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14 January 2011, 02:01:30

New Interventions for Cancer, Obesity

A recent research have opened doors to important implications in the treatment and intervention of cancer and obesity. Dr. Jan-Ake Gustafsson at the University of Houston (UH) reported the most recent results pertaining to the function of a nuclear receptor called estrogen receptor beta, or...
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4 February 2011, 01:02:23

First Human Trial of Blood Cancer Vaccine

22 January 2011, 07:01:47

Childhood Cancer Survivors May Benefit From Breastfeeding

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10 January 2011, 06:01:03

Link Between Brain’s Fatty Acid Metabolism and Obesity Identified

Researchers have identified a connection between lipid sensing metabolism carried out in brain and the regulation of energy balance and body weight. Hong Wang of University of Colorado created mice with a deficiency of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) in...
3 January 2011, 08:01:34

Obesity Affects Even Infants As Young As 9-months-old: Study

A new study has revealed that obesity can begin in babies as young as nine months old. “With the consistent evidence that the percent of overweight children has steadily increased over the past decade, we weren’t surprised by the...
3 January 2011, 05:01:34

Now pensioners hit by obesity epidemic: NHS hospital admissions rise tenfold in five years

More than three-quarters of those who end up in hospital due to obesity were women England is in the grip of an epidemic of pensioner obesity, official figures suggest. The number of elderly people admitted to hospital because they are...
11 December 2010, 11:12:37

FDA Approves First Anti-Obesity Drug In A Decade

An advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday gave its approval to an anti-obesity drug, in what could be the first new approved drug for losing weight in more than a decade. Contrave, a drug developed by the California-based...
10 December 2010, 01:12:37

Money and Cash Receipts Boost Cancer and Obesity – Study

A recent study has brought into light that cash receipts and paper money contain high levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical linked to cancer, obesity and early puberty. Researchers from US non-profit groups Safer Chemicals, Safer Families and the...
5 December 2010, 05:12:37

Obesity Gene Variants Described by New Genomic Technique

DNA variants in two nervous system genes that are associated with an excessively high BMI have been identified in a new study. Kelly Frazer and colleagues from UC San Diego, Scripps Translational Science Institute and Sanofi-Aventis used the...
27 November 2010, 03:11:37

Kidney Disease In Kids Linked To Maternal Diabetes, Obesity

A new study has found that kids with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) are more likely to have mothers who were obese or had diabetes during pregnancy. The study by Christine W. Hsu, (University of Washington, Seattle) and colleagues included more than...
24 November 2010, 12:11:37

Obesity May Give You A Greater Sense of Smell for Food

Overweight people, a new research has stated, have greater sense of smell for food. Researchers from the University of Portsmouth said that their findings may explain why it’s difficult for some people to stay slim. Experts already know...
12 November 2010, 05:11:42

Obese Teens at Risk for Severe Adult Obesity

Obese teens are at risk of becoming severely obese as adults, according to a new study. “What’s unique about this study is, we are following them over 13 years,” says researcher Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, associate professor of...
10 November 2010, 12:11:42

Fast Food Kids’ Meals Still Unhealthy

Despite pledges made by some of the leading fast food chains, many seem to still be promoting largely unhealthy meals and choices to children, according to a new report by researchers from Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy &...
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