Novo says study shows Levemir reduces body weight
Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, the world’s biggest maker of insulin, said on Tuesday a new study showed its long-acting insulin Levemir reduces body weight and improves blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes patients.
The new data, a subanalysis of 2,377 patients from a larger multinational study, indicated that individuals taking Levemir lost 0.7 kilograms after 14 weeks, compared to a baseline.
Pfizer shares plunge after cholesterol drug fails
Shares in Pfizer Inc fell around 14 percent in European and pre-opening U.S. trade on Monday after the world’s biggest drugmaker scrapped development of its most important experimental medicine.
Pfizer halted work on torcetrapib, which was designed to raise levels of “good” HDL cholesterol, because of increased deaths and heart problems among patients given the product in a late-stage trial.
Researchers find that screening children for heart disease risk helps to identify parents at risk
Screening children could lead to interventions to reduce risk of disease
Screening children for risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease can help identify parents at risk for the condition, providing an opportunity for medical intervention in both children and their parents, according to research at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.
Researchers studied a community-based sample of 94 families - including 108 parents and 141 children - and found child/parent association was strong for cardiovascular risk factors including body mass index, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, triglycerides and total cholesterol. The study was led by Evelyn Cohen Reis, MD, a pediatrician and researcher in the Division of General Academic Pediatrics at Children’s.
Internet exacerbates problems of anorexia and bulimia in teens
The Internet is being blamed by researchers in the U.S. for exacerbating the problems of anorexia and bulimia in young people.
According to a new pilot study by researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, children as young as 10 are learning new weight loss or purging methods from web sites that promote eating disorders.
‘Too thin’ women much more likely to miscarry
Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in England have found that being very thin and underweight might increase the risk of women miscarrying during pregnancy.
The researchers say really thin women are 72% more likely to miscarry in the first three months of pregnancy than women of normal weight.
Dancing on the streets - just what the doctor ordered!
It seems plans are afoot to provide dance classes on the National Health Service in Britain in an attempt to improve the country’s fitness levels and halt a looming national obesity crisis.
According to reports street-dancing and tango classes are just a few of the ideas being considered for funding by NHS trusts and others include trampolining, boxing, skipping and organised walking classes.
