Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week articles from January 2001

Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week archives from January 2001

Sibutramine Could Sustain Weight Loss, But Question of Safety Remains.
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Results of a clinical trial published in the December 23/30, 2000, issue of The Lancet suggest that the drug sibutramine is effective in sustaining weight loss in obese patients. However, questions remain about the...

Combination with Obesity Increases Risk of Birth Defects.(diabetes)
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Women who are both obese and diabetic have a much greater risk than other women of giving birth to children with congenital birth defects, according to researchers in the United States. L.L. Moore and...

Testing in the Afternoon Leads to Underdiagnosis.(diabetes )
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- If current diagnostic criteria for diabetes are applied to patients tested in the afternoon, about half of cases of undiagnosed diabetes may be missed, according to an article in the December 27, 2000, issue of The...

Glucose-Induced Release of Leptin Not Affected by Diet.
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Glucose-induced release of the hormone leptin, responsible for regulating food intake among other things, is not affected by dietary fat content, according to researchers writing in the American Journal of...

Two Major U.S. Dietary Patterns Result in Different Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors.
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- In a study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Teresa T. Fung et al. examined overall dietary patterns, rather than individual nutrients, to identify risk factors for cardiovascular disease...

Leptin Release May be Influenced by Neuropeptides.
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Unlike adult mice, infant mice are unaffected by the release of the weight-regulating hormone leptin, which seems to confirm that its effects are mediated by neuropeptides, researchers report. "Leptin is...

Obesity in Mice Can Cause Intestinal Ethanol Production.
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- - by Michael Greer, staff medical writer -- Researchers writing in the journal Gastroenterology report that obese mice display a pronounced increase in internal production of ethanol, which can increase the risk of...

Converging Pathways Regulate Energy Metabolism.
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- The satiety factor leptin is produced by body fat and acts in the brain to modulate feeding behavior and energy expenditure. Writing in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Harris et al. discuss their...

Chromium Supplementation Shows Positive Results in Pilot Human Studies.(depression and pre-menstrual syndrome)
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) --- Ambi Inc. announced December 19, 2000, that it has obtained an option for the exclusive license to two U.S. patents covering the use of all forms of chromium for nutritional supplementation to relieve the symptoms...

Phase II Trials of AeroDose Insulin Inhaler Announced.
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- AeroGen, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, announced the initiation of Phase II clinical studies using its AeroDose insulin inhaler in diabetic patients. These studies, currently underway in the U.S. and Europe, are...

Grape Seed Extract More Potent Antioxidant than Vitamins C, E, and Beta-Carotene.
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Research findings presented at the Fourth Annual Pacifichem (International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies) in Honolulu, Hawaii, during December 2000, indicate that grape seed extract helps protect the...

Patent Issued for Technology that Masks Taste of Mineral Supplements.
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (New sRx.com) -- AMBI Inc. announced December 12, 2000, that it received U.S. Patent No. 6,156,332 covering compositions and their uses for reducing the unpleasant taste and after-taste of a wide range of mineral supplements...

IRS Figures Programs into Tax Deductible Medical Expenses.
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- For their year 2000 tax returns, for the first time, U.S. taxpayers can deduct the cost of weight loss programs as a medical expense. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revised its policy to give tax...

Supplements Industry Tells FDA Ephedra is Safe.
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Challenging a report in a prestigious medical journal that a popular herbal stimulant can kill, the dietary supplement industry disclosed its own review on December 20, 2000, that contends ephedra is safe for most...

Information Key Ingredient for Healthy World; NewsRx.net Offers eHealth Revenue Sharing Booster Shot.
January 13, 2001... 2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Health information from the Internet is the key ingredient for advancing world health, according to health publishing executive, C.W. Henderson, CEO of NewsRx. Henderson said that delivering the correct...

Hair Analysis Test for Trace Elements and Nutritional Balance is Unreliable.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Health care choices based on hair analysis results may be ineffective or detrimental to patient's health. Hair mineral analysis from six commercial laboratories was found to be unreliable, and health care...

Polyphenolic Compound Found in Chocolate May Be Protective.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Polyphenolic compounds are widely distributed in fruits and vegetables and protect against coronary heart disease. Procyanidin, a biologically active polyphenolic compound, is found in chocolate. In a study...

Age Grouping Affects Overweight Estimates.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Overweight prevalence in children can be overestimated depending upon how ages are grouped. "Although age categorization may often have little effect on prevalence estimates, prevalence may sometimes be...

CDC Funds Registries for Childhood Type 2 Disease.(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, type 2 diabetes)
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 -- (NewsRx.com) -- With diabetes increasing at unprecedented rates among adults both in the United States and throughout the world, initial reports suggest a rise in type 2 diabetes among children and adolescents. Thus, the...

Aromatherapy Bar: Pull Up a Stool and Breathe Away.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Alternative 'help' is often being sought at aromatherapy bars. It is after work on a cold December evening, and Ray Faust adjourns to his favorite cafe to unwind. He pulls up a bar stool and orders a...

Federal Money Aims at Boosting Children's Fitness.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Five million dollars to boost physical education in school districts across the nation isn't much, but that's what Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, managed to squeeze into a spending bill the president signed into law...

U.S. Congressman Plans Anti-Obesity Law.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- U.S. representative Carl Saunders, Utah, is drafting legislation to curb obesity in children. "We have really reached epidemic proportions in obesity," he said. "I want to see if we can't do something to reduce...

Overweight Body Doesn't Stop Triathlete.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Here are some numbers on Dave Alexander, triathlete: since June 23, 1983, when he did his first triathlon at age 38, he estimates he's finished 276 triathlons in 37 countries. In a recent super-triathlon in...

Diet Affects Pathogenesis.(of atherosclerosis)
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Dietary protein type affects the development of atherosclerosis. Why plant proteins have a beneficial effect against atherosclerosis is uncertain. M. Gidlund, of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, and...

Veggies: They're Good Right Down to the Bone.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 -- (NewsRx.com) -- Eat around your plate for good bone health because researchers say that eating too much animal protein compared to vegetable protein can cause more rapid bone loss and fracture in postmenopausal women. ...

Obese People Achieve and Maintain Significant Weight Loss with Meridia Therapy.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) Data published in the December 23, 2000, issue of The Lancet demonstrate Meridia (sibutramine hydrochloride monohydrate) C-IV capsules can help obese people lose weight and maintain a clinically significant weight...

High Animal Protein Intake May Increase Risk of Bone Loss.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- A University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) study finds elderly women who get a much higher intake of their dietary protein from animal products rather than vegetables have an increased risk of bone loss and...

Cell Membrane Phospholipids Can Affect Chances of Insulin Dysfunction in Obese Patients.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 -- (NewsRx.com) -- Elevated levels of a number of different cell membrane components can put both diabetic and otherwise healthy obese women at a higher risk for hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance, researchers in France report....

Conflicting Messages Lead to Less Healthful Eating Habits.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 -- (NewsRx.com) -- First, butter is the enemy. Then solid margarine is on the forbidden list. Next, beta-carotene supplements are thought to prevent cancer -- until they are found to increase the risk of lung cancer in smokers....

Nutritional Therapy Can Improve Cardiovascular Health in Elderly.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers writing in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society argue that nutritional interventions by physicians can help reduce the chances of cardiovascular disease in elderly patients. "In view of...

Age at Pregnancy, Menarche Most Important Predictive Factors of Weight Gain.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Women who experience their first pregnancy or their first menstruation at a young age have an increased risk of post-pregnancy obesity, researchers say. E.P. Gunderson and colleagues working under the aegis of...

Avoiding High-Fat Foods May Help Protect Bones.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Everyone knows that eating fatty foods may cause high cholesterol and heart disease, but University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers have now learned that unhealthy eating and high cholesterol may...

Leptin Concentrations Can Predict Results of Weight Loss Programs.
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Obese children with higher circulating levels of the hormone leptin, which is principally involved in the body's regulation of food intake, are much more likely to respond well to structured weight loss programs,...

Extremely Obese Adolescents at Greater Risk.(of psychiatric disorders)
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Obesity researchers in Germany argue that, in addition to the physical morbidities associated with extreme obesity, teenagers and young adults who suffer from this condition are also prone to mental morbidity in...

Caffeine/Ephedrine Combination Can Be Effective.(obese adolescents )
January 20, 2001... 2001 JAN 20- (NewsRx.com) -- Obesity researchers in Hungary report that a combination of the stimulants caffeine and ephedrine can help obese adolescents lose significant amounts of weight without dangerous side effects. D. Molnar and...

Positive Results Announced in Patients Treated with INS-1.(type 2 diabetes care)
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Insmed Incorporated announced January 4, 2001, positive results following a full analysis of its recently completed clinical trial of type 2 diabetes patients treated with INS-1 in combination with sulfonylureas....

Conjugated Linoleic Acid Reduces Body Fat.
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study published in the December 2000 issue of the Journal of Nutrition concluded that the natural dietary supplement conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) reduces body fat in people who are overweight or obese. The...

Development of Multiple Metabolic Syndrome May be Linked to Obesity.
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in the United States report that the development of the multiple metabolic syndrome (MMS) may be associated with obesity. Additionally, non-obese individuals with a family history of diabetes,...

Substantial Increase in Childhood Obesity in U.K. Since 1984.
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- The prevalence of obesity in children in the United Kingdom is low, but it has increased substantially since 1984, according to a study in the January 4, 2001, issue of the British Medical Journal. Using data...

Food Restriction Linked to Lower Self-Esteem Among Children.
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- A Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) study has found that parents' degree of concern about their daughter's weight and their adoption of restrictions on certain foods were associated with lower self-steem...

Social Support Key to Encouraging College Students to Exercise.
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- College students are more likely to exercise if they have social support for being active, but the best kind of social support differs between men and women. A new study of 937 randomly selected students at...

Treating Obese Teens with SELF-Training.
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- An innovative approach to the therapeutic care of obese children, known as SELF-training, has proven to have positive physical and psychological effects. Researchers in France report improvement in psychomotor...

Most Americans Not Concerned About the Risk of Type 2 Disease.(diabetes)
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Despite a recent U.S. study linking a sharp rise in type 2 diabetes to America's obesity epidemic, a nationwide survey found that while many people (39%) consider themselves overweight, two-thirds (67%) are not...

Investment Received to Pursue Non-Invasive Therapeutic Ultrasound.
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Angiosonics, Inc., Morrisville, North Carolina, announced that Tyco Ventures is the lead investor in the first round of financing for Lipolysis, Inc. This round of financing will allow Angiosonics to pursue...

Soviet Training Techniques Could be Trouble for Young Athletes.(Acceleration Waukesha training techniques may be too strenuous)
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Gregory climbed off the treadmill where he just finished running 10 mph, ran to the bathroom, and threw up. It's another day at the Acceleration Waukesha health club for Gregory, a 16-year-old high school...

Collaboration Initiated to Develop New Drugs.(Maxia Pharmaceuticals Inc. to collaborate with The Robert Wood Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc.)
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Maxia Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, California, announced that it has initiated a multi-year collaboration with The R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute (PRI) and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc....

New Patent Applications Filed for Satietrol.
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. (PHLI), announced January 3, 2001, that they filed three additional patent applications for [Satietrol.sup.R], the company's weight loss product. Satietrol, a new generation of...

Lycopene Protects Against Exercise-Induced Symptoms.(of asthma)
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Lycopene, a highly active antioxidant, protects against exercise-induced asthma. The use of antioxidants for the treatment of asthma is controversial. Given this, I. Neuman and associates in Israel sought to...

New Guidelines Recommend Ramipril to Lower Stroke Risk.(by the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association)
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- New guidelines issued by the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association (AHA) and published in the Association's journals Circulation and Stroke recommend use of ramipril - [Altace.sup.R] - in at risk people...

Study Estimates One-Third of Cases are Undiagnosed.
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new study in Canada has determined that prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes, in which a person with undiagnosed diabetes has not had the condition diagnosed by a physician but still has plasma glucose levels that...

Reducing Dietary Sodium Lowers Blood Pressure.
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Sodium reduction combined with either a typical U.S. diet or the "DASH' diet, which is rich in vegetables, fruit, and low-fat dairy products, and low in total and saturated fat, substantially lowered blood pressure...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation May Worsen Condition.(may aggravate sleep apnea disorders)
January 27, 2001... 2001 JAN 27 -- (NewsRx.com) -- by Michael Greer, staff medical writer -- Neurologists warn that vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), used primarily for the treatment of epilepsy and some forms of neuropathic pain, should be used with caution in...