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The latest saga in the endless quest to find a magic bullet for weight loss was released Tuesday.
“It is the Holy Grail of pharmacology,” said Marc Shelton, an Illinois cardiologist who moderated a session at which the new research was presented.
The study involved the diet drug rimonabant, which is available in [...]

The finding extends the total number of genes linked to the disease to 16 and provides clues to how the biological mechanisms that control blood sugar levels go awry when people get type 2 diabetes, the researchers said.
None of the genes we have found was previously on the radar screen of diabetes researchers, said Mark [...]

Earlier studies showed that stress and anxiety can influence coagulation. However, they were based almost entirely on questionnaire surveys of healthy subjects. In contrast, the Bonn-based research team around Franziska Geiser (from the Clinic and Policlinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy) and Ursula Harbrecht (from the Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine) have been [...]

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Diabetes is undergoing a genetics revolution that suggests there are many subtypes of the disease.
The discoveries already trigger important changes in treatment for a fraction of patients with some rare diabetes types caused by single genes gone awry - if they have a doctor aware of the findings.
“We’ve got a whole group [...]

Victorian Premier John Brumby today announced the $A218 million programme today, describing obesity as a challenge as big as climate change.
The five-year plan, funded by a $A600 million WorkSafe surplus, will provide voluntary screening for the states 2.6 million workers.
It will target those at risk of preventative diseases, such as type two diabetes, through an [...]

In the study, researchers analysed data from 21,884 stroke patients in Denmark who had their body mass index (BMI) determined. BMI is an accepted means of determining how fat or thin a person is.
The patients were placed into one of five BMI groups: underweight (BMI 18.5), normal weight (18.5 to 24.9), overweight (25.0 to 29.9), [...]

Younger patients and those without obvious heart disease risk factors should be asked when they arrive at hospital emergency rooms if they have used cocaine, the American Heart Association said in a statement in its journal Circulation.
Clot-busting drugs and beta-blockers - treatments often given to patients who have suffered a heart attack - can be [...]

Specialists have helped a Victorian man lose more than 70kg in a year by putting him on a strict portion-controlled, calorie-precise diet.
Reporting the case in the latest Medical Journal of Australia, endocrinologists from the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in Melbourne said the 59-year-old man suffered from diabetes and hypertension and weighed 170kg.
The morbidly obese man was [...]

The research suggests people who live in low-income neighborhoods have greater access to fast food and less access to supermarkets where healthier food is available.
In urban settings, the environment does indeed influence physical activity and nutrition and body weight, Kim Raine, the lead author and director of the University of Albertas Centre for Health Promotion [...]

A dangerous type of breast cancer, known as inflammatory breast cancer, was seen in 45 per cent of obese patients, compared with 30 per cent of overweight patients and 15 per cent of patients of healthy weight.
The more obese a patient is, the more aggressive the disease, said Dr Massimo Cristofanilli of the University of [...]