Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week articles from April 2001

Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week archives from April 2001

Obesity And Smoking Are Associated With Narrowing Of The Aortic Valve Orifice.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say obesity and smoking are closely identified with the progression of aortic stenosis. M.V. Ngo and...

Lipase Inhibitor Can Be Useful Adjunct Treatment, Further Studies Needed.(use of orlistat for treatment of obesity)
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Pharmacists reviewing the short clinical history of orlistat have concluded that it can be a useful adjunct treatment for obesity, especially when there are...

Diacylglycerol Restricts Body Fat Gains In Mice Due To High Fat, Sugar Diet.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Scientists working in Japan have found a component in many edible oils that actually suppresses body fat accumulation in a mouse model. T. Murase and...

Diabetics Have Double The Risk Of Dying From Heart Disease.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After an analysis of data collected from two large multi-center clinical trials, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, researchers have found that patients with diabetes have an almost...

A Good Lipid Profile Isn't Enough To Avoid Coronary Heart Disease.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Good cholesterol levels won't protect an individual against coronary heart disease if other risk factors, such as obesity and hypertension, are present. ...

Obese Patients Have Worse Survival Partly Due To Less Aggressive Treatment.(of coronary heart disease)
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite being younger and having less severe coronary artery disease, morbidly obese patients undergoing cardiac catheterization have worse adjusted survival rates than patients who are not obese,...

Doppler Echocardiography Can Detect Diastolic Changes In Obese Women.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer Researchers working in Brazil say that Doppler echocardiography can be used to evaluate cardiac function in obese women. Nathan Herszkowicz and colleagues at...

Soy Isoflavones Have A Modest Cholesterol-Lowering Effect In Postmenopausal Women.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, soy isoflavones have a modest cholesterol-lowering effect in postmenopausal women. Several clinical studies have examined the...

Vitamin B-6 And Folate Supplementation Provides Optimal Homocysteine-Lowering.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Ireland suggest the lowest effective dose of a combination of B-vitamins will result in the greatest reductions in homocysteine levels -- and therefore cardiovascular disease risk -- in...

Women of Reproductive Age Still Not Consuming Enough Folic Acid.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the March 16, 2001, issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reminds women of reproductive age that they need to take at least 400...

Depression A Risk Factor For Heart Attack In Hypertensive Patients, For Atherosclerosis In Women.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two papers published in the March/April 2001 issue of Psychosomatic Medicine highlight the impact of mental health on heart disease risk. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United...

Nature Contact May Heal Humans.(research on the nature-health connection)
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When physicians and scientists talk about the health effects of environmental exposures, most people think of hazards ranging from air pollution and pesticides to bee stings and sunburns. But Emory...

Three Studies Suggest Antioxidants In Black Tea May Decrease Heart Disease Risk.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Annual Scientific Session Research, scientists presented preliminary results from three studies that add to the growing body of evidence suggesting that the...

Treatment With Niacin Can Help Reduce Cardiovascular Risk Factors.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Niacin has been shown to help diabetic patients substantially improve their lipid profile while maintaining blood sugar control, according to the largest clinical study to evaluate treating lipids with...

Walking At Least One Hour A Week Associated With Lower Heart Disease Rate In Women.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Walking at least one hour a week, regardless of pace, is associated with a lower rate of coronary heart disease among women, medical researchers say. I-Min Lee, MBBS, ScD, and colleagues from...

Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Reduces Deaths Among Women By 31%.(pravastatin)
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The results of a follow-up analysis of the landmark Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischemic Disease (LIPID) study provide important new evidence regarding the benefits of...

Epidemic In United Kingdom Has Health and Economic Costs.(obesity epidemic)
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leading experts on obesity met on March 29, 2001, to examine the impact of obesity on health at the Association for the Study of Obesity's meeting at the Institute of Child Health in London, England....

Polymorphism Is Associated With Combined Hyperlipidemia.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Scientists working in Australia have identified a polymorphism in human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-[gamma]2 (PPAR[gamma]2) that is associated with...

Television Is Contributing To Obesity In All Children, Especially Girls.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Children, especially girls, who watch four or more hours of television are at increased risk for obesity, researchers report. C.J. Crespo and colleagues at...

Disorder Linked To Obesity In Premenopausal Women.(sleep apnea in women is associated with obesity and menopause)
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - A multicenter study has found that sleep apnea in women is associated with obesity and menopause, and that postmenopausal women on hormone replacement therapy have...

New Tools Help Combat Overweight And Obesity.
April 7, 2001... 2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A "practical guide" to help health care providers manage the treatment of their overweight and obese patients, an online interactive menu planner, and consumer tips on behavior change for weight...

Fenofibrate Reduces Progression Of Coronary Artery Disease.
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The drug fenofibrate reduces the progression of coronary artery disease for people with type 2 diabetes, conclude authors of a study published in the March 24, 2001, issue of The Lancet. ...

Dieters Successfully Use Internet Behavior Course.
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - With sedentary habits such as long hours surfing the Internet catching so much blame for the fattening of Americans, it seems counter-intuitive to think the...

Targeting Enzyme Could Provide Continual Fat Burning.(acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2)
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an article in the March 30, 2001, issue of Science, Dr. Salih Wakil described mice - whose genes were manipulated to make them deficient in the enzyme acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2, or ACC2 - as being...

Study Suggests Role For Receptor Gene Polymorphisms.(diabetes and obesity)
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer Researchers working in Hungary have added two more pieces to the genetic puzzle of diabetes in humans and its relationship to obesity. G. Speer and colleagues...

Hormone May Have Peripheral Role In Fat Storage.(melanocyte-stimulating hormone )
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, medical staff writer - A melanocyte-stimulating hormone secretion in the hypothalamus may be part of the mechanism that triggers human metabolism to store body fat, researchers in the...

Manufacturers To Test Drugs In Children, Elderly.(type 2 diabetes)
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amid an explosion of U.S. cases of type 2 diabetes, pharmaceutical companies are testing drugs on two groups once excluded from experiments for safety reasons: children and the elderly. ...

Obesity Is Underestimated Predictor Of Kidney Failure.
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Obesity is more of a contributing factor to chronic renal failure than had been thought, say researchers working in France. F. Bonnet and colleagues at the...

Stapling Plus Gastric Bypass Increase Weight Loss.
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Gastric stapling is a safe and viable treatment for morbid obesity, and if combined with a gastric bypass can be even more effective, say researchers working in...

Study Finds Gene Mutation Not A Regulating Factor.
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, medical staff writer - Researchers working in Germany have eliminated one mutation of the [[alpha].sub.2A]-adrenergic receptor gene as a key regulator for body weight. Andreas...

Drug Improves Survival Rates Of Diabetics With Coronary Artery Disease.(Glucophage)
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It is estimated that up to 20% of the more than 15 million Americans with type 2 diabetes also suffer from coronary artery disease, and this number increases with age. Now, the results of a new study...

Screening For Obesity-Related Disorder Being Overlooked.(Cushing's syndrome)
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- With obesity on the rise, screening for Cushing's syndrome, a rare hormonal disorder associated with obesity, "is more relevant than ever before," according to Dennis M. Griffin, president of Esoterix...

High Carbohydrate Intake May Protect Against Inactivity.
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - A high carbohydrate diet may protect against weight gain in normally active people who have frequent inactive days. T.Y. Shepard and associates at the...

Orlistat Helps Obese Diabetics Control Blood Sugar Levels.(Xenical)
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. announced on March 22, 2001, that it has submitted a supplemental application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new indication for its prescription weight...

Eating Less Appears To Help Prevent Ischemia.
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study finds that cutting calories by about a third protects nerve cells from damage caused by interrupted blood flow. Blocking blood flow to the eye, in rats, mimicked the shortage of blood...

Appetite-Neuron Network Detailed.
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More fodder for anti-obesity drug research may come from a study showing that the parts of the brain that control emotion and thought may also contribute to feelings of hunger. The hormone leptin...

Transverse Abdominal, Uterine Incisions Are Best For Obese Women Having Cesarian Delivery.
April 14, 2001... 2001 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer Transverse abdominal or uterine incisions have fewer complications for babies delivered by cesarean section and their obese mothers, say researchers. In fact,...

Cerulenin Has Similar Effects To Leptin On Metabolism, Food Intake.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - In research that may have implications for new drugs to control appetite and metabolism, scientists have found that cerulenin, a decapeptide, mimics the effects...

Obesity-Related Kidney Disease Appears To Be Newly Emerging Epidemic.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & News.Rx.net) -- Columbia University physicians report that incidence of obesity-related glomerulopathy has increased 10-fold in 15 years, prompting them to warn of a "newly emerging epidemic." Their data came...

Total Body Fat Plays Major Role In Obesity Metabolic Complications.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Total body fat, as well the separate layers of fat deposits, play major roles in metabolic complications of obesity such as diabetes, hypertension, and...

Fat's Health Impacts Are Often Oversimplified, Science News Feature Contends.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Mainstream nutritional science has demonized dietary fat," a Science news article reported in the March 30, 2001 issue. "Yet 50 years and hundreds of millions of dollars of research have failed to...

Low MSH Hormone Levels Are Important Risk Factor For Obesity.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Most people believe that obesity is only caused by eating too much or not getting enough exercise. But researchers from the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, Denver, Colorado, have dramatic new evidence...

Obesity Increases Costs, Length Of Hospitalization.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer -- Severe obesity in liver transplant patients means higher costs and lengthier hospital stays than for their leaner counterparts. A new study conducted by...

Survey Says Doctors, Obese Patients Don't Discuss Weight.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 -- (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Even though obesity is second only to smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., 57% of overweight people have never had a discussion about weight with their doctors, according to...

Soy May Reduce AD Risk In Postmenopausal Women.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Soy may help protect against the onset of Alzheimer's disease, especially in postmenopausal women, according to research presented April 3, 2001, at the 221st national meeting of the American Chemical...

Obesity Is Prevalent Among Mexican-American Children.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Researchers studying the incidence of obesity among children in San Antonio, Texas, have found that Mexican-American children are at risk as early as five years...

U.S. Children Snack More Now Than They Did Two Decades Ago.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using information from three U.S. national surveys, scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have confirmed what a lot of people have suspected: U.S. children snack more now than...

Glycemic Control A Risk Factor For Eye Disease In Type 2 Diabetics.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 -- (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer -- A Japanese study shows the longer a patient lives with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, the greater the risk for developing diabetic retinopathy becomes. ...

Study Finds Consuming More Protein, Less Carbohydrates May Be Healthier.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 -- (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research suggests Dr. Adkins may be right: a diet higher in protein and lower in carbohydrates than currently recommended may help people maintain desirable body weight and overall health. ...

Study Uncovers Bias Toward Men In Treating Heart Disease.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Once again, in a large prospective study of how primary-care physicians practice preventive medicine, a close association between obesity in women and heart...

Variations In Gene Regulating Food Intake Are Associated With Anorexia Nervosa.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 -- (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a dramatic disease with a high degree of mortality. Family studies suggested a strong genetic component in AN. T. Vink and colleagues in The Netherlands and Germany have...

Overweight More Common Among Early-Maturing Girls, Especially Minorities.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 -- (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American girls who mature earlier than others also are more likely to be overweight, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study shows. Early-maturing black girls faced the highest...

Survey Says Half Of American Women Are Overweight.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a new study conducted by marketing information provider The NPD Group, Inc., arid the market research firm [HealthFocus.sup.R], Inc., American women are heavier than ever before. "The...

Nurse-Delivered Home Program Helps Prevent Falls In Elderly.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exercise programs delivered by trained nurses can reduce fails in elderly people and are cost-effective in those aged 80 years and older, reported two studies in the March 25, 2001, issue of the...

Providing Better Playgrounds Could Improve Children's Physical Activity.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Middle-school students are more likely to be physically active if they are given an attractive place to play and are supervised by adults, according to a new study. Physical improvements to school...

Obesity Doesn't Affect ANP Hormone's Effect On Fat Cells.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Researchers working in France have demonstrated that atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is a strong lipolytic agent whose ability to dissolve fat cells is unrelated...

Vitamin E Helps Keep Arteries Open.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin E keeps arteries open even when a high-fat meal has been consumed, a new health study conducted at Yale University shows. Dr. David L. Katz of Yale's Prevention Research Center led a team...

BMI Is Accurate Test For Obesity In Young Girls, But Inadequate For Women.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Body mass index (BMI) calculations are fairly accurate in screening for obesity in 10- and 11-year-old girls, but should be supplemented with other methods in...

Antisense Drug Normalizes Blood Glucose Levels In Mice.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ISIS 113715, an antisense inhibitor of the PTP-1B gene, has produced significant therapeutic benefit in multiple animal models of diabetes by normalizing blood glucose and insulin levels, according to...

Researchers Determine 3-D Structure Of Target Protein.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Karo Bio AB and Abbott Laboratories announced on April 5, 2001, that they have determined the three dimensional structure of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), an important target protein for...

Suspect Gene Mutation May Not Be Related To Obesity In Japanese Americans.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Past research has associated the [[beta].sub.3]-adrenergic receptor (AR) gene variant (Trp64Arg) with obesity and insulin resistance in humans. But when...

Tumor Necrosis Factor, Interleukin-6 Linked To Insulin Resistance.
April 21, 2001... 2001 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Obese people with type 2 diabetes tend to have higher levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-6 (II-6) in their fat tissue and blood streams, new...

Open Letter Urges People To Continue Diets High In Vegetables, Fruits.
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- In an open letter to the public, 54 prominent cancer researchers cautioned Americans against making changes in their diets based on reports of recent diet-cancer studies. They warned health-conscious...

Low-Intensity Exercise Counteracts Decline In Post-Diet Fat Oxidation.
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Researchers in The Netherlands think they may have a solution for the weight rebound so many dieters experience once they've finished the diet. Dorien P.C. van...

Obese 'Apple-Shaped' Women At Risk For Type II Diabetes And Heart Disease.
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- Although it is not known why some women are apple-shaped and others are pear-shaped, researchers at the University of Southampton, U.K. believe that abnormalities in the way insulin works may provide the...

Knowing Energy Density Of Foods Can Help.(dieting)
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - When a researcher in The Netherlands looked at the energy density of foods and drinks together with energy intake, it didn't take her long to observe that obese women ate...

Leptin Resistance May Be Tied To Obesity.
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Researchers have proposed that high plasma leptin concentrations in overweight men are the result of leptin resistance, which plays a major role in their weight gain. ...

Drug Reduces Weight And Hunger Signals In Mouse Model.(Axokine)
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- Scientists at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (REGN), reported in a paper in the April 10, 2001, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that obese animals ate less and lost weight...

Anger And Depression Predict Artery-Hardening Risks, Behavior.
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- A new study shows that depression and anger are associated with hardening of the arteries in women, in part, through physical and behavioral risk factors such as bad cholesterol levels, obesity, and smoking....

Vitamin A May Enhance Interferon's Effectiveness.(autoimmune diseases)
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- Experiments with human cells conducted by Pennsylvania State University researchers have shed new light on vitamin A's role in the immune response, suggesting that the vitamin's active form may enhance the...

Editorial Suggests Dietary Fiber Supplements May Be Harmful.
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- Not all dietary fiber is as good for us as we have been led to believe, according to an editorial in the April 2001 issue of the journal Gut. Instead of protecting us from colon cancer, writes Dr. Robert...

ACE Scores High In Diabetic Hypertension.(ACE inhibitors )
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- Controlling blood pressure may be the key factor in preventing cardiovascular disease in people who have diabetes, and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors appear the best means to that end. ...

Quick Survey Can Detect Bulimia, Predict Future Problems For Teens With Type 1 Diabetes.
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- The answers to seven questions could mean the difference between a normal life and one plagued with serious medical afflictions for some teens with diabetes. A simple questionnaire given to youths with...

Glucose Production, Uptake Decline During Fast Is Blunted In Obese Women.
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - The normal decline in glucose production and uptake during temporary fasting is apparently blunted in the obese, as is the expected decline in circulating concentrations...

High-Fat, High-Sugar Diets Affect Triacylglycerol Differently In Rats.
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Researchers working in Japan have found that high-fat and high-sugar diets affect triacylglycerol levels in very different ways. Working with a rat model, C.Y. Xue and...

Health Report Issued On North Carolina Women.
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- North Carolina women are healthier than they were 10 years ago, but many need to eat better, lose weight, and stop smoking, according to University of North Carolina researchers. The 2001 North Carolina...

Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Improves Symptoms.(obesity hypoventilation syndrome)
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Obese patients who suffer from hypercapnic respiratory failure can be effectively treated with nasal noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV), say researchers working in...

Aerobic Exercise Can Work Faster Than Drugs To Lift Depression.
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- Aerobic exercise can work faster than drugs to lift depression, finds research in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Twelve people with severe depression that had lasted an average of nine months...

Type 2 Diabetics Are At Increased Risk.(periodontal disease)
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- Researchers have known for some time that people with diabetes are at increased risk for periodontal (gum) disease, but most studies have focused on relatively young patients with type 1 diabetes (formerly...

NewsRx Announces Launch of Stem Cell Week as Part of Healthcare Database and Information Offerings.
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- NewsRx, the leading provider of life science databases and daily and weekly health news, announced April 11, 2001, the launch of Stem Cell Week, a new database product. Stem Cell Week is available as a...

Metformin Improves Blood Vessel Functioning.(type 2 diabetes )
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- Physicians have long known that patients with type 2 diabetes have abnormally functioning endothelium -- the thin layer of cells that lines blood vessels - and a high risk of heart disease as a result. ...

Skinfold Measurements Are Useful In Predicting Insulin Sensitivity.
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - Scientists in Canada have found that skinfold measurements complement other measures for predicting glucose and insulin regulation. Skinfold thickness has been...

Herbal, Ma Huang-Guarana, Is Effective But More Study Needed.(weight-loss products)
April 28, 2001... 2001 APR 28 - (NewsRx Network) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - The popular herbals, ma huang and guarana, are effective short-term weight-loss products, but more study is needed to determine their long-term efficacy and safety,...