Excess Weight Around the Waist May Be a Major Health Risk

Where you carry your weight could be as important, if not more important, that how much you weigh. That's what British researchers say. They point to a study released about thick waists which shows that a thick waist almost doubles the risk of a premature death. This is not the first study to come to such a solution. The other key point is researchers found excess fat stored around the middle of the body was a major health risk, even when people are not considered obese or even overweight by statistical BMI standards. As I mentioned, this is not the first study to make this implication and I think it brings up a very interesting point. Physicians might consider routinely measuring patients' waists as well as their BMI on a routine office visit. If you carry too much weight in the waist, diet and exercise are equally effective as they are for people who carry excess weight somewhere else. For more information, click onto www.MyMedicalReports.com.

Flavored Medications and Child Safety

The medical term is compliance; getting patients to take prescribed medications and to take them consistently. It's one of those battles that's very tough to fight at times. The best way to do it is to explain carefully why the drugs need to be taken and to get all parties to buy in and believe in the importance. There are always other attempts to achieve this goal. One of the latest is to flavor medications. In fact, there are companies set up to do this to allow common medications to taste better. Now, it sounds good on the surface, but there's a problem. If medications taste good, they could be a temptation to kids. Then you have an issue of a child taking pills that could be extremely dangerous because of the taste. If you choose to go with flavored medications, please keep them away and make sure they have safety bottles. That's a very important issue. Make sure you use common sense and you don't put children at risk. For more information, click onto www.MyMedicalReports.com

Worrying and Health

Let's face it. Most of us spend far too much of our time worrying. We worry about our families, our money, our futures. We even worry about how much we worry. Numerous studies have shown too much worry is not good for us. The stress of worry can increase our blood pressure, the risk of heart disease, even cancer. But a recent study from the Trust for America's Health says we could be hurting our health by worrying about our health. According to the research 37% of people worried about cancer as their top health concern, 14% heart disease, 13% obesity, 11% chemical terrorism. Certainly worry is appropriate in doses, and it could be good for us in some respect. It can help prevent problems and anticipate problems down the line, but let's face it, you don't want to overdo it. For more information, click onto www.MyMedicalReports.com.