Mayo Clinic discovers a key to 'low metabolism' and major factor in obesity
...ore. And conversely, when lean people artificially gain weight, they don't sit more. So the NEAT appears ...e lean people by 1,000 calories a day to make them gain weight, and underfed the obese people by 1,000 calories a day to replicate an intense diet. Research...Obesity and weight gain increase risk for kidney stones
Obesity and weight gain are associated with increased risk for developing ...one formation, and it has not been known if weight gain influences risk. Eric N. Taylor, M.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, B...Calcium boost to youths' bones could reduce osteoporosis risk
... growth spurt accounts for about 37 percent of the gain in the entire adult skeletal mass, meaning "inadequate calcium intake during this period compromises the bone mineral accumulation rate," Matkovic said. The seven-year length of the study allowed researchers to determine that calcium supplementation ...Clinical trial participants fare no better, no worse than other patients
...reason people participate in clinical trials is to gain access to new therapies that may offer treatment where none exists currently, or that offers benefits over currently available treatments," says CISCRP chairman Ken Getz. "Another top reason people participate is to help advance medical knowledge. ....Study shows drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex were widely over-used long before recent problems
...on by millions of people with little or nothing to gain from long-term use," Alexander said. "The findings," the authors note, "demonstrate the challenge of limiting innovative therapies to the settings in which they are initially targeted and maximally cost-effective." Carolanne Dai of the University of...Spinal repair pioneer to speak in NY on 20th Jan
...aign for UCL in New York this week to showcase and gain support for the groundbreaking research talking place across UCL, of which the work of Professor Raisman's team is one example."...More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
...for industrial and systems engineering students to gain hands-on experience," Hall said. "Once our testbed is fully implemented, we will be able to collect real-time data automatically. "In the future, we'd also like to develop a capability to remotely access the data from campus, so that students and f...Baby talk: Infants have much to say if adults will only listen
...mages, sounds and stimuli, the researchers hope to gain a more in-depth understanding of how language is learned and why children who hear from birth respond differently to noises and speech from children who were born with severe hearing impairments. "When a normal hearing infant hears a sharp, sudden n...Health report-card fears make doctors forgo potential life-saving heart treatment
...s, even though these patients may have the most to gain from angioplasty. Among the respondents, 83 percent agreed or strongly agreed that patients who might benefit from angioplasty may not receive the procedure as a result of public reporting of physician-specific mortality rates. The scoring system att...FDA approves Pfizer's Lyrica for the treatment of the two most common forms of neuropathic pain
...ry mouth, peripheral edema, blurred vision, weight gain and difficulty with concentration/attention. The discontinuation rate due to side effects was low. Lyrica is expected to be classified as a controlled substance in a category with lower potential for misuse or abuse relative to controlled substances ...Substance in urine predicts development of preeclampsia
...y PlGF levels in a much larger number of women, to gain a better understanding of individual variations in PlGF levels. Dr. Levine estimates that, pending the results of these studies, a urine test to screen for preeclampsia could be available in 4 to 5 years. He added that it also might be possible ...Surgical treatment of migraines reduces sick days and increases employee productivity ASPS study
...expressed extreme frustration by not being able to gain control of their lives," said Dr. Guyuron. "They wanted to work or spend time with their family. Through our new surgical discoveries, we are able to help the appropriate patients escape the awful effects of migraines and start living their lives a...US study highlights clear link between increased fast-food consumption and obesity
...ption has strong positive associations with weight gain and insulin resistance, suggesting that fast food ...ps. By comparison with the average 15-year weight gain in participants with infrequent (less than once a week) fast-food restaurant use at baseline and fol...Frequent fast food meals increase weight, diabetes risk, NHLBI study says
...adults who eat frequently at fast-food restaurants gain more weight and have a greater increase in insulin...k, according to Pereira. One reason for the weight gain may be that a single meal from one of these restaurants often contains enough calories to satisfy a ...Getting pregnant while on the pill: Yet another health hazard of being overweight
...o reduce unwanted side effects ranging from weight gain to risk of blood clots and stroke," Holt said. "Today's pill dose is high enough for most women but may not be adequate for all." So does this mean that overweight women who don't want to risk an unplanned pregnancy s...Research in yeast yields missing link in DNA maintenance machinery
...be repaired. But the bulky repair proteins need to gain access to the damaged areas of DNA. That's where I...he histone grip on DNA so the repair machinery can gain access and repair the broken ends, the scientists report. In particular, the scientists discovered ...Study suggests Akt3 protein is key to melanoma's resistance to chemotherapy
...ged cells are killed. But abnormal cancerous cells gain the ability to switch off PTEN, allowing dysfunctional, cancerous cells to survive and thrive. This study exposes another link in that chain reaction by connecting PTEN to Akt3 in melanomas. Robertson found that PTEN specifically regulates Akt3. Con...Shire receives US FDA approval of EQUETRO (TM) for bipolar disorder
...duct demonstrated no clinically significant weight gain or increase in blood glucose levels, thereby creat...ipolar disorder without causing significant weight gain or blood sugar changes is a very important addition to our armamentarium." Dr. Weisler is an adjunc...U of M research explores addiction as a computational process
...rs will be able to ask and answer key questions to gain valuable insight into addictive behavior. The model was developed based on two hypotheses: that dopamine serves as a reward-error learning signal to produce temporal-difference learning in the normal brain, and that cocaine produces an increase in d......fers 13 tips to help the whole family avoid weight gain over the holidays. TABOO ABOLISHED: SEX DURING MENOPAUSE DISCUSSED AT CEDARS-SINAI'S "RED HOT MAMAS" MENOPAUSE SUPPORT GROUP Experts estimate that half of all women going through menopause experience sexual dysfunction, and 80 percent of those w...