Even though she has lost more than 100 pounds, Deanna Figles of Lancaster doesn't like what she sees when she looks in the mirror.

"I see the old me, all the flaws," Figles said. "I see myself still very obese."

In recognition of Heart Awareness Month, Adena Health Systems is offering tips on how to prevent heart diseases.

Cardiologist Dr. Robert Bradley said more people are at risk for heart diseases compared to others based on certain factors.

High blood pressure, obesity, a history of heart disease in the family, age and smoking are just a few of the factors that can increase a person's chances of having a heart attack.

New research links larger waistlines to an increased risk of migraine headaches.  The findings will be released in May at the American Academy of Neurology’s Annual meeting.

Reducing urinary incontinence can now be added to the extensive list of health benefits of weight loss, according to a clinical trial funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH), both part of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Robert Litchfield realizes getting surgeons to stop performing arthroscopic knee surgery on arthritis patients will be an uphill battle.

An orthopedic surgeon himself, Litchfield jokes “it is like the butcher talking about the merits of a vegetarian diet.? Somewhat in spite of his profession, Litchfield is championing alternatives to the commonly used surgery for arthritic knees.  

A research team from the University of Surrey headed by Professor Bruce Griffin fed two eggs per day to overweight but otherwise healthy volunteers for 12 weeks while they simultaneously followed a reduced calorie diet prescribed by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) – who normally restrict egg intake to 3-4 per week. A control group followed the same BHF diet but cut out eggs altogether.

MAINTAINING a healthy waistline seems to be an ongoing battle for some, but Warwick-born Professor Lindsay Brown is at the forefront of research which may have the answer inside the humble cuppa.

In most respects, Chris Singh, an affable Vancouver 15-year-old, is everything his doting mother, Asha, could hope for.

He is tall, fit and studious. He works out every other day, eats every balanced meal Asha offers him and hates fast food.

He also suffers from type 2 diabetes.

Three months before my 40th birthday, I have bought myself a pair of size 16 jeans.

Just three years earlier, I was a size eight. Somehow, in less time than it took for my husband to propose, I have doubled my dress size.
 

I say 'somehow', but I do know how. After my youngest daughter was born two years ago, I continued to eat for two. Instead of losing my baby weight, I added another stone.