Fitness and Wellness Business Week

Mergers & Acquisitions - Harris HealthTrends joins forces with Axia Health Management

Mergers & Acquisitions - North Castle Partners completes sales of CRC Health Group and Equinox Fitness

Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Loma Linda - Novel loci affecting TG, HDL, and fat mass were identified in MRL/MpJ x SJL/J inbred mice

Northwestern University, Chicago - Obese middle-aged have higher risk of mortality from CHD and diabetes

Peninsula Medical School, Devon - Glycemic response to metformin and sulphonylureas in nonobese and obese is similar

Queen's University, Kingston - Lower levels wealth and perception of wealth increase odds of being physically inactive

Regeneron Pharmaceutical - Researchers' data advance obesity pathogenesis research

sanofi-aventis - Results of RIO-North America obesity study with rimonabant published in JAMA

Shell Oil - Obesity is linked to higher death rates from cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and accidents

Southern Illinois University - Visceral adiposity is a risk factor for pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

St. Louis Shriners Hospital for Children - High sleep apnea incidence found in morbidly obese patients with tibia vara

Stanford University - Body mass index, waist circumference contribute to increases in insulin resistance in nondiabetics

Trakya University, Edirme - tHcy levels are not link to carotid IMT in obese during the nonatherogenic stage

U.S. National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases - Adipose differentiation-related protein is mediated through ubiquitin/proteasome pathway

Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Intake of olive oil-fried sardines lowers cholesterol levels in adipose tissue

University Hospital Reina Sofia, Cordoba - Research in statins provides new insights

University of Alabama - Pentose pathway flux regulates 11 beta-HSD1

University of Arizona - Value of exercise training and antioxidants in diabetes treatment highlighted

University of Auckland - Insulin resistance in the Zucker diabetic fatty rat was characterized

University of Barcelona - Antiobesity agent tungstate targets metabolism and signal processes in adipose tissue

University of Buenos Aires - Endogenous hypertriglyceridemia intensifies cerulein-induced pancreatitis course in rat

University of California, Los Angeles - Obese renal transplant patients experience increased risk of DGF and low graft survival

University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre - Hypocaloric low-fat diet increases PUFAn-3 in muscle membrane phospholipids of obese

University of Dundee - New research in the area of neurology detailed

University of Istanbul - Orlistat increased nitric oxide synthase levels in the small intestinal mucosa

University of Mississippi - MC3/4-R metabolic and cardiovascular actions are preserved in diet-induced obesity

University of Mississippi - Researchers' work adds to diabetes pathogenesis body of knowledge

University of North Carolina - Health risk increased and access to health care decreased with age across ethnic groups

University of Pittsburgh - Studies add new findings to obesity pathogenesis body of knowledge

University of Tennessee - Dairy foods may assist in the management of obesity and overweight

University of Texas SW Medical Center, Dallas - Hedgehog signaling plays a conserved role in inhibiting fat formation

University of Ulm - Obese adolescents experience a higher incidence of gallbladder stone disease

University of Ulm - Systemic inflammation and adiposity are strongly associated in women

University of Utrecht - Recombinant hemagglutinin esterase-expressing hepatitis viruses are reduced in fitness

University of Valencia - Moderate aerobic exercise increases insulin sensitivity in nonobese, nondiabetic subjects

University of Verona - Obese children experience adipocyte fragility which can instigate 'inflammatory' process

Virginia Commonwealth University - Obese treated by RYGBP experience higher morbidity and mortality risk after extraluminal leaks

Virginia Commonwealth University - Obesity requires special perioperative management including arterial monitoring

Wageningen University - FIAF/angiopoietin-like protein 4 governs plasma lipid levels and adiposity

Wayne State University, Detroit - Lipolytic attack by hormone-sensitive lipase is targeted by perilipin