Daily Weighing a Good Thing for Women over 40
Frequent self-weighing is not associated with depression in women between 40 and 65, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Lead researcher Jennifer Linde says that the study also found that self-weighing daily, rather than once every week or month, was associated with lower Body Mass Index levels in women 40 years or older.
May is often the time when people with asthma notice that their symptoms worsen. Prevention is the first step in keeping those symptoms in check, says Ian Greaves, a University of Minnesota professor of environmental health sciences. 
May is Lyme disease awareness month. And while many people know that bites from a Deer tick can transmit Lyme disease to humans, most are unaware of two similar diseases spread by deer ticks. Craig Hedberg, a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Minnesota, says the three diseases exhibit similar symptoms.
This year the American Dietetic Association is urging people to be wary of fad diets. Why? For one reason, they are not effective, says Mary Story, a University of Minnesota epidemiologist. 
Last modified on Monday Jul 02, 2007