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...were at least 65 years old at the start of the study were less likely to suffer a heart attack if they followed the aspirin regimen. Aspirin helped protect all women, regardless of age, from strokes triggered by clots. As expected, women on aspirin suffered more internal bleeding and gastric problems...
Stomach stapling and gastric bypass surgery clearly help people shed pounds, but according to a new report, the benefits go well beyond weight loss. A review of 130 studies involving 22,000 patients showed that for most there were also dramatic improvements with respect to diabetes, hypertension and blood cholesterol levels. As with any surgery, however, there are risks, including a new one reported last week. One in six patients, a separate study found, developed nerve damage ranging from minor tingling in the feet to incapacitating pain and weakness. Malnutrition owing to rapid weight loss and vomiting is believed...
...food and don't burn it off with enough exercise. If only we could change those habits, the problem would go away. But clearly it isn't that easy. Americans pour scores of billions of dollars every year into weight-loss products and health-club memberships and liposuction and gastric bypass operations--100,000 of the latter last year alone. Food and drug companies spend even more trying to find a magic food or drug that will melt the pounds away. Yet the nation's collective waistline just keeps growing...
What is Arias' secret? She didn't undergo gastric-bypass surgery. She didn't do Atkins, South Beach or any other diet plan. What she did was buy a couple of books that listed the nutritional value and calorie content of the foods she ate, including prepared items. Then she gave up fried foods and alcohol, began preparing her own meals and loaded up on fruits and vegetables. Finally, she started moving--first by joining a swimming pool, then walking, hiking, biking, even surfing for a while. To this day, she limits what she eats, exercises at least an hour...
...four years ago, the work was so intense he often found himself sleeping and even bathing at the office. "For most of us who pushed hard to get ahead, we lived, ate and breathed our jobs," he says. After six months of 16-hour workdays, 3 a.m. dinners and gastric problems, his exhausted body finally gave out. He spent 15 days in a hospital and then needed counseling. Three out of 14 of the workers in his unit similarly burned out. Doctors cite high levels of substance addiction and relationship breakdowns among IT workers. "If you look at the stress...