Fitness and Wellness Business Week

Transneuronix, Inc. - Implantable Gastric Stimulator stimulates stomach to reduce appetite

WellGen, Inc. - Biotech company focused on metabolic disorders obtains license to obesity genes

Aberdeen Center for Energy Regulation & Obesity - Melanocyte stimulating hormone increases resting metabolic rate

American Council on Exercise - Exercise group says studies show correlation between exercise, sexual function

Bariatric Surgery - Arkansas woman shares story of weight loss

Benitec, Ltd. - Hot mouse technology used for diabetes, obesity therapies

Birmingham City Hospital - Researchers' work adds to metabolic syndrome body of knowledge

California State University, Long Beach - Meals identified as healthy choices on restaurant menus are healthy

Cambridge Healthtech Advisors - Metabolic syndrome drug pipeline report announced

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences - Genes involved in human lipid metabolism identified

Diet & Nutrition - Health officials wage tough fight against tasty Southern-fried staples

Diet & Nutrition - Reading, writing and waistlines? Bill calls for kids to be weighed

Diet & Nutrition - Report: Wellness programs key to boosting online weight loss programs' success

Diet & Nutrition - Study: Fruit juices do play role in healthy diet

Dom Bosco Catholic University - Stress affects nutritional state in children

Electronic Medical Records - Diagnostic, reporting software for chiropractors enhanced

Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam - Exercise improves quality of life for Guillain-Barre syndrome patients

Fitness & Wellness - Famed inventor primes himself for forever

Fitness & Wellness - Hotels launch in-room fitness options for busy travelers

Free University of Amsterdam - Psychosocial features of obese children aid choice of therapy

Ghent University - High exercise levels in children not maintained after obesity therapy

Hamamatsu University - Recent findings in endocrinology provide new insights

Harvard University - Weight loss surgeries can improve or correct liver diseases

Healthcare Access - Massey opens clinic for employees

HealthSaver - Diet and nutrition companies join to offer discounts on weight-loss products

Hoken Dohjin Medical Foundation - Type 2 diabetes with high levels of C peptide reported

Hypertension - Meditation may help lower blood pressure

Institute Clinical & Experimental Med., Prague - Impaired response to glucose load linked to low glucose storage

Iowa State University - Researchers' data advance metabolic syndrome research

Italian Institute for Auxology - Body mass reduction program improves body composition in pubertal obese children

Linkoping University - Overweight children more likely to develop asthma

Medical College of Wisconsin - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of diabetes pathogenesis

Medical University of Plovdiv - Studies advance knowledge in obesity surgery research

Monell Chemical Senses Center - Food-craving activation during functional MRI examined

National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo - Synthetic glycolipid OCH prevents insulitis and diabetes in NOD mice