Article: Hypothalamus damage increases risk of intractable obesity in children with brain tumors.

Article: Octreotide therapy effective for treatment of pediatric ...
Biotech Week;  August 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... effective for the treatment of pediatric hypothalamic obesity. "Hypothalamic obesity is a devastating complication in children ... trial of octreotide therapy for pediatric hypothalamic obesity," investigators in the United States ...

Article: Hypothalamic obesity linked to faulty adrenal ...
Obesity & Diabetes Week;  July 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... com & NewsRx.net) -- Hypothalamic obesity is associated with defective adrenal ... great fat deposits accumulation in hypothalamic obesity models. In this work we therefore ... synthesizing enzymes in mice with hypothalamic obesity. Life Sci, 2004;74(26 ...

Article: Iowa Inventor Develops Stereotactic Hypothalamic ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 26, 2006 ;     543 words ...ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Matthew A. Howard III, of Iowa City, Iowa, has developed an apparatus and a method for delivering and detecting electrical signals to/from the patient's brain. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "apparatus and methods for

Article: Brain Tumor Funders' Collaborative Announces $6 ...
Business Wire;  March 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ...WASHINGTON -- The Brain Tumor Funders' Collaborative (BTFC) -- eight private funders of brain tumor research -- today announced results ... each taking on a central question in brain tumor research including the potential role ...

Article: As Brain Tumor Cases Rise Need for Increased ...
PR Newswire;  July 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor. Brain tumors are now the leading cause ... fighting this disease and are sad that the brain tumor community has lost such a powerful advocate ... Chairman of the non-profit National Brain Tumor Foundation (NBTF). "Everyday, more ...

Article: Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Institute at Duke ...
PR Newswire;  June 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 6 million award from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation will establish and fund a ... be devoted exclusively to pediatric brain tumor research. The primary goal of the new Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Institute at Duke will be ...

Article: National Brain Tumor Foundation Unites with ...
PR Newswire;  September 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Coast for a free educational program for brain tumor patients and their families SAN DIEGO ... diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor each year(x). As the need for more ... treatment technology. Today, the National Brain Tumor Foundation (NBTF) partnered with BrainLAB ...