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High-intensity interval training with Mediterranean diet counselling 'supersizes' heart health

Lifestyle programs focused on high-intensity interval training combined with nutritional counselling on the Mediterranean diet have shown dramatic results for improving the heart health of people with abdominal obesity, finds a study released at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress.

18 Oct 2013

Students who use false IDs are at increased risk for alcohol use disorder

A study found that almost two-thirds of college students used a fake ID at least once to obtain alcohol. Students who used false ID more often indirectly increased their risk for alcohol use disorder, according to a new longitudinal study in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

18 Oct 2013

Psychotic symptoms alone denote medical health risk

People with symptoms of psychosis have an increased rate of medical comorbidities and unhealthy lifestyle habits even if they do not have a psychiatric diagnosis, shows a worldwide study.

17 Oct 2013

Good news: Knowing risk early, women can take action to prevent osteoporosis

On World Osteoporosis Day, October 20, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) is calling for women to take action now to protect their bone health. Broken bones due to osteoporosis often result in pain, immobility and loss of quality of life as well as early death.

17 Oct 2013

5.2M won't get coverage in states rejecting Medicaid expansion; Wis. governor race heats up over expansion plans

A new report projects that 5.2 million adults will not get health coverage next year because their states aren't expanding Medicaid under the health law. In Wisconsin, expanding the program becomes an issue in the gubernatorial race, while in North Carolina, county commissioners ask state officials to reconsider their decision not to expand and in Virginia, supporters of expansion outnumber opponents in a hearing.

17 Oct 2013

Implementing powerful health promotion strategies can help save lives of Canadians

Canada can save lives by implementing powerful health promotion strategies, says Dr. Thomas Farley, the trail-blazing commissioner of the New York City department of health.

17 Oct 2013

Researchers find 5-fold increase in high cholesterol risk

What leads to high cholesterol? Your genes and lifestyle factors may not explain it all. A study presented today at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress has connected some of the risk for high cholesterol in adults to their mother's cholesterol levels before she even became pregnant.

17 Oct 2013

Researchers develop potential new tool for speedier detection of food pathogens

Researchers have developed a system that concentrates foodborne salmonella and other pathogens faster than conventional methods by using hollow thread-like fibers that filter out the cells, representing a potential new tool for speedier detection.

16 Oct 2013

Binge drinking during pregnancy linked to negative emotions

Researchers in Norway found that negative affectivity is linked to light alcohol use and binge drinking during pregnancy. Results published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, a journal of the Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology, show 16% of women had light alcohol use in the first trimester and 10% in the second trimester.

15 Oct 2013

Recommendations for healthy diet should be similar for people with or without diabetes

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) suggests that lifestyle advice for people with diabetes should be no different from that for the general public, although those with diabetes may benefit more from that same advice.

14 Oct 2013

Researchers discover how Fra-1 protein protects the liver from drug-induced liver damage

Drug abuse and alcohol are some of the most frequent causes of liver damage, particularly in developed countries. Such kind of liver damage can cause irreversible liver failure and even cancer. Researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre have discovered an important new protective role of the Fra-1 protein, which neutralizes the damage caused by agents, such as the analgesic drug acetaminophen (Paracetamol).

12 Oct 2013

Auxilium Licenses Stendra From Vivus For Up To $300M

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11 Oct 2013

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals gets exclusive right to market VIVUS's STENDRA in the US and Canada

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced today the signing of an agreement with VIVUS, Inc. providing Auxilium with the exclusive right to market VIVUS's product, STENDRA (avanafil), in the United States and Canada.

11 Oct 2013

New research shows blood pressure remains major problem in China

With a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report1 showing hypertension affects over 40% of Chinese adults aged 45 or older, combating high blood pressure (BP) will be high on the agenda of the 24th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology & Asia Pacific Heart Congress (GW-ICC & APHC), in Beijing (10 to 13 October 2013).

11 Oct 2013

Researchers find ways to identify, isolate HCC progenitor cells before tumors become evident

For the first time, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have isolated and characterized the progenitor cells that eventually give rise to malignant hepatocellular carcinoma tumors - the most common form of liver cancer. The researchers found ways to identify and isolate the HCC progenitor cells long before actual tumors were apparent.

11 Oct 2013

Pregnant smoking may have mood consequences for offspring

A case–control study suggests that people have an increased risk for developing bipolar disorder if their mothers smoked during pregnancy.

10 Oct 2013

Transcendental Meditation technique has large effect on reducing trait anxiety, shows analysis

A new meta-analysis published today in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (2013;19(10):1-12)1 found the Transcendental Meditation- technique (TM) has a large effect on reducing trait anxiety for people with high anxiety.

10 Oct 2013

Hypertension affects over 40% of Chinese adults, shows WHO report

With a recent World Health Organization report showing hypertension affects over 40% of Chinese adults aged 45 or older, combating high blood pressure will be high on the agenda of the 24th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology & Asia Pacific Heart Congress, in Beijing (10 to 13 October 2013).

10 Oct 2013

Paragon BioTeck, Horus Pharma sign distribution agreement for Ilast range of products

Paragon BioTeck, Inc. today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Horus Pharma for rights to supply the Ilast range of its medical-grade ocular hygiene and lid care products within the United States; it begins on an exclusive basis this month.

10 Oct 2013

Asthma infection risk ‘goes beyond the airways’

Researchers from the USA have found that asthma may be associated with an increased risk for infections outside of the respiratory tract.

9 Oct 2013

Alcohol News and Research

High-intensity interval training with Mediterranean diet counselling 'supersizes' heart health

Students who use false IDs are at increased risk for alcohol use disorder

Psychotic symptoms alone denote medical health risk

Good news: Knowing risk early, women can take action to prevent osteoporosis

5.2M won't get coverage in states rejecting Medicaid expansion; Wis. governor race heats up over expansion plans

Implementing powerful health promotion strategies can help save lives of Canadians

Researchers find 5-fold increase in high cholesterol risk

Researchers develop potential new tool for speedier detection of food pathogens

Binge drinking during pregnancy linked to negative emotions

Recommendations for healthy diet should be similar for people with or without diabetes

Researchers discover how Fra-1 protein protects the liver from drug-induced liver damage

Auxilium Licenses Stendra From Vivus For Up To $300M

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals gets exclusive right to market VIVUS's STENDRA in the US and Canada

New research shows blood pressure remains major problem in China

Researchers find ways to identify, isolate HCC progenitor cells before tumors become evident

Pregnant smoking may have mood consequences for offspring

Transcendental Meditation technique has large effect on reducing trait anxiety, shows analysis

Hypertension affects over 40% of Chinese adults, shows WHO report

Paragon BioTeck, Horus Pharma sign distribution agreement for Ilast range of products

Asthma infection risk ‘goes beyond the airways’

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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