Study raises hope for obesity treatment

sea-maid submitted, created time 1 day 10 hours (news.yahoo.com)

U.S. researchers may have found an obesity treatment that unlocks the fat-fighting promise of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone once hailed as the answer to the battle of the bulge.

2 comments | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: weight management appetite leptin obesity

Common Oral Osteoporosis Drugs Linked to Serious Jaw Necrosis

sea-maid submitted, created time 5 days 6 hours (www.sciencedaily.com)

Researchers at the University Of Southern California, School Of Dentistry release results of clinical data that links oral bisphosphonates to increased jaw necrosis. The study is among the first to acknowledge that even short-term use of common oral osteoporosis drugs may leave the jaw vulnerable to devastating necrosis, according to a new report.

1 comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: risk factors bisphosphonates jaw osteoporosis

Weight loss surgery improves sexual function in men

sea-maid submitted, created time 5 days 7 hours (news.yahoo.com)

Sexual dysfunction that commonly occurs in morbidly obese men improves after weight loss surgery, according to a new study.

Submit comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: obesity bariatric surgery men's health erectile disfunction sex sexual function Weight loss surgery

Antibiotics before infections save lives

sea-maid submitted, created time 5 days 7 hours (www.reuters.com)

Giving antibiotics to patients in intensive care units as a precaution saves lives, according to a major Dutch study published Wednesday.

1 comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: microbiology infections Antibiotics

Safer fetal test for genetic diseases on horizon

sea-maid submitted, created time 6 days 45 minutes (www.newscientist.com)

Using just a drop of the mother's blood, scientists can now tell if the fetus has a disorder like cystic fibrosis – it could soon spell the end for invasive techniques

Submit comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: birth defects human reproduction cystic fibrosis genetic testing prenatal testing genetic diseases

Beer marinade cuts steak cancer risk

sea-maid submitted, created time 6 days 57 minutes (www.newscientist.com)

IF YOU are frying a steak and mindful of your health, then marinate it in either beer or red wine. So say food scientists who measured amounts of a family of carcinogens found in fried steaks after steeping them in booze.

Cooking food increases levels of cancer-causing compounds called heterocyclic amines (HAs). Fried and grilled meat are particularly high in these compounds, because fiery temperatures convert the sugars and amino acids in muscle tissue into HAs

Submit comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: meat wine carcinogens steak food beer cancer risk

Obesity Surgery Reverses Diabetes in Teens

sea-maid submitted, created time 1 week 3 days (www.time.com)

Obesity surgery can reverse diabetes in teens, just as it does in adults, according to a small study

Submit comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: bariatric surgery obesity diabetes teenagers teens Obesity Surgery

Cancer drug effectively treats transplant rejections

sea-maid submitted, created time 1 week 4 days (esciencenews.com)

University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered a new therapy for transplant patients, targeting the antibody-producing plasma cells that can cause organ rejection.

3 comments | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: organ rejection tissue rejection organ transplants transplants Cancer drug transplant rejections organ rejection bortezomib B cells T cells

Hormones Boost Frequency of Migraines with Visual Disturbances in Women

sea-maid submitted, created time 2 weeks 7 hours (www.hon.ch)

In women, hormones increase the frequency of an inherited form of severe migraine accompanied by visual disturbances called auras, according to a Massachusetts General Hospital study.

Submit comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: vision auras women's health headaches migraines Hormones

Surgeon uses human fat to run his cars

sea-maid submitted, created time 2 weeks 7 hours (www.independent.co.uk)

A leading Beverly Hills plastic surgeon claims to have found an environmentally friendly way to combine two of America's great obsessions – after converting his 4x4 to run on fat removed from clients during liposuction operations.

2 comments | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: obesity liposuction cars alternative energy alternative fuel alternative fuels fuel fat human fat

Food and Drug Administration does a double-take on bisphenol A

Multiple Doses of Steroids Don't Help Preemies

sea-maid submitted, created time 2 weeks 6 days (health.yahoo.com)

Pregnant women at risk of preterm delivery who are given multiple doses of steroids to help their fetus tend to give birth to low birth-weight babies with smaller head circumference, a new study found.

1 comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: steroids pregnancy human development human reproduction babies premature babies Preemies

Common Treatment for Chronic Prostatitis Fails to Reduce Symptoms

sea-maid submitted, created time 2 weeks 6 days (www.engelpub.com)

drug commonly prescribed for men with chronic prostatitis, a painful disorder of the prostate and surrounding pelvic area, failed to significantly reduce symptoms in recently diagnosed men who had not been previously treated with this drug, according to a clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study is to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Submit comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: men's health prostate prostatitis Chronic Prostatitis

DSM-IV gets reexamined. Expect a DSM-V in a few years.

Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 weeks 6 days (www.nytimes.com)

Psychologists are revising the DSM-IV. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has been altered a few times since its first edition came out in 1952 (hence the "IV") to reflect better information and changing ideas about what makes a healthy mind. For example, earlier versions of the DSM listed homosexuality as a disease. The DSM-IV does not

Submit comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: diagnostics diagnoses psychiatry politics science and culture gender transgender ethics psychology DSM-IV diagnosis DSM-Vpsychology DSM DSM-IV

New Anti-cancer Components of Extra-virgin Olive Oil Revealed

piggy submitted, created time 3 weeks 20 hours (www.sciencedaily.com)

Good quality extra-virgin olive oil contains health-relevant chemicals, called "phytochemicals, that can trigger cancer cell death. New research sheds more light on the suspected association between olive oil-rich Mediterranean diets and reductions in breast cancer risk.

Javier Menendez from the Catalan Institute of Oncology and Antonio Segura-Carretero from the University of Granada in Spain led a team of researchers who set out to investigate which parts of olive oil were most active against cancer

Submit comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: cancer cells cancer treatments risk factors prevention food cancer women's health breast cancer HER2 phenols monounsaturated fat olive oil HER2 phytochemicals extra-virgin olive oil