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Weight Lifting Can Help Overweight Teens Reduce Risk Of DiabetesJuly 28th, 2006Teens at risk of developing diabetes can prevent or delay its onset through strength training exercise, a University of Southern California study has found. [click link for full article] More: continued here New Insights Into How Major Weight-loss Drugs WorkJuly 28th, 2006Some of the most important weight-loss drugs work by enhancing the effect of the brain chemical serotonin. These include sibutramine (trade name Meridia) and fenfluramine, which was recalled after the combination with dexfenfluramine, called fen-phen, was linked to potentially fatal heart valve abnormalities.However, little has been known about the molecular mechanism by which serotonin suppresses appetite. [click link for full article] More: continued here Chip that sounds an alarm if a swab is left inside your bodyJuly 28th, 2006A wand waved over patients while they are still on the operating table could put an end to swabs being accidentally left behind. The hand-held scanner could be used by surgeons to check for missing swabs - used to mop up blood - before they sew up wounds More: continued here My injury was so bad I couldn’t walk so doctors grew me a new kneeJuly 28th, 2006Following a knee injury, Richard Painter was given new cartilage, ‘grown’ using cells from his own body. About 30,000 people in the UK suffer similar injuries each year. Here Richard, 48, and his surgeon, Professor George Bentley, describe the treatment to DAVID HURST More: continued here Hospital spends thousands reinforcing beds for obese patientsJuly 28th, 2006A hospital is spending tens of thousands of pounds on reinforced beds and strengthening mortuary slabs because of the increasing number of obese patients. Obesity causes 30,000 premature deaths in Britain each year More: continued here Lloyd Webber tells of his nightmare brush with paralysisJuly 28th, 2006Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed how he awoke to a nightmare by finding that his face had been paralysed as he slept. The composer - who has earned a £700 million fortune by penning musicals sich as Evita, Cats and Phantom of the Opera - feared that he had suffered a stroke More: continued here Women who give eggs for cloning will get cheap IVFJuly 28th, 2006Women are to be offered cutprice fertility treatment if they donate eggs for controversial cloning research. Fertility watchdogs have given permission for an ‘egg sharing’ scheme to advance work on human cloning More: continued here Obesity, blood glucose tied to enlarged prostate (Reuters)July 28th, 2006Reuters - BPH, or benign prostate hyperplasia, is a common condition in older men, but the risk of developing the condition seems to be increased by obesity and high blood sugar levels, researchers report. More: continued here Kidney drug could save 100 transplant patients a yearJuly 28th, 2006A new drug combination could make more kidneys available for patients needing a transplant. By helping to prevent kidneys failing, the treatment could save around 100 organs a year, a study has shown More: continued here England denied miracle bone cancer drugJuly 28th, 2006Bone cancer victims in England will not be given a life-prolonging drug - although it is available to patients in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland More: continued here |
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