Though insulin resistance and obesity are closely related, obesity is not the only factor that can cause individuals to develop the condition. Both internal and external factors can contribute to the development of the condition.
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Insulin Resistance Is Not Just About Obesity
December 6th, 2010 
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Posted in Disease Information, General Health, Health Risks 
Tags: air pollution, diabetes, hormone, insulin resistance, liver damage, metabolic syndrome, obesity, sleep apnea 
Comments Off10 Medical Conditions For Which You Can Reduce the Risk with Better Education
December 31st, 2009 admin Over the last several decades numerous research efforts have determined that those with higher education have better health and lower risk of disease. That said, here are ten medical conditions for which you can reduce the risk by having a better education.
Read the rest of this article » Posted in Disease Prevention, General Health Tags: aging, cancer risk, disease risk, health, higher education, illness, obesity, risk of disease 5 Comments »An Ounce of Health Prevention or Ten Pounds of Cure
October 27th, 2009 admin Though the US is on the verge of what could be sweeping changes to its health care system to provide greater coverage at potentially less cost, the US and other countries still have not taken the steps to truly reduce costs by actively promoting preventative medicine.
Read the rest of this article » Posted in Uncategorized Tags: disease prevention, genetic testing, health promotion, health reform, obesity, preventative medicine 3 Comments »Better Than Taxing our Bad Behavior
October 13th, 2009 admin While we the public love our fast food and sodas, our bodies do not and the increasing obesity epidemic is clear proof of a need for change. Unfortunately, the promotion of soda and fat taxes lacks significant support and we need to think of other ways to thin up our population.
Read the rest of this article » Posted in Uncategorized Tags: fast food tax, fat tax, health care costs, health care efficiency, obesity, obesity epidemic, soda tax 1 Comment »Understanding Congestive Heart Failure: They Say He Was a Big Hearted Fellow
August 29th, 2009 admin As a condition affecting almost 2% of the population, congestive heart failure is a pandemic and epidemic expected to affect more than 1.5 billion people within the next 15 years. With high blood pressure and coronary heart disease as significant causes, this is avoidable.
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July 5th, 2009 admin From the response to the H1N1 flu, we can see that our governments do have the ability to unite behind an urgent issue and can promote corrective action. Sadly, with a crisis bigger than any flu, the rate of obesity continues to rise without any national plan.
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