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| Grapes may help lower blood pressure: study (Reuters) Reuters - Grapes helped lower blood pressure and improve heart function in lab rats fed an otherwise salty diet, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Possible Drug Target For Obesity Treatment A No Brainer Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have discovered a gene that when mutated causes obesity by dampening the body's ability to burn energy while leaving appetite unaffected. The new research could potentially lead to new pharmacologic approaches to treating obesity in humans that do not target the brain, according to study senior author Yi Zhang, Ph.D. medicalnewstoday.com |
Clinical Research Casts Doubt On Accuracy Of Obesity Measurements The Body Benchmark Study was launched in March 2007, with the goal of developing the Body Volume Index (BVI) as a potential long-term replacement for the Body Mass Index (BMI) for the measurement of obesity and associated health risks. Now, the latest results in the ongoing research aimed at validating its use in a medical context are showing more accuracy than results from using a tape measure. medicalnewstoday.com |
IOM Report To Be Released Sept. 1 On Tackling Childhood Obesity At The Local Level What steps have public officials in your state or community taken to combat childhood obesity? The percentage of American adolescents who are obese has tripled in just 35 years. Local governments play a crucial role by shaping environments that make it either easy or hard for families to find fresh fruits and vegetables, play outdoors, walk, and otherwise eat healthy and be physically active. medicalnewstoday.com |
Incidence Of Diabetes Likely To Double And Costs To Triple By 2034 In the next 25 years, the number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double, increasing from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034. Over the same period, spending on diabetes will almost triple, rising from $113 billion to $336 billion, even with no increase in the prevalence of obesity, researchers based at the University of Chicago report in the December issue of Diabetes Care. The number of those with diabetes covered by Medicare will rise from 8. medicalnewstoday.com |