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Diabetes Gene Carries Similar Risk to Obesity Posted: Thursday, November 09, 2006

Carrying two copies of a common variant of a particular gene doubles your chances of developing diabetes and puts you in a similar risk category to being clinically obese, according to a collaborative study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.

Diabetes Gene Carries Similar Risk to Obesity Posted: Thursday, November 02, 2006

Carrying two copies of a common variant of a particular gene doubles your chances of developing diabetes and puts you in a similar risk category to being clinically obese.

Diet Drug Acomplia Seen Needing More Testing as Diabetes Treatment Posted: Thursday, November 02, 2006

Sanofi's highly anticipated diet drug Acomplia (rimonabant) may also be useful in helping obese diabetics control their blood sugar levels, but some respected researchers have expressed skepticism and called for additional testing in the prestigious British medical journal Lancet.

Pramlintide Continues Trials for Weight Loss Posted: Thursday, November 02, 2006

Results of a Phase 2 study show a 8% reduction in weight. Pramlintide shows weight loss for those even without diabetes.

New Magic Weight-Loss Pill rimonabant (Acomplia) Offers Modest Results, Blocks 'Munchies' Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

A new drug billed as a magic bullet for obesity — rimonabant (Acomplia) — does help people lose weight, although not that much weight, and also helps lower cardiac risk factors, according to a review of studies.

Study: Leptin Has Powerful Effect on Reward Center in the Brain Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Leptin, a hormone critical for normal food intake and metabolism, exerts a strong effect on appetite by acting in the mid-brain region as well as in the hypothalamus, according to a Yale School of Medicine study in Neuron.

Study: Food or its Expectation Sparks Brain's Hunger Centers Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The concept of whetting the appetite by serving hors d'oeuvres before a meal may have a solid scientific basis, according to a new report in the October issue of the journal Cell Metabolism.

One Billion People Overweight, 300 Million Obese Worldwide Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

For every four adults in the world who are malnourished five more are overweight, 30 percent of them clinically obese, according to the World Health Organization.

Study: Genes and Diet Linked to Risk Factors for Heart Disease Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University and colleagues have found another link among genes, heart disease and diet.

Being Obese Lowers Your Intelligence! Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

If French scientists are to be believed being obese is linked to a decline in a person's cognitive function.

 

 

 

 

 

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