Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week articles from December 2000

Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week archives from December 2000

Antibiotics and Yogurt May Be Potential Treatments for Disorder.(fatty liver disorder)
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hopkins scientists identified bacterial and intestinal links to fatty liver disorder. If mouse studies hold true for humans, a daily cup of yogurt or dose of antibiotics may become the first effective treatments...

Patients Risk Malnutrition Due to Unbalanced Diets Weighted Towards Fat.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Patients with celiac disease must eat a gluten-free diet in order to avoid the debilitating symptoms of the disease. However, they stand a risk for malnutrition when they do not eat the proper balance of fats and...

Best Method for Targeting Populations in Retinopathy Study Presented.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Diabetic retinopathy is an unfortunate side effect of uncontrolled diabetes. Some members of the diabetic population are more affected by this degenerative eye disease than others are, especially those who are...

Fat Targeted by Antidiabetic Drugs.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Obesity is well known as a risk factor for diabetes mellitus, but curiously, the complete absence of adipose tissue is not protective, but actually causes diabetes. In humans with lipoatrophy, as well as in...

Average Pediatric Diet Far Off USDA Targets.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- The typical American child has eating habits that diverge sharply from the recommended U.S. Department of Agriculture Guidelines, according to researchers writing in the British Journal of Nutrition. ...

Chromium Picolinate Reduces Symptoms of Syndrome X.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- On November 9, 2000, at the 17th International Diabetes Federation Congress in Mexico City, researchers from the University of Vermont College of Medicine presented new research linking chromium picolinate...

Vitamin A Deficiency Impairs Learning Functions.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Removing vitamin A from the diets of mice diminishes chemical changes in the brain considered the hallmarks of learning and memory. When vitamin A is added back to their diets, the impairment is reversed. ...

Obese Black Women More Prone to Insulin Resistance than Obese White Women.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Obese black women, even those who are not diabetic, seem to display a greater degree of insulin resistance than their obese Caucasian counterparts researchers writing in the International Journal of Obesity report....

Weight Loss Can Increase Pollutant Concentration.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- People frustrated by their inability to shed pounds may take some solace in a study published in the International Journal of Obesity: the study's authors suggest that weight loss may be dangerous for patients who...

Study Suggests Upcoming Epidemic of Type II Diabetes in North Carolina Children.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- A national epidemic of type 2 diabetes likely will follow the current epidemic of obesity in U.S. children, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study of 688 randomly selected, apparently healthy North...

Xenical Weight Loss Program Also Lowers Blood Pressure in Obese Patients.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Results from a multicenter clinical trial headed by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) show that weight loss induced by Xenical (orlistat) can significantly reduce elevated blood pressure...

External Ultrasound Reduces Patient Trauma.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- The use of externally-applied ultrasound to break up fat prior to superficial subdermal liposuction (SSL) facilitates the removal of that fat and minimizes patient trauma, according to plastic surgeons in Italy. ...

Link Found to High Blood Pressure Gene.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- A natural gene variation that is already linked to high blood pressure may also predispose those who inherit it to obesity, according to a study reported November 13, 2000, at the American Heart Association's...

Muscular Respiratory Uncoupling May Be Protective.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Inducing respiratory uncoupling in skeletal muscle may help provide a way to protect patients from obesity and/or insulin resistance. "To determine whether uncoupling respiration from oxidative phosphorylation...

Class Prevents Weight Gain for Students.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- The legendary weight gain sometimes experienced by college freshmen didn't occur for students who took a course in nutritional science. Doug Lewis, an Iowa State University (ISU) nutrition biochemist, said the...

Clinical Studies of Botanical Extract Planned.(SP49400)
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SHPH.OB) confirmed November 9, 2000, its plans to perform clinical studies at the Stanford University School of Medicine to evaluate SP49400 for safety and efficacy in weight loss in...

Maternal Fat Intake During Breastfeeding Increases Sensitization in Infants.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Atopic sensitizations, or allergic reactions to certain stimuli, are more prevalent in infants breastfed by mothers who consume higher quantities of fat when they are breastfeeding. Researchers at the...

Growth Factors Linked to Increased Risk are Expressed by Overweight, Sedentary Women.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Women who are overweight or lead a sedentary lifestyle are more likely to express increased levels of insulin and other growth factors that are associated with an increased risk for colorectal cancers. Living a...

Leptin May Stimulate Blood Vessel Growth.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Leptin, a hormone considered critical in body weight regulation and obesity, also might play a role in diabetic eye disease, a study by Yale University researchers shows. Leptin is known to exist in fatty...

FDA Advisory Committee Says Phenyipropanolamine is Not Safe.
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9- (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's scientific advisory committee determined that phenylpropanolamine (PPA) cannot be classified as safe - a classification critical to drugs' ability to be sold without a...

Excess Estrogen May Increase Risk.(of cancer)
December 9, 2000... 2000 DEC 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Prolonged elevation in estrogen levels can put women with endometriosis at increased risk of cancer, researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, suggest. "Endometriosis is extremely common in...

"Fat-Proof" Mice Yield New Anti-Obesity Drug Target.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Forget the fountain of youth. Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, may have found something even more exciting: the secret to effortless weight loss. The key is outsmarting perilipin, a protein that...

Incidence in Men Increases with Height, Waist Size, and BMI.(Cataract )
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide, and is a major public health problem in the United States, with an incidence of 20% of persons aged 65-74 and 50% of persons aged [greater than]75. In a...

Family Traits, Body Weight Impact Response to Cholesterol-Lowering Diet.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Family traits play a role in the effectiveness of diet change to lower cholesterol, and body weight is an important, modifiable factor that influences response to dietary changes, according to an article in the...

Increased Likelihood of Insulin Sensitivity Observed in African-American Children.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23- (NewsRx.com) -- African-American children are more likely to suffer from insulin resistance than Caucasian children, even after other factors are accounted for, researchers in the United States report. Writing in the journal...

Being Underweight or Overweight Reduces Probability of Pregnancy.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Extremes of weight are associated with reduced probability of achieving pregnancy in women receiving assisted reproduction treatment, according to a study in the November 23, 2000, issue of British Medical Journal....

Perindopril Can Reduce Left Ventricular Mass, Improving Cardiac Health.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- - by Michael Greer, staff medical writer -- Researchers in Canada report that the antihypertensive drug perindopril is also effective at reducing the heart's left ventricular mass (LVM) in insulin-resistant...

Are We Breeding a Culture of Obesity?(Statistical Data Included)
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Flopping on the couch with the remote in hand or remaining glued to the computer screen for hours on end is helping to create a society of obesity in Canada, a series of articles and commentaries featured in the...

Mice Deficient in Appetite Regulator Also Have Decreased Serotonin Transport.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Mice genetically deficient in the appetite-regulating hormone leptin, now known to be an important factor in obesity, also have reduced means of serotonin transport, neurologists report. "The neurotransmitter...

Murine Study Reveals Baseline Control Mechanism of Free Radicals.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new study has found a strong correlation between a major uncoupling protein and levels of free radicals. Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) may play a role in metabolism, researchers think. Obesity can be...

New Research and Perspectives Presented at U.S. Institute of Medicine Meeting.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. Institute of Medicine's 30th Annual Meeting focused great attention on America's obesity problem from numerous angles, including causes and consequences; biological and physiological determinants of...

Gene Polymorphism May be Associated with Larger Body Mass.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- A variation of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma 2 (PPAR gamma 2) gene appears to be associated with a significant increase in body mass, at least in a Taiwanese population, researchers writing...

Pioglitazone Promotes Weight Gain in Mice.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- The antidiabetic drug pioglitazone works by methods that promote, rather than inhibit, substantial weight gain, industry researchers report in the journal Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental. "Recent...

Drug Enables Medically Significant Weight Loss in Trial.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (REGN), announced results of a Phase II dose-ranging trial to study the safety and efficacy of [Axokine.sup.R] in severely obese patients. Patients treated with Axokine showed...

Trans Fats Losers in Fat Fight.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new study sheds light on whether a dietary fat called trans fat, found in many baked goods and fried foods, increases a person's risk of heart disease, according to researchers who presented their results at the...

Global Partnerships for Health, Biotech Content Announced.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- NewsRx.com [TM], Atlanta, Georgia, recently announced partnerships with several international firms, including EBSCO Online, Factiva, and the new iSyndicate Europe-Bertelsmann venture. "iSyndicate Europe will...

Age and Race are Significant Risk Factors for Vitamin D Deficiency.
December 23, 2000... 2000 DEC 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Vitamin D deficiency is associated with bone loss and bone fractures, which are major causes of disability and death among elderly women, reports a study published in a recent issue of the American Journal of...

Study Finds Obese are Overdiagnosed, Thin are Underdiagnosed.
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Obese people are probably being overdiagnosed with asthma, while thin people are probably not being diagnosed enough, suggests a study in the January 2001 issue of the journal Thorax. To find out whether the...

Moms Fail to Recognize Obesity in their Preschoolers.
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Most efforts to prevent obesity in childhood aren't likely to be successful, if results of a survey of mothers of overweight preschool children are any indication. The Children's Hospital Medical Center of...

Overweight Patients at Increased Risk of Developing Blood Clots.
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- A major study of patients who were hospitalized because of life-threatening blood clots after hip replacement surgery reported that pneumatic compression, external devices that massage and compress the legs, can...

Smoking, Heavy Drinking, and Poor Nutrition Tend to Cluster.
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- A lifestyle of smoking and heavy drinking may predispose individuals to make poor food choices and increase their health risks, according to the results of a survey of more than 6,700 individuals. "The...

Low-Fat, Vegetarian Diet Wins High Level of Acceptance.
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study published in the December 8, 2000, issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education shows people who are introduced to a low-fat, vegetarian diet adapt quickly to the new way of eating, and after experiencing...

Study Suggests GI Physical Fitness Not All that it Can Be.
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. military is not as physically fit as might be expected, suggest results of a survey of more than 8,500 members of the Marine Corps, Army, Navy, and Air Force. "In a culture that values physical...

Middle-Aged Women Suffer Economic Penalty for Extra Pounds.
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Extra pounds can be expensive for middle-aged women, according to University of Michigan researchers who analyzed data on more than 7,000 men and women in their 50s and 60s. The findings, presented November 19,...

Study Shows that OSA Impairs Blood Pressure Regulation.(obstructive sleep apnea )
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- People with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are likely to have a blood vessel impairment that may cause daytime blood pressure elevation and may lead to heart disease, according to a new Mayo Clinic study published...

Obesity Negatively Impacts More than Health.
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Being overweight has broader repercussions than its oft-discussed association with diabetes, stroke, heart disease, cancer, and arthritis. It can affect quality of life. "The health burden of obesity goes...

Beer, in Moderation, Cuts Risk of Cataracts and Heart Disease.
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- It turns out that beer - in moderation, of course - contains healthy antioxidants that can reduce the risk of cataracts and heart disease, according to research presented December 17, 2000, at the 2000...

Mayo Clinic Develops New Healthy Weight Pyramid.
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- There is no Mayo Clinic Diet. But, there is a new Mayo Clinic Healthy Food Pyramid. This is the first food pyramid developed to encourage weight loss, weight maintenance, and long-term health. The Mayo...

Soaking Brown Rice Before Cooking Makes it More Nutritious.
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- A team of Japanese scientists has found that inducing brown rice to germinate - by soaking it for several hours before it is cooked - enhances its already high nutritional value. The findings were presented...

More Evidence Demonstrates that Soy May Reduce Risk.(breast cancer)
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Including soy in the diet from the teenage years on could offer the best chance of protection against breast cancer, suggest researchers. A study of 120 Asian women conducted by scientists at the Cancer...

Risk Related to Insulin-Resistance, Elevated Levels of Sex Hormones.(breast cancer )
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30- (NewsRx.com) -- University of Buffalo researchers have confirmed a significant link between breast cancer risk and physical characteristics of insulin resistance and higher-than-normal male and female sex hormones in a woman's...

Can a Vitamin a Day Help Keep Heart Disease Away?
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- The jury is still out on exactly how much benefit our hearts can get from lowering the level of homocystine in our blood. But that doesn't mean people at risk for heart disease should wait for a verdict from big...

Heart Damage Due to Phen/Fen Results from Serotonin Receptor Activation.
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30- NewsRx.com) -- Three years ago, the diet drug phen/fen was pulled from the market for causing heart valve damage. Fenfluramine, also known as dexfenflurmamine, the "fen" part, was found to be the culprit. A new study published...

CDC: 61% of U.S. Adults are Overweight.(Statistical Data Included)
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- The American waistline continues to expand, with 61% of adults now considered overweight, the U.S. government reported on December 14, 2000. And a growing number of Americans are not just overweight, but...

Drug Combination Produces Tighter Control in Diabetic Patients.
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Results of the CALM (Candesartan and Lisinopril Microalbuminuria) study demonstrate that AT1-receptor blockade with Atacand (candesartan cilexetil) together with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition with...

Different Patients Need Different Needle Sizes.(vaccination)
December 30, 2000... 2000 DEC 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- A standard-size needle does not guarantee successful administration of vaccines in all people, especially for patients over a certain weight, according to an editorial in a recent issue of the British Medical...