Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week articles from January 1 2005

Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week archives from January 1 2005

Physicians' attitudes toward childhood obesity in Israel outlined.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers outline physicians' attitudes toward identification and management of childhood obesity in Israel in a recent issue of Clinical Pediatrics. "Obesity is a serious health problem, and is...

Effects of high protein diets on thermogenesis, satiety and weight loss reviewed.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists review the effects of high-protein diets on thermogenesis, satiety, and weight loss in a recent issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. According to recent research...

BodyGem metabolism measurement devices selected for Equinox fitness program.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HealtheTech, Inc., (HETC), a Colorado-based company that develops and markets handheld medical and commercial devices and software for the measurement of metabolism and nutrition monitoring, announced...

Chocolatier says candy has health benefits; eat with caution experts advise.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Shed your guilt. Chocolate can have a place in your healthy lifestyle." That's the strategy of Bissinger's Handcrafted Chocolatier, a long-established, upscale chocolate company based in St....

Hardee's hopes to have last laugh with Monster Thickburger.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At 1,420 calories and 107 grams of fat, Hardee's Monster Thickburger couldn't escape notice in these diet-conscious times. Or the jabs of late-night talk show hosts. Just a day after the...

Online health improvement company partners with Wellspring Healthcare.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- My ePHIT announced an exclusive partnership with Wellspring Healthcare, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, employers who offer Wellspring's services to their employees will automatically receive...

USDA data show that peanuts can be Mother Nature's multivitamin.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study from Pennsylvania State University shows that just one serving of peanuts or peanut butter a day can help children and adults meet requirements for nutrients often lacking in American diets....

West Virginia advocates say public policy must support good health.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Telling West Virginians they are overweight and unhealthy won't solve their problems because solutions take more than willpower, community health educators said December 8, 2004. Lawmakers should...

Correcting saddlebag deformity in massive weight loss patient described.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers describe procedures for correcting the saddlebag deformity in massive weight loss patients in a recent issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. According to a study from the United...

Forecast: New drug could be safer for treating obesity than previous drugs.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ECRI, a nonprofit health-services research agency, recently published a Health Technology Forecast profile on a novel pharmaceutical agent that is in development for the treatment of obesity. The...

Healthcare costs higher for adults who were overweight or obese when younger.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Men and women who were overweight or obese in young adulthood and middle age have significantly higher Medicare costs in older age, compared to their normal-weight peers, according to a new study. ...

Pharma company expands research scope to include obesity and diabetes.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PhytoMedical Technologies, Inc., (OTCBB:PYTO) announced its plans to expand its research and development efforts into two of the leading causes of mortality today - obesity and diabetes. Obesity,...

Survey finds Americans believe obesity treatment should be included health plans.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a new nationwide survey from Kaiser Permanente, nearly three-fourths of Americans view obesity as a disease and believe treatment should be included in health plan benefits. Recent...

Trends in body weight affected by excluding under-reporters.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dietary trends, such as energy and macronutrient intakes, and body weight and physical activity in female university students, were affected by the exclusion of under-reporters. "The present study...

Murine body weight QTLs, Bwq1 and Bwq2, characterized.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have characterized murine body weight QTLs, Bwq1 and Bwq2, identified in C57BL/6J x KK-A[superscript]y/a F[subscript]2-A[superscript]y/a mice. "Body weight quantitative trait loci (QTLs),...

QTL affecting body mass in mice identified.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have identified a QTL affecting body mass in mice. According to a study from the United Kingdom, "The aim of this study was to examine the effects of a QTL in different genetic...

Two ancestral forms of neuromedin U-2 receptor gene reported.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have discovered evidence for the existence of two ancestral forms of the neuromedin U-2 receptor, which is involved in human obesity. "Central administration of neuromedin U (NMU)...

Cidea links brown adipose tissue and obesity.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cidea is a novel link between brown adipose tissue and obesity. "Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is the major site of adaptive thermogenesis in rodents. The thermogenic activity of BAT is mediated by...

Hypothalamic melanin-concentrating hormone increased in obesity.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dietary-obese rats have increased hypothalamic melanin-concentrating hormone and MCH receptor levels. "Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a hypothalamic neuropeptide that stimulates feeding and...

Irregular patterns in daily weight chart at night predict weight regain.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Irregular patterns in the daily weight chart at night predict body weight regain. According to a study from Japan, "This study examined whether charting daily weight patterns can predict weight...

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor increased in obesity.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Plasma concentration of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and MIF mRNA are increased in mononuclear cells of obese patients. According to a study from the United States, "The objective of...

Metabolically obese but normal-weight women characterized.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Metabolically obese but normal-weight women possess characteristic metabolic and behavioral features. "A unique subset of individuals termed metabolically obese but normal weight (MONW) has been...

SH2-B activates phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in response to leptin.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SH2-B promotes insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1)- and IRS2-mediated activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway in response to leptin. According to a study from the United States,...

Appetite regulation disturbed in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with polycystic ovary syndrome have impaired cholecystokinin secretion and disturbed appetite regulation. "Increased amount of abdominal fat and obesity are common in polycystic ovary...

Computerized tomography safe after laparoscopic gastric bypass.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Computerized tomography is safe after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for patients with suspected complications. "Early detection of complications after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass...

Incarceration of calibrating band after gastroplasty reported.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report the diagnostic and therapeutic implications of incarceration of a calibrating band after vertical banded gastroplasty for morbid obesity in a recent issue of the Journal de Chirurgie....

Robotic abdominal surgery reviewed.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review robotic abdominal surgery, including surgery for morbid obesity, in a recent issue of the American Journal of Surgery. "As a whole, abdominal surgeons possess excellent...

Robotically assisted bariatric surgery reviewed.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists review robotically assisted bariatric surgery in a recent issue of the American Journal of Surgery. According to published research from the United States, "Obesity is a serious health...

Melanocortin-4 receptor activity plays role in energy homeostasis.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Constitutive activity of the melanocortin-4 receptor is maintained by its N-terminal domain and plays a role in energy homeostasis in humans. According to published research from the United States,...

Dysregulation of insulin receptor substrate 2 causes obesity and diabetes.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dysregulation of insulin receptor substrate 2 in beta cells and brain causes obesity and diabetes. "The molecular link between obesity and beta-cell failure that causes diabetes is difficult to...

Obesity-prone rats have defects in response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obesity-prone rats have preexisting defects in their counterregulatory response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia. "Rats that develop diet-induced obesity (DIO) on a 31% fat [high-energy (HE)] diet...

Phospholipid fatty acid composition altered in obese type 2 diabetic patients.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obese type 2 diabetic patients and obese patients have comparable plasma phospholipid fatty acid compositions deviating from that of healthy individuals. "There exist controversial reports regarding...

proopiomelanocortin gene polymorphism linked to insulin in obesity.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An insertional polymorphism of the proopiomelanocortin gene is associated with fasting insulin levels in childhood obesity. According to a study from Italy, "Lines of evidence show a role of the...

Prevalence of overweight increasing in young children from low-income families.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The prevalence of overweight increased from 1989 to 2000 in children aged 2-4 years from low-income families, according to a new study. Children who are overweight are at risk for diabetes, gall...

Teen struggles with the scale, self-image.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Laurel Lowe is a pretty girl, just turned 13, with sparkling blue eyes and a sweet personality, but she is 24 pounds overweight. She hates how her stomach bulges over low-rise jeans. She thinks her...

Children have greater reduction of symptoms with higher doses of Concerta.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who take 36- to 54-mg doses of once-daily Concerta (methylphenidate HCl) CII are more likely to achieve significantly greater reduction of...

U.S. FDA committee recommends accelerated clofarabine approval for ALL.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ILEX Oncology, Inc., (ILXO) announced that the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) positively endorsed clofarabine for the treatment of refractory or...

Real-time RT-PCR assay monitors DEK-CAN fusion transcripts in AML.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A real-time RT-PCR assay monitors DEK-CAN fusion transcripts in acute myeloid leukemia. According to recent research from Denmark, "We have developed a real-time quantitative RT-PCR (RQ-PCR) assay...

Acupuncture inhibits ethanol-induced dopamine release in rats.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acupuncture inhibits ethanol-induced dopamine release in rats by modulating GABA[subscript]B receptor activity. "Clinical trials are currently underway to determine the effectiveness of acupuncture...

Amphetamine levels in hair of confirmed users evaluated.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amphetamine levels in hair samples from confirmed users have been elucidated. "In a study of volunteer subjects from drug rehabilitation programs" conducted by scientists in California,...

Insulin regulates inebriation in flies.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Do you enjoy a glass of wine with your dinner? After a meal, levels of the hormone insulin surge, telling cells in the body to take up sugar from the bloodstream. In the brain, insulin signaling...

Isoelectric focusing of transferrin clarifies alcohol abuse markers.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Isoelectric focusing of transferrin clarifies alcohol abuse markers. According to a study from Germany, "many studies have shown carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) to be a sensitive and...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation may prevent relapse.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) increases dopamine (DA) release from the nucleus accumbens shell in a rat model of drug addiction. "Recent studies in rodents have shown that...

VCU Institute awarded $3.2 million contract to evaluate pharmaceutical drugs.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. National Institute of Drug Abuse has awarded a $3.2 million contract to Virginia Commonwealth University's Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies to test therapeutic drugs that could help...

A[subscript]3 receptor activation leads to increase in cytosolic calcium.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent report described an analysis of calcium responses mediated by the A[subscript]3 adenosine receptor in cultured newborn rat cardiac myocytes. According to research from Israel,...

Notch pathway dispensable for adipocyte specification.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The notch pathway is dispensable for adipocyte specification. According to recent research from the United States, "In the past decade we have witnessed an epidemic of obesity in developed...

The beta[subscript]1-adrenoceptor 'two-site ligand binding hypothesis' was investigated.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aspartate138 is required for the high-affinity ligand binding site but not for the low-affinity binding site of the beta[subscript]1-adrenoceptor. Researchers in England report, "The...

Rosiglitazone promotes osteoblast/osteocyte apoptosis.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low doses of rosiglitazone, a drug (brand names: Avandia or Avandamet; GlaxoSmithKline) used by patients with type 2 diabetes, promotes osteoblast/osteocyte apoptosis, or cell suicide, researchers...

U.S. FDA clears Comet and Polaris DS Systems for permanent hair reduction.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Syneron Medical, Ltd., (ELOS), and its North American subsidiary Syneron, Inc., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510k marketing clearance to Syneron's Comet and...

U.S. FDA expands clearance for Smoothbeam laser.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Candela Corp. (CLZR) announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Smoothbeam diode laser for the treatment of sebaceous hyperplasia, adding to...

Age-related RNA decline in adult Drosophila melanogaster revealed.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the United States have reported on the age-related RNA decline in adult Drosophila melanogaster. "We investigated the correlation between age and total RNA levels in long-lived and...

Nicotine-induced fibroblast growth factor 2 mRNA is preserved during aging.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, fibroblast growth factor 2 mRNA that is induced by nicotine is preserved during aging. "Indirect trophic actions of...

Stimulation of aging skeletal muscles analyzed, effect of Ca[superscript]2+ reported.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the United States have reported on the external Ca[superscript]2+-dependent excitation-contraction coupling in a population of ageing mouse skeletal muscle fibres. "In the present...

Study investigated effects of toosendanin on voltage-dependent Ca[superscript]2+ channels.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Toosendanin, a triterpenoid derivative, acts as a novel agonist of L-type Ca[superscript]2+ channels in neonatal rat ventricular cells. According to scientists in the People's Republic of China,...

Work provides foundation for identifying genes in developmental alcohol toxicity.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have investigated ethanol effects on the developing zebrafish and have described neurobehavior and skeletal morphogenesis. According to a report from the United States, "Exposure to...

Hazelden Foundation donates alcohol, drug addiction books to Oregon libraries.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Residents of Multnomah and Yamhill counties in Oregon seeking expert advice on drug addiction and treatment can now review copies of new addiction and recovery materials donated to the Multnomah County...

Effects of soy 11S protein on liver damage and hyperlipidemia reported in rats.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from South Korea, soy 11S protein displays ameliorative effects on liver damage and hyperlipidemia in alcohol-fed rats. "This study sought to investigate the ameliorating...

Interaction of ethanol with plasma membrane Ca[superscript]2+-ATPase revealed.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recent research published in the journal Biochimica et Biophysica Acta reported on the interaction of ethanol with reconstituted synaptosomal plasma membrane Ca[superscript]2+-ATPase. "The primary...

Study provides clues to alcohol's cancer connection.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For the first time scientists have demonstrated a model that may explain how alcohol stimulates tumor growth. Their study, published in the January 15, 2005, issue of Cancer and currently online,...

First soy-based pediatric drink for children with milk allergies.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PBM Products, Inc., recently launched the first soy-based pediatric nutritional drink for children 1 to 10 years of age. The company introduced the Bright Beginnings Soy Pediatric Drink to...

Company introduces antihistamine tablet in Japan, announces new VP appointment.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schering-Plough Corporation (SGP) announced that Schering-Plough K.K., the company's subsidiary in Japan, has introduced Claritin (loratadine) RediTabs, 10 mg tablet, an instantly dissolving nonsedating...

Anti-VEGFR-2 antibody curtails contact hypersensitivity in mice.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Anti-VEGFR-2 antibody curtails contact hypersensitivity in mice. "The angiogenic mediator vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors (VEGFRs) have been studied extensively in...

ECR launches LODRANE 24.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ECR Pharmaceuticals has launched LODRANE 24 (brompheniramine maleate, modified release), the firm's new once-a-day allergy product. LODRANE 24 utilizes Elite Pharmaceutical, Inc.'s (ELI)...

Enzymatic activity of dust mite allergen extract characterized.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The activity of dust mite allergen enzymes has been characterized. "Enzymatic activity in the fecal droppings from the house dust mite has been postulated to contribute to the elicited allergic...

"Dementia prevention" innovation to be trialed in U.S.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A vitamin B pill that drastically lowers blood levels of the toxic amino acid homocysteine could one day be used to prevent dementia, and save health services billions of pounds annually. Clinical...

Caenorhabditis elegans imp-2 essential for development, analysis reveals.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the United States have reported that the Caenorhabditis elegans IMPAS gene, imp-2, is essential for development and is functionally distinct from related presenilins. "Presenilins...

Alzheimer peptide aggregates and dimerizes when part of a water-soluble protein.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from Denmark have reported on the transient aggregation and stable dimerization induced by introducing an Alzheimer sequence into a water-soluble protein. "Transient contacts between...

Amyloid-beta binds copper in a mononuclear metal ion-binding site.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the United States have demonstrated the binding of copper by a mononuclear metal ion-binding site in the amyloid-beta peptide. "Amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide is the principal...

Analogues of Congo Red made and analyzed, anti-prion activity revealed.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from Wales have described the synthesis of analogues of Congo Red and the evaluation of their anti-prion activity. "No cure as of yet exists for any of the transmissible spongiform...

Company prepares for phase IIa study for its Alzheimer therapy, EHT 0202.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ExonHit Therapeutics, a privately held drug-discovery company, plans to start a phase IIa proof-of-concept study in Alzheimer disease with EHT 0202, its most advanced compound in development, in the...

Formation of AT8-positive DNs may be related to progression of AD.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exclusive association and simultaneous appearance of congophilic plaques and AT8-positive dystrophic neurites in Tg2576 mice suggest a mechanism of senile plaque formation and progression of neuritic...

Galanin receptor occupancy and Alzheimer disease analyzed.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the United States have described increased galanin receptor occupancy in Alzheimer disease. "Increased galanin (GAL) may be associated with the cognitive deficits characteristic of...

Group's proposal to advance memory screenings passes Congress.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A proposal advanced by the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) to make memory screenings more accessible was attached to legislation approved by Congress recently, potentially leading to a greater...

Novel amyloid plaque imaging agents developed.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A pair of novel imaging agents may facilitate monitoring of amyloid plaque in the brains of Alzheimer disease (AD) patients. "In vivo imaging of amyloid plaques may be useful for evaluation and...

Pharma company files data with U.S. FDA for Alzheimer urine test.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ:NYMX) announced that it has filed an amendment to its premarket approval application (PMA) for the company's urine NTP test kit with the U.S. Food and Drug...

Region-specific tau isoform expression characterized.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Expression of tau protein isoforms has been characterized in different parts of the brain. In AD, "selective expression of tau isoforms might underlie the susceptibility of different brain areas to...

Role of tau phosphorylation in pathogenesis reviewed.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The role of tau phosphorylation in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease has been reviewed. "In healthy neurons, tau proteins regulate microtubule function in the axon," scientists in Germany...

Senile plaque measures more sensitive diagnostic measure than NFTs.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a small study indicate that measures of senile plaques are a more sensitive tool for distinguishing patients with Alzheimer disease from those with a healthy brain than neurofibrillary...

Donepezil safe in patients with Alzheimer disease.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Donepezil has a good safety and tolerability record in patients with Alzheimer disease. "Cholinesterase (ChE) inhibitors, which prevent the hydrolysis of acetylcholine, have been approved for the...

Treatment phase of Fibrillex TRIAL in amyloid A amyloidosis completed.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neurochem Inc. (NRMX) announced the completion of the treatment phase of the double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized and international phase II/III clinical trial (Study CL-503004) to measure the...

A novel mu-opioid receptor functions in morphine-induced analgesia.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study from the United States elucidates the role of mPKCI, a novel mu-opioid receptor interactive protein, in receptor desensitization, phosphorylation, and morphine-induced analgesia. "The human...

Company signs Novation agreement for anesthesia devices.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Draeger Medical, Inc., a subsidiary of German-based Draeger Medical, AG, & Co., KGaA, has signed an agreement with Novation, the supply company of VHA, Inc., and the University HealthSystem Consortium...

Goal of proposed system is to minimize perioperative complications.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent report described the Marburg model for optimization of stratification of the anesthesiological risk. Scientists in Germany report, "The perioperative risk is mostly determined by the...

Acute cobalt poisoning in vivo depresses Ca-sensitive K currents.
January 1, 2005... 2005 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent report described calcium-dependent changes in potassium currents in guinea-pig coronary artery smooth muscle cells after acute cobalt loading in vivo. According to a study from Bulgaria,...