UAE
Bahrain
Jordan
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi ArabiaHealth News
The Role Of Cellular Protein In Regulation Of Binge Eating
Date: Jun-22-2012Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated in experimental models that blocking the Sigma-1 receptor, a cellular protein, reduced binge eating and caused binge eaters to eat more slowly. The research, which is published online in Neuropsychopharmacology, was led by Pietro Cottone, PhD, and Valentina Sabino, PhD, both assistant professors in the pharmacology and psychiatry departments at BUSM. Binge eating disorder, which affects approximately 15 million Americans, is believed to be the eating disorder that most closely resembles substance dependence...
BUSM Study Shows Role Of Cellular Protein In Regulation Of Binge Eating
Date: Jun-22-2012Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated in experimental models that blocking the Sigma-1 receptor, a cellular protein, reduced binge eating and caused binge eaters to eat more slowly. The research, which is published online in Neuropsychopharmacology, was led by Pietro Cottone, PhD, and Valentina Sabino, PhD, both assistant professors in the pharmacology and psychiatry departments at BUSM. Binge eating disorder, which affects approximately 15 million Americans, is believed to be the eating disorder that most closely resembles substance dependence...
Risk To Elderly Gallbladder Patients Varies Among Hospitals
Date: Jun-22-2012Elderly patients having gallbladder surgery may be more at risk depending on where they are treated. Researchers who studied 10 years' worth of data for gallbladder removal surgery found that patient deaths were generally low, but that the chances of survival for patients considered high risk varied significantly between hospitals. Patients considered most at-risk of complications included the elderly, those with other underlying health problems such as heart or chest conditions, and patients from socially deprived areas...
Tissue Stiffness Research By Husband-Wife Research Team Aims To Improve Breast Cancer Exams
Date: Jun-22-2012One in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. Lorraine G. Olson, professor of mechanical engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, was diagnosed in 2005 at the age of 45. Fortunately, her breast cancer was caught early from a routine mammogram, but like many women, she was prodded by her physician to do the exam. "To be honest, I put off my mammogram for months before my primary care physician made an appointment for me," Olson said...
Pharma Supply Chains Under The Microscope: Raising Revenue And Cutting Out Counterfeiters
Date: Jun-22-2012The pharmaceutical companies are paying more attention than ever before to their supply chains as they attempt to boost profits and clamp down on fake drugs, states a new report by healthcare industry analysts GBI Research. The report* examines the growing importance of strategic supply chain management in maximising revenue for global pharmaceutical companies, and how this is prompting the revision of traditional business models. International pharmaceutical corporations are starting to tailor supply chains to products based on market demand and production costs...
Research Published On Breakthrough Treatment For Tonsil Stones
Date: Jun-22-2012The June edition of Ear, Nose & Throat Journal will include an article on a revolutionary new treatment that has been developed to treat tonsil stones, also known as tonsilloliths. Up until now, there has been no good treatment other than a tonsillectomy to get rid of tonsil stones for good. And, in some patients, tonsillectomy can lead to excess bleeding and complications. Christopher Y. Chang, M.D., with Fauquier Ear Nose & Throat Consultants in Warrenton, Virginia and Richard Thrasher, M.D...
HIV: Newborn Transmission Rate Halved By Adding Nevirapine To HIV Regimen
Date: Jun-22-2012Adding the drug nevirapine to the regimen given to newborns of women diagnosed with HIV shortly before or during labor halves the newborns' risk of contracting the virus, according to findings by a National Institutes of Health research network. The researchers found that the rate of mother-to-child HIV transmission around the time of delivery was 2.2 percent among infants who received the standard drug zidovudine combined with nevirapine, compared with 4.8 percent among infants treated with zidovudine alone. The researchers also found a reduced rate of transmission (2...
Researchers Help Develop First Brain Map Of Love And Desire
Date: Jun-22-2012Thanks to modern science, we know that love lives in the brain, not in the heart. But where in the brain is it - and is it in the same place as sexual desire? A recent international study is the first to draw an exact map of these intimately linked feelings. "No one has ever put these two together to see the patterns of activation," says Jim Pfaus, professor of psychology at Concordia University. "We didn't know what to expect - the two could have ended up being completely separate. It turns out that love and desire activate specific but related areas in the brain...
HPV Vaccine Trial Should Never Have Been Run In India, Researchers Say
Date: Jun-22-2012Research published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine raises further questions about a trial of HPV vaccines in India. The trial, which has now been halted and is the subject of an investigation by the Indian government, was examining the safety and feasibility of offering a vaccine against the virus associated with cervical cancer. The new study by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Edinburgh suggests that lack of data on cervical cancer in India does not support a trial of the vaccine to prevent the disease...
Adolescents Who Have More Than 4 Meals A Day Are Thinner
Date: Jun-22-2012A study carried out in Spain reveals that certain healthy habits, like eating more than four times a day or not eating too fast, are associated with lower body fat levels independently of exercise habits during free time. SINC The key to preventing obesity is in keeping up healthy eating habits and this is not a new concept. But, a new study headed by the Institute of Food Science and Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) goes one step further...
Stay Connected
