are associated with birth defects
Help and advice from Manchester Slimming Clinic
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
4 Steps To A New Lifestyle For A Slimmer, Healthier, Happier YOU
So you want to lose weight to look better and feel better. You
are not alone. You have the same desire and need as millions of
others out there want to look better, feel better, live longer
and in general have a better lifestyle once you take off the
extra weight.
That said, if you are one of those who have lost weight, then
put it back on, perhaps a more important question is how to you
keep the weight off once you've lost it. You've tried all the
different diets. You've read all the books about losing 10
pounds before the big graduation, wedding or other big event
coming up this weekend. If you've been through that insanity
before, isn't it time for a change of your lifestyle rather than
another stretch of suffering through another diet and feeling
worse than you did when you started?
So, what are the keys to losing weight?
There are four main elements to losing weight and keeping it off.
1. Following an exercise program. 2. Increasing your metabolism
3. Changing your eating habits 4. Changing your lifestyle
1. Following an exercise program.
Starting a good exercise program is a great idea and one of the
best ways to start changing your health and the way you look.
You will gain three benefits from exercise.
1. You will burn calories during your work out. 2. You will
increase your metabolism to burn more calories even when you are
not working out. 3. You will build muscle that will make you
look taller, leaner and healthier. 4. You will build muscles
that will burn more calories than fat.
Your very first step should be to talk to your doctor about your
health and your goals. It might save your life. Your next step
should be to find a partner who will help you be more
responsible to show up for a work out and to complete the work
out. A work out partner should also make the work out more
enjoyable. If you are not able to find a partner and do not feel
you have the discipline to work out regularly, you may want to
start your exercise program by paying a person personal coach
for training and discipline. Most people need 21 days to make
working out a habit, so hire them for at least the first 21
days. Check with your local YMCA or other gym for partners and
coaches.
However, if you cannot afford to join a gym, don't let that slow
you down. You can still walk or run outside, or workout inside
using video tapes or walk on a treadmill. If you don't have
money for work out tapes, you can rent them from the library.
The bottom line is if you want to work out, you will find a way.
Finally, once you have your workout schedule working for you,
offer to help someone else become disciplined to work out.
Helping others always helps you feel better as well. Give it a
try!
2. Increasing your metabolism.
Plain and simple, exercising will increase your metabolism and
will help you lose weight at all hours of the day, even at night
when you are sleeping! Your metabolism is the amount of calories
you burn during the day. Conversely, your body also has a built
in system for self-survival in case of famine. If you don't eat
enough food, you can also reduce your metabolism and make it
harder to lose weight. We will talk more about that in just a
moment.
3. Changing your eating habits.
You're doing better now, but working out and increasing your
metabolism is only a part of the solution. You still must change
your eating habits. Have you found yourself doing this crazy?
Are you eating a Granola bar for breakfast, a salad for lunch
and then eating chocolate shakes and hamburgers from the drive
through late at night on the way home from the gym? That won't
work! You are starving yourself and lowering your metabolism in
the long run, and eating food late at night that will not get
burned off and only makes you feel more miserable the next day
when you look in the mirror or step on the scale.
Do you know that you are setting up yourself for failure? Your
body is smart... so smart that it knows if you are not giving it
enough food, that there may be a problem, and you start to burn
fewer calories. That will not help you look or feel better in
the long run, so don't try it in the short run.
4. Changing your lifestyle and your mindset.
The final way to change your body and the way you look and feel
is to become more active. Walk the stairs to your office instead
of taking the elevator. Park your car way from the rest of the
cars at the mall so you walk a few extra steps. Go for a walk
when you get home from school or work instead of turning on the
TV or the computer. Ask your friends to join you for a game of
horse in basketball. If that is not an option, take your
basketball to a local park, be brave and ask someone to play a
game of one on one there. They might have been feeling just like
you and will be thankful to have the opportunity to exercise and
perhaps make a new friend.
It's all about changing your attitude one-step and one day at a
time. Just remember you did not gain the weight in one day and
you cannot take it off in one day. It is a series of steps that
will lead to success. Another analogy is that it would be nice
to make one large jump over a mountain, but in reality it takes
many steps to get over the mountain, and it is possible. Most
importantly, you just have to take that first step, starting
right now, by reading this article again and then deciding to
"Just do it!"
Article Source: 4 Steps To A New Lifestyle For A Slimmer, Healthier, Happier
YOU!
are not alone. You have the same desire and need as millions of
others out there want to look better, feel better, live longer
and in general have a better lifestyle once you take off the
extra weight.
That said, if you are one of those who have lost weight, then
put it back on, perhaps a more important question is how to you
keep the weight off once you've lost it. You've tried all the
different diets. You've read all the books about losing 10
pounds before the big graduation, wedding or other big event
coming up this weekend. If you've been through that insanity
before, isn't it time for a change of your lifestyle rather than
another stretch of suffering through another diet and feeling
worse than you did when you started?
So, what are the keys to losing weight?
There are four main elements to losing weight and keeping it off.
1. Following an exercise program. 2. Increasing your metabolism
3. Changing your eating habits 4. Changing your lifestyle
1. Following an exercise program.
Starting a good exercise program is a great idea and one of the
best ways to start changing your health and the way you look.
You will gain three benefits from exercise.
1. You will burn calories during your work out. 2. You will
increase your metabolism to burn more calories even when you are
not working out. 3. You will build muscle that will make you
look taller, leaner and healthier. 4. You will build muscles
that will burn more calories than fat.
Your very first step should be to talk to your doctor about your
health and your goals. It might save your life. Your next step
should be to find a partner who will help you be more
responsible to show up for a work out and to complete the work
out. A work out partner should also make the work out more
enjoyable. If you are not able to find a partner and do not feel
you have the discipline to work out regularly, you may want to
start your exercise program by paying a person personal coach
for training and discipline. Most people need 21 days to make
working out a habit, so hire them for at least the first 21
days. Check with your local YMCA or other gym for partners and
coaches.
However, if you cannot afford to join a gym, don't let that slow
you down. You can still walk or run outside, or workout inside
using video tapes or walk on a treadmill. If you don't have
money for work out tapes, you can rent them from the library.
The bottom line is if you want to work out, you will find a way.
Finally, once you have your workout schedule working for you,
offer to help someone else become disciplined to work out.
Helping others always helps you feel better as well. Give it a
try!
2. Increasing your metabolism.
Plain and simple, exercising will increase your metabolism and
will help you lose weight at all hours of the day, even at night
when you are sleeping! Your metabolism is the amount of calories
you burn during the day. Conversely, your body also has a built
in system for self-survival in case of famine. If you don't eat
enough food, you can also reduce your metabolism and make it
harder to lose weight. We will talk more about that in just a
moment.
3. Changing your eating habits.
You're doing better now, but working out and increasing your
metabolism is only a part of the solution. You still must change
your eating habits. Have you found yourself doing this crazy?
Are you eating a Granola bar for breakfast, a salad for lunch
and then eating chocolate shakes and hamburgers from the drive
through late at night on the way home from the gym? That won't
work! You are starving yourself and lowering your metabolism in
the long run, and eating food late at night that will not get
burned off and only makes you feel more miserable the next day
when you look in the mirror or step on the scale.
Do you know that you are setting up yourself for failure? Your
body is smart... so smart that it knows if you are not giving it
enough food, that there may be a problem, and you start to burn
fewer calories. That will not help you look or feel better in
the long run, so don't try it in the short run.
4. Changing your lifestyle and your mindset.
The final way to change your body and the way you look and feel
is to become more active. Walk the stairs to your office instead
of taking the elevator. Park your car way from the rest of the
cars at the mall so you walk a few extra steps. Go for a walk
when you get home from school or work instead of turning on the
TV or the computer. Ask your friends to join you for a game of
horse in basketball. If that is not an option, take your
basketball to a local park, be brave and ask someone to play a
game of one on one there. They might have been feeling just like
you and will be thankful to have the opportunity to exercise and
perhaps make a new friend.
It's all about changing your attitude one-step and one day at a
time. Just remember you did not gain the weight in one day and
you cannot take it off in one day. It is a series of steps that
will lead to success. Another analogy is that it would be nice
to make one large jump over a mountain, but in reality it takes
many steps to get over the mountain, and it is possible. Most
importantly, you just have to take that first step, starting
right now, by reading this article again and then deciding to
"Just do it!"
Article Source: 4 Steps To A New Lifestyle For A Slimmer, Healthier, Happier
YOU!
Monday, 12 January 2009
Evidence mounts on overeating and obesity link to gene
FURTHER evidence that gluttony can be genetic has been uncovered by British scientists.
Researchers studied 131 children aged four and five who were offered a plate of biscuits right after eating a meal. They found children who kept eating biscuits were more likely to have versions of a gene which has been linked to eating when full and being overweight...
Complete Article: http://news.scotsman.com/health/Evidence-mounts-on-overeating-and.4864402.jp
Researchers studied 131 children aged four and five who were offered a plate of biscuits right after eating a meal. They found children who kept eating biscuits were more likely to have versions of a gene which has been linked to eating when full and being overweight...
Complete Article: http://news.scotsman.com/health/Evidence-mounts-on-overeating-and.4864402.jp
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Viagra may be effective in preventing heart failure
Viagra, Pfizer's erectile dysfunction blockbuster, also has the potential to treat and prevent heart failure, US researchers have claimed.
A Johns Hopkins University team has shown that Viagra (sildenafil) does not just aid blow flow but also protects the heart from the effects of high blood pressure that can cause it to balloon and pump blood less efficiently. The scientists report what is believed to be the first direct, in vivo evidence that the drug amplifies the effects of a key heart-protective protein ...
Complete Article: http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=15037
A Johns Hopkins University team has shown that Viagra (sildenafil) does not just aid blow flow but also protects the heart from the effects of high blood pressure that can cause it to balloon and pump blood less efficiently. The scientists report what is believed to be the first direct, in vivo evidence that the drug amplifies the effects of a key heart-protective protein ...
Complete Article: http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=15037
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