Recently added articles from Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week:
Novel Alzheimers target discovered using BioFocus FLeXSelect platform.
Nov 21, 2009 ... BioFocus, a leading provider of gene-to-drug candidate discovery services, announces that its FLeXSelect[R] target discovery platform was used to discover the novel Alzheimer's drug target recently described in the journal Science[1] (see also Business News). The paper describes ...
Research conducted at University of Rennes has provided new information about body weight.(Clinical report)
Nov 21, 2009 ... According to a study from Rennes, France, "Clinical studies suggest that moderate alcohol consumption can have beneficial effects, in particular regarding cardiovascular events, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes. In this study, lean and obese diabetic ob/ob mice were submitted or not ...
Studies from S.O. Griffin et al have provided new data on chronic disease.
Nov 21, 2009 ... "Oral and dental diseases may be associated with other chronic diseases. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004, the authors calculated the prevalence of untreated dental diseases, self-reported poor oral health and the number of missing teeth for ...
U.S. News Media Group Ranks CDH One of the Top U.S. Hospitals for Nursing Care and Patient Satisfaction.
Nov 21, 2009 ... U.S. News & World Report announced online recently that Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) of Winfield, Ill., has been listed as one of its top 17 hospitals in the nation for both nursing care and patient satisfaction (see also Central DuPage Hospital). To determine the top hospitals ...
New Research from UCLA Shows California Avocados Contribute Additional Beneficial Carotenoids.(Report)
Nov 21, 2009 ... New research published in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, reported that University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers were able to identify four additional carotenoids in the California Hass avocado, which had not been quantified until this study. In addition, the ...