Obesity

Smoking and obesity results in markedly higher health-care costs

A new study finds that smokers and the obese ring up substantially higher annual health care costs than their nonsmoking, […]

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By R Kennedy | Addiction . Food . News . Obesity
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Sixth Annual Chair Summit Begins This Week

This week a Master Class for Neuroscience Development called the Chair Summit takes place in Tampa, FL (Sept 26-28, 2013). […]

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By R Kennedy | Addiction . ADHD . Antipsychotic medication . Anxiety Disorders . Biomarker . Bipolar Disorder . Cardiovascular Risk Factors . Chronic Pain . CME . Dementia . Depression . Diabetes . Diagnosis . Digital medicine . Drug Development . Drugs . DSM-5 . Early intervention . Education . Food . Genetics . Guideline . Imaging . Maintenance of Certification . Measurement-based care . Medical Education . Mood . MRI . Multiple sclerosis . Negative symptoms . Neuroscience . Obesity . Opioids . PET . Practice guideline . Psychosis . PTSD . Research . Schizophrenia . Smoking cessation . Social media . Stroke . Substance abuse . Transcranial magnetic stimulation . Vascular dementia
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Weight Loss Can Be Contagious

According to a study in the journal Obesity, researchers found that obesity can be socially contagious, and that social networks […]

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By R Kennedy | News . Obesity . Social Networking . Social networks
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Brain Changes in Obesity

Finnish researchers have found new evidence for the role of the brain in obesity. The central nervous system is actively […]

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By R Kennedy | Imaging . MRI . Neuroscience . Obesity . PET . Radiology
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