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Other Issues Associated with Obesity
Heart disease, diabetes and cancer are often talked about as complications of obesity. Unfortunately the list does not stop there. There are many other conditions associated with obesity such as: strokes, gallstones, bone and joint problems, gout, breathing problems, complications of pregnancy, irregular menstrual cycles, infertility and depression.
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The cognitive behavioral therapy in eating disorders
Cognitive behavioral therapy is based on the theory that the affect and behaviors can be modified by changes in thinking and evaluating certain situations. Eating behaviors, shape and weight are excessively preoccupied in eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa is a disorder characterised by refusal to maintain body weight at or [...]

A virtual-reality experience helped reduce pain levels in veterans with combat-associated burns during wound care treatment, according to findings from a study presented here at the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) 26th Annual Meeting. In a separate presentation, researchers said that the use of low-dose ketamine (120 μg/kg per hour), continuously administered intravenously, [...]

February 12, 2010 (Boston, Massachusetts) — Weight loss by morbidly obese patients may promote improvements in left ventricular structure independent of the other benefits of weight reduction, results of a controlled trial show [1]. In the study, patients with morbid obesity who lost weight after bariatric surgery had improved measures of left ventricular structure, independent [...]

Spouses who are under significant stress caring for an ailing partner face an increased risk for stroke, with that risk being especially elevated among African American men, according to results of a new study. The study linked a high degree of caregiver strain to an overall 13.62% estimated 10-year risk of stroke, but that risk [...]

As of last night, Médicins sans Frontièrs (MSF, Doctors Without Borders) estimated that 3000 patients have been treated and 400 have undergone surgery, with a significant number of these being amputations.  Possibly the greatest medical need right now is for blood, but storage of blood donations is a problem, said the Pan American Health Organization [...]

From Stress to Headache
The research appeared in 3 separate articles. In the first article, researchers discussed the prevalence of childhood maltreatment. They found that 58% of participants endured childhood abuse or neglect. Emotional abuse was reported most commonly (38%) and in higher severity (12% with “severe to extreme” abuse) than other abuses, such as physical [...]