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Obesity and Diabetes Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . June 21st, 2004

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Diabetes Therapy - Diabetes in older adults reviewed

Diabetes Therapy - Language used in relation to diabetes may undermine therapy efforts

Diet and Nutrition - Arabinogalactan offers no long-term benefits on serum lipids or glucose

Endocrinology - Metabolic products measured by NMR analysis of one glucose derivative

Obesity Pathogenesis - Gastrointestinal satiety signals reviewed

Atherosclerosis - PAD patients should be aggressively treated for atherosclerotic risk factors

Business Update - Utah charity files for bankruptcy as probe continues over sale of fitness equipment

Business Update - Weight Loss Forever signs agreement for four new franchises

Cardiovascular Disease - Metabolic syndrome positively associated with cardiovascular disease

Childhood Obesity - After school activities can reduce obesity among inner city youth

Diabetes Pathogenesis - IL-10-resistant PGS2 expression found in type 1 diabetic monocytes

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Prior 5-HT exposure on rat islet insulin responses investigated

Diabetes Therapy -  Syzigium cumini seeds are antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic

Diabetes Therapy - K+ stimulates proinsulin biosynthesis in rat pancreatic islets

Diabetic Nephropathy - Rapid change in glucose level aids mesangial cell proliferation

Diet and Nutrition - Dietary proteins in regulation of food intake and body weight reviewed

Endocrinology - Noradrenaline and neuropeptide Y from hypothalamus high in diabetes

Endocrinology - Obese or diabetes single gene mutations induce hyperglycemia-hyperinsulinemia

Etiology - Maternal-fetal interactions, birth order impact risk factors for adult diabetes

Fatty Liver Disease - Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis histologically resembles alcoholic liver disease

Finance - Device company focused on obesity secures $12M

Finance - Vista Medical announces completion of private placement

Fitness & Wellness - Baby boomers pushing sales of comfortable, speedy recumbent bikes

Fitness & Wellness - Chick-fil-A offers healthier alternative with fresh fruit cups

Fitness & Wellness - Driving longer means larger waistlines

Gastric Bypass - Seventeen chosen so far for $1 million gastric bypass experiment

Ginkgo Biloba -  Ginkgo biloba protects liver against diabetes and hypoxia damage

HIV/AIDS Treatment - New protease inhibitors offer improved tolerability and safety

Heart Disease - Data demonstrate cardiovascular impact of weight loss with sibutramine

Hypertension - Blood pressure drugs cut death rate in half

Immunology - Yo-yo dieting may have a long-term negative effect on immune function

Legal Issues - Pharmaceutical company to seek rehearing of court ruling in diet drug trials

Leptin Studies - Features of leptin-induced hypertension described

Leptin Studies - Leptin and membrane fluidity of erythrocytes in hypertension studied

Lipid Studies - Lipoprotein profiles under varied androgen blockade conditions reported

Lipid Studies - New class of lipid absorption inhibitor from sage discovered

Liver Disease - Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease encompass benign steatosis and steatohepatitis

Neuroscience - The blood-brain barrier thrives without insulin or insulin-like growth factor

Obesity - Company acquires rights to the patent for nasal spray treatment for obesity

Obesity - Economic growth is boosting women's obesity in poorer nations

Obesity - Nastech highlights PYY nasal spray development program

Obesity - Positive safety data presented for obesity treatment

Obesity - Xenical more effective than lifestyle changes alone in overweight adolescents

Obesity Epidemiology - Increasing obesity rates will lead to higher disability rates

Obesity Surgery - Minimally invasive surgery for morbid obesity reviewed

Obesity Therapy - Leptin induces patterns of immediate early gene expression in the brain

Obesity Therapy - Non-imidazole histamine receptor antagonist has anti-obesity effects

Obesity and Diabetes - Weight loss significantly improved metabolic syndrome in obese Koreans

Personnel - Pharmaceutical company appoints new member to scientific advisory board

Physical Fitness - New program and web site by Team ESPN encourages kids to get fit

Schizophrenia Therapy - Nutrition affects outcome of schizophrenia therapy

Stem Cells - Preclinical studies show that stem cells may reverse diabetes in mice

Type 1 Diabetes - Insulin detemir lessens blood glucose variability in study

Type 2 Diabetes - Repaglinide outperforms nateglinide in type 2 diabetes study

Weight Control - New device used to eat less with smaller bites

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