Hospitals are accommodating the increasing number of obese patients by buying larger medical equipment, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The new purchases are “eating into capital budgets and driving growth in the plus-sized medical equipment market… (source: Medical News Today) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Hospitals are accommodating the increasing number of obese patients by buying larger medical equipment, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The new purchases are “eating into capital budgets and driving growth in the plus-sized medical equipment market… (source: Medical News Today) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

Public Health Minister for England, Anne Milton, told the BBC this week that doctors and healthcare professionals should tell people they are ‘fat’ rather than ‘obese’ as the term ‘fat’, in her view, may better motivate them to lose weight. She added that … (source: Medical News Today) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

Public Health Minister for England, Anne Milton, told the BBC this week that doctors and healthcare professionals should tell people they are ‘fat’ rather than ‘obese’ as the term ‘fat’, in her view, may better motivate them to lose weight. She added that … (source: Medical News Today) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Recent media reports of potential misdiagnosis of early-stage breast cancer may frighten women away from breast cancer screening that could save their lives. Rather than shying away from screening, women should know the questions to ask and be confident ab… (source: Medical News Today) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

Recent media reports of potential misdiagnosis of early-stage breast cancer may frighten women away from breast cancer screening that could save their lives. Rather than shying away from screening, women should know the questions to ask and be confident ab… (source: Medical News Today) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

A unique strain of mouse was bred to have no insulin receptors on its bone-building osteoblasts, although it had insulin receptors every place else. The mouse became fat. As it aged it grew even fatter and its blood sugar levels shot up and it developed … (source: Wellness Resource) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

A unique strain of mouse was bred to have no insulin receptors on its bone-building osteoblasts, although it had insulin receptors every place else. The mouse became fat. As it aged it grew even fatter and its blood sugar levels shot up and it developed … (source: Wellness Resource) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

The Washington, D.C., health department has launched a campaign to promote use of the female condom as a way to help curb the spread of HIV in the city, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. A 2009 study found that about 3% of the city’s population … (source: Medical News Today) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

The Washington, D.C., health department has launched a campaign to promote use of the female condom as a way to help curb the spread of HIV in the city, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. A 2009 study found that about 3% of the city’s population … (source: Medical News Today) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com