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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Low Serum Vitamin D and Hip Fracture Risk

A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine showed that low vitamin D levels in the blood are associated with an increased risk...

Monday, August 18, 2008

Oxalate Kidney Damage

Make sure you stay hydrated, and take precautions to help preventing oxalate kidney stones. Those precautions can also help preventing a con...

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Two Hundred Seventy Five Minutes per Week

A new study that is published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, reported that the commonly recommended physical activity levels (150 min...

Friday, July 18, 2008

A Food Diary Works!

Probably it is not new knowledge that recording a diary of the food intake and exercise activities does help. Now, a new study from Portland...

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

At what age do we stop being so active?

I wondered, at what point in our lives have we shifted from running to walking? From moving a lot to moving only if we need to? Basically, w...

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Obesity and Weight Loss Surgery in Older Age

Older age has been defined differently in different studies, as either 60 or 65 years of age. The average body weight and BMI gradually incr...

Sunday, May 25, 2008

A Plateau

Weight loss after gastric bypass or Lap Band surgery is reaching a plateau. How to deal with that? First things first. Do not get frustrated...

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Hanafy M. Hanafy, MD: Bariatric Surgeon Tacoma, WA, USA

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