How to market diet pills: Prescription and over-the-counter pills may increase unhealthy behavior
...li, the first FDA-approved over-the-counter weight loss pill, hits shelves nationwide this Friday. Whether...cating consumers that the road to long term weight loss goals requires hard work and a long term commitment. Its effectiveness is maximized in conjunction w...Children's brain responses predict impact of sleep loss on attention
...ough sleep can accurately predict the impact sleep loss has on their ability to pay attention during the course of a day, according to a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday at SLEEP 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). Brian Millis, of the Uni...Sleep restriction affects children's speech
... school-age children suggests that even mild sleep loss produces marked deficits in their cognitive develo...s. "Our research has shown that even minor sleep loss of one hour less per night for seven nights contributes to disruptions in neurocognitive functioning...Catastrophic events can affect a person's sleep
...struck the Gulf Coast in late August 2005, causing loss of lives, extensive damage, and the evacuation of ... such as snoring, breathing pauses during sleep or loss of continuous positive airway pressure; (2) Insomnia-related complaints such as difficulty achieving...How to lose weight and not go hungry: HU researcher develops drug that mimics feeling of 'fullness'
...salem feels he has come up with a practical weight loss solution for the obese person without his having to feel hungry. For this development, Yaniv Linde, a 32-year-old Ph.D. student of Prof. Chaim Gilon in the Department of Organic Chemistry at the Hebrew University, has been named a first place winn...Loss of stem cells correlates with premature aging in animal study
...in embryo development leads to premature aging and loss of stem cell reservoirs in adult mice. This gene, ...ature aging syndromes and many cancers involve the loss of DNA repair genes. When the researchers deleted ATR in the tissues of adult mice, they noticed t...UK scientists set their sights on cure for AMD
...t of over-60s in the UK have some degree of visual loss due to AMD, and some 14 million people in Europe c...and so failure of these cells leads to progressive loss of vision. In addition, the disease often provokes a scarring process at the back of the eye leading...Low-carb diets' effects linked to rise in newly identified 'starvation hormone'
...positive effect of the Atkins dietincluding weight loss and an increase in good cholesterol," Kliewer continued. The degree to which the physiological effects of a ketogenic diet in humans mimic those seen in mice remains to be determined, Maratos-Flier added. She intends to examine FGF21 levels in huma...New drug shows promise in treatment of advanced thyroid cancer
...g, diarrhea (47%), nausea (32%), consequent weight loss (23%) and vomiting (13%). Several patients complained of headaches or rash. This study enrolled patients with several different types of thyroid cancer and it "had an effect of all sub-types," Cohen said. All patients in this trial had advanced ...U-M study finds lymphoma drug effective over long term
...ny unpleasant side effects, including nausea, hair loss and infections. Bexxar, whose chemical name is t...everal weeks after the treatment. There is no hair loss and nausea is rare. Kaminski and his colleague Richard Wahl (formerly at U-M and now at Johns Hopk...Benefits of school-based fitness programs fade after summer
...cation of resources, unintended consequences and a loss of credibility among policymakers. (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161:611-614. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org .) Editors Note: Dr. Cawley is an evaluator of the following school-based anti-obesity interventions: the Heal...Study examines characteristics of female high school students who report steroid use
...bolic steroids are body-shaping agents and cause a loss in body fat and an increase in lean tissue; therefore, their association with unhealthy weight loss practices was not surprising, the authors write. The findings highlight important associations amo...Blocking stress protein decreases Alzheimer's peptide in mice
...s are believed to be a primary cause of the memory loss and other mental damage inflicted by Alzheimer's disease. They are mostly comprised of a peptide known as amyloid beta, so researchers immediately suspected that stress was increasing amyloid beta levels. But because there are other factors that can ...AMPAKINE compounds a new potential treatment for respiratory depression
...signals at connections between brain cells. The loss of these connections may be, in part, responsible for memory and behavior problems in Alzheimer's disease, neurological disorders, and even aging. Research data suggests that ampakine molecules may improve neurotransmitter deficiencies implicated in ...Brain-boosting pill alleviates post-chemotherapy fogginess
...tration. Importantly, the deficits can lead to job loss or social dysfunction. Scientists have not yet discovered the precise cause of chemo-brain. A separate research group at the University of Rochester is investigating the toxicity of cancer-killing drugs on healthy brain cells. In 2006 they showed t...Treatment for early prostate cancer associated with type of specialist seen
...ea and erectile dysfunction for radiation therapy; loss of libido, hot flashes and breast tenderness for hormone therapy. There are no physical side effects associated with watchful waiting....Nonhormonal drug reduces hot flashes in men treated for prostate cancer
...aries stop producing estrogen. Similarly, a sudden loss of testosterone in men, from androgen deprivation therapy, can also result in hot flashes. (Testosterone is part of a class of compounds known as androgens, which are largely steroid hormones. This class of compounds also includes the precursors to e...Human stem cell treatment restores motor function in paralyzed rats
Rats paralyzed due to loss of blood flow to the spine returned to near normal...emonstrated that when damage has occurred due to a loss of blood flow to the spines neural cells, by grafting human neural stem cells directly into the spin...Research shows aerobic exercise helps maintain muscle in elderly
... it looks like it may also slow the rate of muscle loss in aging. We need to test this hypothesis further with larger trials, but still, it's one more reason why elderly people ought to be regularly walking, swimming or cycling." ...Scripps Research awarded $17 million for adult stem cell use to treat eye diseases
...romising New Approach A leading cause of vision loss involves the abnormal formation of new blood vesse..." In total, 2 to 3 million Americans suffer vision loss from neovascular eye disease. These include elderly patients with age-related macular degeneration (...