Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week articles from April 2004

Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week archives from April 2004

Leptin resistance in obesity related to defects in leptin signaling pathways.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leptin resistance in obesity is related to defects in leptin signaling pathways. "Leptin, the long-sought satiety factor of adipocytes origin, has emerged as one of the major signals that relay the...

Negative energy balance and exercise improves lipid profiles.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study of identical twins indicated that a negative energy balance and exercise improves lipid profiles. According to a study from the United States and Canada, "Plasma lipid and lipoprotein...

Alcoholism and obesity may involve overlapping neuropeptide pathways.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alcoholism and obesity may involve overlapping neuropeptide pathways. "Ethanol is a caloric compound, and ethanol drinking and food intake are both appetitive and consummatory behaviors....

Cocaine transcript stimulates lipid metabolism to control body fat accrual.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript in the arcuate nucleus stimulates lipid metabolism to control body fat accrual on a high fat diet. According to a study from the United States,...

Obesity, diet, and physical activity in college students assessed.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report an assessment of overweight, obesity, diet, and physical activity in college students in a recent issue of the Journal of American College Health. According to a study from the...

Prevalence of obesity in southeast Spain increasing.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The prevalence of obesity in southeast Spain is increasing. According to a study from Spain, "Recent studies have confirmed important regional differences in the prevalence of obesity, as well as a...

Women, drinkers, and older people are at risk for prescription drug misuse.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women, drinkers, and older people are at risk for prescription drug misuse. "We estimate the prevalence of and risk factors for the problem use of prescription drugs, overall and by therapeutic...

Beta-adrenergic receptor agonists increase apoptosis of adipose tissue.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Beta-adrenergic receptor agonists increase apoptosis of adipose tissue in mice. According to published research from the United States, "Beta-adrenergic receptor (beta-AR) agonists increase muscle...

Preadipose cell changes into smooth muscle-like cells investigated.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aortic carboxypeptidase-like protein plays a role in the transdifferentiation of preadipose cells into smooth muscle-like cells. According to published research from France, "Adipocyte...

Daily aerobic activity treats chest pain, at half the cost of stenting.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Twenty minutes on an exercise bike every day is more effective for relieving chest pain caused by narrowed vessels in the heart than even minimally invasive procedures used to open blocked vessels,...

FDA approves Cecure anti-bacterial spray for poultry.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Safe Foods Corporation announced the notice of approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Cecure, an anti-bacterial spray for...

A large-sample QTL study in mice examined body composition.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A large-sample QTL study in mice examined body composition. According to recent research from the United States, "Using lines of mice having undergone long-term selection for high and low growth, a...

Low vitamin B-12 levels linked to bone loss in older women.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Older women with low levels of vitamin B-12 are more likely to experience rapid bone loss, according to new research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). The new...

Eating habits early in life may affect cancer risk.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young women who have suffered from anorexia run a lower risk of developing breast cancer, suggesting that calorie intake early in life may play a significant role in development of the disease. ...

Pharmaceutical company announces vitamin E contract.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nutri Pharmaceuticals Research, Inc., (NRIP.PK) announced a new open-ended contract to supply high concentrate natural Vitamin E O2PT (oil to powder) product to International Specialty Botanical...

WebMD reports increased fourth quarter revenue.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- WebMD Corporation (HLTH) announced financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2003. Revenue for the fourth quarter was $258.4 million compared to $229.5 million a year ago, an...

High heart rate reduces arterial distensibility.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Heart rate significantly influences human arterial distensibility. "In rats, an increase in heart rate by pacing is accompanied by progressive large-artery stiffening," researchers in Italy...

CatchMabs enters commercial bacteriophage production collaboration.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exponential Biotherapies' (EBI) food safety division and CatchMabs announce they have signed contracts for the large scale commercial production of bacteriophages. Bacteriophages are "friendly"...

Nestorone-releasing implants offer women contraceptive protection.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nestorone-releasing implants offer women contraceptive protection. "A 2-year trial of a single Nestorone (NES) rod implant was conducted at three Latin American centers, each enrolling 100 women. We...

Oklahoma Senate says no to restricting unhealthy vending snacks in schools.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An Oklahoma bill designed to promote healthier children by restricting vending machine sales of soft drinks and junk food in schools was defeated March 9, 2004, in the Oklahoma Senate. The measure...

University of Tennessee gets $500,000 to help promote healthy eating habits.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Tennessee (UT) has received a $500,000 federal grant to help spread the word about the importance of nutrition and exercise in maintaining good health. The national campaign is...

Former Atkins associate opens new health center.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A close associate of low-carb guru Robert Atkins, MD, is opening his own diet and health center to carry on the Atkins legacy. Keith Berkowitz, MD, who was Atkins' personal physician, announced the...

High-fiber Mexican-style diet improves dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetes.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A high-fiber, moderate-glycemic-index, Mexican-style diet improves dyslipidemia in individuals with type 2 diabetes "The typical Mexican diet includes beans and tortillas, which are foods with a...

Vitamin D effects seasonal changes in serum 250HD levels in older women.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin D effects seasonal changes in serum 250HD levels in older women. "Vitamin D-2 and D-3 are generally considered equipotent in humans. A few studies have reported that serum 25OHD levels are...

Lipid profiles are significantly related to bone mass in women and men.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lipid profiles are related to bone mass in women and men. "A number of recent findings seem to indicate that fat and bone metabolism are strictly connected. We investigated the relationship between...

Post-workout natural anabolic activator available in chain nutrition stores.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc., (PHLI) announced the introduction of Countdown, the first product specifically engineered for immediate post work-out intake by strength-training athletes. ...

Viagra clinical studies in women do not support regulatory filing.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pfizer Inc said that results from clinical studies investigating the use of Viagra (sildenafil citrate) as a treatment for female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD) do not support a regulatory filing. ...

Inviting neighborhoods encourage exercise.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People who live in neighborhoods with good lighting, trustworthy neighbors and plenty of parks and playgrounds are more likely to walk and get regular exercise, according to a survey conducted in the...

Poor diet, physical inactivity may soon overtake tobacco as leading cause of death.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- About half of all deaths in the U.S. can be attributed to largely preventable behaviors and exposures, with tobacco use and poor diet/physical inactivity accounting for the majority of preventable...

Obesity could wipe out older Americans' health gains.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The rates of death and disability among older Americans have fallen steadily over the past few decades, but this healthy trend could disappear if the nation's obesity epidemic persists, a new report...

Healthcare corporation to implement discounts for uninsured patients.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) announced that it will implement managed care-style discount pricing for uninsured patients at its hospitals, subject to state laws and regulations. The discounts...

Diet, avoidance of smoking are primary ways for women to prevent heart disease.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who consume "heart-healthy" diets and avoid smoking have the greatest opportunity to prevent heart disease according to results from the Framingham Nutrition Study. "We found that lower-fat...

Balanced cytochrome P4502E1 activity is key to treating steatohepatitis.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Balanced cytochrome P4502E1 activity is key to treating steatohepatitis. "The pathology of the liver in alcoholic steatosis and alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) is remarkably similar to that of...

Select Himalaya products available in liquid formulation.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Himalaya U.S.A. is re-introducing select proprietary herbal formulations in liquid form, including LiverCare, ImmunoCare, CoughCare, CoughCare Sugar-Free, MindCare and GastriCare. According to the...

Obesity leads to high blood pressure in the young.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It takes about 10 years for high blood pressure in young people to develop after they become overweight, and obesity is on a steady upward climb in the young, according to researchers presenting at the...

Network to allow electronic exchange of prescription information.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SureScripts and Axolotl announced an agreement that will give doctors the ability to exchange prescription information with pharmacists electronically, eliminating fax, phone, paper and pen from the...

Research: Lower chromium levels linked to increased risk of disease.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nutrition 21, Inc., (NXXI) announced that new data, suggesting that high levels of chromium in the body are associated with a lower prevalence of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in men, were...

Colorado committee backs second bill to stop fast-food lawsuits.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Colorado state lawmakers backed a bill March 11, 2004, to stop overweight people from blaming fast-food restaurants for their health problems, one of two similar proposals making their way through the...

Lipoprotein[subscript]a levels respond to life-style changes in obese adults.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lipoprotein[subscript]a levels responded to life-style changes in obese African-Americans. "Lipoprotein[subscript]a (Lp[subscript]a) is regarded as an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic...

Doctors say take medication with milk when food is unavailable.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many commonly used over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drugs (including pain relievers and fever reducers) come with a "take with food" recommendation, but a new study of primary care physicians and...

Diets high in fat and animal protein linked to increased risk of lymph cancer.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Consuming foods high in animal protein, saturated fat, eggs and dairy leads to an increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), a cancer that attacks the lymphatic system, part of the body's...

FDA gives favorable review for OmegaTech DHA.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Martek Biosciences Corp. (MATK) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed a favorable review of the company's "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS) notification for use of...

FDA to consider petition for more extensive health claims for calcium.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Marine Bio Co., Ltd., of Japan, a worldwide supplier and producer of coral calcium material, has been informed by its U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration) attorneys, Emord & Associates, PC, of Washington,...

McDonald's stops super sizing and everyone pays attention.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- McDonald's plan to discontinue its Super Size products is sure to send competitors reeling and could be the first step in healthier fast foods, say two Ball State University professors. Doug...

Parents need to set example by eating more fruit and vegetables.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than a third of children under 6 fail to eat fruit and vegetables on a daily basis according to a new report by Cancer Research U.K. And the amount of broccoli and bananas consumed by children...

Will an apple a day keep the doctor away?
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People would eat sweet potatoes on more days than Thanksgiving if Susie Nanney, PhD, acting director of the Obesity Prevention Center at St. Louis University, had her way. "People aren't eating the...

Iowa Senator vows to make obesity-related issues a top legislative priority.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Senator Tom Harkin, no stranger to health issues, has a new target: fat. The Iowa Democrat has said that wellness and disease prevention will be a top legislative priority this year. Last month, he...

Obesity could top smoking as No. 1 cause of preventable death in the U.S.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More Americans soon will be dying of obesity than from smoking if current trends persist, which would make being fat the nation's No. 1 cause of preventable death, the government says. A poor diet...

Women with weight problems earn 30% less.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Being fat may hurt your income - if you're a highly educated woman. So says research from Finland that suggests weight is a pay barrier for certain women, but not for men. Obese women who are...

5-Hydroxy-L-tryptophan suppresses food intake in stressed rats.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- 5-Hydroxy-L-tryptophan suppresses food intake in food-deprived and stressed rats. "Giving L-tryptophan, serotonin's circulating precursor, or a serotonin-releasing drug can decrease food intake and...

Exercise augments CB1-receptor inverse agonist effects on weight loss in mice.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Voluntary exercise augments acute effects of CB1-receptor inverse agonist on body weight loss in obese and lean mice. "Cannabinoid CB1 receptor (CB1R) inverse agonists reduce appetite and body...

Web-based assessment tool targets bariatric surgery program analysis.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Morbid obesity, also known as clinically severe obesity, is a major health risk throughout the developed world. It ranks behind smoking as the second most preventable disease causing death....

Body composition associates with type of hip fracture among elderly women.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Body composition associates with type of hip fracture among elderly women. According to recent research from Italy, "many observations support the view that there are significant differences between...

Estrogen receptor genotypes explain perimenopausal bone loss rates.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Estrogen receptor genotypes explain perimenopausal bone loss rates. "We conducted a 10-year prospective study of peak bone mass and its change in 604 women, aged 24-44 years at study initiation, and...

Fitness and nutrition programs can reduce osteoporosis risk, doctor advises.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Building bone density to reduce the risk of developing osteoporosis is possible without pharmaceutical treatment, says Dr. Mike Nichols, a health and fitness expert at California's TempusClinic. ...

America's teens are growing up and out.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Today's teenagers are gaining weight at twice the rate of their parents, researchers reported in San Francisco at the 44th American Heart Association annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease...

Dairy, moderate fat, carbohydrate intakes reduce obesity in young teens.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children who ate few dairy products and had low or high intakes of dietary fat gained more weight than those on a moderate-fat diet, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's...

Metabolic "footprint" may be new measure of heart risk in obese kids.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Levels of a fat protein, called adiponectin, which is linked to heart disease in adults, is significantly lower in overweight children and young adults, researchers said at the American Heart...

Problems controlling anger lead to weight gain for teens.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Teenagers who don't manage their anger, either by suppressing feelings, or the other extreme of losing their temper, are at higher risk for weight gain than those who do, researchers said at the...

Medical device manufacturer appoints new medical director.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VMBC, LLC, The Vasclip Company, announced the appointment of William J. Utz, MD, FACS, as its medical director. Dr. Utz is a board-certified urologist at Urology Associates in Edina, Minnesota, and...

New medical device company to focus on obstructive sleep apnea.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sprout Group and Three Arch Partners have funded Aspire Medical, Inc., a development-stage medical device company focused on the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Sprout and Three Arch...

New drug helps smokers quit while limiting post-cessation weight gain.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine presented results of one of the largest smoking cessation trials ever conducted in the United States, STRATUS-US (STudies with Rimonabant...

Doctor's statement reveals dark side of low-carb diets.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A newly published report explains that the reason low-carb dieters often lose weight and sometimes show improvements in their cholesterol, blood sugars and blood pressures is because they are, in...

Group calls for comprehensive solutions to help reduce obesity.
April 3, 2004... 2004 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Council for Fitness and Nutrition (ACFN) called on the Senate and other policy makers to focus on ways to build healthier communities through nutrition education and increased physical...

Management of childhood obesity outlined.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have outlined strategies for managing childhood obesity in a recent issue of Annales D Endocrinologie. "The prevalence of obesity is currently increasing in children and young...

Resuscitation of the morbidly obese patient described.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Methods of resuscitating the morbidly obese patient is described in a recent issue of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. "Obesity is a major health care problem in the United States. The...

Food restriction affects energy metabolism in rat liver mitochondria.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Food restriction affects energy metabolism in rat liver mitochondria. According to published research from France, "To examine the effect of 50% food restriction over a period of 3 days on...

Leptin shown to affect immune function in vivo.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers demonstrate that leptin affects immune function in vivo using diet-induced obese mice. "Leptin can regulate several immune functions. However, the role of leptin on lymphocyte function...

Role of leptin->STAT3 signaling in neuroendocrine function described.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists describe the role of leptin->STAT3 signaling in neuroendocrine function in a recent issue of the Journal of Molecular Medicine. According to a study from the United States, "The hormone...

High protein energy-restricted diet decreases carbohydrate oxidation.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A high protein, energy-restricted diet decreased carbohydrate oxidation and increased lipid oxidation. According to recent research published in the journal Nutrition Research, "The most effective...

Women with acute coronary syndrome receive less treatment than men, data shows.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to an analysis of more than 35,000 patients, women entering a hospital with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) were less likely than men to receive many medications that have been shown to improve...

Positive results announced for long-term study of Zeatin.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Senetek PLC (SNTK) announced uniformly positive results for its multi-faceted study of the effects of its patented adenine derivative Zeatin on human skin cells. The study, conducted at the...

Oral formulation of Fasudil improves stable angina in study patients.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schering AG, Germany, (SHR) announced that study patients with stable angina receiving the oral formulation of fasudil showed an improvement in oxygen delivery to the heart. Fasudil, which...

Antioxidant gene therapy protects hearing against antibiotic-mediated injury.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antioxidant gene therapy protects hearing against antibiotic-mediated injury. According to a study from the United States, "aminoglycosides are commonly used antibiotics that often induce...

Study to examine obesity-associated diabetes and heart disease.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The rise in obesity, now at epidemic levels in the United States, has been matched by a rise in diabetes, a deadly combination that increases heart disease risk by two to five times. Research has...

Vitamins reduce risk for congenital anomalies other than neural tube defects.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin supplements reduce the risk for congenital anomalies other than neural tube defects. "Randomized trials, supported by many observational studies, have shown that periconceptional use of...

Positive phase Ib/II clinical trial results reported for Hemospan.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sangart, Inc., announced positive results from its phase Ib/II clinical trial involving Hemospan (MP4), a hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier designed to serve as an alternative for blood transfusions. ...

Study highlights importance of diet in disease prevention.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by researchers in Italy is focusing on the role of diet in preventing breast cancer. The rapid increase in the knowledge of breast cancer determinants and the continuing increase in...

Teenager's poetry booklet helps children cope with mothers' breast cancer.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Breast Cancer Care & Research Fund (BCCRF) has been overwhelmed by requests for its poetry booklet "The Road to Communication Through Poetry of Healing," written by teenager Asha Mansukhani. ...

Avelox shows clinical success for acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study shows patients with acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECB) who took a 5-day course of the antibiotic Avelox (moxifloxacin HCl) achieved a greater clinical cure rate than patients...

Pharmaceutical companies spend over $900M on cholesterol drugs, study shows.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmaceutical companies allocate an average cross-functional budget of $933 million to support cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to a new study launched by Cutting Edge Information. ...

Vista Medical Technologies receives Nasdaq notification.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vista Medical Technologies, Inc., (VMTI) received notification of a Nasdaq Staff Determination indicating that the company fails to comply with the Stockholders' Equity requirement for continued...

Analysis of NHANES data demonstrates high prevalence of CRP.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data findings presented from the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) show that elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) is a highly prevalent condition in the United States...

EECP therapy systems receive FDA 510K clearance for revised labeling.
April 10, 2004... 2004 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vasomedical, Inc., (VASO) has been granted a 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for revised labeling on all of the currently available EECP external...