Obese children have elevated levels of a key stress hormone, according to a new study. Researchers measured levels of cortisol -- considered an indicator of stress -- in hair samples from 20 obese and 20 normal-weight children, aged 8 to ...
Tags: obese children, stress hormone, kids health
African-American women may need to eat fewer calories or burn more than their Caucasian counterparts to lose a comparable amount of weight, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in a study published ...
EMD Serono, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, has announced that Gonal-f RFF Redi-ject, a disposable pre-filled drug injector pen intended for the subcutaneous injection of a liquid formulation of Gonal-f RFF, is now available in the US for ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Redesigned Fertility Pen
Two Cedars-Sinai physician-researchers have been awarded grants totaling $4 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how the environment - both in the womb and in the hospital where the baby is born - can affect the newborn ...
New and undiagnosed cases of diabetes continue to rise at epidemic rates, with as many as one in three men, women and children projected to be affected by the metabolic disorder by 2025. The high circulating blood sugar levels associated ...
The incidence of diabetes in the United States has been rising for years, making it the seventh leading cause of death in the country, according to the National Institutes of Health, but promising new research indicates that fish oil can ...
Past research studies have confirmed the healthy benefits of consuming a traditional Mediterranean style diet. Researchers have demonstrated that this type of diet consisting of healthy quantities of extra virgin olive oil, nuts, seeds, ...
Tags: diet, olive oil, bone loss, cardiovascular risk
Global healthcare company Novo Nordisk has obtained an approval from Health Canada for the Levemir FlexTouch, a new disposable insulin injection pen device for use in insulin-treated patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Novo ...
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Novo Nordisk has received approval from Health Canada for its Levemir FlexTouch, a disposable prefilled insulin pen containing Levemir (insulin detemir), designed to treat patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. FlexTouch has an easy ...
Tags: Treatment of Diabetes, Insulin Pen
Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Queen Mary University of London have developed a new breast cancer test, dubbed as PAM50, to help women avoid unnecessary chemotherapy. The ...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy
Our recent recommendation that you might want to skip the new weight-loss drug Belviq has generated a lot of buzz. To follow up, we commissioned two Dartmouth professors to look at the evidence and prepare a Drug Facts box for Belviq, ...
Tags: Belviq, Weight-Loss Drug, Health&Medicine
Perhaps prompted by all the ads for drugs such as AndroGel 1.62% and Axiron, many men attribute their lagging libido to reduced testosterone levels. But stress, depression, lack of sleep or exercise, work load, or changed feelings about ...
Tags: Low-T, Health&Medicine
ChemRar Ventures has entered into scouting agreement with Sanofi for a venture investment in Russia and Asia. As per the agreement, ChemRar Ventures will source early and late stage compounds within a certain defined area of Sanofi's ...
CeQur has reported its PaQ insulin delivery device initial study data at the 6th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) in Paris, France. The discreet, wearable CE-marked device, which comprises ...
Tags: CeQur, PaQ insulin delivery device, insulin infuser reservoir
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to SOV Therapeutics' oral testosterone undecanoate, a pro-drug of testosterone, for the treatment of Constitutional Delay of Growth and Puberty (CDGP) in ...
Tags: orphan drug, oral testosterone replacement therapy, FDA