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Five weight loss tips for the New Year

With the new year right around the corner, many will be thinking about their New Year's resolution. One of the most popular - losing weight - can also be one of the most difficult to keep. But researchers at Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) work year-round to study the treatment and prevention of obesity.

22 Dec 2011

Holiday diet tips for people with diabetes

Each year, the holiday season brings good tidings and cheer along with an abundance of sweet treats, from tasty eggnog to candy canes. The holiday food frenzy actually begins with Halloween candy and lingers all the way until the big game, offering a steady stream of tempting goodies that can be a real hazard for the millions of people living with diabetes or at risk for diabetes.

21 Dec 2011

FDA, other organizations unveil program to monitor cataract surgery devices

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other government and professional organizations today unveiled a program to monitor medical devices used in cataract surgery in an effort to stem outbreaks of a rare, inflammatory condition associated with the procedure.

21 Dec 2011

Public-private partnerships exponentially expand effects of USAID aid to Jamaica

Public-private partnerships "will boost small enterprises, bring technology to schools and improve sanitation and clean water in Jamaica," a VOA News editorial states and highlights three such partnerships created by USAID.

21 Dec 2011

University of Western Ontario receives FDA approval to begin SAV001 HIV trial

The first and only preventative HIV vaccine based on a genetically modified killed whole virus has received approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to start human clinical trials.

21 Dec 2011

Low-income neighborhoods often misinformed about emergency contraception access

Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that in low-income neighborhoods, misinformation about access to emergency contraception is a common occurrence.

21 Dec 2011

Ranbaxy signs consent decree with U.S. FDA

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. today announced that it has signed a consent decree with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

21 Dec 2011

News media registration opens for ACS' 243rd National Meeting & Exposition

News media registration opened today for the American Chemical Society's (ACS') 243rd National Meeting & Exposition, one of the largest scientific conferences of the New Year.

21 Dec 2011

Mother's milk for healthy growth

A PhD project from LIFE - the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen has shown that breastfed children follow a different growth pattern than non-breastfed children. Breastfeeding lowers the levels of the growth hormones IGF-I and insulin in the blood, which means that growth is slightly slower. This is believed to reduce the risk of overweight and diabetes later in life.

21 Dec 2011

Tips for people to lose weight, quit smoking and manage stress this New Year

As the New Year rolls in, many people will be looking to better themselves by resolving to lose weight, quit smoking and manage stress. Sticking to resolutions for more than a few weeks, however, is a lofty task that takes a great deal of motivation and even lifestyle changes.

21 Dec 2011

Fate of India's Food Security Bill unknown; Analysts say it may harm country's economy

"Though approved by the Cabinet Sunday, the fate of the much-anticipated Food Security Bill, which will guarantee cheap food for India's masses, is far from sealed," the Wall Street Journal's "India Real Time" blog reports, noting that the "bill is to be tabled in Parliament this week."

21 Dec 2011

FDA accepts Pfizer's tofacitinib NDA for review

Pfizer Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the New Drug Application (NDA) for tofacitinib (development code CP-690,550), an investigational novel, oral JAK inhibitor being studied for the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis.

21 Dec 2011

Guardian examines efforts to bring therapeutic food production into developing countries

The Guardian examines how ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs) -- "small packets of a sticky, peanut butter-like paste, fortified with minerals and vitamins, that can reverse severe malnutrition within six weeks" -- "have revolutionized famine relief in Africa," and asks whether these products could be produced in the countries in which they are being distributed.

21 Dec 2011

Takeda receives FDA approval for EDARBYCLOR to treat hypertension

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved EDARBYCLOR (azilsartan medoxomil and chlorthalidone) for the treatment of hypertension to lower blood pressure in adults.

21 Dec 2011

Dieting and the youth of the brain may be linked: Study

Italian scientists have found that the mind can be kept young by eating less. They have discovered the molecular process by which a strict diet may save the brain from the ravages of age.

20 Dec 2011

Sample list of attainable New Year's resolutions

New Year's resolutions are full of clichés and empty promises but a clinical psychologist at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has some sound advice that might just help a little.

20 Dec 2011

U.S. to work with South Sudan on agriculture; Aid agencies warn of hunger threat

"Speaking at a two-day development and investment conference for South Sudan in Washington, D.C., [Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton said the newly independent country had the potential to be 'one of Africa's breadbaskets'" and said the U.S. would work with private sector partners to invest in the nation's agriculture system, the Guardian reports.

20 Dec 2011

Tips for sharing holidays in hospital

There are few holiday presents worse than a hospital stay. But if a loved one or friend must be hospitalized this season, University of Alabama at Birmingham experts say you can take steps to ensure their holiday is still merry and bright. "Being in the hospital can be distressing for anybody," says Joshua Klapow, Ph.D., a UAB clinical psychologist. "While the psychological impact may be short-lived, the bottom line is people would rather be well and home than sick and away.

20 Dec 2011

CREB1 molecule activates genes linked to brain longevity

Overeating may cause brain aging while eating less turns on a molecule that helps the brain stay young.

20 Dec 2011

Weight loss pill without major side effects coming soon

Scientists are on their way to develop a perfect diet pill. The drug, which switches off appetite using hormones that are created naturally in the stomach when it is full, could be the first to be effective in weight loss without side effects.

19 Dec 2011