For the first time since 1980, obesity figures are unchanged since the previous survey two years earlier.After 25 years of expanding waistlines, American adults may have turned the corner in the perennial battle of the bulge, according to federal data released today.
Formulas had been based on white women, but new data upgrade the risk to African Americans and could bring better treatment.The formula doctors use to calculate a woman's risk of breast cancer underestimates the danger for black women most of the time, and especially for those 50 and older -- when they are most likely to benefit from screening and protective drugs, according to the first major reassessment of the widely used tool.
UCLA researchers find that Latinos in the U.S. illegally are 50% less likely to visit emergency rooms.Illegal immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries are 50% less likely than U.S.-born Latinos to use hospital emergency rooms in California, according to a study published Monday in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.
The Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation awards $100 million to Rotary International, which says it will match the grant.The Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation announced Monday that it would give $100 million to Rotary International's efforts to eradicate polio worldwide. It is the foundation's largest such grant.
A national political fight, one middle-class Southern California family . . . What the debate about children s health insurance looks like up close.AMERICAN dream scene: a gorgeous Southern California day. A car-free cul-de-sac on a hilltop overlooking a canyon. A boy and his father, shooting hoops.
Daniel's Place in Santa Monica is a support center that can be, for some, a home away from home.It's not at all typical for a 27-year-old man to enlist Buster the Bunny and Peter the Penguin to facilitate conversations with his mother.
Alcohol-free wine is one way to help keep calories under control.Take too much fun from the fun bank at Thanksgiving? With more holiday revelry coming up, we have three little words: alcohol-free wine.
Tempted to take a workout break? Gyms and trainers saw that coming -- and want to save you from yourself.WITH gifts to buy, halls to deck, parties to plan and copious amounts of rich, fatty food to be consumed, even devoted fitness buffs might lop a few workouts off the holiday schedule. Less devoted enthusiasts might just say to heck with gym visits altogether.
Yoga posture shapes shoulders, biceps and triceps.If your yoga routine doesn't currently emphasize working your upper body, add a few postures that do. This powerful yoga pose will help develop shape and build strength in your shoulders, biceps, triceps and core muscles.
