Obesity and Diabetes Week

Gender and Disease - Uncoupling proteins are gender dependent and affect weight control

Generic Drugs - Par Pharmaceutical begins shipment of generic Glucovance tablets

Health Care - dbaza presents interactive-based chronic illness self-management skills

Healthcare Costs - Humana partners with Gordian Health Solutions to reduce healthcare costs

Heart Disease Risk Factor - Gender-dependent attenuation of cardiac K currents reported in diabetes

Heart Disease Risk Factor - Profilin acts to mediate diabetic endothelial cell dysfunction

Hypertension Therapy - Olmesartan medoxomil effective for hypertension treatment in diabetes

Insulin Delivery - P(MAA-g-EG) hydrogels used for oral insulin delivery

Insulin Resistance - Muscle fat oxidative capacity not impaired by age but by inactivity

Insulin Resistance - Muscle insulin receptor knockout mice provide new model diabetes study

Insulin Therapy - Combination therapy with Actos improves components of diabetic dyslipidemia

Legal Issues - Missouri legislation would block lawsuits over obesity

Leptin Studies - Leptin rapidly rewires arcuate nucleus feeding circuits

Leptin Studies - Leptin responsiveness not affected by variation in leptin receptor gene

Lipid Studies - Atrial natriuretic peptide contributes to control of lipid mobilization

Lipid Studies - Dietary protein modulates effect of CLA on lipid metabolism in rats

Lipid Studies - Fatty acid metabolism and vascular disease reviewed

Lipid Studies - Soy protein affects serum insulin and reduces fatty liver in rats

Lipid Studies - Soybean beta-conglycinin diet reduces triglyceride levels in obese mice

Mental Health - Cannabinoid CB1 receptor inverse agonist has antidepressant effects

Morbid Obesity - Retroperitoneoscopic radical nephrectomy successful in super-obese

Myeloma - IL-6 and IGF-1 highly express IL-6 receptor alpha in myeloma cells

Neurodegeneration - Mechanisms of insulin and neurodegenerative disease reviewed

Obesity - Discoveries show how obesity kills

Obesity - PPARs targets for obesity and related disorders

Obesity - Weight loss is critical to effective management of obesity hypertension

Obesity Pathogenesis - Body-weight regulation in children reviewed

Obesity Pathogenesis - MRI represents food texture and oral fat in the human brain

Obesity Pathogenesis - Mice overexpressing GH secretagogue receptor 1A remain lean

Obesity Surgery - Options in bariatric surgery reviewed

Obesity Survival and Mortality - Obesity does not compromise survival in women with breast cancer

Obesity Therapy - Exercise lowers the body weight gain and adiposity in obese rats

Obesity Therapy - Melanin-concentrating hormone antagonists are novel anti-obesity agents

Obesity Therapy - Neuropeptide receptor antagonists are potential anti-obesity agents

Obesity Therapy - Role of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in obesity outlined

Obesity Therapy - Role of diet relapses in dieting investigated

Obesity Therapy - Stearoyl-CoA desaturase inhibitors show promise as anti-obesity agents

Obesity and Diabetes - Protein restriction affects fetal and adult rat pancreas differently

Obesity and Diabetes - Retinoids offer novel strategies for obesity and diabetes treatment

Pain Therapy - Cymbalta reduces diabetic neuropathic pain

Personnel - Diabetes-focused company announces key additions to scientific team

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Hormones predict ovulation in polycystic ovary syndrome

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Increased risk of cardiovascular disease shown in PCOS patients

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Insulin resistance not essential component of polycystic ovary syndrome

Public Health - Cost analysis of bike and pedestrian trails outlined

Tobacco Use - Body weight and cigarette prices affect adolescent smoking

Type 1 Diabetes Pathogenesis - Mutant Stat5b defines key defective pathway in diabetic mice