Posted on June 30th, 2011 by Health News
Study reveals possible gender-specific influence of overeating on the brain. Being overweight is accompanied by changes in brain structure and behaviour. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and the Integrated Research and Treatment Center Adiposity Diseases in Leipzig have shown that there are also differences between men and women…
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A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that early, prolonged treatment with the diabetes drug metformin may prevent or delay the development of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in adolescence…
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A paper published online in Nature reveals that glia play a key role in preventing the progression of the most prominent Rett Syndrome symptoms displayed by mouse models of the disease: lethality, irregular breathing and apneas, hypoactivity and decreased dendritic complexity. The discovery, funded in part by the Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT) was [...]
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The onset of puberty is a critical moment for reaching girls with health messages and information, and the stakes are particularly high in countries where the HIV/AIDS epidemic rages and where threats to female reproductive health abound…
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A 10-year cost-effectiveness follow-up analysis of the National Institutes of Health-sponsored Diabetes Prevention Program show lifestyle intervention and metformin are cost effective. Medscape Medical News
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The authors of a new study showing alarming increases in the incidence of hyperglycemia and diabetes are calling for urgent action by governments to prevent this trend from continuing. Heartwire
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(MedPage Today) — SILVER SPRING, Md. — An FDA advisory committee has voted unanimously, 6-0, that Genentech’s bevacizumab (Avastin) should no longer be approved to treat metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer.
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CINCINNATI (MedPage Today) — The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the individual mandate provision in the Affordable Care Act is constitutional, marking the first time a federal appellate court has ruled on the law’s constitutionality.
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(MedPage Today) — Amidst criticism from physicians and Republicans in Congress, the Obama administration said it would not pursue a “mystery shopper” study of access to primary care, at least for now.
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(MedPage Today) — The Danish drugmaker H. Lundbeck A/S will continue to supply the U.S. with the anesthetic phenobarbital (Nembutal) despite its controversial use in capital punishment.
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