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(CBS) - It may be even more difficult for women to lose weight and stay thinner after menopause. A new study in the "Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics" shows that post-menopausal women have less energy and are more likely to lose their motivation after starting to lose weight. They also have a decreased metabolic rate, and they release more appetite stimulating hormones.

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(CBS) - Some patients who are diagnosed with a narrowing of the arteries to the heart may be better off just getting a stent right away-- rather than relying only on drug therapy. That's according to a report in the "New England Journal of Medicine." Researchers at Stanford University found that many heart patients who relied on drugs alone, ended-up needing emergency stent procedures to open up their arteries later.

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(CBS) - There's more evidence that exercise can keep us disease-free in our later years. Researchers at the University of Texas found that people who exercised 20 percent more in their 30's, 40's, and 50's decreased their chances of heart failure, Alzheimer's and colon cancer, decades later, by 20 percent. They were also more likely to live their last five years without chronic disease. The effects were the same for both men and women.