Archive for the 'heart' Category

Study: Pill raises risk of heart attacks - Yahoo! News

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

Well, this is another tragedy in the making. Avandia actually messes with genes, turning them on and off. When that is happening, there’s sure to be a host of other problems that will arise. Heart trouble, once again, appears to be at the core.
Remember, with Vioxx, we didn’t see an immediate withdrawal […]

Weight Gain (Not Weight Loss) Associated with Dieting

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

ScienceDaily: Dieting Does Not Work, Researchers Report
Want to lose weight? Whatever you do, don’t go on a diet. According to this study, the vast majority of people who go on diets end up weighing more after two years than they did before the diet. In fact, they found the number one predictor of weight gain […]

The Dangers of Overtraining

Friday, December 15th, 2006

Most people have a problem with undertraining, as in not working out enough. However, when we inevitably decide we have to turn our lives around, we want to be thin and healthy as soon as possible–and this can lead to dangerous overtraining.
This article covers the topic a little, but I think it misses the most […]