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Healthy :: Reducing insulin signaling in the brain can prolong lifespan

One route to a long and healthy life may be establishing the right balance in insulin signaling between the brain and the rest of the body, according to new research from Children’s Hospital Boston.

Breast Cancer :: Group therapy fails to improve breast cancer survival

A follow up to a previous study on group therapy in breast cancer patients finds group therapy does not prolong the lives of women with metastatic breast cancer.

Sperm :: Sperm banking before treatment preserves fertility in young male cancer patients

A recent study at Hamilton Health Sciences proves that sperm freezing and banking is an effective way to preserve fertility in adolescents and young adult (AYA) males with cancer.

Child Care :: Growth hormone injections add height, but kids stay short

Growth hormone injections appear to boost height in extremely short, healthy children, according to a recent systematic review, but height gain appears to peak at about three inches ? and those inches are expensive.

Health :: Bard Peripheral Vascular Renews Commitment to Support Vascular Disease Foundation

The Vascular Disease Foundation (VDF) announced that Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc, a subsidiary of C. R. Bard, Inc., has renewed its commitment as a VDF National Industry Advocate for the next three years and will serve as a member of VDF’s National Corporate Advisory Board.

Health Insurance :: ICICI Prudential launches health insurance policy, India

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance announced its launched a product to tap the health insurance sector.

Diet :: New clue into how diet and exercise enhance longevity

The traditional prescriptions for a healthy life-sensible diet, exercise and weight control — extend life by reducing signaling through a specific pathway in the brain, according to Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers, who discovered the connection while studying long-lived mice.

Depression :: Study links manic depression with brain tissue loss

People with bipolar disorder ? or manic depression ? suffer from an accelerated shrinking of their brain, researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found.

Diabetes :: Adult type 2 diabetes – poor information on diet, but exercise seems good

There are no high quality data to assess how well dietary treatments for type 2 diabetes work in people who have just been told they have the disease, but there is evidence that taking on exercise seems to be one way of improving blood sugar levels, according to the findings of a Cochrane Systematic Review.

Diabetes :: New review adds more reasons to avoid diabetes drug Avandia

Little evidence supports using rosiglitazone (Avandia) to improve the quality or length of life among adults with diabetes, according to a systematic review of data by German researchers.