Health and Beauty Articles for Women

Most People Don’t Know, Survey Shows

Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD

utrition labels and know the calorie counts of the foods they eat, but most don’t have a clue how many calories they actually need, a new survey shows.

Nearly nine out of 10 people polled had no idea how many calories they should eat in a given day to maintain a healthy weight. Forty-three percent refused to even venture a guess, and four out of five people who did guess, guessed wrong.
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By: BMJ 

Cure of cutaneous melanoma
A combined strategy of public education and early diagnosis currently offers the only hope of cure for people with melanoma, warn senior doctors in this week’s BMJ.

Melanoma is a deadly but potentially curable type of skin cancer, largely thought to be caused by excessive and intense intermittent exposure to sunlight. The incidence of melanoma is rising faster than any other cancer and is approximately doubling every decade.
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