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For Primates, Tourism Can Be Less Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys
Primate tourism, an economic benefit and conservation tool in many habitat countries, has exploded in popularity over the past two decades in places like China, Borneo, Uganda, Rwanda, Northern Sumatra, Madagascar, Gabon and Central America. view more (2007-07-16)
Prevalence of disordered eating behaviors in diabetics probed
Children with diabetes are at an increased risk for developing eating disorders and researchers want to know if it's their disease or treatment that's to blame. view more (2008-12-11)
SULPHONAMIDE RESISTANCE REMAINS HIGH DESPITE PRESCRIBING RESTRICTION (pp 1307, 1325)
A substantial decrease in prescribing of sulphonamides in the UK over the past decade has failed to reduce resistance to this class of antibiotic drugs, conclude authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. There is a clear link between heavy antimicrobial use and the emergence of resistant bacteria. Whether a reduction in antimicrobial... view more... (2001-04-25)
Scientific evidence for diets: don't believe everything you read
In a society increasingly fixated with body image, we are bombarded with so-called scientific evidence promoting the use of a myriad of diets. An article published today in the Open Access journal BMC Medical Research Methodology suggests that we shouldn't take everything we read at face value, as most research articles reporting weight loss... view more... (2005-02-21)
Trans fat ban: Watch saturated fats and calories too
In December, New York City passed a law to phase out the use of trans fat in restaurants. Other cities, including Boston and Chicago, might follow suit. view more (2006-12-26)
New EC Directive Threatens Life-Saving Trials
Europeans should wake up to the threat of a new European Directive, which will make many potentially life-saving studies performed in emergency medicine impossible, warn researchers in this week's BMJ. The Directive could stop trials of treatments for patients rendered suddenly mentally incapacitated by, for example, cardiac arrest, head injury,... view more... (2002-07-24)
Cutting calories slightly can reduce aging damage
A lifelong habit of trimming just a few calories from the daily diet can do more than slim the waistline-a new study shows it may help lessen the effects of aging. view more (2006-05-09)
Study demonstrates improved health, survival in aged overweight male mice on resveratrol
Overweight aged male mice whose high calorie (fat) diet was supplemented by resveratrol, a natural compound found in common foods like grapes, wines and nuts, had better health and survival than aged overweight mice who did not receive it. view more (2006-11-02)
ESC Congress 2003: Cardiac Disease: When can I drive again?
IMPORTANT: This press release accompanies a poster or oral session given at the ESC Congress 2003. Written by the investigator himself/herself, this press release does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Society of Cardiology ESC Congress 2003: After admission to hospital with a wide range of illnesses, the law in the United... view more... (2003-09-02)
No link between epidurals and backache
Epidural pain relief during labour is not associated with long term backache, find researchers in this week’s BMJ. view more (2002-08-14)
Nutritional genomics identifies a potential weight-loss resistance gene
Two obese people follow the same low-calorie diet and do not exercise, but one loses much more weight than the other. Genetic factors may explain this phenomenon. view more (2005-12-08)
Food restriction increases dopamine receptor levels in obese rats
A brain-imaging study of genetically obese rats conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory provides more evidence that dopamine - a brain chemical associated with reward, pleasure, movement, and motivation - plays a role in obesity. view more (2007-10-25)
Mom's obesity during conception phase may set the stage for offspring's obesity risk
The number of overweight and obese Americans continues to grow rapidly. Today, 50 percent of adults are overweight and up to 20 percent are obese. While the number of overweight/obese children is at an all time high, the steady increase of overweight infants -- individuals under 11 months old -- is alarming. view more (2008-01-04)
Some schoolboys get their kicks from partial self-strangulation
Schoolboys go in for partial self strangulation for kicks, using cloth towel dispensers, reports a study in Injury Prevention. Much older boys and adult men practice partial self strangulation by auto-erotic asphyxiation. The Canadian researchers cite five cases in which young boys attempted near strangulation using cloth towel dispensers in... view more... (2001-08-29)
Can poor growth explain link between marital status and health?
A recent study in the BMJ found that men who were small at birth were less likely to marry, but can slow growth also explain why unmarried people are more likely to die of heart disease? view more (2002-02-13)
Sugary drinks, not fruit juice, may be linked to insulin
Steady increases in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages over the last several decades, as well as rates of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, led nutritional epidemiologists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University and colleagues to explore the relationship between sugar-sweetened beverage... view more... (2007-09-06)
Spot urine test: To monitor dietary sodium compliance in liver disease patients?
A research article to be published on August 7 , 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. view more (2009-08-12)
Hormone that signals fullness also curbs fast food consumption and tendency to binge eat
The synthetic form of a hormone previously found to produce a feeling of fullness when eating and reduce body weight, also may help curb binge eating and the desire to eat high-fat foods and sweets. The findings on fast food consumption and binge eating tendencies are based on a 6-week research study of 88 obese individuals. view more (2007-06-07)
Substituting water for sugar-sweetened beverages can reduce excess calorie consumption
Replacing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) with water could eliminate an average of 235 excess calories per day among children and adolescents, according to a study published in the April 2009 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. view more (2009-04-07)
NHS Stop-Smoking Services are insufficient to deliver national smoking targets
NHS Stop-Smoking Services are insufficient to deliver national smoking targets, and Government smoking targets are themselves insufficient for the poorest communities, says a study published online by the BMJ today. view more (2005-03-16)
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