US study highlights clear link between increased fast-food consumption and obesity
...eight gain and insulin resistance, suggesting that fast food increases the risk of obesity and type 2 diab...are costs of $100 billion each year. The effect of fast food on risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes has received little attention. Mark A Pereira (Universit...Government solutions won't cure kids' obesity, survey says
...em. Most of the people surveyed said junk food and fast food, followed by too much time spent in front of the television, are the biggest culprits. Although the survey participants did not want to see specific taxes on foods, more than 70 percent said they would support a $25 income tax increase to suppo...Anti-psychotic drugs may be associated with increased risk of diabetes in schizophrenia patients
...to follow to maintain body weight and were told to fast for 12 hours prior to undergoing a frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test. "Both nonobese clozapine- and olanzapine-treated groups displayed significant insulin resistance and impairment of glucose effectiveness compared with risper...Magnetic resonance imaging deconstructs brain's complex network
...ed" nodes act as hubs, providing the networks with fast transmission of information. "Overall, our initial results indicate that the brain networks share these two fundamental properties, implying that the underlying properties can be understood using the theoretical framework already advanced in the stu...Study of CPR quality reveals frequent deviation from guidelines
...on feedback. Now, with a device that tells us how fast we are going, we think we can rein in the speeders and speed up those who fall behind." The key to this study was an investigational monitor/defibrillator, developed by Laerdal Medical Corporation and Philips Medical Systems. The device records the ...Morbidly obese pay nearly twice as much for health care
...s index (BMI) of 40 or higher), is rising twice as fast as obesity (BMI greater than 30) in the United States. Between 1990 and 2000, the prevalence of morbid obesity increased from 0.78 percent to 2.2 percent, representing a total of over 4.8 million morbidly obese U.S. adults in the year 2000. The auth...Johns Hopkins scientists receive presidential medals
...opkins and a collaborator of Giacconi's. "He holds fast to the highest possible levels of scientific and technical truth. He possesses profound physical insight, and his strategic understanding into where astronomy and astrophysics is going and the path, in fact, it should be taking is unmatched in the fi...Mayo Clinic researcher calls for improved newborn screening
...iver, and congenital disorders of glycosylation, a fast growing group of newly discovered inborn errors of metabolism. Dr. Rinaldo's remarks were part of a symposium entitled "The Future of Newborn Screening: Science, Policy and Technology," organized by researchers from the National Institute of Childho...OHSU scientists develop MRI approach to improve breast cancer detection
...anging of a camera's shutter speed. On a camera, a fast shutter speed can make a speeding car look as if it is standing still. A slower shutter speed may result in a photo showing the car blurring past the camera. This principle, when correctly applied to MRI imaging, can provide more accurate information...Breakthrough in medical research: New chemotherapy gives hope to brain tumour patients
...g to a new standard of care for patients with this fast growing and devastating cancer. The results of this landmark trial are published in two companion papers in this weeks' edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (publication date: 10 March 2005). Primary tumours originating in the brain accou...Brain imaging study may hold clues to onset of schizophrenia in people at high risk
... by pressing a button," Belger said. "Accurate and fast performance on this test requires both the maintenance of attention and vigilance, as well as the ability to rapidly discriminate between target events and other non-target distracters, such as the colored squares and objects." The scanner mapped par...Mechanism of RNA recoding: New twists in brain protein production
...osine (A) to inosine (I). Proteins responsible for fast chemical and electrical signaling in animal nervous systems are the main targets of this process. In a prior study, Reenan's group identified species-specific patterns of RNA recoding on such targets, but didn't explain how they were determined or ho...Explosion of child obesity predicted to shorten us life expectancy
...ld disappear," he asserts. In the past 40 years, fast food, junk food, and soft drinks have become a pro...ched fact sheet). Schools have become purveyors of fast food and soft drinks through contracts with the food and beverage industry that help fund school pro...US life expectancy about to decline, researchers say
...o-author of the study. For children in particular, fast food, sugar-sweetened beverages and other high-calorie/low-quality junk foods are major contributors to obesity. "These adverse changes in diet have been driven by a multi-billion dollar marketing campaign by the food industry aimed at young children...RIT takes eye-tracking research to next level
...on on the new class of large displays. Knowing how fast an object is moving across a viewer's retina-rather than on the screen-will help them write software algorithms to overcome hardware limitations. "The challenges to the imaging designers of those systems cannot be solved without understanding how pe...Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine
...isis in health care today by returning and holding fast to these long-held values." (Arch Intern Med. 2005; 165: 607 608. Available post-embargo at www.archinternmed.com .) Related Articles: Negative Physician Attitudes Toward HIV-Infected Injection Drug Users To contact corresponding author, Paul D. C...Exercise-induced shortness of breath not always caused by asthma
...t, abnormal breathing patterns - they breathed too fast and too shallow to maximize their lung capacity. Weinberger noted that these physical abnormalities, which included minor degrees of scoliosis, were generally not otherwise problematic for the patients and only caused breathing problems during vigoro...