Cut ‘muffin top’ from midsection
Muffin top. Are you seeing a delicious image of picking the warm, flavor-loaded topper from your morning pastry? (more…)

Doctors take stock of how HIV can damage the brain
Neurologists who study AIDS have watched, waited and worried for nearly a decade about the long-term effect of HIV on the brain. They’ve known that the drug cocktails that so effectively extend lives don’t protect the brain very well from the virus. (more…)

Diet Basics’ Spotlights
The Diet Basics’SpotlightTo help get the word out on important weight loss issues, we developed the Diet Basics’ Spotlight. It brings to “light” issues, products, and concepts that we feel could impact your weight loss efforts. Never again should you worry… (more…)

Antibacterial cleaners are not any better than soap and water
Walk into any store selling soap and you’ll be overwhelmed by the array of antibacterial products: hand cleaners that don’t require water, body washes and soaps in colorful bottles beckoning consumers seeking extra protection from germs. (more…)

1.5 billion obese in 2015, WHO
The World Health Organization believes that the obesity rate could hit 1.5 billion over the next ten years. That would be a 50% increase over today’s levels. Most interesting is that obesity rates are quickly growing in poor nations. According… (more…)

Get your body ready for the ski slopes
Ski season is just around the corner and hopefully we’ll get just the right amount of powder to keep us busy until next spring. (more…)