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Melanie Thomassian

Melanie Thomassian

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Dietitian
posted 10/13/2009, comments (0)

Heart Disease and Overweight: What’s the Connection?

Do you need to lose a few pounds?   Let’s be truthful, if you have too much fat on your body, especially around your waist area, you’re at a much higher risk for health problems. That’s a scary thought!   This is why maintaining a healthy weight is so vitally important.   Thankfully though, some of the... Read moreChevron
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Lisa Nelson
posted 10/19/2008, comments (0)

Stress, Cortisol, and Your Heart

Do you struggle with extra fat around your midsection?  Excess abdominal fat is not only visually unappealing to some, but it increases your heart disease risk.   What causes abdominal obesity?   There are many different reasons your body likes to store fat in the abdomen.  I want to discuss one possibility -... Read moreChevron
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Dr. Larry Weinrauch

Dr. Larry Weinrauch

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Cardiovascular Internist
posted 05/27/2008, comments (0)

Rimonabant: Miracle Drug for Obesity?

A recent article and editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association (April 2, 2008) follows many recent studies on the drug rimonabant, available in many countries in Europe but not the US. This drug acts more or less as an anti-marijuana drug. Marijuana causes a state that in part is of euphoria, relaxation, a stimulation of the... Read moreChevron
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