Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week articles from October 2003

Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week archives from October 2003

Fibrate and statins safe for use in obese patients.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fibrate and statins are safe for the treatment of hyperlipidemia in obese patients. "The most important side effects of fibrate and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase...

Obesity associated with depression in women but not in men.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obesity was associated with depression in women but not in men in a recent study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry. "The prevalence of depression (10%) and overweight (65%) indicates...

Elevation of C-reactive protein associated with obesity in boys.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elevation of serum C-reactive protein levels is associated with obesity in boys. According to a study from Japan, "This study aimed to reveal the relationships among C-reactive protein (CRP),...

Ghrelin induces increased feeding by inducing Fos, thus neuronal activation.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ghrelin acts on the hypothalamus to induce increased feeding, by inducing Fos and thus neuronal activation. According to a study from the United States, "Ghrelin stimulates feeding when...

Low-back pain associated with obesity.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low-back pain was significantly associated with obesity. "Obesity and low-back pain (LBP) are common health problems among patients attending Primary Health Care (PHC) in general practice at the...

Propranolol and atenolol pharmacokinetics in obese patients reported.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The pharmacokinetics of propranolol and atenolol in normolipemic and hyperlipidemic obese patients have been reported in a recent issue of Biopharmaceutics and Drug Disposition. "The lipophilic...

Sports participation beneficial for children with Down syndrome.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sports participation is beneficial for children with Down syndrome. "Participation in sports has numerous benefits for children, including socialization, discipline, and physical fitness. This is no...

Oral melatonin reduces proinflammatory response induced by amyloid-beta protein.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oral antioxidants melatonin and vitamins C and E reduced nitrites, lipoperoxides; but melatonin also reduced the proinflammatory response in an amyloid beta inflammation model. "To determine the...

BMI affects weight changes and mortality of patients on hemodialysis.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Initial body mass indexes have contrary effects on change in body weight and mortality of patients on maintenance hemodialysis treatment. According to a study from Austria, "Malnutrition is a...

Increased physical activity reduces women's disease risk by 20%.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Increased physical activity, even when begun later in life, reduces overall breast cancer risk by 20% among women at all levels of risk for the disease, according to a study led by researchers at Fred...

Fatty acid type dictates taurine's effects on high cholesterol levels.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fatty acid type dictates taurine's effects on high cholesterol levels. "We studied whether the type of dietary fatty acid influences the preventive effect of taurine on the ovarian hormone...

Atwater energy equivalents overestimate energy intake in older adults.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Atwater energy equivalents overestimate metabolizable energy intake in older humans. "The Atwater energy equivalents of 16.7, 16.7, and 37.7 kJ/g of protein, carbohydrate, and fat, respectively,...

Harvard study connects diet, dry eye.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the largest study to date examining the relationship of diet to dry eye, researchers at Harvard Medical School have discovered that eating more of the omega-3s in flaxseed and fish can help prevent...

Antioxidant and cholesterol profile differ in pro and amateur cyclists.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The effect of exercise intensity and training on antioxidants and cholesterol profiles was different in professional than in amateur cyclists. According to a study from Spain, "The aim of this work...

Company announces record August revenues, up 151% versus previous year.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medifast, Inc., (MED) announced record revenues for the month of August. The company's revenues were approximately $2.2 million, a 151% increase versus the same period last year. The growth in...

Experts urge people to exercise more.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It took Americans decades to forget how to walk, and experts think it could take longer to learn it all over again. But if nothing changes, people will keep padding on calories they should burn...

Women exercising greater than or equal to40 minutes/day, 5 times/week see long-term weight loss.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who exercised 250 to 300 minutes per week, in recommended increments totaling 40 to 60 minutes a day, 5 days per week, and reduced calorie and fat intake, lost up to 15% of their body weight, or...

Company launches new high-density CodeLink UniSet mouse bioarray.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amersham Biosciences, the life-sciences business of Amersham (AHM), announced the addition of the CodeLink UniSet Mouse 20K I Bioarray to its CodeLink Expression range. This new high density...

Corporate clients and employees can access wellness imaging service destinations.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- flexSCAN Inc., a provider of wellness-oriented corporate benefit programs, announced that it will, with Alliance Imaging (AIQ) of Anaheim, California , provide community-based wellness imaging service...

Study seeks to clarify link between fat and high blood pressure.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- How fat contributes to high blood pressure is the focus of a new study at the Medical College of Georgia that is part of a U.S. National Institutes of Health initiative to understand the relationship...

Leptin peptide is potent inhibitor of leptin receptor function.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A peptide derived from the human leptin molecule is a potent inhibitor of the leptin receptor function in rabbit endometrial cells. According to recent research from the United States, "In this...

Study considers influence of daily alcohol consumption.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The association between alcohol consumption and the development of coronary heart disease is complex and not fully understood. Observational studies support that light to moderate alcohol consumption is...

Comfort-food cravings may be body's attempt to put brake on chronic stress.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of California San Francisco (UCSF) researchers have identified a biochemical feedback system in rats that could explain why some people crave comfort foods - such as chocolate chip cookies...

People are consuming fewer trans-fatty acids.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People are eating fewer trans-fatty acids than they were 2 decades ago, according to research conducted at the University of Minnesota. In recent years, concern has arisen about the potential health...

Poor American families face "eat or heat" dilemma.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Poor families respond to higher heating costs in the winter by buying less food and eating fewer calories - a tradeoff that richer families don't have to make, a U.S. study concludes. While both...

Overweight patients twice as likely to have second heart attack.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Heart attack patients who are overweight or obese are about twice as likely as normal-weight patients to have a second heart attack and die of heart-related causes, according to findings of a Mayo...

Bracing is less effective in overweight teens.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In teenagers, being overweight appears to threaten the success of wearing a back brace, the most commonly prescribed and only proven nonsurgical treatment for curvature of the spine, say researchers...

Supplement maker to list on New York Stock Exchange.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NBTY, Inc., (NBTY), a manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, will list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE). Its new symbol is "NTY." NBTY Chairman and CEO,...

Study: Chromium picolinate lowers blood sugar in insulin-treated people.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a study presented at the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Congress in Paris researchers from Isala Clinics and University Hospital Groningen, Netherlands showed that daily nutritional...

Losing weight may lower cholesterol, boost immunity.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists funded by the U.S. Agricultural Research Service found that volunteers with high cholesterol and/or triglycerides who followed both a low-fat and low-calorie diet not only lost weight, but...

Zearalenone intake from Swiss grains estimated.
October 4, 2003... 2003 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zearalenone intake from grain products in Switzerland is estimated to be "The aim of this study was the procurement of relevant data concerning the occurrence and concentration levels of zearalenone...

Pancreatic polypeptide reduces appetite and food intake in humans.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A pancreatic polypeptide reduced appetite and food intake in healthy adults. According to published research from England, "Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) is a gut hormone released from the pancreas...

Obesity increases risk of pancreatic cancer.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found a weak association between obesity and pancreatic cancer. "Smoking and diabetes are the only established risk factors for pancreatic cancer. Findings from recent studies...

Alcohol drinking patterns differentially affect central adiposity.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alcohol drinking patterns differentially affect central adiposity as measured by abdominal height. "Alcohol drinking in light-to-moderate amounts has been associated with reduced coronary heart...

Metabolic disorders in bulimia nervosa and binge eating described.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have described the range of metabolic disorders common in patients with bulimia nervosa and binge eating. According to a study from Mexico, "Binge eating disorder (BED) patients are...

Obesity risk linked to carbohydrate intake in certain genotype.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The risk of obesity is associated with carbohydrate intake in women carrying the Gln27Glu beta2-adrenoceptor polymorphism. According to a study from Spain, "Interindividual differences in the...

Selectively bred Sprague-Dawley rats respond differently to diet.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Selectively bred Sprague-Dawley rats respond differently to low-fat diets. "Outbred Sprague-Dawley rats selectively bred for their propensity to develop diet-induced obesity (DIO) become heavier on...

Fasting plasma ghrelin levels examined in subtypes of anorexia nervosa.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The fasting plasma ghrelin levels in subtypes of anorexia nervosa were reported in a recent issue of the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. "Ghrelin has a role in regulating eating behavior and...

Invasive arterial catheter use reduced due to blood pressure monitoring systems.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medwave Inc. (MDWV), developer of sensor-based, noninvasive blood pressure measuring solutions, reported that anesthesiologists at Northwest Medical Center of Tucson, Arizona, recently informed Medwave...

Low fat/high fiber diet doesn't appear to reduce risk.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A diet low in fat and high in fiber reduces levels of circulating ovarian hormones, such as estrogen and progesterone, but not enough to have significant effect in reducing a woman's risk of breast...

Study shows overweight, obesity linked to increased cancer risk.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study by researchers at the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) suggests being overweight could double a woman's risk of developing one type of cervical cancer, known as cervical adenocarcinoma....

Excess weight among children in England on the increase.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Excess weight among children in England is increasing. "Excess weight in children is thought to be widely prevalent and to be increasing. An analysis of the data for children collected in the...

Food intake can be inhibited by cholecystokinin independently of IL-1 beta.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Food intake can be inhibited independently by cholecystokinin-8 and interleukin-1 beta in the animal model brain. "Increasing evidence has suggested that cholecystokinin (CCK) is involved in...

Unbalanced maternal diets affect offspring stress hormone later on.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Unbalanced maternal diets affect offspring stress hormone later on. "Recent studies have linked maternal consumption of an unbalanced high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet in late pregnancy with...

First lady urges women to take care of their hearts.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- First Lady Laura Bush on September 16, 2003, visited with women in the Kansas City, Missouri, area who had survived heart attacks or were at risk for heart disease. "We all take care of our...

Supplement maker reports 12% revenue increase for fiscal 2003.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Natural Alternatives International (NAI), Inc., (NAII), a formulator and manufacturer of customized nutritional supplements, reported net income of $1.1 million or $0.18 per diluted share on revenue of...

Poor fitness increases risk of death in women more than in men.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physical fitness level predicts death in women more than in men, Chicago researchers report. Findings from the St. James Women Take Heart Project (WTH) could influence how doctors test and treat women...

Researchers find caffeine reduces muscle pain during exercise.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- That cup of coffee in the morning does more than wake you up. It can also help you feel less pain during your morning workout. That's what researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have found...

Research from WAO Congress brings new insight about allergic reactions to food.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research released at the World Allergy Organization's (WAO) Congress in Vancouver offered a different outlook on food allergies. Results from a food allergy reporting system in Norway show no...

Poor health affects businesses' bottom line.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chronic conditions like obesity and asthma cost U.S. businesses billions of dollars in health insurance costs and lost productivity, according to a report released September 16, 2003, by the U.S....

Jump exercises strengthen rodent bones regardless of hormone status.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Jump exercises strengthen rodent bones regardless of hormone status. "The effect of jump exercise on middle-aged osteopenic rats was investigated. Forty-two 9 month old female rats were either...

Report: Insurers won't reimburse weight-loss treatment; cite lack of data.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Decision Resources, Inc., has issued a report indicating that the obese population is highly underserved. The inability of patients to maintain weight loss with currently available therapies...

Sleep loss reduces diurnal rhythm amplitude of leptin in healthy men.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sleep loss reduces diurnal rhythm amplitude of leptin in healthy men. "The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of sleep loss on the diurnal rhythm of circulating leptin levels....

Company launches metabolic pathway maps and Signature flux equations.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lipomics Technologies, Inc., announced two new products for metabolic research, Lipomics Insight and Signature. Lipomics Insight metabolic pathway maps assemble the results of TrueMass lipid...

Martek completes acquisition of South Carolina company.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Martek Biosciences Corp. (MATK) announced that it has completed its planned acquisition of certain of the assets and assumption of certain of the liabilities of FermPro Manufacturing, L.P., of...

Study: Low-calorie diet can extend life.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It has long been known that laboratory animals live longer on a low-calorie diet. Now a study suggests that even if sensible eating is delayed until middle age, health can be improved and life...

Increase in forearm fractures seen among adolescents.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Forearm fractures are on the rise among both adolescent boys and girls, according to a Mayo Clinic study. During childhood, the incidence of distal forearm fractures (those located near the wrist)...

Study: Multivitamins linked with reduced risk of heart attack.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Multivitamin/mineral supplement users may have a lower risk for myocardial infarction (MI) according to an observational study, reports the organization Vitamin Nutrition Information Service (VINS)....

Oat bran product available to consumers.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- OatVantage, an all-natural, highly concentrated source of oat bran, is now available as a nutritional supplement in U.S. health food stores and provides a convenient, new option to help supply the...

Enteral tube feeding did not suppress food intake in healthy men.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Short-term continuous enteral tube feeding schedules did not suppress appetite and food intake in healthy men in a placebo-controlled trial. "Tube feeding (TF) provides a model with which to study...

New obesity drug in phase III development.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and intends to commercialize therapeutic medicines for the treatment of serious medical conditions, announced...

Best, worst snacks for kids listed.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While children need to exercise to keep their waistlines trim, schools could do their part by offering healthier snacks in school in place of junk food and sodas, activists say. As part of a...

Polypeptide analogs offer potential for treating type 2 diabetes.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Insulinotropic polypeptide analogs offer potential for treating obesity-induced diabetes. "Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) is a key incretin hormone, released postprandially...

Vitamin C supplementation reduces constitutive ICAM-1 expression.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin C supplementation in normal subjects reduced constitutive ICAM-1 expression. "Regulation of monocyte adhesion molecule gene expression is via redox sensitive transcription factors. We have...

Overweight Americans don't believe they are at risk for diabetes.
October 11, 2003... 2003 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent survey from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) found that many overweight and obese Americans do not believe they are at serious risk for type 2 diabetes. Even though more than half...

Serum C-reactive protein related to obesity in pregnant women.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The serum levels of C-reactive protein were related to obesity in pregnant women. "Acute-phase biomarkers such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and IL-6 have emerged as predictors of incident type 2...

Postnatally overfed rats possess altered responses to neuropeptides.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Early postnatally overfed rats possess altered responses to orexigenic (AGRP, MCH) and anorexigenic (Alpha-MSH, CART) neuropeptides of paraventricular hypothalamic neurons. According to a study...

Obesity increases risk of some hormone-dependent tumors.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cohort and co-twin control studies based on the Swedish Twin Registry indicated that obesity increases the risk of some hormone-dependent tumors, especially in older adults. According to recent...

ELISA system for quantification of resistin developed.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have developed an ELISA system for quantification of resistin. According to recent research from Japan, "Obesity is a major risk factor for insulin resistance. Resistin, an...

Cerebral endothelial barrier not altered in diet-induced obesity.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The cerebral endothelial barrier is not altered in diet-induced obesity. According to a study from Germany, "Leptin, a potent anorectic, 16-kDa, adipose tissue-derived protein, predominantly acts...

Rise in cellular pH and sodium uptake greater in obese patients.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adrenaline stimulation of human Na[superscript]+-H[superscript]+ antiport (NHE 1) erythrocyte activity was greater in obese than in lean individuals. According to a study from Greece, "The effect...

Cellular problem discovered behind syndrome of obesity, learning disabilities.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A research team led by Johns Hopkins University scientists has discovered a potential new contributor to obesity - faulty cilia. Many a high school biology student has glanced into a microscope to...

Exercise intensity affects risks of cancer.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The intensity of physical activity significantly affects the risks of some cancers. According to recent research from Spain, "The aim of the present study was to analyze the relationships among...

Fibroblasts hold clues to fat, scars, and inflammation.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists used to think that fibroblasts - the cells that form basic tissue structures - were little more than scaffolding on which more important cells would climb. But University of Rochester...

Resistance exercise resets the body clock.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Resistance exercise may directly reset the body clocks in skeletal muscle, according to research. This result may partly explain how exercising early in the day helps jet-lagged bodies readjust to...

Have researchers found a new genetic model for obesity?
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A gene involved in lipid metabolism, and consequently relevant for studies in obesity and diabetes, has been described in Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) by a team of researchers. Luis...

High-protein diet produces metabolic adaptations in type 2 diabetes.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A high-protein, weight-maintenance diet resulted in a number of metabolic adaptations in patients with type 2 diabetes. According to recent research from the United States, "In a randomized,...

Reduced basal hunger contributes to anorexia in older adults.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reduced basal hunger, not an increase in meal-induced satiety, contributes to the anorexia of older adults. According to a study from Australia, "Aging is associated with a reduction in appetite...

Bulimics receive negative family support.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers investigating the role family plays on the development and maintenance of bulimia have found patients with the condition see their ongoing and past family relationships in a negative light....

Cadmium and lead content high in foods in Kuwait.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The lead and cadmium content of foods in Kuwait was above the standards set by the World Health Organization for children. "To assess the health risks associated with dietary exposure of the...

Obesity does not increase knee joint torque and power during walking.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obesity is not associated with increased knee joint torque and power during level walking. According to recent research published in the Journal of Biomechanics, "While it is widely speculated...

New York City pharmaceuticals company announces asset sale and arbitration settlement.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Manhattan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (MHTP) has sold all of its remaining rights to the CT-3 technology to Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the company's licensee, for aggregate consideration of...

Sinusol maker receives commitment to raise $500,000.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advanced Plant Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (APPI), a company that utilizes whole plants through a proprietary (patent pending) manufacturing process to develop all-natural Whole Plant Pharmaceuticals and...

Supplement company begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
October 18, 2003... 2003 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NBTY, Inc., (NTY), a manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, announced that its shares of common stock have begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol "NTY." ...