Hopkins study shows combined hormone therapy increases muscle, decreases fat in postmenopausal women
...men had an average 2 to 4percent reduction in body fat and an average 4 to 6 percent increase in musclema...t, estrogen alone yielded slight increases in both fat andmuscle. "Postmenopausal women often experience an increase in fat tissue and a decreasein muscle ...Risk factors for women remain high one year after heart surgery
...ugh patients reported consumingless fat, saturated fat and dietary cholesterol, amounts remained aboverecommended levels. "The study indicates that heart disease risk factors are not beingadequately managed," says Allen. "And because coronary heart disease is by farthe leading cause of death amon...Children CATCH on to heart-health messages
...gh 5 maintained a diet significantly lower intotal fat and saturated fat and continued to pursue more vigorous physicalactivity levels compared to the students in the contro...Cholesterol lowering margarine may not benefit those already eating a healthy diet
...ol lowering margarine may not be useful in healthy fat modified diet) Benecol, the 'cholesterol lowerin...based on trials with people who consume an average fat containing diet. Those studied had an intake of dietary fat of about 35 per cent of total energy i...Obesity drugs not a quick fix for achieving weight loss
..., called Xenical (orlistat),prevents absorption of fat from the gastrointestinal tract. When compared withstudy patients who were given inactive placebos, about twice as many patientstreated with Xenical had lost 10 percent or more of their body weight at the endof one year. Klein says, however, that pa...When it comes to food, do your children want what they can't have?
...red. Most adults know that foods that are high in fat or sugar and low in vitamins and minerals should be consumed inmoderation, but most children do not. Restricting access to these types of foods may work in the short-term, but it may negatethe long-term goal of developing healthy eating patterns. As...National Cancer Institute to support statewide UNC-CH colon cancer study
...e low in those foods, Campbell said. Diets high in fat and thosethat include a lot of meat -- especially grilled meats - appear to boost therisk of colon cancer, research indicates. Many volunteers for Sandler's study already have shown interestparticipating in the new work as well, Campbell said...UCSF researchers report new risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
...lly, macrophages become activatedupon ingestion of fat and cholesterol. Like NSAIDS, cholesterol-lowering...e anti-inflammatory properties. They also decrease fat uptake in the gut,thereby decreasing activation of macrophages, which in turn inhibits theproduction...Friends don't influence the prejudices and stereotypes of adolescents
...dice against those with AIDS, blacks, homosexuals, fat people and sex role stereotyping. Each student also listed up to five of their closest friends in the classroom and answered questions about his or her closeness to each. The researchers did not find significant effects of friend's attitudes on an ...Study reveals how brain controls eating in normal rats
...n, a new study by Boston researchers shows how the fat hormone leptin works in the brain to trigger the n...s study directly links neurons that respond to the fat hormone leptin and critical populations of nerve cells that regulate feeding behavior." Since the ...University of Pittsburgh study finds that simple test spots early signs of heart disease in women
...baseline measurements takenwere caloric intake and fat as a percentage of total calories, blood samples,blood pressure, levels of total cholesterol, LDLc, HDLc, triglycerides andphysical activity. After an average of 11 years, 168 of the women later underwent an EBCT of theheart and aorta to measure calc...UT Southwestern to study lipodystrophy syndrome in HIV-infected patients
...mmunodeficiency-virus but has been implicated in a fat distributiondisorder called lipodystrophy that mor...l as HIV, lipodystrophy - which is a loss of body fat - hasits own serious complications: diabetes and cholesterol disorders. Both increasethe risk of hea...Hormone linked to body weight may help regulate blood pressure
...lood pressure. Leptin is a hormone manufactured in fat cells of the body. It affects foodintake and ener...eptin levels," Takizawa says. "One isthe amount of fat volume (quantity) a person has because leptin is produced infat cells. A second factor is whether th......t reducing dailyfood consumption, reducing dietary fat and increasing physical activity eachweek. A weight-loss drug may be used by participants for whom weight loss ismore difficult. Experts in nutrition, exercise and behavior change from across thecountry will design these interventions so they...National study focuses on families of people with diabetes and obesity
...ody toproduce excess insulin, cholesterol and body fat and appears to be a risk factorfor heart disease. ...CT scans that candetermine the amount of abdominal fat and quantify excess abdominal fat. Excessfat around the middle is considered a much greater heart di...New therapy raises good cholesterol results in regression of heart disease in mice
...y were fed a diet high in cholesterol andsaturated fat to induce atherosclerosis. Some of the mice were injected withan inactive virus, while the others were injected with a virus containing theapoA-1 gene. After four weeks, the mice treated with the apoA-1 gene had significantregression of......urpose wasto examine the role of fiber compared to fat and other major dietary componentsin the development of hyperinsulinemia (an abnormally high level of insulin inthe blood), obesity and other CVD risk factors (e.g. hypertension, high bloodcholesterol). Insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia are as......ore, if mom is eating something or has in her body fat something that can act like sex hormones, it is logical to wonder if that could change the baby's development," said Dr. Hughes. "If there is an impact, is it positive, negative or irrelevant?" To determine if unborn babies are indeed exposed to phy...New sterol spread can reduce bad cholesterol
... will still need to follow a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol and probably take cholesterol-lowe...simply eating a diet that is low in both saturated fat and cholesterol can reduce LDL cholesterol levels by 5-10 percent. "So, if on top of that you can g......duce salt consumption, eat a diet low in saturated fat and high in fruits and vegetables, and, exercise if they are able. Co-authors are Marc A. Pfeffer, M.D., Ph.D.,Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Duncan J.Stewart, M.D., St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Edmund K. Kerut, Heart Clinic of Lou...