More TV predicts unhealthy diet If you need another argument for why your teenagers shouldn’t spend so much time watching television, a University of Minnesota study of 2,000 kids found that those who watched the most television were more likely to follow an unhealthy diet five years later. Those ...

Kids who need vitamins usually don’t take them Children who are taking vitamins are often the ones who don’t really need them, while kids who could benefit from supplements because of their poor diets usually don’t take vitamins. That’s the conclusion of a study from the University of Califo...

Peanut product recalls extend to pet treats The Food and Drug Administration says it thinks a peanut processing plant in Blakely, Georgia, is the sole source of the salmonella outbreak that has now sickened at least 468 Americans and one Canadian and has been linked to six deaths. More than 125 diff...

Visceral fat puts them at greater risk of health problems Older adults who are depressed are twice as likely to gain visceral fat, or fat around their organs, than people of the same age who aren’t depressed, a study in the Archives of General Psychiatry reports. People in their 70s were involved ...

LDL down, but triglycerides up Since 1980 American adults have managed to lower their levels of LDL or bad cholesterol slightly, but over the same time our triglyceride levels have gone through the roof, nearly quintupling since the 1980s. Back in 1980, 48 percent of Americans had higher than ideal ...

12-week program helps diabetics keep weight off A 12-week weight loss program for diabetics not only helped them successfully lose nearly 25 pounds on average during the program, but most participants kept most of the weight off or even lost more weight a year after the program. An average loss of 1...

4 million try over-the-counter drug It’s been a year since GlaxoSmithKline’s weight loss drug alli hit the market, to much fanfare and oily discharge, and reports says that four million people have tried the drug. Analysts say that’s a pretty “underwhelming” number, giv...

When I began the Minceur J-15 weight loss program, my expectations were low. I guess I was hoping to somehow demystify the existence of the hundreds of weight-loss potions sold in France and at the same time test my conviction that you can’t buy thinness in a box. But I also figured that if ta...

In France you can always tell that it’s spring by stores’ window displays. Yes, floral patterns and pastel colors, but I’m mainly referring to the weight loss ads in the pharmacy windows. All year you see skinny tummies and thighs selling boxes of weight loss “programs”...

Guest contributor: “PalMD” Peter Lipson, M.D., is a board certified internist and clinical assistant professor of medicine in the Midwest. He blogs for Scienceblogs at the Denialsm Blog and formerly maintained the White Coat Underground blog. Is injecting yourself with human pregnancy ho...