Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week articles from February 2009

Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week archives from February 2009

Hospital at-home programs provide similar patient outcomes.
February 7, 2009... For select patients, hospital at home treatment produces similar outcomes to inpatient care at similar or lower costs, found a study by researchers from the United Kingdom and Italy to be published in CMAJ http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg175.pdf...

When less attention improves behavior.
February 7, 2009... A new study conducted at the Centre for Studies and Research in Cognitive Neuroscience of the University of Bologna, and published by Elsevier in the February 2009 issue of Cortex (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cortex) shows that, in...

The total package: a skillful, compassionate doctor.
February 7, 2009... Patients and their families want physicians who are gifted in diagnosis and treatment and who are caring individuals with the interpersonal skills needed to communicate complex information in stressful circumstances (see also Indiana...

Canada-US scientists discover gene responsible for brain's aging.
February 7, 2009... This press release is available in French. Montreal, January 16, 2009 u Will scientists one day be able to slow the aging of the brain and prevent diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's? Absolutely u once the genetic coding associated...

Wake Forest University publishes research in bariatrics.
February 7, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "Recent investigations have shown increased oxalate excretion in patients in whom kidney stones formed after contemporary bariatric surgery. We determined whether there is an increased prevalence of...

Research from University of Toledo yields new findings on life sciences in children.(Report)
February 7, 2009... Data detailed in 'Elementary school nurses' perceptions and practices regarding body mass index measurement in school children' have been presented. "This study examines elementary school nurses' perceived efficacy expectations, perceived...

Study results from University of Munster update understanding of angiotensins.
February 7, 2009... "A local paracrine acting angiotensin (ANG) system of preadipocytes and mature adipocytes is involved in metabolic effects and tissue differentiation. The present study reports on the investigation of binding affinities for various angiotensin...

Research reports on arthritis from V. Devauchellepensec and colleagues provide new insights.
February 7, 2009... In this recently published study, investigators in Brest, France conducted a study "To assess the usefulness of using oblique foot radiographs in addition to posteroanterior radiographs of the hands and feet for detecting erosions in patients...

Researchers at University of California release new data on Barth syndrome.
February 7, 2009... "Mutations in the mitochondrial cardiolipin (CL) transacylase, tafazzin (Taz1p), result in the X-linked cardioskeletal myopathy, Barth syndrome (BTHS). The mitochondria of BTHS patients exhibit variable respiratory defects and abnormal cristae...

Studies from Hokkaido University, Medical Department in the area of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease published.(Report)
February 7, 2009... "Pulmonary macrophages are one of the sources of various antioxidant and detoxification enzymes for which NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a key transcriptional factor. Although Nrf2 deficiency reportedly induces severe emphysema in mice...

New findings from E. Nikko and co-authors describe advances in endocytosis.
February 7, 2009... According to recent research from Cambridge, the United Kingdom, "Many plasma membrane proteins in yeast are ubiquitinated and endocytosed, but how they are recognized for modification has remained unknown. Here, we show that the manganese...

New findings from University of Paris describe advances in endocytosis.
February 7, 2009... "The gap junction protein connexin 43 (Cx43) exhibits dynamic trafficking that is altered in most tumor cells and in response to carcinogen exposure. A number of connexin (Cx)-binding proteins are known to be involved in endocytic...

New research on endocytosis from M. Jeffrey and co-authors summarized.
February 7, 2009... "Prion diseases are associated with the accumulation of an abnormal form of the host-coded prion protein (PrP). It is postulated that different tertiary or quaternary structures of infectious PrP provide the information necessary to code for...

Studies from University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department yield new data on endocytosis.
February 7, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "The ADP-ribosylation factor 6 (Arf6) GTPase functions as a key regulator of endocytic trafficking, participating in clathrin-independent endocytosis in most cell types. Unexpectedly, we...

Findings from N. Konno and co-researchers advance knowledge in enzyme research.
February 7, 2009... According to recent research from Tokyo, Japan, "The filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei produces glucuronan lyase (TrGL) when it is grown on beta-(1 → 4)-polyglucuronate (cellouronate) as a sole carbon source. The cDNA encoding TrGL was...

Reports summarize enzyme research research from P. Behnen and co-authors.
February 7, 2009... "Guanylate cyclase activating proteins (GCAPs) serve as neuronal Ca2+-sensor proteins in vertebrate rod and cone photoreceptor cells. Zebrafish express in their retina a variety of six different GCAPs, of which four are specific for cone...

Findings from H. Kobayashi and co-authors broaden understanding of Escherichia coli.
February 7, 2009... According to a study from Tsukuba, Japan, "The prevalence and characteristics of eae- and stx-positive Escherichia coli strains in wild birds in the immediate environment of Tokyo Bay, Japan, was examined using cloacal swab samples taken from...

New data from C. Ewers et al illuminate research in Escherichia coli.
February 7, 2009... "Although research has increasingly focused on the pathogenesis of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) infections and the ''APEC pathotype'' itself, little is known about the reservoirs of these bacteria. We therefore compared outbreak...

Research from C. Carriere and co-authors reveals new findings on glycogen storage disease.
February 7, 2009... According to recent research published in the journal Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease, "Mutations in the liver isoform of the Phosphorylase Kinase (PhK) alpha subunit (PHKA2 gene) cause X-linked liver glycogenosis...

Data on hemifacial spasm published by researchers at University of Verona.
February 7, 2009... "A young female patient, who presented acutely with an unusual movement disorder characterized by hyperkinetic facial movements, was referred to us for hemifacial spasm. The only abnormality on neurological examination was myoclonus of the left...

Reports on hip pain findings from University of Wisconsin, Medical Department provide new insights.(Report)
February 7, 2009... According to recent research published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, "An arthroscopic iliopsoas tendon release will alleviate painful snapping of the tendon. One question that remains is whether athletes can return to sports after...

Studies from Biomed Center provide new data on interstitial lung disease.
February 7, 2009... According to recent research from Uppsala, Sweden, "The newly synthesized proSP-C (surfactant protein C precursor) is an integral ER (endoplasmic reticulum) membrane protein with a single metastable polyvaline a-helical transmembrane domain...

New life sciences research has been reported by scientists at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
February 7, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "Loss-of-function mutations in Park2, the gene coding for the ubiquitin ligase Parkin, are a significant cause of early onset Parkinson's disease. Although the role of Parkin in neuron...

New life sciences study findings recently were published by researchers at University of Naples.
February 7, 2009... "To understand the mechanism involved in the apical sorting of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) we fused to the C-terminus of GFP the GPI-anchor-attachment signal of the folate receptor (FR) or of the prion protein...

Research on life sciences reported by scientists at St. James University.
February 7, 2009... "The time around a patient's death is often filled with sadness, but good medical and nursing care can provide comfort to patients and their carers at this critical time. For many, a 'pain-free' death is a priority although there are other...

Researchers at Innsbruck Medical University target life sciences.(Report)
February 7, 2009... "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of stercotactic electrode placement in patients undergoing deep brain stimulation by using pre- and postoperative computed tomography (CT). Twenty-three patients with movement disorders...

Study data from Indiana University update knowledge of life sciences.
February 7, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "The neonatal Fc receptor, FcRn mediates an endocytic salvage pathway that prevents degradation of IgG, thus contributing to the homeostasis of circulating IgG. Based on the low affinity of IgG for...

Research from Firat University has provided new information about meningioma.
February 7, 2009... According to a study from Elazig, Turkey, "An 11-year-old female, presented with a cervical myelomeningocele." "Interestingly, the myelomeningocele sac was seen to contain a meningioma. There are no aetiological factors in the embryogenetic...

Data on neurodegenerative disease detailed by L. Mateos and co-authors.
February 7, 2009... "Growing evidence strongly suggests that high fat diet (HFD) has an important role in some neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). To identify new cellular pathways linking hypercholesterolemia and neurodegeneration, we...

New data from Z. Shi et al illuminate research in obesity.
February 7, 2009... "Many recent studies have highlighted the complex interaction between sleep duration, food intake and metabolic balance. Although a causal link is yet to be established, emerging evidence suggests that short sleep duration may alter the balance...

Research on paralysis detailed by scientists at Kings College.
February 7, 2009... According to recent research from London, the United Kingdom, "Few data exist concerning sleep in patients with hemidiaphragm paralysis or weakness. Traditionally, such patients are considered to sustain normal ventilation in sleep." "In...

New findings reported from Mayo Clinic describe advances in Parkinson disease.
February 7, 2009... "Uncommonly, adult-onset dystonia is confined to one lower extremity. We sought to characterize the clinical spectrum associated with the presenting phenotype of lower limb dystonia including foot torsion," scientists in the United States...

Report summarizes Parkinson disease study findings from S. Yustkatz and co-researchers.(Report)
February 7, 2009... "The prevalence and predictive factors of asymmetry in Parkinson's disease have hardly been investigated. The aim of this study was to determine the rate of asymmetric features in patients with Parkinson's disease," investigators in Israel...

Research from Federal University has provided new data on Parkinson disease.
February 7, 2009... In this recent report, researchers in Salvador, Brazil conducted a study "To assess if silent aspiration is a risk factor for respiratory infection in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). From February 2006 to June 2006, 19 PD patients with...

Research from K. Bossers and co-researchers in the area of Parkinson disease published.
February 7, 2009... "Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. We have studied alterations in gene expression in the substantia nigra, the caudate nucleus and...

Research from S.P. Lloret and colleagues provide new insights into Parkinson disease.
February 7, 2009... "The Non-motor Symptoms Questionnaire (NMSQuest) is a recently developed questionnaire for the evaluation of non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, which includes sleep disorders evaluation. The clinical validity of the...

New findings reported from University of Cambridge describe advances in proteomics.
February 7, 2009... "CaM (calmodulin) has been implicated in the regulation Of IP3R [IP3 (inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate) receptors] and a recent report suggested that CaM tightly tethered to IP3R wits essential for IP3R activation [Nadif Kasri, Torok, Galione,...

Research from University of Gothenburg in the area of proteomics published.
February 7, 2009... "Neutrophils interacting with a chemoattractant gradually become nonresponsive to further stimulation by the same agonist, a process known as desensitization. Receptor desensitization is a highly regulated process that involves different...

Studies in the area of rickettsia reported from University of Sao Paulo.
February 7, 2009... "The bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii is the etiological agent of an acute, severe disease called Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the United States or Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) in Brazil. In addition to these two countries, the disease has...

Data from F. Vanleth et al provide new insights into tuberculosis.
February 7, 2009... According to recent research published in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, "Measuring, tuberculosis (TB) prevalence trends provides information on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. The World Health...

Data on tuberculosis published by Z. Araujo and colleagues.
February 7, 2009... "Observational studies on the humoural immune responses of the Warao indigenous people from Delta Amacuro, an isolated area, were compared with urban residents of the Venezuelan capital. Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific reactivities (IgM,...

Findings from J.A. Drewe and co-authors broaden understanding of tuberculosis.
February 7, 2009... According to recent research from the United Kingdom, "The potential of reed beds to act as biofilters of pathogenic and environmental mycobacteria was investigated through examination of the fate of mycobacteria in a constructed reed bed...

New findings reported from University of South Carolina describe advances in tuberculosis.
February 7, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "To evaluate tuberculosis (TB) risk in three different US locations-Chicago, Illinois; Fulton County, Georgia; and the state of South Carolina-using two census-based measures of...

Research from Central South University provides new data about tuberculosis.
February 7, 2009... "To explore a feasible approach to increase case finding of tuberculosis (TB) through Intensive referral and tracing of TB suspects and patients. A quasi-experimental stud), was conducted in three Chinese cities," scientists in Changsha,...

Research from J.M. Ramos and co-authors in the area of tuberculosis published.
February 7, 2009... According to recent research from Alicante, Spain, "To describe a bibliometric review of the literature oil tuberculosis (TB)) research indexed in PubMed over a 10-year period. Medline was used via the PubMed online service of the US National...

Research from R. Hershberg and co-researchers in the area of tuberculosis described.
February 7, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects one third of the human world population and kills someone every 15 seconds. For more than a century, scientists and clinicians have been distinguishing...

Studies conducted at University of Texas on tuberculosis recently published.
February 7, 2009... "The virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis depends on the ability of the bacilli to switch between replicative (growth) and non-replicative (dormancy) states in response to host immunity. However, the gene regulatory events associated with...

Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians University provide details of new studies and findings in the area of Alzheimer disease.
February 7, 2009... Scientists discuss in 'Chemical cross-linking provides a model of the gamma-secretase complex subunit architecture and evidence for close proximity of the C-terminal fragment of presenilin with APH-1' new findings in Alzheimer disease....

Investigators at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences release new data on atrial fibrillation.
February 7, 2009... A new study, 'Differences in atrial electromechanical coupling and atrial volume in patients with idiopathic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation,' is now available. According to recent research from Beijing, People's Republic of China, "The...

Research from A.L Diaz and co-authors reveals new findings on blindness.
February 7, 2009... Researchers detail in 'Do I know you? A case study of prosopagnosia (face blindness),' new data in blindness. According to recent research from the United States, "Prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness, can be a congenital disorder or the...

Study results from P. Meyer and colleagues in the area of enzyme research published.
February 7, 2009... Fresh data on enzyme research are presented in the report 'Structural and functional characterization of Escherichia coli UMP kinase in complex with its allosteric regulator GTP.' "Bacterial UMP kinases are essential enzymes involved in the...

Studies in the area of ischemia reported from Institute for Biological Science.
February 7, 2009... New investigation results, 'Elevated synaptic activity preconditions neurons against an in vitro model of ischemia,' are detailed in a study published in Journal of Biological Chemistry. "Tolerance to otherwise lethal cerebral ischemia in vivo...

Institute of Health and Environment publishes research in life sciences.
February 7, 2009... Researchers detail in 'Surveillance of stool samples for the presence of Enterobacter sakazakii among Korean people,' new data in life sciences. According to recent research from Suwon, Korea, "Enterobacter sakazakii (E. sakazakii) infections...

Research data from Harvard University update understanding of life sciences.
February 7, 2009... Current study results from the report, 'Actin pedestal formation by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is regulated by IQGAP1, calcium, and calmodulin,' have been published. According to recent research published in the Journal of Biological...

Research from Harvard University yields new data on life sciences.
February 7, 2009... Investigators publish new data in the report 'Using ratchets and sorters to fractionate motile cells of Escherichia coli by length.' According to recent research from the United States, "This paper describes the fabrication of a composite...

Study results from Nankai University in the area of life sciences published.(Report)
February 7, 2009... A report, 'Parkin regulates Eg5 expression by Hsp70 ubiquitination-dependent inactivation of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase,' is newly published data in Journal of Biological Chemistry. According to recent research from Tianjin, People's Republic...

Researchers at Cornell University release new data on phosphatase.
February 7, 2009... Scientists discuss in 'Genetic toggling of alkaline phosphatase folding reveals signal peptides for all major modes of transport across the inner membrane of bacteria' new findings in phosphatase. "Prediction of export pathway specificity in...

Researchers from Kyushu University, Medical Institute of Bioregulation report on findings in protease.(Report)
February 7, 2009... Research findings, 'A pair of circularly permutated PDZ domains control RseP, the S2P family intramembrane protease of Escherichia coli,' are discussed in a new report. "The sigma(E) pathway of extracytoplasmic stress responses in Escherichia...

Study data from D. Tarasov et al provide new insights into proteomics.
February 7, 2009... A report, 'How sophisticated should a scoring function be to ensure successful docking, scoring and virtual screening,' is newly published data in Journal of Molecular Modeling. "To estimate how sophisticated should an empirical scoring...

Reports on quality of life findings from G.L. Jones and co-researchers provide new insights.
February 7, 2009... Data detailed in 'Health-related quality of life in PCOS and related infertility: how can we assess this' have been presented. "In recent years there has been an increasing demand for the design, development and use of questionnaires that can...

Carefx Reports 200% Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth in 2008 as Demand Grows for Solutions Focused on Clinical Decision Making.(Financial report)
February 7, 2009... Carefx Corporation announced 200 percent revenue growth in 2008. Carefx has increased its penetration of the hospital, health system, integrated delivery network (IDN) and health information exchange (HIE) markets with an 80 percent increase in...

Survey Finds Employers Split on Impact and Cost of Migraine.
February 7, 2009... In a survey of large employers released by the non-profit Midwest Business Group on Health, 91 percent of respondents recognize that migraine headaches impact productivity, yet most don't track the costs or seriousness of the problem in their...

Phylicia Rashad Selected as New Spokesperson for Jenny Craig.
February 7, 2009... Jenny Craig, Inc, one of the nation's leading authorities on weight management, hosted a press conference today in Los Angeles to announce Phylicia Rashad as the newest Jenny Craig celebrity client and spokesperson. The award-winning actress...

David Ashworth Joins MediKeeper as CEO.
February 7, 2009... MediKeeper, a leading provider of software and technologies for employee and patient health, wellness and adherence, announces the appointment of David Ashworth as Chief Executive Officer (see also MediKeeper). Mr. Ashworth, 47, is the...

National Instruments Celebrates 10th Consecutive Year on FORTUNE's '100 Best Companies to Work For' List.
February 7, 2009... For the 10th consecutive year, FORTUNE magazine named National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) to its annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list. National Instruments was listed as number 69 on the magazine's annual ranking of the nation's top...

Peoples Financial Corporation Earns $1.8 Million in Fourth Quarter 2008, $5.0 Million for Year.
February 7, 2009... Peoples Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:PFBX), parent of The Peoples Bank, earned $1,820,000 in fourth quarter 2008 and $5,034,000 for the year ended December 31, 2008, announced Chevis C. Swetman, chairman and chief executive officer of the...

ReBuilder Medical (RBRM) Neuropathy Market Doubles to $5 Billion.
February 7, 2009... The US neuropathic pain market consists of 4.7 million patients, and is expected to grow to more than 6.1 million patients, and be valued at $5.1 billion in 2018 (see also ReBuilder Medical Technologies, Inc.). David B. Phillips, Ph.D....

U.S. Department of Labor pays $4.5 billion in benefits under Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.
February 7, 2009... The U.S. Department of Labor announced that it has paid more than $4.5 billion to 48,072 individuals under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). The EEOICPA provides compensation and medical benefits to...

Vertica Has Banner Year With Its Record-Breaking Database.
February 7, 2009... The economic paralysis that has gripped the IT industry is lost on Vertica Systems, as the company had a breakout year in 2008 with triple-digit revenue growth, a huge spike in new customers, and a clutch of industry awards, to name just a few...

HSN to Debut Sensa Weight-Loss System January 26.
February 7, 2009... Interactive lifestyle network and retail destination HSN will introduce its customers to the newest tool in the fight against weight gain - The Sensa Weight-Loss System - when it debuts on the television network and hsn.com on January 26....

Three Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet 'Success Stories' Bring Famous Cookies to Montreal Suburb of West Island.
February 7, 2009... Dr. Siegal's Direct Nutritionals, LLC, the worldwide distributor of Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET(R) hunger-controlling cookies and other products, announced that Dr. Siegal's cookies and shake mixes are now available at Diet D'Lite in Fairview...

Christie Brinkley Helps Launch New Campaign to 'Reintroduce' Americans to Milk as Nature's Wellness Drink.
February 7, 2009... Supermodel and fitness enthusiast Christie Brinkley was one of the first famous faces to proudly wear a milk mustache in 1995 when the iconic campaign first premiered. Now she's making a third appearance to help "reintroduce" Americans to milk...

YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh Receives $500,000 from McAuley Ministries for New Hill YMCA Roof.
February 7, 2009... McAuley Ministries, the new grant-making arm of the Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, has given out its first grant... and the recipient is the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh. The $500,000 grant will help fund the construction of a green rooftop...

Utah-Based Western Governors University to Award More Than 600 Degrees to Graduates from Across the U.S.
February 7, 2009... Western Governors University (WGU) www.wgu.edu, the online, nonprofit university based in Utah, will award degrees to more than 600 graduates from 45 states at its winter commencement, set for Saturday, January 24, in Salt Lake City. While WGU...

'A Rose to the Fallen': New Romance Novel Shares Love Story of a Fallen Angel Full of Passion and Real Magic.
February 14, 2009... Bridget Monahan is an elementary school teacher in her mid-20s and has what every other woman wants: beauty, intelligence, compassion, and a fiery sense of independence to go along with her shock of red hair. But she's still single, and while...

'Majestic Restoration': Taste of Hell, Glimpse of Heaven.
February 14, 2009... Does Hell truly exist? Is there a Heaven where eternal life flourishes? These questions and more are discussed and demonstrated at length through the true-life experiences of author Bryan Roscoe in his new release, "Majestic Restoration"...

'Project Egypt: a Politically Incorrect View': an American Contractor Offers Uncensored Take on Egyptian Project and Society.
February 14, 2009... "Project Egypt: A Politically Incorrect View" (published by AuthorHouse), a new book by Patrick Roelle, offers a no-holds-barred account of his time working and living in Cairo as a construction project director. From a building project that is...

Mayo Clinic, Medical Department details research in bariatrics.
February 14, 2009... "We investigated whether reversal of intraoperative atelectasis with the lung recruitment maneuver (R-M) affects desflurane arterial concentrations during bariatric Surgery. After anesthetic induction and maintenance with propofol, patients...

New bone research study findings reported from University of Toronto, Medical Department.(Report)
February 14, 2009... According to a study from Toronto, Canada, "Obesity is associated with increased bone mineral density (BMD) but the mechanism for this is unclear. Serum levels of the adipokine adiponectin are inversely correlated with obesity, but results from...

Research from G. Miceli and co-authors yields new data on agnosia.
February 14, 2009... "MELAS is commonly associated with peripheral hearing loss. Auditory agnosia is a rare cortical auditory impairment, usually due to bilateral temporal damage," scientists writing in the journal Neurological Sciences report (see also Agnosia)....

New findings from G.B. Frisoni and co-authors in the area of Alzheimer disease published.(Report)
February 14, 2009... "Histological studies have suggested differing involvement of the hippocampal subfields in aging and in Alzheimers disease. The aim of this study was to assess in vivo local hippocampal changes in aging and Alzheimers disease based on high...

Recent studies by K.G. Lin and co-authors add new data to Alzheimer disease findings.(Report)
February 14, 2009... "Saitohin (STH) is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of many neurodegenerative diseases. Recent reports were inconclusive in showing that the Q7R polymorphism in the STH gene is associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD),"...

Research reports on Alzheimer disease from Columbia University provide new insights.(Report)
February 14, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "Alzheimer's disease is characterized by abnormal elevation of A beta peptide and abnormal hyperphosphorylation of the tau protein. The ''amyloid hypothesis,'' which is based on molecular...

Studies from Leiden University update current data on Alzheimer disease.(Report)
February 14, 2009... "Atrophy is regarded a sensitive marker of neurodegenerative pathology. In addition to confirming the well-known presence of decreased global grey matter and hippocampal volumes in Alzheimers disease, this study investigated whether deep grey...