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TUESDAY, March 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It takes a lot of will to successfully lose weight, but a new research review suggests that "motivational" conversations with a health provider may make little difference.The review looked at studies that tested the effects of motivational interviewing, where a health care provider asks questions to encourage patients to talk about what they'd like to change and why.The technique is commonly used in health care, to help address issues such as smoking and problem drinking. It has also been incorporated into weight-loss programs that focus on lifestyle changes.But the new review -- published March 29 in the Annals of Internal Medicine -- discovered little benefit.Researchers found that when motivational interviewing was folded into weight-loss...

TUESDAY, March 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Oregon will no longer require terminally ill patients to be residents of the state to use its law allowing physician aid in dying.A lawsuit that challenged the residency requirement as unconstitutional was settled Monday, with the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Medical Board agreeing to stop enforcing the requirement and to ask the Legislature to remove it from the law that was first enacted in 1997, the Associated Press reported."This requirement was both discriminatory and profoundly unfair to dying patients at the most critical time of their life," Kevin Diaz, an attorney with Compassion & Choices, the national advocacy group that sued over Oregon's requirement, told the AP.Compassion & Choices sued on behalf of Dr. Nicholas...

TUESDAY, March 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Your child's risk of harm from social media is higher at certain ages and it's different for girls and boys, researchers report.To figure out how social media use affected "life satisfaction" among 10- to 21-year-olds, the investigators analyzed long-term data on 17,400 young people in the United Kingdom. The new study found key periods when heavy social media use was associated with lower life satisfaction calculated a year later. For girls, that period was between 11 and 13 years of age. For boys, it was 14 and 15."With our findings, rather than debating whether or not the link exists, we can now focus on the periods of our adolescence where we now know we might be most at risk and use this as a springboard to explore some of the really...

TUESDAY, March 29, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Believe it or not, there are thousands of varieties of rice, with colors ranging from black to purple to red and more.Of course, the type of rice most of us know best is white rice. You may have heard some people say rice isn't nutritious or it will lead you to gain weight. But is this inexpensive food that's a staple for more than half the globe's population all that bad?To get a closer look at the rice health debate, let's start with varieties and colors. The texture, flavor and nutrition of each type of rice is a little different.Rice is classified as short, medium or long grain. Short-grain rice is the type used in sushi and has a chewy texture. Medium-grain rice like arborio and valencia tends to be more tender and will...