Some medications exist for weight loss. These medications are moderately effective, although they often have side effects that limit their widespread use. The history of diet medications has been plagued with adverse health outcomes, including valvular heart disease and heart arrhythmias. Many of these medications have focused on increasing the metabolic rate or suppressing appetite. Wieght loss with orlistat and sibultramine medications are gaining more popular among people looking to loss their weight trough medications (more…)

Adipose tissue fat is not simply a reservoir for excess nutrients, but rather an active and dynamic organ capable of expressing biologically active fat-derived peptides (FDPs). At times of acute injury, macrophages contribute to the release of these peptides and the term inflammatory markers is often applied, but in the basal state, adipose tissue is the predominant source of production. Some of these FDPs may have a role in the development of the obesity metabolic syndrome of aging and other obesity-related diseases. (more…)

Not all body fat is equally bad for your health. It is widely known that body fat distribution is extremely important. There is increasing evidence for the deleterious effects of Visceral Fat on aging. Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is an epidemiological tool that demonstrates a correlation between Visceral Fat and development of diabetes mellitus, stroke, coronary artery disease, and mortality. This ratio is easily determined by dividing the measurement of waist circumference by hip circumference. (more…)

Obesity in the elderly is a major health crisis facing our population that may predispose the elderly to the same adverse health outcomes facing the younger, obese population. However, several studies have suggested that the risk of obesity on life span is less in the elderly and may even become insignificant. However, these studies have found an increase in disability in older subjects with obesity. (more…)

Concomitant with the global increase in obesity is the increase in the metabolic syndrome. The metabolic syndrome, also known as the metabolic syndrome of aging, syndrome X, and the insulin resistance syndrome, is a constellation of abnormal metabolism including glucose intolerance (impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose, and type 2 diabetes & diabetes in elderly), central (abdominal) obesity in genes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. (more…)

We all want to protect our loved ones from danger, but it’s impossible to be with them every moment of the day. And unfortunate as it is, scam artists see your aging Mom or Dad as an easy target, knowing full well that elderly individuals are more likely to fall for their scams. Elder fraud often goes unreported, (more…)