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New survey sheds light on the way Americans think about their brain health, lifestyle habits

Is your brain important to you? Do you know how to keep it healthy? According to a recent survey conducted by Reader’s Digest in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, 91 percent of people believe they can reduce their risk of cognitive decline, but they have misconceptions about ways to keep their brains healthy.

29 Jun 2015

Elsevier announces highlights of 2014 Impact Factor performance

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the highlights of its journal Impact Factor performance in 2014. According to the 2014 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters, Elsevier saw 55% of its journal Impact Factors increase from 2013 to 2014, ahead of the aggregate across other journals.

29 Jun 2015

Spinifex Pharmaceuticals enters into agreement to be acquired by Novartis

Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company focused on the development of new drugs for the treatment of chronic pain, today announces that it has agreed to the sale of Spinifex to Novartis International AG, for an upfront cash consideration of US$200 million plus undisclosed clinical development and regulatory milestone payments.

29 Jun 2015

Research: Fetuses more vulnerable to some pollutants that penetrate into feto-maternal system

Toxic environmental contaminants are increasingly known to cause a number of severe health problems, in particular on fetuses, including heart failure, low cognitive ability, delayed development, and neurobehavioral disorders.

27 Jun 2015

Health Canada informs Canadians that eight unauthorized health products were seized from Better Bodies Supplements

Health Canada is informing Canadians that eight unauthorized health products (listed in the table below) were seized from Better Bodies Supplements, 118 Main Street North, in Airdrie, Alta.

27 Jun 2015

Study: High blood pressure linked to lower risk for Alzheimer's disease

A new study suggests that people with a genetic predisposition to high blood pressure have a lower risk for Alzheimer's disease.

27 Jun 2015

University of Leicester collaborates with Youth Sport Trust to make adolescent girls stay active

Researchers from the University of Leicester are working with the Youth Sport Trust to determine whether a school-based physical activity programme could help provide the key to encouraging adolescent girls to be active and stay active.

26 Jun 2015

New strategies may help clinicians and hospitals better manage patients with chronic conditions

Experts have identified strategies for using electronic health records to improve care for patients with chronic kidney disease. The guidance, which will appear in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN), may help clinicians and hospitals better manage individual patients with chronic conditions and identify groups of patients most likely to benefit from different treatment strategies.

26 Jun 2015

DaVita's HealthCare Partners division celebrates National Men's Health Month

HealthCare Partners, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., celebrates the month of June – National Men's Health Month – by recognizing the importance of bringing awareness to the health care issues that affect men.

26 Jun 2015

Experts identify new strategies for using EHRs to treat chronic kidney disease patients

Experts have identified new strategies for using electronic health records (EHRs) to treat patients with chronic kidney disease. These recommendations may help clinicians and hospitals better manage individual patients with chronic conditions and identify groups of patients most likely to benefit from different treatment strategies.

26 Jun 2015

Fructose stimulates reward system in the brain to a lesser degree than glucose

Fructose not only results in a lower level of satiety, it also stimulates the reward system in the brain to a lesser degree than glucose. This may cause excessive consumption accompanied by effects that are a risk to health, report researchers from the University of Basel in a study published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE. Various diseases have been attributed to industrial fructose in sugary drinks and ready meals.

26 Jun 2015

Weight loss, combined with vitamin D supplements, reduces chronic inflammation

For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have found that weight loss, in combination with vitamin D supplementation, has a greater effect on reducing chronic inflammation than weight loss alone. Chronic inflammation is known to contribute to the development and progression of several diseases, including some cancers.

26 Jun 2015

University of Pittsburgh surgeon receives Anthony Cerami Award in Translational Medicine

The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and Molecular Medicine announced today that the fourth Anthony Cerami Award in Translational Medicine will be conferred to Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD, professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The award is in recognition of his research in organ transplantation and alloengraftment mechanisms.

26 Jun 2015

Aeterna Zentaris selects Ergomed to manage Phase 3 clinical study of Macrilen

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. announced today that it has executed a definitive agreement with Ergomed PLC, pursuant to which Ergomed will manage the new, confirmatory Phase 3 clinical study to demonstrate the efficacy of Macrilen (macimorelin), a novel orally-active ghrelin agonist for use in evaluating adult growth hormone deficiency ("AGHD").

25 Jun 2015

Weight loss along with vitamin D supplementation reduces chronic inflammation

25 Jun 2015

Researchers advance stem cell therapy to block vision loss caused by diabetic retinopathy

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have taken a significant step forward in their efforts to use stem cells to block vision loss caused by diabetic retinopathy, a condition that affects millions of people with diabetes.

25 Jun 2015

Noisy road traffic may reduce life expectancy, increase stroke risk

Living in an area with noisy road traffic may reduce life expectancy, according to new research published in the European Heart Journal.

25 Jun 2015

Innovative formula prevents risks, painful treatments in people with secondary blindness

The Mexican company "Medical and Surgical Center for Retina" created a way to transport drugs, in order to avoid risks and painful treatments in people with secondary blindness due to chronic degenerative blindness such as diabetic retinopathy and degeneration of the eye.

25 Jun 2015

Sugar-gobbling enzyme helps restore normal function in heart muscles of diabetic rats

Working with heart muscle cells from diabetic rats, scientists at Johns Hopkins have located what they say is the epicenter of mischief wreaked by too much blood sugar and used a sugar-gobbling enzyme to restore normal function in the glucose-damaged cells of animal heart muscles.

25 Jun 2015

Emperra’s ESYSTA® diabetes smartphone app, ESYSTA® Smart Insulin Pen under CE conformity assessment procedure

Emperra GmbH E-Health Technologies, specialized in digital health systems and Tele-diabetology, today announced an important further development of the innovative, integrated telemonitoring product system ESYSTA for insulin-dependent diabetes patients.

25 Jun 2015

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Latest Endocrinology News and Research

New survey sheds light on the way Americans think about their brain health, lifestyle habits

Elsevier announces highlights of 2014 Impact Factor performance

Spinifex Pharmaceuticals enters into agreement to be acquired by Novartis

Research: Fetuses more vulnerable to some pollutants that penetrate into feto-maternal system

Health Canada informs Canadians that eight unauthorized health products were seized from Better Bodies Supplements

Study: High blood pressure linked to lower risk for Alzheimer's disease

University of Leicester collaborates with Youth Sport Trust to make adolescent girls stay active

New strategies may help clinicians and hospitals better manage patients with chronic conditions

DaVita's HealthCare Partners division celebrates National Men's Health Month

Experts identify new strategies for using EHRs to treat chronic kidney disease patients

Fructose stimulates reward system in the brain to a lesser degree than glucose

Weight loss, combined with vitamin D supplements, reduces chronic inflammation

University of Pittsburgh surgeon receives Anthony Cerami Award in Translational Medicine

Aeterna Zentaris selects Ergomed to manage Phase 3 clinical study of Macrilen

Weight loss along with vitamin D supplementation reduces chronic inflammation

Researchers advance stem cell therapy to block vision loss caused by diabetic retinopathy

Noisy road traffic may reduce life expectancy, increase stroke risk

Innovative formula prevents risks, painful treatments in people with secondary blindness

Sugar-gobbling enzyme helps restore normal function in heart muscles of diabetic rats

Emperra’s ESYSTA® diabetes smartphone app, ESYSTA® Smart Insulin Pen under CE conformity assessment procedure

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