Exercise regimen readies patients for weight-loss surgery (Norwalk Advocate)

Gyms are not the kind of places where Joel Grande feels comfortable. By his own estimate, Grande, 36 and a Stamford resident, has more than 200 pounds to lose.

What your heart needs, at every age (CNN)

The statistics are sobering: Heart disease is the number-one killer of women in the United States. And an estimated 8 million women have it. What's more, a new study shows that in recent years the overall heart disease risk for Americans -- especially women -- hasn't continued the healthy downward trend it showed in previous decades.

ScientIST Resolution: Eating Healthy A to Z (LAist)

Photo by Foodwoolf via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The holidays are over, the merriment has ceased, and that means that reality now rears its ugly head. It's time to make resolutions to be better this year than we were last year, or any other year, or ever will be in the future. For a lot of us, this means promises to get healthy. Well, LAist believes in you, and so ...

Healthy Monday: Lose some weight the smart way this year (The Gainesville Times)

Every Monday The Times looks at topics affecting your health. If you have a topic or issue you’d like to see covered in our weekly series, contact health reporter Debbie Gilbert at dgilbert@gainesvilletimes.com or 770-718-3407.

Physician sees prospects of weight loss success (Baltimore Sun)

Hopkins physician sees prospects of success with multidisciplinary approach F or many people, the start of the new year means the start of a new diet. But most people will ultimately fail in their efforts to lose weight, says Dr. Lawrence J. Cheskin, founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center.