http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Diabetes-related deaths hit record levels in New York City in 2011, with Type 2 diabetes surging along with an epidemic of obesity, the city's health department reported Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-diabetes-related-deaths-york.html Diabetes Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:41:19 EST news290090473 (AP)—Salt and lime with tequila. Salt with your iced "michelada" beer. Salt and chili on fruit and even candy. Mexicans love salt, so much so that some estimates show them eating nearly three times the recommended amount and significantly more than what Americans put down. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-mexico-city-salt-shakers-tables.html Health Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:26:08 EST news284905561 The most obese state in the U.S. now says local governments can't restrict the sizes of food or drink portions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-obese-state-food-portion-restrictions.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:55:16 EST news282923706 (AP)—Anti-smoking advocates and health experts hailed proposals from Mayor Michael Bloomberg that would keep cigarettes out of sight in New York City stores, while tobacco companies and smokers called it an overreach. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nyc-cigarette-criticism.html Health Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:52:23 EST news282898331 (AP)—A new proposal would require New York City retailers to keep tobacco products out of sight under a proposal aimed at reducing the youth smoking rate, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nyc-tobacco-products-sight.html Health Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:29:05 EST news282828538 Eateries around New York City have gotten a last-minute reprieve from the first ever U.S. ban on big sugary drinks, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging them to shrink their cups and bottles, anyway. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nyc-mayor-soda-decision-temporary.html Health Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:10:01 EST news282322327 (AP)—A judge struck down New York City's pioneering ban on big sugary drinks Monday just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-minded Mayor Michael Bloomberg and creating confusion for restaurants that had already ordered smaller cups and changed their menus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nyc-sugary-drinks-size.html Health Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:19:04 EST news282241130 (AP)—Add cranked-up earphones to the list of health dangers Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants New Yorkers to avoid. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nyc-health-campaign-too-loud-earphones.html Health Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:54:59 EST news281804093 (AP)—New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is pledging $100 million to help the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others fight polio around the world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-bloomberg-donating-100m-polio.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:21:40 EST news281247692 (AP)—Twenty-one companies have met targets in a New York City-led effort to get restaurants and food manufacturers nationwide to lighten up on salt, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-nyc-effort-salt.html Health Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:40:01 EST news279804534 (AP)—New York City's limit on the size of sugary drinks is an "extraordinary infringement" on consumer choice, a lawyer for the American Beverage Association and other critics said in court Wednesday. Opponents also are raising questions of racial fairness as the novel restriction faces a court test. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-foes-nyc-soda-size-limit.html Health Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:23:51 EST news278137424 A group of doctors and nurses protested outside New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office Friday to ask for more help in rebuilding the city's healthcare system in the wake of superstorm Sandy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-york-doctors-protest-post-sandy.html Health Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:48:49 EST news272296124 (AP)—Soft drink makers, restaurateurs and other businesses are suing to block New York City's move to end the sale of super-sized, sugary drinks in many eateries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-industry-sues-nyc-crackdown-sugary.html Health Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:52:14 EST news269279526 (AP)—People nervously waiting around in New York City hospitals for loved ones to come out of surgery can't smoke. In a few months from now, they can't have a supersized fast-food soda. And soon, they won't even be able to get a candy bar out of the vending machine or a piece of fried chicken from the cafeteria. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-york-city-hospitals-junk-food.html Health Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:56:15 EST news267728166 (AP)—One of New York City's most ambitious efforts to prod residents to live healthier appears poised to pass as a health panel takes up a plan to cut down sales of big-sized sodas and other sugary drinks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-nyc-big-soda-crackdown-vote-thursday.html Health Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:57:25 EST news266741839 (HealthDay)—New York City's controversial proposal to regulate restaurant sales of large sugary drinks is coming to a head, with the city's Board of Health scheduled to decide the measure's fate on Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-nyc-soda-decision-thursday.html Health Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:10:01 EST news266666053 (AP)—Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig and other diet groups say they are supporting New York City's proposed crackdown on super-sized, sugary drinks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-weight-loss-groups-nyc-sugary.html Health Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:10:46 EST news265975840 An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers oppose Mayor Michael Bloomberg's unprecedented proposal for banning super-sized sweet drinks and his support for breastfeeding, a poll found Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-yorkers-super-size-soda.html Overweight and Obesity Fri, 17 Aug 2012 02:26:19 EST news264389165 (HealthDay) -- A day before a public hearing on New York City's proposed ban on super-sized restaurant sodas, a new analysis finds that such a ban would spare consumers excess calories. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nyc-super-sized-sodas-consumers-calories.html Health Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:12:19 EST news262285931 Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent insists his company is not responsible for the rise in US obesity despite New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's recent moves to limit the consumption of sugary drinks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-coca-cola-blame-obesity-ceo.html Health Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:40:01 EST news259298170 A soda war fizzed in New York on Tuesday as the city health department began to consider a proposal by health-conscious Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban super-sized soft drinks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-soda-wars-fizz-york.html Health Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:37:50 EST news258741465 (AP) -- A plan by New York City to combat obesity by restricting the purchase of sugary drinks with foods stamps would be too large and complex, federal officials said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-feds-oppose-food-sodas-nyc.html Health Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:29:43 EST news233033370