Thanksgiving gluttony misaligned with 'intuitive eating' approach examined in new study
Counting calories isn't the best way to lose weight, according to a new Brigham Young University study that suggests that an approach toward food called "intuitive eating" is better at producing lower cholesterol levels, body mass index scores and cardiovascular disease risk. "The basic premise...Drug may combat weight loss during radiation treatments
...radiation or chemotherapy and had already begun to lose weight. In the current study, patients were given megestrol acetate from the start of treatment, to prevent weight loss. "While we know that weight loss is associated with a poorer outcome, we don't know for certain that preventing weight loss will ...Major ovarian cancer clinical study announced at Yale using combination drug therapy
...tivity to drugs such as taxanes once they start to lose that sensitivity." The Phase Ib/IIa clinical study is supported by Sanofi-Aventis and Marshall Edwards, Inc. It will combine phenoxodiol, which is in the investigational phase with docetaxel, a second-generation taxane--drug that inhibits cell growth...Short-term survival rates better for US vs. Canadian heart failure patients
...tter short-term survival than those in Canada, but lose that advantage over time. Published in the November 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, the study compared the patterns of care and outcomes of 28,521 Medicare patients with 8,180 similarly aged patients hospitalized in Canada. Compared to C...Two landmark papers on amputation prevention in diabetes unveiled
...k for wounds, gangrene and amputation because many lose feeling in their feet. This year's World Diabetes Day is focused on increasing awareness of this very common problem, which can often be easily prevented by a visit to a foot care specialist....Insulin levels drop with progression of Alzheimer's disease, linked to tangles in brain
...ses. Second, insulin and its related protein IGF-I lose their ability to bind to corresponding cell receptors, creating a resistance to the growth factors and thus causing cells to malfunction and eventually die. "This has important implications for treatment," de la Monte says. "If you could target the ...Personal fulfillment may motivate adolescents to be physically active
...be fit), weight-based motivation (e.g., wanting to lose weight), parent-influenced motivation (e.g., parents want them to), and peer-influenced motivation (e.g., social activity with friends, to be like the popular kids at school)," the authors write. "Adolescents were most likely to report personal fulfi...Teen weight control behavior may reflect mothers' attitudes on weight
..., and 22 percent reported frequently attempting to lose weight during the past year. Also, 0.4 percent of girls and 3.7 percent of boys accurately perceived that their weight was important to their mother. Eight percent of girls had frequently dieted during the past year. "Although few adolescents accurat...Hundreds of thousands celebrate 'Move It or Lose It!'
...wn bone health, avoid osteoporosis and "move it or lose it" were produced and broadcast throughout the world. Many of IOF's 172 member societies in more than 80 countries, on all continents, conducted World Osteoporosis Day campaigns, reaching more than 50% of the world's population. The number of med...Digestive problems may impede overweight people from exercising
... physician put a patient on an exercise program to lose weight the GI problems experienced might hamper the patient's ability to exercise." People in the study reported experiencing a variety of problems: 19 percent said they had abdominal pain, 13 percent had irritable bowel syndrome, 25 percent had dia...Take a deep breath: UVA health system opens clinical trial of emphysema treatment
...tream, causing shortness of breath. The lungs also lose their elasticity, which is important to keep airways open. Emphysema doesn't develop suddenly. Years of exposure to the irritation of cigarette smoke usually precede its development....Doctors group gives New Year's diet tips
...lant-based diet is more effective at helping women lose weight and improve insulin sensitivity than an omn...ns, and other healthful foods that enabled them to lose weight without feeling hungry," says Dr. Neal Barnard, the study's lead author. "Anyone who wants to...New neurons take baby steps in the adult brain
...ury, scientists thought the adult brain could only lose nerve cells, not gain them, but in fact, new neurons do form during adulthood in all mammals, including humans, and become a working part of the adult brain in mice at the very least. In the first study to show how these "baby" neurons are integrate...Cancer researchers describe gene that halts spread of aggressive childhood cancer
...man tissue that as soon as the neuroblastoma cells lose caspase 8, suddenly you have a much more aggressive disease," said Stupack. "This explains why we see the loss of caspase 8 in 70 percent of aggressive neuroblastomas in children." Neuroblastoma is a solid tumor cancer that usually originates in the ...Follow-up study shows drug slows severe Alzheimer's symptoms for one year
...n the moderate to severe stages, patients begin to lose the ability to care for themselves. They generally have trouble dressing and bathing; many can no longer make a cup or coffee or tea for themselves. The authors of the study are: Dr. Reisberg and Steven Ferris, Ph.D., from NYU School of Medicine; Rac...Exercise is linked to later onset of dementia and Alzheimer's disease
...se older people to 'use it even after you start to lose it,' because exercise may slow the progression of age-related problems in thinking," said Larson. The study followed 1,740 Group Health members, aged 65 and older over a six-year period. The researchers contacted the participants every two years to a......ople really should 'use it even after you start to lose it,' because exercise may slow the progression of age-related problems in thinking," Larson said. In an accompanying editorial, "Mens Sana in Corpore Sano," Laura Podewils, MS, PhD, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Eliseo Gua...New study examines scope of online breast cancer support groups
...heir family and friends perceive they have more to lose from breast cancer, and therefore are more inclined to communicate about those feelings with others. "What women often wrote about their fears was that breast cancer might cut short their time to enjoy family and be around for important milestones as...'Vioxx like' drugs may still be best option for arthritis, write scientists
...ions of NSAIDs (linked to inhibition of COX-2) but lose the gastric side effects (linked to inhibition of COX-1). The researchers reviewed over one hundred papers on the subject and looked at the latest recommendations from organisations such as the American Federal Drugs Administration on the use of COX-...Mice studies illustrate potential of chimp/human antibodies to protect against smallpox
...ther of the two types of hybrid antibodies did not lose weight. Since there was no difference in the protective abilities between the two hybrid antibodies, the researchers used 8AH8AL to determine the minimum effective dose. Groups of mice were given decreasing doses--90, 45 and 22.5 micrograms per mouse...