Studies suggest that the average American gains 5 lbs. (2.3 kg) or more over the holiday period between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. If you simply maintain your weight during the holidays, you are performing above average! Join StartYourDiet.com today and you've already taken a step forward towards your goals. Our tools, support and expert advice can re...

When Maraldi's team looked at mobility according to weekly alcohol intake, as determined at study enrollment, moderate drinking in men and light to moderate drinking in women appeared to be associated with lower loss of mobility. For men, moderate intake was defined as 8 to 14 drinks per week. For women, light drinking was 1 to 3 drinks per week and moderat...

Researchers have created a pill that may put an end to menstrual misery each month, London's Daily Mail reported. The pill, known in trials as VA111913, works by bringing down the levels of vasopressin, the hormone that controls the muscles that contract in the uterus. Most other drugs only treat the symptom, rather than the cause, scientists said. "Dysme...

A home-invasion robbery at his South Side residence foiled Keith Shannon's attempt to quit smoking. "After getting hit across the head with a gun," he said, "I needed a cigarette." The stressful event brought a return to his old habit -- but not a happy return. The 29-year-old valet at a downtown hotel faces the same scary thought each time he puts a cigar...

Beverly Hunt is a mover and a shaker. A public relations executive who runs her own business in Laurel, Maryland, Hunt believes in looking good. She keeps active and stays in shape. "I'm in my mid-40s," she admits. "And no matter how well you try to take care of yourself and what your weight is, what I've noticed is your body changes. And I have some cellul...

Teaching new mothers how to breast-feed could save 1.3 million children's lives every year, but many women get no help and give up trying, the World Health Organization said on Friday. Fewer than 40 percent of mothers worldwide breast-feed their infants exclusively in the first six months, as recommended by the WHO. Many abandon it because they don't know h...

Here's another reason to have a beer a recent study suggests that females who drink beer on a regular basis are less likely to suffer from osteoporosis, London's Daily Telegraph reported. The medical journal Nutrition says that beer has a high level of silicon, which slows down the thinning that leads to broken bones and helps form new ones. Beer also has ...

Women who quickly put on pounds after starting birth-control injections seem to be at risk of significant long-term weight gain, a new study suggests. The findings, say researchers, should help clarify which women are likely to see unhealthy weight changes with the contraceptive, called depot medroxyprogesterone (DMPA) - better known by the brand-name Depo ...

New York women will soon be able to receive up to $10,000 for donating their eggs for stem cell research - paid for by taxpayers. A board that oversees the state's stem cell research efforts recently voted to use state money for the payments. The decision makes New York the first state to do so. The program is expected to be in place by 2010. State Health ...

Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. said Monday that its obesity-drug candidate Contrave met its main goals in three late-stage clinical trials, and also surpassed a Food and Drug Administration requirement for effectiveness. Patients who took Contrave had significantly greater weight loss than those who took a placebo, and the drug also reduced other risk factors l...

Coffee and general caffeine intake may affect a woman's levels of estrogen and other sex hormones, a new study suggests - offering a potential explanation for findings that link caffeine to certain cancers. Several studies have found connections between caffeine and breast and ovarian cancers, though the findings have not always been consistent. For instan...

Your body can give you clues to even hidden health problems. Here are warning signs that can help your recognize underlying issues: The hair down there is starting to grow in a square What it might mean: If your pubic hair is growing on your thighs and up your belly, forming a more square "rug" shape than a triangular one, you may have polycystic ovary syn...

Two new techniques to preserve and transplant ovaries might give women a better chance to fight their biological clocks and have children when they are older, doctors announced Monday. In the past, scientists have performed ovarian transplants in women with cancer, since chemotherapy often causes infertility. Doctors typically take out patients' ovaries bef...

Weight-loss surgery may help obese women lower their risk of developing cancer, Swedish researchers said on Tuesday. They found women who had weight-loss surgery were 42 percent less likely to develop cancer during a 10-year study published in the journal Lancet Oncology. Men in the study did not benefit, possibly because many cancers are driven by female ...

The truth behind soggy sweat glands, out-of-nowhere orgasms, and other bizarre body behavior. We're all for individual expression and the power of moi. But sometimes it would be nice to know--just for informational purposes, not because we're insecure--whether anyone else experiences the same crazy stuff we do. So we surveyed WH readers about their bodies' ...

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