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Anthem supports over 60 of Maine's caring non-profit agencies

The American Diabetes Association, Aroostook Mental Health Services, and the Wellness Council of Maine were among more than 60 non-profit agencies across the state that Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine supported during 2009.

29 May 2010

MU awarded $6.8M to help patients benefit from use of health information technology

Considered one the great advances of modern medicine, electronic health records can provide a patient's entire medical history and a wealth of other information at the click of a button. They also have the potential to save countless lives and billions of dollars. Now, the University of Missouri has a two-year, $6.8 million cooperative agreement to help patients throughout the state benefit from increased use of this health information technology.

29 May 2010

Children watch more television if parents do

Children are more likely to watch high levels of television if their parents do, but parents do not need to be physically active to help their children to be active, a new study has found.

28 May 2010

VIVUS to present phase 3 data on avanafil for treatment of ED at AUA 2010

VIVUS, Inc. today announced that phase 3 data on avanafil, a next generation oral phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor therapy being investigated for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, will be presented next Tuesday at the American Urological Association 2010 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California.

28 May 2010

VIVUS first-quarter 2010 total revenues decline: MicroStockProfit.com

MicroStockProfit.com announces an investment report featuring VIVUS Inc. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

28 May 2010

Overweight, obesity and low weight affect teenagers' physical fitness

This research was developed by Dr. Enrique Garcia Artero, from the Department of Physiology of the University of Granada, and coordinated by Professor Manuel J. Castillo Garzón. To carry out this project, the researcher used data from the national and European projects AVENA (Food and Assessment of Nutritional Status of Spanish Adolescents) and HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) and ALPHA (Assessing Levels of Physical Activity and Fitness; Public Health Executive Agency).

28 May 2010

BTE awards Diabetes Care Recognition Program certificates to 118 Montefiore Medical Group physicians

Bridges to Excellence, a national program that recognizes and rewards physicians for delivering better quality care, today awarded its sought-after Diabetes Care Recognition Program certificate to the 118 physicians in Montefiore Medical Center's 20 outpatient care facilities, known as the Montefiore Medical Group, for substantially lowering blood sugar levels and "bad" cholesterol levels in thousands of adult patients with diabetes.

28 May 2010

Women with recurrent miscarriages can have successful pregnancy with supportive care

For women who have multiple miscarriages, the pain of repeated loss is often compounded by another reality. The causes behind miscarriage are complex and often difficult to identify, and even those conditions and associations proposed as causes are poorly understood.

28 May 2010

Individuals with poor oral hygiene at increased risk of heart disease

Individuals who have poor oral hygiene have an increased risk of heart disease compared to those who brush their teeth twice a day, finds research published today on BMJ.com.

28 May 2010

IOM, UIC to convene regional meeting to discuss rising rates of diabetes, obesity in the U.S

The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies will convene a regional meeting on Sept. 21 at the University of Illinois at Chicago to discuss the rapidly rising rates of diabetes and obesity in the U.S.

27 May 2010

Weill Cornell Medical College commences construction of 18-story, $650 million Medical Research Building

Weill Cornell Medical College today celebrated the start of construction on its new Medical Research Building, a state-of-the-art facility that will more than double the institution's existing research space. The 18-story, $650 million building is the centerpiece of Weill Cornell's $1.3 billion Discoveries that Make a Difference Campaign, the country's largest for a medical college. A total of $1 billion has been raised toward this goal in a record time of less than four years.

27 May 2010

Traffic-related air pollution also increases risk of type 2 diabetes in women

Traffic-related air pollution, known to raise the risk for cardiovascular disease, may also increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in women. Low-grade inflammation may contribute to the higher incidence of type 2 diabetes in women exposed to air pollution, according to German researchers.

27 May 2010

Increased BMI levels not attributed to sugar consumption: Study

A new independent study of scientific research has revealed that, contrary to the widely held hypothesis, dietary sugars are not the driving factor behind rising body mass index (BMI) levels in children in Great Britain.

27 May 2010

PBI awarded contract to provide essential laboratory data for Phase I cardiovascular trial

Pacific Biomarkers, Inc. has been awarded a contract by a leading multinational pharmaceutical company to provide essential laboratory data for an adaptive Phase I cardiovascular trial. This study is part of a major drug-development program to evaluate an innovative new treatment to reduce recurrent cardiovascular events associated with acute coronary syndrome.

27 May 2010

Bacteria may play wider role in people predisposed to obesity: Researchers

Bacteria may play more of a role in people predisposed to obesity than previously thought, according to studies presented today by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers at the 110th general meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in San Diego.

27 May 2010

Important milestone in development of ORMD-0801 published in DOM journal

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc., a developer of alternative drug delivery systems, announced today that the paper entitled, "Open-label study to assess the safety and pharmacodynamics of five oral insulin formulations in healthy subjects," authored by Dr. Roy Eldor, Dr. Miriam Kidron and Dr. Ehud Arbit, was accepted and published in the Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism journal.

26 May 2010

Synovis Life Technologies' second-quarter 2010 net revenue up 19%

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., today reported record revenue for the second quarter ended April 30, 2010.

26 May 2010

BMI in overweight range not a higher risk for health problems

A study examining the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and illness suggests that a BMI of 30 or above, a signal of obesity according to federal health standards, does not translate into current illness among adults under age 40.

26 May 2010

States have no policy to help residents meet recommended levels of physical activity to promote health

Many states do not have the policy or environmental measures in place to help their residents meet the recommended levels of physical activity to promote health, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

26 May 2010

Hospital matters in complication rates and lengths of stay for bariatric surgery

The number of bariatric surgeries in the U.S. skyrocketed from 13,386 in 1998 to 220,000 in 2008, but a new study released today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, finds that the nation's hospitals have wide variances in both complication rates and lengths of stay, which largely correlate with the number of times the hospital performs bariatric procedures.

26 May 2010

Obesity News and Research

Latest Obesity News and Research

Anthem supports over 60 of Maine's caring non-profit agencies

MU awarded $6.8M to help patients benefit from use of health information technology

Children watch more television if parents do

VIVUS to present phase 3 data on avanafil for treatment of ED at AUA 2010

VIVUS first-quarter 2010 total revenues decline: MicroStockProfit.com

Overweight, obesity and low weight affect teenagers' physical fitness

BTE awards Diabetes Care Recognition Program certificates to 118 Montefiore Medical Group physicians

Women with recurrent miscarriages can have successful pregnancy with supportive care

Individuals with poor oral hygiene at increased risk of heart disease

IOM, UIC to convene regional meeting to discuss rising rates of diabetes, obesity in the U.S

Weill Cornell Medical College commences construction of 18-story, $650 million Medical Research Building

Traffic-related air pollution also increases risk of type 2 diabetes in women

Increased BMI levels not attributed to sugar consumption: Study

PBI awarded contract to provide essential laboratory data for Phase I cardiovascular trial

Bacteria may play wider role in people predisposed to obesity: Researchers

Important milestone in development of ORMD-0801 published in DOM journal

Synovis Life Technologies' second-quarter 2010 net revenue up 19%

BMI in overweight range not a higher risk for health problems

States have no policy to help residents meet recommended levels of physical activity to promote health

Hospital matters in complication rates and lengths of stay for bariatric surgery

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