Health News- AMA House Votes Against Council, Calls Obesity a Disease June 19, 2013CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Obesity should be called a disease and not simply a condition, the American Medical Association's policy-making House of Delegates voted on Tuesday, ignoring a recommendation by one of its own councils. […]
- Docs Ask Obama for Access to Gitmo Prisoners June 18, 2013(MedPage Today) -- More than 150 physicians and other healthcare professionals have published an open letter to President Obama asking him to allow independent physicians -- not military doctors -- to visit hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay. […]
- AMA House Disses Recertification Programs June 18, 2013CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- The policy-making body of the American Medical Association made its disapproval of board and licensure recertification programs heard loud and clear Monday at its annual meeting. […]
- Exercise Plus Diet Key to Kids' Weight Loss (CME/CE) June 18, 2013(MedPage Today) -- Diet and exercise together were more effective at dropping weight and improving metabolic profiles in overweight children compared with diet-only interventions, researchers found. […]
- MRI May Spot Meningitis from Tainted Steroids (CME/CE) June 18, 2013(MedPage Today) -- A screening MRI may provide early warning of spinal or paraspinal meningitis in patients who received contaminated steroid injections, researchers reported. […]
- Fewer Junk Food Ads on Spanish-Language TV (CME/CE) June 18, 2013(MedPage Today) -- Advertisements for nutritionally poor quality food were significantly more common on English-language television versus Spanish-language television, researchers reported. […]
- FDA Probes Deaths Linked to Long-Acting Zyprexa June 18, 2013(MedPage Today) -- SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Two patients died 3-4 days after injections with the long-acting antipsychotic drug olanzapine pamoate (Zyprexa Relprevv), prompting an FDA investigation. […]
- Obesity Not a Disease, AMA Council Says June 17, 2013CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Obesity is hard to define and diagnose, and partly because of that is not a disease, an American Medical Association council said in a report issued here Monday. […]
- Berwick Enters Mass. Governor's Race June 17, 2013(MedPage Today) -- Former acting Medicare chief Donald Berwick, MD, has announced that he is running for governor of Massachusetts. […]
- Undocumented Immigrants' Share of Health Bill Relatively Small June 17, 2013(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare for unauthorized immigrants accounted for less than 2% of all healthcare spending in the U.S., according to an analysis of data covering a 10-year period. […]
- AMA House Votes Against Council, Calls Obesity a Disease June 19, 2013
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Benefits of Exercise
We just want to take a minute to remind everyone the benefits of exercise. Really, we just want to motivate you to get going or get back into it (if you’re not already on a program). There are so many … Continue reading
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