Weight Loss :: First non-prescription weight loss drug Orlistat approved in US
The first over-the-counter weight loss pill won approval from US FDA health officials. Dieters got a new tool to help them take off the extra pounds.
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Diabetes :: Exercise pivotal in preventing and fighting type II diabetes
One in three American children born in 2000 will develop type II diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A new study at the University of Missouri-Columbia says that acute exercise — as little as 15 minutes a day — can have a profound influence on preventing and fighting the disease.
Fertility :: Fertility drug clomiphene more effective than diabetes drug in helping women with PCOS achieve pregnancy
Metformin, a drug used to treat diabetes and once thought to have great promise in overcoming the infertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is less effective than the standard fertility drug treatment, clomiphene, according to researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health Reproductive Medicine research network.
Decree :: Custom ultrasonics signs consent decree
Custom Ultrasonics, Inc. agrees to stop manufacturing devices that wash and disinfect endoscopes until it corrects problems.
Stem Cell :: Stem cells tranplanted into heart in Spain
Doctors have implanted adult stem cells extracted from a man’s fat tissue through liposuction into his heart, in an experimental treatment for angina and heart disease.
Influenza :: Fighting influenza & co. with 40,000 blood samples
Four million people die every year from respiratory diseases such as viral influenza. For elderly people in particular, an infection can be dangerous.
Sleep :: Children who sleep less more likely to be overweight
Children who sleep less are at greater risk of being overweight, according to the first nationally representative, longitudinal investigation of the relationship between sleep, Body Mass Index and overweight status in children 3 to 18. “Even an hour of sleep makes a big difference,” said Northwestern University researcher Emily Snell. “An additional hour a night reduced young children?s chance of being overweight from 36 percent to 30 percent.”
Rift Valley Fever :: Rift Valley Fever spreads, killing two in Arusha, Tanzania
Rift Valley Fever (RVF), a deadly viral disease that broke out in Kenya in late 2006, has spread to neighbouring Tanzania, where two deaths have been reported in the northern region of Arusha, a government official said Tuesday.
Prostate Cancer :: Vitamin E, multivitamins, high serum selenium reduce prostate cancer risk
Men with high vitamin E and multivitamins intake with high serum selenium levels are less likely to affect by prostate cancer.
Breast Cancer :: MammaPrint Prognostic Test for breast cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today cleared for marketing a test that determines the likelihood of breast cancer returning within five to 10 years after a woman’s initial cancer.