How Sugary Drinks Kill
New research has convicted sugary drinks like soda as the killer of 180,000 people. This research comes out only a week after a New York court blocked legislation to limit the serving size of sugary...
View ArticleThe Five Most Important Weight-Loss Tips
We know you’re constantly bombarded with a ton of health information—and it’s hard to know which advice to listen to and which advice to throw out the window. The truth is, there will always be a...
View ArticleWhen Medication Is Okay for Weight Loss
While it is not usually the policy of the Doctors Health Press to recommend medication to treat a health condition, this article presents another side of the argument about how to stop the obesity...
View ArticleYou Are When You Eat?
If you want to improve your health, you might think you need to reduce your body fat. When you’re carrying less fat, your heart doesn’t have the same intense workload to pump blood through your...
View ArticleFour Challenges that Stand in the Way of Being Healthy
You’ve decided. Today is the day you are creating the new, healthy, fit version of yourself. It’s not going to be easy, of course. But that doesn’t matter. The important thing is to get started and...
View ArticleImportant Activity Tips Every Senior Needs to Know
Are you feeling sick and tired because of your age? Is your age the reason you can’t muster up the energy for an active lifestyle, or is it because you don’t exercise that you can’t get that energy?...
View ArticleLose Weight By Eating a Late-Night Snack?
Many people are preoccupied by weight loss. In fact, one study found that at any given moment, 50% of people are thinking about weight loss. You might find that if you miss getting exercise for a few...
View ArticleHere’s the #1 Reason You Need a Health Coach
As a health coach for over 27 years, I believe in the importance of using a health coach to improve health, well-being, and quality of life, for people with a variety of health issues. Health and...
View ArticleHow This Preventable Epidemic is Leading to Higher Blood Pressure, Heart...
There is no doubt that our society is aging and that, as a result, some interesting health trends have developed. We also live in a society where technological advancements have allowed us to rely less...
View ArticleHow Obesity is Causing This Dangerous Disease
Why should you worry if your waist is a bit larger and your blood pressure is up? Well, if you have metabolic syndrome or if you develop it, you have almost the same risk of developing a heart attack...
View ArticleCan Detoxing Really Make You Lose Weight?
There are literally hundreds of diets available to people who are desperate to lose weight. But one of the most popular ones is a diet detox. A detox program has been recommended for almost every known...
View ArticleAn Important Day for Seniors’ Health
Today is National Senior Health and Fitness Day and I want to give you some ideas regarding how to start your own health and fitness program. I think the first point to know is that it is never too...
View ArticleObesity: America’s Newest Disease
I get it… drug companies need diseases to make money. But even I have to admit it is kind of laughable that within a week of the introduction of the new FDA-approved weight loss drug Belviq into the...
View ArticleDr. Kevin’s Take: Why Obesity is a Disease—and We Need Help Fighting It
When I first read that obesity was declared a disease by the American Medical Association (AMA), I was quite surprised. During the AMA’s annual general meeting in Chicago, the AMA responded to the...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Gaining Weight During Menopause
As women age, their bodies go through menopause. Menopause is caused by the slow decline of the hormones estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. As long as the ovaries are functioning normally and...
View ArticleWhy Obese People Are More At Risk for This Debilitating Condition
A new study is shedding light on an important association between diabetes and obesity. The study, published in Diabetes Care, examined a group of young adults from 2001-2002 and from 2008-2009, for...
View ArticleThe Globesity Race Has a New Leader
I’ll admit I never thought the day would come when the U.S. would lose its reign on top as the world’s fattest developed nation… but it has. According to a new report released last month from the Food...
View ArticleThe Gene That’s Making You Fat?
Many people wonder about the role that genes play in the development of obesity, especially since obesity was classified as a disease by the American Medical Association (AMA) recently. But does the...
View ArticleThe BMI Myth Debunked: What You Really Need to Know About Your Weight
We have all been told that being overweight or obese can have serious consequences to our health. When you step on the scale and see how much you weigh or if you calculate your body mass index (BMI),...
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