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Even the most health-conscious eaters may have missed out on the smorgasbord of low-fat and low-cholesterol options that Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) cooked up last night in its ongoing effort to promote healthful eating during National Nutrition Month...
...It’s low fat night?” he asked after observing a HUDS promotional table tent. “I’ve never seen so many people eating cereal and grille food...
...have heart disease, you probably know all about statins and beta blockers, angioplasty and bypass surgery, and the benefits of regular exercise and a diet that's low in saturated fat. But have you heard about strapping oversize blood-pressure cuffs to your legs and buttocks and pulsing them in synch with your heartbeat? The idea behind this wacky-sounding treatment, known as enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP), is to decrease the demand on an ailing heart by helping it push blood through the body. But perhaps the oddest thing about EECP is that it works amazingly well to relieve chest...
...Will It Help? Fat Chance Stung by criticism that it feeds obesity problems around the globe, McDonald's announced an end to its "supersize" meals by the end of the year...
...following cosmetic plastic surgery, prompting the state's board of medicine to open an investigation. All five, ranging in age from 38 to 63, had their operations done in doctors' offices. One had a breast augmentation; another, surgery on his eyes, chin and neck; another had liposuction and a fat transfer; and two, liposuction and tummy tuck. Citing an "immediate danger to public health," the board issued a 90-day moratorium on the two procedures being performed together in a nonhospital setting. A 54-year-old woman, the wife of a cardiologist, died of complications from plastic surgery last week...