Obesity is a real epidemic and a public health problem, defined by The Obesity Society (TOS) as a disease [10], and not only an underpinning of major chronic diseases, but a serious debilitating condition in its own right [11]. Obesity is a multifactorial pathology that can be related to...
Image Credit by Adobe Stock Do you know why we will need to fight childhood obesity ? Now a day childhood obesity is a common medical term for the conscious parents. When a child’s body contains too much fat, it’s called childhood obesity. Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic around...
The truth appears more complicated. There is scant evidence of an epidemic of erectile dysfunction among young men. And no researcher I spoke with had seen compelling evidence that porn is addictive. As the authors of a recent review of porn research note inThe Archives of Sexual Behavior, “T...
The so-called epidemic of childhood obesity is not particular to American culture but hasbeen shown to be a worldwide phenomenon typi...ed by a substantial increase in the prevalenceof obesity occurring within a short time span. Despite a prodigious body of literature on obesitywithin the ...
The American Heart Association is actively offering ways for families to participate in this awareness campaign called "Life is Why: Family Health Challenge". This campaign is launched in September, which is marked as the National Childhood Obesity Month to make the families become healthier than be...
2. Myopia is becoming an epidemic. The number of children who are developingshortsightedness(myopia) is growing faster than ever. And more kids are getting short-sighted at a very early age. Between 9 to 12% of kids in ANZ are myopic. ...
The World Health Organization recognizes lack of sleep as a global health epidemic. The brain can never recover all the sleep it has been deprived of.We cannot accumulate a sleep debt throughout the week and catch up on the weekends.
The NAS report drew a twofold conclusion, Platt says. "Basically, it acknowledged that this is an epidemic, but the prescription is very mild. "We need more research, and we can't define despair." But how do you create an animal model of despair? I was dismayed." ...
even though the drug might not have worked in many other placebo-controlled trials. Financial success would be difficult if a well-conducted trial showed that a new expensive drug is not any better than an old cheap one, or is worse. Head-to-head comparisons of drugs can be subject to bi...
even though the drug might not have worked in many other placebo-controlled trials. Financial success would be difficult if a well-conducted trial showed that a new expensive drug is not any better than an old cheap one, or is worse. Head-to-head comparisons of drugs can be subject to bi...