Nutrition News and Research

RSS

American HomePatient signs eighth forbearance agreement with NexBank, SSB

American HomePatient, Inc., one of the nation’s largest home health care providers, today announced that it has entered into an eighth forbearance agreement with NexBank, SSB, the agent for its senior debt (the “Agent”), and the holders in interest of a majority of the senior debt (the “Forbearance Holders”).

14 Feb 2010

Pacific Biomarkers announces second-quarter fiscal 2010 results

Pacific Biomarkers, Inc., a leading provider of specialized biomarker and contract research services, today announced its operating results for the second quarter and first half of FY2010.

12 Feb 2010

White rye flour bread leads to better insulin and blood sugar levels than wheat bread with rye bran

Wholegrain bread is good and good for you, as most people know. But it is not only the fiber-rich bran, the outer shell of the grain, that is healthful. On the contrary, research at the Lund University Faculty of Engineering shows that bread baked with white rye flour, which is flour made from the inner, white part of the rye kernel, leads to better insulin and blood sugar levels compared with wheat bread with rye bran. White rye flour thus leads to much better values than both regular wheat flour and rye bran. At the same time, much of the bread that is sold in stores today in most countries is in fact baked with wheat flour and bran from various grains.

12 Feb 2010

Also in Global Health News: China's health care system; Breastfeeding practices in Pakistan; HIV transmission in MSM; Abu Dhabi joins malaria fight

The Los Angeles Times examines China's transition to "Western-style privatized medicine" through the government's "$124-billion overhaul, chiefly to improve service in rural areas." The article details the efforts of a woman from Inner Mongolia to get care in Beijing for her ailing father and looks at climbing health care costs and the growing "black market for medical care" (Pierson, 2/11).

12 Feb 2010

Sustamine L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine supplement increases performance in endurance exercise and activity

A clinical study by Dr. Jay Hoffman, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Health and Exercise Science at the College of New Jersey, has shown Sustamine™ L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine, increases performance in endurance exercise and activity. The study was published on February 3, 2010, in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (JISSN), a peer-reviewed journal covering various aspects of sports nutrition, supplementation, exercise metabolism, and/or scientific policies related to sports nutrition.

12 Feb 2010

Sales of Cobroxin exceeds XenaCare Holdings' projections for first 45 days of 2010

XenaCare Holdings, Inc., a company specializing in the marketing and retail distribution of consumer healthcare products, announced today that it has begun distributing and selling Cobroxin through mass food and drug retail chains in the Northeast, Southeast, Middle Atlantic and Midwest regions.

12 Feb 2010

Cyanotech announces fiscal 2010 third quarter results

Cyanotech Corporation, a world leader in microalgae-based, high-value nutrition and health products, today announced financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2010, ended December 31, 2009.

12 Feb 2010

Winter Sports: Tips on proper training, and prevention of injuries and concussions

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 46 percent of children admitted to trauma centers for winter sports injuries have been diagnosed with a head injury – the majority of them from snowboarding, sledding, skiing, ice skating or ice hockey. Pediatric sports medicine is a growing field and is a direct response to how active today’s children are in competitive and recreational sports.

11 Feb 2010

DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition segment expected to grow by 10% in 2010, says James C. Borel

DuPont Executive Vice President James C. Borel said he expects the DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition segment to grow sales by 10 percent in 2010 and increase pre-tax operating income margin across the seed, crop protection, and nutrition and health businesses.

11 Feb 2010

Also in global health news: N. Korea harvest; Zimbabwe’s health system; malaria parasite; training India's rural health workers; Myanmar recovery; health in Uganda

ZimOnline examines Zimbabwe's health system, which the country's health minister, Henry Madzorera, says has improved, but is still in need of additional progress.

11 Feb 2010

Haitian death toll climbs to 230,000, government says

The death toll from the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti has risen to 230,000, Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue, the country's communications minister, said on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports.

11 Feb 2010

MUHC commences clinical trial of Exsulin for type 1 diabetes

A clinical trial of Exsulin, an innovative new treatment that targets the underlying cause of type 1 diabetes, has begun at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Under the direction of Dr. George Tsoukas of the MUHC and the McGill University Faculty of Medicine, the study will assess the effectiveness of Exsulin.

11 Feb 2010

Research finds Mexican-Americans as most physically active group in U.S.

When it comes to meeting national health goals for physical activity, Mexican-Americans are the most active group in America and may benefit from exercise that researchers typically have not measured, according to research by scholars at the University of Chicago and Arizona State University.

11 Feb 2010

Update on SOKO Fitness & Spa Group's recently broadened geographic expansion strategy

SOKO Fitness & Spa Group, Inc. ("SOKO" or the "Company"), an operator of fitness centers, beauty salons and spas in Northeast China as well as suburban Beijing, today provided an update on its recently broadened geographic expansion strategy.

10 Feb 2010

Rating of risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease: Low IQ follows cigarette smoking

While lower intelligence scores - as reflected by low results on written or oral tests of IQ - have been associated with a raised risk of cardiovascular disease, no study has so far compared the relative strength of this association with other established risk factors such as obesity, smoking and high blood pressure. Now, a large study funded by Britain's Medical Research Council, which set out to gauge the relative importance of IQ alongside other risk factors, has found that lower intelligence scores were associated with higher rates of cardiovascular disease and total mortality at a greater level of magnitude than found with any other risk factor except smoking.

10 Feb 2010

Soy isoflavone tablet does not prevent bone loss in postmenopausal women

A previous six-month study by Iowa State University researchers had indicated that consuming modest amounts of soy protein, rich in isoflavones, lessened lumbar spine bone loss in midlife, perimenopausal women.

10 Feb 2010

New campaign against childhood obesity: AACE lauds First Lady's efforts

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) welcomes and applauds the effort of First Lady Michelle Obama, who announced a new campaign to combat childhood obesity today.

10 Feb 2010

Antimalarial medicines in African countries are substandard, says QAMSA study

The first results from a large-scale study of key antimalarial medicines in ten Sub-Saharan African countries reveal that a high percentage of medicines circulating on national markets are of substandard quality and thus may contribute to the growth of drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent form of malaria.

10 Feb 2010

Children with depressive symptoms may have greater affinity for sweets, says study

New research from the Monell Center reports that children's response to intense sweet taste is related to both a family history of alcoholism and the child's own self-reports of depression.

10 Feb 2010

New filtration process to improve safety and quality of infant formula

Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today introduced a new filtration process that significantly improves the safety and quality of infant formula. The Pall process is engineered to prevent microbial contamination through intensive filtration, while preserving nutritional quality by minimizing the need for repeated heat treatment during manufacturing.

From Pall Corporation 10 Feb 2010

Nutrition News and Research

American HomePatient signs eighth forbearance agreement with NexBank, SSB

Pacific Biomarkers announces second-quarter fiscal 2010 results

White rye flour bread leads to better insulin and blood sugar levels than wheat bread with rye bran

Also in Global Health News: China's health care system; Breastfeeding practices in Pakistan; HIV transmission in MSM; Abu Dhabi joins malaria fight

Sustamine L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine supplement increases performance in endurance exercise and activity

Sales of Cobroxin exceeds XenaCare Holdings' projections for first 45 days of 2010

Cyanotech announces fiscal 2010 third quarter results

Winter Sports: Tips on proper training, and prevention of injuries and concussions

DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition segment expected to grow by 10% in 2010, says James C. Borel

Also in global health news: N. Korea harvest; Zimbabwe’s health system; malaria parasite; training India's rural health workers; Myanmar recovery; health in Uganda

Haitian death toll climbs to 230,000, government says

MUHC commences clinical trial of Exsulin for type 1 diabetes

Research finds Mexican-Americans as most physically active group in U.S.

Update on SOKO Fitness & Spa Group's recently broadened geographic expansion strategy

Rating of risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease: Low IQ follows cigarette smoking

Soy isoflavone tablet does not prevent bone loss in postmenopausal women

New campaign against childhood obesity: AACE lauds First Lady's efforts

Antimalarial medicines in African countries are substandard, says QAMSA study

Children with depressive symptoms may have greater affinity for sweets, says study

New filtration process to improve safety and quality of infant formula

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

From Puberty to Menopause: Clue’s CEO, Audrey Tsang on the Power of Femtech

Latest News