Sleep apnea is the condition when a person gasps for air and stops breathing while sleeping. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was linked to depression. The pauses can last for a couple of seconds to a minute. It is caused when oxygen is cut off from the brain and the rest of the body. Symptoms of sleep apnea include daytime fatigue, snoring and restless sleep. The new study was published in the journal Sleep. It reviewed around 10,000 American adults. The researchers... 

US drug advisers want more heart safety studies done on new obesity drugs. This could be another hurdle that the drugs need to overcome before they get an approval. The advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration voted 17 to 6 to require companies to conduct more heart impact studies before they can sell their drugs in the United States. They want studies done even if clinical tests didn’t show evidence of increased heart risk. The FDA often follows the recommendations made by its advisory... 

Diet Doc Weight Loss announced that it now offers a new diet HCG plan that personalizes a weight loss program according to the individual. The weight loss program would depend on the person’s comprehensive health history questionnaire, gender, age, and lifestyle. Diet Doc is a doctor supervised weight loss program that gives medically supervised weight loss to patients who have failed on other weight loss programs. Diet Doc addresses metabolic issues that are common within a few weeks into the... 

According to the results of a controlled study, overweight young adults who consumed a low dose of green coffee bean extract have lost an average of 17.5 pounds in 22 weeks and decreased their overall body weight by 10.5 percent. The study showed the potential of green coffee bean in weight loss treatments. Coffee beans roasted at 475 degrees are described as rich and full-bodied. But for people who want to lose weight, they should look at unroasted coffee beans in order to lose weight. A study... 

Women are not the only ones who are losing in the battle of the bulge. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a third of American adults are obese. More men are now taking their weight seriously and weight loss companies have taken notice. Charles Barkley, former NBA superstar and current analyst, is the endorser for Weight Watchers for Men. He claimed that he has lost 40 pounds because of Weight Watchers program. WW knew that it would attract more men by having a... 

Celebrities spend a lot of time finding the perfect diet to lose weight in order to maintain their beautiful looks. This is necessary for their field of work so that they appear good in front of the camera. There are some who look like they haven’t eaten for weeks. We see it all in the tabloids. One actor lost 100 pounds and another gained 100 pounds. In reality, celebrities often starve themselves to lose that extra weight on them. They might make dieting look easy. The fact is that overweight... 

Carnie Wilson first went under the knife in 1999 to get a gastric bypass. Her weight loss operation was successful, which is why people were surprised to find out that she underwent another surgery recently. It was confirmed that Wilson got lap band surgery. Doctor Larry Gellman, co-director of Bariatric Surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital, said that some patients undergo a second surgery if the pouch made during the gastric bypass surgery stretches or... 

The Food and Drug Administration was asked by a federal judge in New York to address the use of antibiotics in livestock. This was part of the ruling on a lawsuit filed by a coalition that included the Natural Resources Defense Council. The ruling might mean that the FDA would soon ban the use of antibiotics due to public health concerns. The lawsuit was filed last May so that the FDA would control the use of tetracycline and penicillin, which are the two most popular antibiotics used in feed to... 

The vending machine is an American cultural icon that has been fading in the landscape in recent years. From 2007 to 2010, at least 134,000 vending machines disappeared in different locations across the United States. Sales from vending machines decreased 11 percent to $42.2 billion in the same time period. A group of entrepreneurs try to rehabilitate the vending machine industry by outfitting the machines with high-tech features and filling them with electronics, live bait, prescription drugs,... 

There are various weight loss plans on the market today and a lot of people rely on diets to lose their excess fats. But their hopes of shedding the extra weight are lost when they get no result in a period of time. HCG diet plan is the solution that these people are looking for. HCG has effective weight loss plans that have helped people trim down their extra fats. It also helped overweight people change their eating habits and lead a healthier lifestyle. This is important in sustaining the weight...