Liposuction Shows Promising Signs for Cancer Suffers With Lymphoedema
Lymphoedema is a debilitating condition which has only been managed by massage and compression garments giving little hope to its suffers. That is until Macquarie University Hospital began using liposuction to treat advanced lymphoedema with promising results.
Cancer survivor Sharne Willoughby knows this all too well. After beating cervical cancer, the primary school teacher and mum of six, developed secondary lymphoedema.
Use of Cannabis in Weight Loss & Gain
As the use of cannabis to treat medical conditions becomes more common, the research and knowledge into cannabis consumption and its benefits increases. While traditionally marijuana has been used for pain relief, to improve mood, and to increase appetite, more recently one such area of interest, is its positive effects on weight loss and metabolism.
How Your Waistline Increases Your Risk of Prostate Cancer
Losing the beer belly, or middle age spread around the waist goes way beyond vanity. New research has found men in their 50’s, who lose the fat around their waist, may significantly reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer.
After examining 141,896 men from eight European countries, researchers at the University of Oxford found men with a waist measuring 94cm were at a higher risk of developing cancer. In fact, they had a 13% increased likelihood of developing prostate cancer than those men with a waist of 84cm.
Why More Women Are Choosing to Have Their Breast Implants Removed
Yolanda Foster made headlines recently with a shocking announcement: the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star decided to have surgery to remove her silicone breast implants. The choice was made with the hope that relieving her body of the 20 year old implants, which had leaked and spread silicone throughout her breast tissue, would help her immune system as she battles Lyme disease. Celebrities and many other women are opting to ditch their silicone implants, for a broad range of reasons.
Growing male trend: Grooms having cosmetic surgery before saying ‘I do’
A large focus of any wedding is how the bride looks, the dress, jewellery, hair, makeup, tan, and even in some cases, a little weight loss. A growing trend has seen a number of grooms getting on board, doing what they can to improve their appearance for the big day.
Enter ‘Anti-Wrinkle Injections’, a non-invasive procedure grooms and their groomsmen are lining up for to even out the lines, tighten their necks and restore volume to their face. An increasing number of men are looking to erase the years with a pre-wedding touch up, giving the brides a run for their money in the looks department!
Is Your ‘Diet’ Actually Making You Fatter?
IBISWorld has estimated Australian’s will spend over $613 million on weight-loss services, low-calorie foods and dietary supplements during the 2015-16 financial year.
With 65% of Australian adults either overweight or obese, the diet industry is booming, and there’s one reason why it’s so profitable…diets don’t work. If one diet, such as the Atkins Diet, Wheat Belly Bikini Challenge, or 5:2 Paleo diet actually worked long term, that would be the end of crazy fad diets. The answer for everyone who is struggling with their weight will have been found.
However, research shows what we have known for a long time, diets don’t work long time. In fact, there is some evidence to suggest they may actually cause you to gain weight.
Getting rid of back verandah fat
Young mum Jennifer Finemore, is just one of many women struggling to get rid of back veranda fat. The 29-year-old mother of two lived a healthy lifestyle and was proud of her lean, athletic figure. However, she was growing increasingly more frustrated with the stubborn area of fat that refused to go away.
Sugar Tax: A Big Fat Waste?
“Pull your finger out” – that was the message from Jamie Oliver to the Australian government as the UK announced its move to introduce a tax on sugar.
It wasn’t so long ago we were all being told that fat was the enemy. Throughout the 80s and 90s, there were books and endless infomercials explaining how to limit the grams of fat consumed in each meal. The belief was; if we didn’t eat fat we wouldn’t get fat. It seemed to make sense at the time. Yet, as we swallowed our “97% fat-free” pasta dishes and “99 % fat-free” ice creams we grew ever larger.
Obesity levels began to grow, with them – incidences of Type II diabetes and heart disease. The Atkins diet was dusted off in the early noughties (after languishing in the archives for a few decades) with its message about carbs as the enemy. Protein was good. Fat was good. But carbs, including grains, fruit and even many vegetables – were to be avoided. It worked for weight loss, but there were negative side effects: stinky breath, slow digestion and lethargy. Almost no-one could stick to it for very long and it seemed quite radical back then.
10 Common Fat Triggers From the Gabriel Method
Jon Gabriel has one of the most remarkable weight loss transformations we’ve seen. Over just 2.5 years, he has lost 103 kilograms and more importantly managed to keep the weight off for over 10 years. Sharing his weight loss success with us, Jon has developed his own holistic approach to weight loss that steers away from the traditional thought that in order to lose weight you need to eat less and exercise more.
Paediatrician Dr. Lustig labels sugar a "Toxin" and a "Poison"
Obesity, heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes are all modern health conditions that are crippling our population worldwide. The disease diabetes has now reached epidemic proportions with over 417 million people affected globally. That figure is expected to rise to staggering 642 million by 2040.