Doctor: Insurance should cover weight-loss plans
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INDIANAPOLIS - Insurance companies should fund programs to help people lose weight with exercise programs and diet counseling to try to curb increasing health costs related to obesity, a doctor said.
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Once psychologist Robert Maurer decided to lose weight, he didn't eschew all carbs or max out his credit card by purchasing the exhortations of a pricey personal trainer.
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Weight loss surgery can be especially helpful to patients with diabetes and can even help them reverse the disease, Australian researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Weight-loss experts are touting a laid-back prescription for shedding pounds: Get some zzzâs. A study has found a surprisingly strong link between the amount of shut-eye people get and their risk of becoming obese.
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NEW YORK  - Seriously overweight people who undergo gastric bypass surgery to shed pounds should try to make as many scheduled post-op doctors appointments as possible, according to a new study. It shows that follow-up care is a key component of the long-term success of the weight-loss surgery.
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TUESDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDayNews) -- Obese people have higher health-care costs than those who aren't obese, says a study in the Oct. 25 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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New Yorkâs attorney general is looking into whether insurers overcharged patients for out-of-network doctors.
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20/12/2004 - Consumers should forget about taking medication to help them stay healthy longer and change their diet instead, suggest scientists writing in this weekâs British Medical Journal.
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Epidemic of overweightness means monitoring is needed from infancy onwards, expert warns.
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A study finds that weight-loss surgery works much better than standard medical therapy as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes in the obese.
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Health experts and advocacy groups agree that good medical care should not be dependent on a patient's girth. Here are a few tips they offer patients for improving doctor-patient discussions of body weight and separating that issue, when warranted, from other health concerns.
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WASHINGTON: Surgical treatment of obesity appears to be an effective way to promote weight loss and heal related disorders, according to a report published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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The first over-the-counter weight-loss pill won approval from U.S. health officials on Wednesday, giving the two-thirds of Americans who are obese or overweight another option to help them shed pounds.
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Nov. 16, 2004 -- Want to lose weight and keep it off for good? A low-fat diet might the best bet in the long run, according to new research.
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NEW YORK  - Weight-loss surgery for severe  obesity may carry the risk of damage to the network of nerves  that runs throughout the body, researchers reported Thursday.
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Staying slim and fit is especially important for cancer survivors, because obesity raises the risk of cancer coming back, the American Cancer Society said in new guidelines issued on Wednesday.
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Being overweight may not kill you, but it could lead to obesity, U.S. health experts cautioned on Wednesday in response to research suggesting that being a bit heavy does not raise the risk of death.