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Pending health care reform should not distract from making medical technology investments

In spite of the tremendous attention being paid this summer to health care reform, it is critical that investments in medical technology startups not go into a “holding pattern,” but continue unabated. So says ONSET Ventures partner Rob Kuhling.

6 Aug 2009

Psoriasis sufferers at risk for other medical conditions

Emerging research reveals that people with psoriasis are at risk for developing other serious medical conditions including heart disease, diabetes and obesity. According to a new study by the National Psoriasis Foundation, of 5,000 people with psoriasis, nearly two-thirds report having at least one other critical health problem.

6 Aug 2009

Celera and Aurora to collaborate on cardiovascular genetics

Aurora Health Care, Wisconsin's largest health care provider, and Celera Corporation announced today that they have entered into an agreement to collaborate on the integration of genetic testing aimed at optimizing heart care for Aurora patients

6 Aug 2009

U.S. takes on challenge to fight obesity

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report has now confirmed that America is in a national obesity crisis. More than one out of three Americans is obese and it's threatening America's well-being, not only as individuals, but as a country.

6 Aug 2009

97 per cent unaware of the link between weight and cancer

Ninety-seven per cent of people don't list being overweight as a cancer risk, according to a Cancer Research UK survey out.

6 Aug 2009

Rush University Medical Center hosts conference examining Chicago breastfeeding rates

Over 100 certified breastfeeding peer counselors, lactation consultants, nurses, physicians, dietitians and community health workers are expected to gather at Rush University Medical Center on Thursday, August 6 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. in Room 500 at 1725 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, to attend the Griffin Inaugural Conference on Breastfeeding: The Primary Foundation for Health.

6 Aug 2009

New approach targets gut hormone to lower blood sugar levels

A research team led by Dr. Tony Lam at the Toronto General Research Institute and the University of Toronto discovered a novel function of a hormone found in the gut that might potentially lower glucose levels in diabetes.

6 Aug 2009

Research looks at enzyme that causes genetic diseases

Researchers from CIC bioGUNE's Structural Biology Unit and Columbia University (New York) have conducted a joint research project, published in the prestigious scientific journal Structure, to gain in-depth knowledge of the structure of pyruvate carboxylase when it is in solution (in the "natural" state).

5 Aug 2009

Leptin influences baseline dopamine levels and motivation to eat

As we all know from experience, people eat not only because they are hungry, but also because the food just simply tastes too good to pass up. Now, a new study in the August 6th Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, helps to explain how leptin, a hormone produced by fat tissue, influences that motivation to eat.

5 Aug 2009

Discovery of novel function of hormone found in gut that may lower glucose levels in diabetes

5 Aug 2009

Social stress linked to visceral fat, atherosclerosis

A new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that social stress could be an important precursor to heart disease by causing the body to deposit more fat in the abdominal cavity, speeding the harmful buildup of plaque in blood vessels, a stepping stone to the number one cause of death in the world.

5 Aug 2009

Depression may make patients become 'couch potatoes'

Feelings of depression could be one reason patients fail to follow their doctors’ orders on exercising and eventually become less physically active, a new research review finds.

4 Aug 2009

New insight into human ciliopathy

In the September 1st issue of G&D, Dr. Karen Oegema (UCSD) and colleagues identify the molecular basis of the lethal developmental disorder, hydrolethalus syndrome, and reveal that hydrolethalus syndrome actually belongs to the emerging class of human ciliopathy diseases.

4 Aug 2009

Virtual reality users adjust their identity to be consistent with that of their avatars

Creating a Second Life avatar, or virtual representation of oneself, that is thin and physically fit may encourage individuals to become healthier and more physically fit in their real lives, according to a study by researchers at RTI International.

4 Aug 2009

The extremes of BMI a cause for concern in liver transplantation

A recent study by doctors at the University of Washington explained that patients who are significantly underweight or very severely obese prior to liver transplantation are at increased risk of death following transplantation surgery.

4 Aug 2009

New findings on role of diet on breast cancer risk

How you eat may be just as important as how much you eat, if mice studies are any clue. Cancer researchers have long studied the role of diet on breast cancer risk, but results to date have been mixed.

4 Aug 2009

Walk, don't drive! community promotion of physical activity has two-fold benefit

About half of the car trips in the U.S. are less than five miles - a distance easily navigated by walking or cycling. Reducing short-distance car trips has many benefits - it decreases car accidents, has positive benefits for the environment and increases physical health and activity, says communication professor Edward Maibach of George Mason University. An expert in climate change communication research, Maibach says that community leaders should make promotion of physical activity a priority.

3 Aug 2009

Obesity News and Research

Latest Obesity News and Research

Pending health care reform should not distract from making medical technology investments

Psoriasis sufferers at risk for other medical conditions

Celera and Aurora to collaborate on cardiovascular genetics

U.S. takes on challenge to fight obesity

97 per cent unaware of the link between weight and cancer

Rush University Medical Center hosts conference examining Chicago breastfeeding rates

New approach targets gut hormone to lower blood sugar levels

Research looks at enzyme that causes genetic diseases

Leptin influences baseline dopamine levels and motivation to eat

Discovery of novel function of hormone found in gut that may lower glucose levels in diabetes

Social stress linked to visceral fat, atherosclerosis

Depression may make patients become 'couch potatoes'

New insight into human ciliopathy

Virtual reality users adjust their identity to be consistent with that of their avatars

The extremes of BMI a cause for concern in liver transplantation

New findings on role of diet on breast cancer risk

Walk, don't drive! community promotion of physical activity has two-fold benefit

Friendship influences eating behavior, particularly when friends are overweight

Regular yoga practice associated with mindful eating

After-school programs are an important contributor to children's physical activity

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