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Date: Nov 20, 2009
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Date: Nov 20, 2009
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Model-based estimates can give meaningful and valid county-level data on the prevalence of diabetes and obesity that is useful for local public health officials, according to a report published in the Nov. 20 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Date: Nov 19, 2009
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New developments in eating disorders, including research on the biological contributions to illness onset and maintenance, may have important implications for clinicians, according to a Seminar published online Nov. 19 in The Lancet.
Date: Nov 19, 2009
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Advances that could lead to new treatments for pancreatic cancer were discussed at a press briefing Nov. 17 at the American Association for Cancer Research -- National Cancer Institute -- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer International Conference, "Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics," held from Nov. 15 to 19 in Boston.
Date: Nov 18, 2009
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In nulliparous pregnant women, preeclampsia is associated with risk of subclinical hypothyroidism later in pregnancy, and women with a history of preeclampsia may be at higher risk of reduced thyroid function later in life, according to research published Nov. 17 in BMJ.
Date: Nov 16, 2009
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The rate at which individuals eat a meal may affect the postprandial response of gut peptides, according to a crossover study conducted in Greece and published online Oct. 29 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Date: Nov 16, 2009
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In rats induced with type 1 diabetes, topical treatment with naltrexone hydrochloride, an opioid antagonist, reverses dry eye and restores corneal sensitivity, according to a study in the November issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology.
Date: Nov 13, 2009
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Obesity and hypertension increase the risk of developing left atrial enlargement in the general population, according to a study in the Nov. 17 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Date: Nov 13, 2009
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Hemoglobin A1C levels are a better predictor of retinopathy than fasting plasma glucose, according to a study in the November Diabetes Care. In a related study in the same issue, researchers report that routine lowering of blood pressure and intensive glucose control substantially improve renal outcomes and reduces death in type 2 diabetes patients.
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