Fight Obesity or Overweight With Hoodia Gordonii (Turks.US)

Obesity is continuous concern not only to adults but also to children and adolescence in the US. Obesity increases the risk of having many diseases and health conditions such as hypertension (high blood pressure), dyslipidemia (for example, high total cholesterol or high levels of triglycerides), osteoarthritis (a degeneration of cartilage and its underlying bone within a joint), type 2 ...

Animal therapy for mental health (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MANILA, Philippines?In Norway, on the way to the countryside, we passed by a ?farm clinic? where horses and other farm animals are used to assist in the treatment of mental disorders such as depression, excessive anxiety and even frank psychosis.

Spice up your life (Galveston County Daily News)

Medical breakthroughs could have everyone turning to spice racks and produce aisles instead of medicine cabinets to ward off illness.

External pumping aids blood flow in heart disease (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am under treatment for angina. I don?t have many attacks of chest pain, but when I do, I usually can get rid of them with nitroglycerin. My neighbor, exactly my age, has the same thing: coronary artery disease with angina attacks. His doctor is treating him with some kind of leg pumps. He says he has had no angina since he started the treatment. Do you know what this is? ...

High Cholesterol Levels Drop Naturally In Children On High-Fat Anti-Seizure Diet, Hopkins Study Show (Medical News Today)

Elevated cholesterol levels return to normal or near normal levels over time in four out of 10 children with uncontrollable epilepsy treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet, according to results of a Johns Hopkins Children's Center study reported in the Journal of Child Neurology. The study appears online ahead of print here.

High Cholesterol Levels Drop Naturally In Children On High-fat Anti-seizure Diet, Study Show (Science Daily)

Elevated cholesterol levels return to normal or near normal levels over time in four out of 10 children with uncontrollable epilepsy treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet, according to results reported in the Journal of Child Neurology.

Maker of diabetes drug reports four more deaths (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Amylin Pharmaceuticals yesterday reported an additional four deaths among patients taking its diabetes drug Byetta, although the deaths could be attributed to other causes. Two of the patients died after complications from gallbladder surgery, and a third died after a relapse of leukemia, company officials said.

Python Project: CU-Boulder, Biotech Firm Team Up To Search For Human Cardiac Therapeutics (Medical News Today)

The University of Colorado at Boulder is teaming up with a Boulder biotechnology company to use pythons, which dramatically increase their heart size for a short time after swallowing prey, as models for new therapeutics to treat cardiac diseases. Hiberna Corp.

Ask Dr. Gott: Keep monitoring heart condition (The Monterey County Herald)

Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 76-year-old male. I am 6 feet tall and weigh 175 pounds. My blood pressure ranges from 109 to 125/56 to 68, with a pulse between 44 and 53. I take an 81-miligram aspirin, a 10-milligram lisinopril and a multivitamin every day.

High cholesterol levels drop naturally in children on high-fat anti-seizure diet, Hopkins study show (EurekAlert!)

Elevated cholesterol levels return to normal or near normal levels over time in four out of 10 children with uncontrollable epilepsy treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet, according to results of a Johns Hopkins Children's Center study reported in the Journal of Child Neurology.

Exeter news briefs

Random Acts of Harmony, a Seacoast folk singing group, will appear at Club Ioka, 55 Water St., Exeter on Friday, Sept.

Effects of Krill Oil on serum lipids of hyperlipidemic rats and human SW480 cells

Cardiovascular disease and colon cancer incidence are known to be closely related to dietary factors.

Cholesterol Limbo: How low can you go?

In 1962 Chubby Checker blared from radio with "Limbo Rock." Party-goers everywhere jammed to, "Limbo lower now! How low can you go?" When dancing to the limbo, the dancer sways to the rhythm, leans backward and ...

On Cholesterol Related Premature Death of South Asian Immigrants in America

Average south Asian immigrants who have come to America are middle class of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka whose whole infant life for generations have been nourished with ...

Switching from Other Ritonavir-boosted Protease Inhibitors to Boosted ...

Atazanavir is a potent, well-tolerated, once-daily protease inhibitor that has been extensively studied in both treatment-naive and treatment-experienced patients.

Moms, take time for own health

Moms, take time for own health New clothes, new school supplies and yearly checkups are all a part of the back-to-school routine for moms and their children, but the physicals and examines are usually only ...

Ask the Doctor: Cholesterol concerns

St. Petersburg, Florida - A new study shows thin people have a hidden risk for high cholesterol and other such ailments typically associated with obesity.

Ed Blonz: Control triglycerides through diet, exercise

Q: My partner's blood test showed his triglycerides are way over the top. He exercises daily, is not overweight, watches what he eats and rarely eats meat.

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As our genes evolve, our risk factors for high LDL cholesterol increase. Robert S. Rosenson, MD, is the director of lipoprotein disorders and clinical atherosclerosis research at the University of Michigan in ...

Taking care of mom

New clothes, new school supplies and yearly checkups are all a part of the back-to-school routine for moms and their children, but the physicals and examines are usually only scheduled for the children.