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need to loose 11 lbs in 2 months can I

Going away in 2 months, over the past half a year ive gained 11 pounds I want to get back to how I was I just genrally feel uncomfortable in my skin the way I am now and alot of my clothes are tighter especially my bras I want to back to how I was or close to it by early august can I do this with healthy eating, walking/biking instead of driving and home exercise.

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Many U.S. Blacks Eager to Take Part in Medical Research

Title: Many U.S. Blacks Eager to Take Part in Medical Research
Category: Health News
Created: 4/4/2013 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/5/2013 12:00:00 AM

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Kate Middleton plays basketball in Glasgow

We reckon the Duchess is a DEMON on the basketball court. Her lay-ups are legendary

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Calorie Cycling

Has anyone had any success with calorie cycling?  I wanted to try carb cycling, but I don't want to give up my bowl of fruits at night-I think I would have to do that for the low carb day!  I am in the range of losing the last ten pounds and I am having an awful hard time reaching my goal!  Any advice?

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Health Tip: Before You Take This Heartburn Medication...

Title: Health Tip: Before You Take This Heartburn Medication...
Category: Health News
Created: 4/5/2013 8:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/5/2013 12:00:00 AM

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Help calculating BMR...

OK so I'm still very confused about this whole thing.

I'm 29 (nearly 30); 5'1; 140 lbs.

I work about 30 hours a week at a job where I'm on my feet all day, and about 15-20 hours a week a desk job.

I work out 3x a week with a personal trainer burning anywhere from 200-450 calories a session. I do a long run 2-4 times a week, at least 14K burning over 1000 calories.

I said I was light activity. Which means I burn 1785 a day BMR and I still record my workouts with my trainer and my long runs.

Is this correct? 

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Celeb Move to Steal: Get Kimberly Perry's Seriously Toned Triceps

Country crooner Kimberly Perry has got an exciting weekend ahead: She'll get to strut her way down the red carpet at the 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards knowing she and bros Reid and Neil of The Band Perry have earned a pretty-big-deal nomination for Vocal Group of the Year. If we were her, though, we might slow-mo that strut down to a sexy sashay in order to show off how hard she's worked to earn her amazing arms. (Wait, it's not all that guitar strumming?)

You'll never guess her secret weapon -- check out the cute guy behind her on drums, Boone Daughdrill. That's the dude cracking the workout whip on the Perry clan, whether they're in a gym or a green room at a hockey arena. "Kimberly's pretty strong, and she has tons of willpower," he says. "By the end of the workout, she's sweating and calling me choice names!"

To work those triceps, Daughdrill loves prescribing Bench Dips. Exercising that muscle "allows you to have more of a cut arm and takes away from that 'bye-bye wave,'" he says. (Um, you know, when the flab waves back.) No worries; Kimberly's sure to get a big HELLO from the crowd while workin' that stage on Sunday!

Bench Dip / Tricep Dip

Sit on a bench (gym, park or otherwise) or sturdy chair. Place the palms of your hands by your sides and grip the edge of the bench. Slide off the bench and support your weight with your hands. Straighten legs and brace heels against the ground. Lower your body towards the floor a few inches, keeping your elbows back and tucked in. Be sure to never lower your shoulders below the height of your elbow. Push your body back up until your arms are straight. Do 3 sets of 10-15 reps. If you are a beginner, complete the exercise with feet flat on the floor, both legs slightly bent.

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help me someone before i die from obesity

ok this are the calculations I did for a 56 y/o female at 235 lbs height of 5'1" I am to consume 1720 calories and moderate active I go to the gym 5 days a week  my burn calories are 2470 just to live at the stationary bike alone I burn 300 calories and strength training for 50 minutes is about 230 burn so total burn I do at gym is 530 so my example is 2470 +530= 3000 I burn daily then I take 3000-1700=1300 now are my figures right because I did not lose one lb at all for the week so please let me know what is wrong with my figures I need to lose badly my health depends on it please help all info is up here  thank you to all that will help but please put in very simple terms thank you you might be saving a life

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Angelina Jolie at the Women in the World Summit

Angelina Jolie wears in an olive coloured dress by Saint Laurent at the Women in the World Summit - vote on celebrity fashion, style and red carpet looks in GLAMOUR.COM’s Dos and Don’ts

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Is a Better Sleeping Pill on the Way?

New type of med may eliminate grogginess, other side effects, study suggests

By Amanda Gardner

HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- A new class of sleep medications appears to help people fall asleep without causing grogginess the next day, researchers say.

These new medications -- known as dual orexin receptor antagonists (DORA) -- target a more specific region of the brain than popular sleep drugs such as Ambien and Lunesta, promoting sleep without affecting learning and memory (also called "cognition"), according to the new research.

"We've shown that these compounds improve sleep at doses that don't impact cognition," said Jason Uslaner, lead author of a study published in the April 3 issue of Science Translational Medicine. Uslaner is director of In Vivo Pharmacology at Merck & Co., which funded the study.

Merck already has one such drug, suvorexant, under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

More than 30 million Americans struggle to get a good night's sleep, and about one-third of these use drugs to help the process, the study authors pointed out.

But widely prescribed sleep medications such as Ambien (zolpidem) and Lunesta (eszopiclone) can leave people feeling hung over and inattentive the next day. So much so that the FDA recently cut recommended doses of Ambien and other drugs that contain zolpidem for fear that their use, even the night before, might impair driving or other activities the next day.

Lunesta and Ambien affect GABA receptors, which are found throughout the brain and are associated with side effects, including thinking disturbances, and deficits in attention and memory, explained Uslaner.

About 15 years ago, scientists discovered chemical messengers known as orexins, which are released by a relatively small brain region known as the lateral hypothalamus. This area of the brain releases orexins during the day to keep us awake and lowers levels at night so we can sleep.

The appeal of orexin antagonists, said Dr. Michael Thorpy, director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, is that they "target a system that's more specific for sleep."

That means, theoretically, fewer side effects and perhaps less of a tendency to be habit forming, Thorpy explained.

Uslaner and his colleagues investigated a compound called DORA-22, which has the same mechanism of action as suvorexant, to see how it fared alongside not only Ambien and Lunesta but also diazepam (Valium) in rats and rhesus monkeys.

DORA-22 did not lead to the same mental impairments as the other three drugs. Rhesus monkeys and rats performed just as well on memory and attention tasks shortly after being administered DORA-22 as they did on an inactive placebo.

In each case, the minimum dose to achieve sleep was compared with the minimum dose that altered memory and thinking. DORA-22 promoted sleep at lower doses than those that impaired mental skills when compared with the "control" drugs.

This is the first time in years that scientists have targeted a totally different receptor in the quest to combat insomnia, said Dr. Alexandre Abreu, co-director of the UHealth Sleep Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

But many questions remain: Do the drugs truly have fewer side effects? Will they be habit forming? And will they change the quality of sleep in any way?

Those questions will only be answered with more testing and use in humans, he said.

Experts note that findings from animal studies do not always hold up in human trials.

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The U.S. National Institutes of Health has more on insomnia.

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How do blood pressure drugs work and how can I find the one that’s right for me?

Posted June 10, 2013, 2:00 am

How do blood pressure drugs work? And how will my doctor know which one is right for me?

There are many different drugs for blood pressure and they work in different ways. Finding which one will work best for you may involve a process of trial-and-error. But in the end, you’ll be rewarded with a medication that offers the best blood pressure control with the fewest side effects.

If you have other health conditions — diabetes and heart disease often accompany hypertension, for instance — certain drugs can lower blood pressure while also helping to treat these conditions.

I’ll briefly summarize the different classes of blood pressure drugs and how they work. I won’t go into the potential side effects of these drugs here, but you should discuss them with your doctor. (I’ve put tables with examples of the different types of drugs at the end of this post.)

Diuretics, or “water pills,” help the kidneys eliminate sodium and water from the body. This decreases blood volume, so the heart has less to pump with each beat. Of all the blood pressure drugs used today, diuretics have been around the longest and their beneficial effects are solidly proven.ACE inhibitors decrease blood volume by preventing the kidneys from retaining sodium and water. They do this by deactivating angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). ACE is a natural chemical (an enzyme) that converts another natural chemical, angiotensin I, to the chemical called angiotensin II. Angiotensin I is inactive, but angiotensin II raises blood pressure. So reducing the amount of angiotensin II by reducing ACE, the enzyme that makes angiotensin II, helps lower blood pressure.Angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) block the blood pressure-raising effects of angiotensin II. So, the ACE inhibitors reduce the amount of angiotensin II the body makes, and the ARBs reduce the blood pressure-raising effect of angiotensin II.Calcium-channel blockers slow the movement of calcium into the smooth-muscle cells that are in the heart and the walls of the blood vessels. This makes heart muscle pump less forcefully (but still forcefully enough), which reduces blood pressure. Calcium-channel blockers also relax the muscle in the blood vessel walls, which makes blood vessels open wider, lowering blood pressure.Anti-adrenergics limit the action of the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine. This relaxes the blood vessels and reduces the speed and force of the heart’s contractions.Direct-acting vasodilators relax the arteries. They act quickly and are often used in emergencies.Direct renin inhibitors inhibit the activity of renin, the enzyme largely responsible for angiotensin II levels. Aliskiren (Tekturna) is a renin inhibitor.

There really is no “best” blood pressure medication. The goal is to find the right medication for you. Often, more than one type of medicine used in combination proves the best. That means finding the medicine or medicine combo that effectively lowers your blood pressure while not causing side effects — and not costing more than you can afford.

Weakness, confusion, potassium depletion, gout, fatigue, thirst, frequent urination, lightheadedness, muscle cramps, diarrhea or constipation, increased sensitivity to sunlight, allergic reaction in people allergic to sulfa drugs, impotence.Esidrix, HydroDiuril, MicrozideWeakness, confusion, potassium depletion, gout, fatigue, thirst, diarrhea or constipation, increased sensitivity to sunlight, allergic reaction in people allergic to sulfa drugs, impotence.Potassium-sparing diuretics/aldosterone-receptor blockers*Excessive potassium levels, especially in patients with kidney disease; breast enlargement and erectile dysfunction in men; menstrual irregularities in women.Headache, dizziness, diarrhea, fatigue, upset stomach, and breast enlargement or tenderness.*Note: Potassium-sparing diuretics also directly or indirectly block aldosterone, a hormone that raises blood pressure by causing the kidneys to conserve sodium and water. As a result, these four medications are sometimes also known as aldosterone-receptor blockers. Amiloride (Midamor), spironolactone (Aldactone), and triamterene (Dyrenium) also affect other hormones and thus carry some unwanted side effects, such as breast enlargement and impotence in men and menstrual irregularities in women.Beta blockers (cardioselective)acebutolol (Sectral)atenolol (Tenormin)betaxolol (Kerlone)bisoprolol (Zebeta)metoprolol (Lopressor)metoprolol extended release (Toprol-XL)nebivolol (Bystolic)penbutolol (Levatol)Wheezing, dizziness, depression, impotence, fatigue, insomnia, decreased HDL cholesterol levels, lower exercise tolerance. Can worsen peripheral vascular disease and heart failure. Abrupt withdrawal may trigger angina or a heart attack in patients with heart disease.nadolol (Corgard)pindolol (Visken)propranolol (Inderal, Inderal LA)sotalol (Betapace)timolol (Blocadren)doxazosin (Cardura)prazosin (Minipress)terazosin (Hytrin)A drop in blood pressure upon standing up, fainting, weakness, heart palpitations, headache, nasal congestion, dry mouth.carvedilol (Coreg)labetalol (Normodyne, Trandate)Wheezing, depression, insomnia, diarrhea, lightheadedness, dizziness, unusual tiredness or weakness, drying of the eyes, erectile dysfunction, headache, dry mouth, nasal congestion, decreased HDL cholesterol levels, lower exercise tolerance, a drop in blood pressure upon standing up, fainting, heart palpitations. Can worsen peripheral vascular disease and heart failure. Abrupt withdrawal may trigger angina or a heart attack in patients with heart disease.clonidine (Catapres, Catapres-TTS)methyldopa (Aldomet)A drop in blood pressure upon standing up, drowsiness, sedation, dry mouth, fatigue, erectile dysfunction, depression, dizziness. Catapres-TTS (a patch) may cause a rash.Peripheral nerve–acting agentsguanethidine (Ismelin)reserpine (Serpalan)A drop in blood pressure upon standing up, depression, nasal stuffiness, nightmares. Guanethidine may slow heart rate, and reserpine may cause indigestion. Headaches, palpitations, weakness, flushing, nausea. Minoxidil may cause hair growth, fluid retention, and increased blood sugar.Headache, dizziness, edema, and heartburn. Nifedipine can cause palpitations. Diltiazem and verapamil can cause constipation and a slowed heartbeat.Cough, rash, fluid retention, high potassium levels, and loss of taste. May cause low blood pressure and fainting. Can worsen kidney impairment if narrowed arteries feed both kidneys. May cause spontaneous abortion. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: "199616670120169", status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true});}; (function() { var e = document.createElement("script"); e.async = true; e.src = document.location.protocol + "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js"; document.getElementById("fb-root").appendChild(e);}());

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Cancer Patients May Be Unintended Victims of Budget Cuts

Title: Cancer Patients May Be Unintended Victims of Budget Cuts
Category: Health News
Created: 4/4/2013 2:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/5/2013 12:00:00 AM

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Question regarding my activity level and calories needed

Hey everyone!  

When I go to college, I had free access to the pretty nice campus gym, so I would workout 4 days a week.  Usually over the summer I get a gym membership.  I have a busy job, however.  I work at Chipotle (its a mexican fast food type restaurant) and it is VERY busy.  I work 40 hours a week but my shift is usually 4 to midnight closing.

I was going to purchase my gym membership, but I was pretty hesitant to do it because I don't have much spare time outside of work, it costs a decent amount, and I actually am so exhausted after work I wonder how many calories I am actually burning.

I was just wondering if you think my job is exercise enough, or if I should increase it.  I don't know if I should even count it as exercise, but it sure as hell feels like I'm getting a workout.  My legs ache the next day.  I work 8 hour shifts and i get one half hour break.  The rest of the time I am serving customers in mass amounts quickly as possible, frantically making burritos.  And I usually close, so that involves scrubbing the tortilla and quesadilla press clean and cleaning out the food wells, doing dishes, etc.  

I am a 5 foot 9, 20 year old female weighing in at 135 pounds.  I was just wondering what others input is.  Am I fooling myself by telling myself I'm burning a significant amount of calories and that work is a workout, or am I not giving myself enough credit?  How many calories do you think I should eat, what do you think my activity level is?  Help!

Thank you for your time!

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