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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Moms' Obesity Harming Babies

Moms' Obesity Harming Babies

Life expectancy among some American women has fallen in 1,000 counties. More disturbing is the news that poor health habits are hurting babies. The infant mortality rate is rising because "fetuses growing in grossly overweight mothers are often undernourished."

Safety Concerns but Money Trumps

The FDA is actually focusing on safety and slowing the process to approve new drugs. Of course, this isn't good news for the companies that are "saving lives" because it slows the new medicine pipeline. This lowers the odds that a drug will make it to the market "without a lot of extra time and money." And of course that extra time spent caring for our lives by determining possible side effects, well, just cuts into the profits, don't you know?

Researchers Find Source of Metabolic Syndrome

Researchers have found a single molecule that may be linked to hypertension, insulin resistance, and immune supression. They believe it may be the missing link to understanding obesity. While it's exciting to hear what they've discovered from rats, I wouldn't get too excited. So far I know of three discoveries that were supposed to "unravel the obesity myth" but thus far they haven't been able to boil it down to a single hormone, gene, or enzyme. Maybe this won't fit in a neat little box?

Pharmaceutical Companies Conspire with Mosquitos, Possibly Kill Thousands

Many overseas pharmaceutical companies lack the regulations necessary to ensure quality. The result? Almost 48% of the drugs manufactured in Africa failed quality tests while masquerading as the real thing. Researchers couldn't determine what was real, what was not, or even what was expired. They also fear "the sale of these inappropriate or ineffective drugs is virtually guaranteed to increase the prevalence of drug-resistant malaria."

Fat Can Still Mean Healthy

A recent study found that despite regular exercise, several hundred children in the United Kingdom were still overweight. While the exercise did not have an impact on their waist circumference or skin-fold thickness, "children who did more physical activity were healthier when they measured the fat levels in their blood and blood pressure."

This is just more evidence why exercise is so important even if you are struggling with shedding the extra pounds. It's about more than just appearance, but truly does impact overall health. The fat is going to require more focus on nutrition and not just exercise to get rid of.

People Die From Weight Loss Surgery

That is one title I stumbled upon as I was browsing blogs related to weight loss. Why not stop by and offer some encouragement to a woman who is "fighting back." Her journey will give you incredible insights into how hard it can be certain people and what drives the decision to do something that can seem very risky and dangerous.

That's it for today,

Jeremy Likness

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