Fitness and Wellness Business Week

Obesity - Collective action on obesity announced by Integrated Healthcare Association

Orthopedics Hospital, Thorofare - Inactivity due to arthritis does not cause obesity

Pennsylvania Soft Drink Association - Dietitian presents information on soft drinks and diet to education committee

Pusan National University - Human adipose stromal cells can be differentiated into hepatocytes

Robarts - Research in immune function, cardiac imaging, obesity boosted with grant

Sigma-RBI - Life sciences company releases informational brochure on obesity and diabetes

Singapore General Hospital - Researchers' work adds to metabolic syndrome body of knowledge

Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation - Sense of taste is key to weight loss, study shows

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles - Healthy food options out of reach for many poor, minority communities

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico - Reports add new data to diabetic nephropathy research

University of Aarhus - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of diabetes therapy

University of Aberdeen - Researchers look at the vole to understand regulation of energy balance

University of California San Diego - Physical fitness fights stress

University of California San Diego - Topiramate treatment effects are exerted through adipose tissue

University of Cincinnati - New research in the area of obesity pathogenesis detailed

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Research in lipid studies provides new insights

University of Liverpool - Ragaglitazar, improves metabolic profile equally with pioglitazone in ZDF rats

University of Michigan - Endoneurial edema causes slowed median nerve function and increased nerve size

University of Michigan - P.M. lipid infusion fails to change insulin sensitivity after A.M. exercise

University of Michigan - Scientists note difference in sleep in mice with gene coding for leptin

University of Nice Sophia Antipolis - Researchers' findings advance obesity pathogenesis research

University of North Carolina - Studies advance knowledge in obesity and diabetes research

University of Sao Paulo - Endurance training triggers adipocyte responsiveness to insulin

University of Ulsan - Researchers' findings advance diabetes pathogenesis research

University of Washington - Plasma ghrelin levels increase during year-long exercise program

Wake Forest University - Fat may promote inflammation

Wyeth Research - New findings in the area of diabetes therapy described