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Study identifies patterns of brain activity associated with eating disorders

A growing body of evidence shows the impact of diet on brain function, and identifies patterns of brain activity associated with eating disorders such as binge eating and purging. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.

14 Nov 2013

Internal body clock may contribute to morning peak in heart attacks and ischemic strokes

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in both men and women, and most adverse cardiovascular events tend to happen in the morning. In new findings published in the November issue of Blood, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that the internal body clock may contribute to the morning peak in heart attacks and ischemic strokes.

13 Nov 2013

Study explains why south Asians have high susceptibility to developing type 2 diabetes

Lower amounts of brown adipose tissue (BAT, or ‘brown fat’) could help explain why south Asians—who make up a fifth of the world’s population—have an exceptionally high susceptibility to developing metabolic problems such as obesity and type 2 diabetes.

13 Nov 2013

Pancreatic cancer death rates in whites and blacks go in opposite directions

Pancreatic cancer death rates in whites and blacks have gone in opposite directions over the past several decades in the United States, with the direction reversing in each ethnicity during those years.

13 Nov 2013

Obesity, bipolarity may have common mechanisms

The presence of obesity in patients with major depression could be a sign of underlying bipolarity, say researchers.

12 Nov 2013

Orexigen Therapeutics reports net loss of $18.6 million in Q3 2013

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity, today announced business and financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013.

12 Nov 2013

Obesity in older women linked with higher risk of death, disability, disease before age of 85

Obesity and a bigger waist size in older women are associated with a higher risk of death, major chronic disease and mobility disability before the age of 85, according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.

12 Nov 2013

Obesity, overweight are risk factors for MI and IHD regardless of metabolic syndrome

Being overweight or obese are risk factors for myocardial infarction (heart attack) and ischemic heart disease (IHD) regardless of whether individuals also have the cluster of cardiovascular risk factors known as metabolic syndrome, which includes high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar, according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.

12 Nov 2013

Treatment with rheumatoid arthritis drug saved transplanted kidney and achieved remission

A drug approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis may also turn out to be the first targeted therapy for one of the most common forms of kidney disease, a condition that almost inevitably leads to kidney failure.

11 Nov 2013

ReShape Duo Intragastric Balloon treatment for weight loss meets primary efficacy endpoints

ReShape Medical, Inc. today announced that its REDUCE Trial for the ReShape Duo Intragastric Balloon, a non-surgical treatment for weight loss, has met its primary efficacy endpoints.

11 Nov 2013

Studies highlight potential negative effects of soft drinks, sugar on kidney health

Two new studies highlight the potential negative effects that soft drinks and sugar can have on kidney health. Results of these studies will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2013 November 5-10 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA.

11 Nov 2013

Moderate exercise during pregnancy enhances newborn child's brain development

As little as 20 minutes of moderate exercise three times per week during pregnancy enhances the newborn child's brain development, according to researchers at the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine children's hospital.

10 Nov 2013

GLP-1 hormone can predict metabolic efficacy of gastric bypass

The sensitivity of the GLP-1 hormone, which is secreted by the gastrointestinal tract, can predict the metabolic efficacy of a gastric bypass. The use of a GLP1 challenge could thus function as a novel predictive biomarker for personalized treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity.

8 Nov 2013

Obesity does not significantly impact short-term complications, outcomes after TSA

Patients with obesity undergo a disproportionately higher number of elective orthopaedic surgeries in the U.S. Obesity has been linked to higher costs, complications, infections and revisions in total knee and total hip replacement surgeries. In a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, researchers looked at the impact of obesity on the costs and outcomes of total shoulder arthroplasty surgery.

8 Nov 2013

Aerobic exercise may be superior to resistance exercise for obese teen girls

Obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the United States in the past 30 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The growing rate of childhood obesity is a major health concern since overweight and obese youth are at increased risk of developing several diseases once considered reserved for adults. These new pediatric diseases include type-2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition in which fat builds up in the liver, potentially impairing its function over time.

8 Nov 2013

New coverage gaps, cost issues spur health law worries

News outlets look at the nuts and bolts of the health law's implementation, including a worry that coverage gaps will persist for some vulnerable people, as well as how the government pays for insurance subsidies and why some premium costs increase under the health law.

8 Nov 2013

Higher chocolate consumption associated with lower levels of total fat

Scientists at the University of Granada have disproved the old idea that chocolate is fattening, in a study reported this week in Nutrition. Higher chocolate consumption associated with lower levels of total fat—fat deposits all over the body—and central—abdominal—fat, independently of whether or not subjects are physically active, and of their diet.

8 Nov 2013

Consumption of tree nuts inversely associated with risk of pancreatic cancer in women

In a large prospective study published online in the British Journal of Cancer, researchers looked at the association between nut consumption and risk of pancreatic cancer among 75,680 women in the Nurses' Health Study, with no previous history of cancer.

8 Nov 2013

Diets and the famine reaction: an interview with Associate Professor Amanda Salis, University of Sydney

The statistic that you often hear is that 95% of diets fail, but in actual fact, emerging research is now showing that it’s around 70% of diets that fail. That means that around 30% of people who are losing weight are actually keeping it off. So we’re doing better now than we were doing in the past, but there’s still work to be done.

7 Nov 2013

Study focusing on safety of adolescent bariatric surgery published in JAMA Pediatrics

Initial results of a first and largest of its kind study focusing on the safety of adolescent bariatric surgery were published this week in JAMA Pediatrics. The "Teen Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery" study is funded by the National Institutes of Health and is being conducted at five sites in the U.S., including Nationwide Children's Hospital.

7 Nov 2013

Obesity News and Research

Latest Obesity News and Research

Study identifies patterns of brain activity associated with eating disorders

Internal body clock may contribute to morning peak in heart attacks and ischemic strokes

Study explains why south Asians have high susceptibility to developing type 2 diabetes

Pancreatic cancer death rates in whites and blacks go in opposite directions

Obesity, bipolarity may have common mechanisms

Orexigen Therapeutics reports net loss of $18.6 million in Q3 2013

Obesity in older women linked with higher risk of death, disability, disease before age of 85

Obesity, overweight are risk factors for MI and IHD regardless of metabolic syndrome

Treatment with rheumatoid arthritis drug saved transplanted kidney and achieved remission

ReShape Duo Intragastric Balloon treatment for weight loss meets primary efficacy endpoints

Studies highlight potential negative effects of soft drinks, sugar on kidney health

Moderate exercise during pregnancy enhances newborn child's brain development

GLP-1 hormone can predict metabolic efficacy of gastric bypass

Obesity does not significantly impact short-term complications, outcomes after TSA

Aerobic exercise may be superior to resistance exercise for obese teen girls

New coverage gaps, cost issues spur health law worries

Higher chocolate consumption associated with lower levels of total fat

Consumption of tree nuts inversely associated with risk of pancreatic cancer in women

Diets and the famine reaction: an interview with Associate Professor Amanda Salis, University of Sydney

Study focusing on safety of adolescent bariatric surgery published in JAMA Pediatrics

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