...adults in 1970 and is now 35 percent. Obesity, high calorie intake and lack of physical activity cause diabetes and heart disease and are linked to a dozen cancers, Brawley said."Obesity in the next decade or two will become the leading cause...
...cohesion," in which residents became closer because of tragedy.Residents also became more attentive to issues such as heart disease, blood pressure problems and diabetes that otherwise might have remained undiagnosed."It was influential in making...
...surrounding counties in the Augusta area when it comes to heart disease and other health measures, recent data shows. It is...women themselves, Mokdad said."They don't see heart disease as being their No. 1 killer," he said.Women do...
...charting your family's health history are clear, with nearly one-third of all known diseases having genetic links. Heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, alcoholism, mental illness, obesity and high blood pressure head the lengthy list. Cancer...
...to estimate the enormous cost associated with treating all of the maladies related to fossil-fuel use, including heart disease, cancer, emphysema, black lung and a host of other respiratory conditions. ORDINARILY, IF Hansen made a pronouncement...
...to estimate the enormous cost associated with treating all of the maladies related to fossil-fuel use, including heart disease, cancer, emphysema, black lung and a host of other respiratory conditions. ORDINARILY, IF Hansen made a pronouncement...
...individual incentives and who received no cash.Obesity contributes to a variety of health problems like diabetes, heart disease, and joint pain, which decrease quality of life, increase mortality, and result in higher health premiums and lost...
...president of the company, not the commission, he added after the meeting, due to ongoing issues with diabetes and heart disease that plagued him much of last year.Several on the commission clearly wished a greater punishment was available to...
...improvements to helmets."Imaging of the brain, studying the brain, is still pretty far behind the study of cancer, heart disease, things like that," GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said. "I look at this as a catalyst in terms of where the...
...are higher in secondhand smoke and, even more, that breathing in secondhand smoke increases the risk of developing heart disease and lung cancer in nonsmokers by up to 30 percent.Georgia Regents University kicks off its smoke-free campus campaign...
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