Topic: Robert Eckel

3/8/2010 Print E-mail Increasing consumption of sugary soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.. "The finding suggests ...
Gene test claims to show which diet works best; skeptics aren't so sure Diet not working?"We were able to explain why some people were successful" and others were not, even though they ate the same way, said Mindy Dopler Nelson, a nutritional ...

Hardened Arteries Threaten Obese, Diabetic Youth

5/26/2009 Print E-mail An examination of the neck arteries of today's obese or diabetic young people bodes ill for their future health, researchers report.. In the study, Urbina and her team used ultrasound to assess the carotid arteries of a few hundred ...
4/10/2008 Print E-mail A new study suggests that consuming more than six eggs a week seems to raise the risk of dying from all causes.. "The more eggs diabetic men consumed, the more they increased their risk for death," said study lead ...