Latest study at University of Minnesota Project Eating Among Teens (EAT) has identified factors that may increase overweight adolescents’ risk of engaging in extreme weight control behaviors such as self-induced vomiting, the use of diet pills, laxatives, and diuretics, as well as binge eating.
Overweight youth with certain socio-environmental, psychological, and behavioral tendencies, such as reading […]

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According to a major study published Wednesday by research team from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food.
The team concluded consumers were paying higher prices for organic food because of its perceived health benefits, creating a global organic market worth an estimated $48 […]

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It has been reasonably well established that vascular risk factors such as diabetes and coronary artery disease have a significant impact on erectile dysfunction before and after radical prostatectomy, but little is known about how those factors might affect patients undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
A study by psychologists and urologists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer […]

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According to a new study published online July 28 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, MEK4 has been identified as a pro-invasion protein and the target for genistein, a dietary compound, in prostate cancer cells.
A research team at Department of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, investigated the target for genistein in prostate […]

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A new urine test developed with funding from the Wellcome Trust will allow doctors to diagnose Chlamydia infection in men within the hour, improving the ability to successfully treat the infection on the spot and prevent re-transmission.
The Chlamydia Rapid Test has received regulatory approval and is on the market in France, where it is used […]

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A recent study suggests children who eat plenty of dairy foods such as milk and cheese can expect to live longer.
Three servings of dairy foods - for example, a 200ml glass of milk, a pot of yogurt and a small piece of cheese - will provide all the calcium most people need each day.
Dairy consumption […]

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US researchers, who have run a 15-year study of men who had surgery for prostate cancer, have found only a small percentage died from cancer.
The clinical study of more than 12,600 men with prostate cancer who had their prostates removed found only 12 percent died from cancer 15 years later.
The conclusion from the study reveals […]

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A charity in Britain has warned that people who are the poorest in the country may be more than twice likely to develop diabetes at any age, compared to the average person.
Diabetes UK further states that people with the condition, who live in the most deprived homes, are also twice as likely to develop complications.
The charity organisation […]

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In a new study, researchers have shown that a weight loss program not only counteracts depressed mood but also reduces risk factors for heart disease and stroke in obese patients.
Researchers also found that after a 6-month behavioral weight loss program, depressed patients not only lost 8 percent of their initial weight but also reported significant improvements […]

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A major study at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), has good news for men who have prostate cancer surgery but leaves unanswered the complicated question of whether a man should have that operation, another treatment or just watchful waiting.
According to the report in the July 27 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the study […]

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