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FDA Approves New Indication for ertapenem for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Complicated Foot Infection in Diabetics

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:05:32 -0500

FDA has approved INVANZ® (ertapenem), a once-daily injectable antibiotic, for the treatment of moderate to severe complicated foot infection due to indicated pathogens in diabetic patients without osteomyelitis.

Low-Calorie Sweetener Could Mimic Sugar

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:07:26 -0500

A low-calorie sweetener that tastes like sugar and could help control diseases like diabetes and obesity may be closer to reality thanks to research recently published.

Researchers Find Nine Risk Indicators For Tooth Loss, Including Diabetes

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:04:58 -0500

Severe periodontal disease causes tooth loss and affects a certain group of people that appear to exhibit increased susceptibility to periodontal destruction, according to a study that appeared in the November Journal of Periodontology.

Recipe For Overeating: Dangers Of Mixing Stress, Deprivation And Tempting Foods

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:02:20 -0500

Two studies in the October issue of Behavioral Neuroscience show that when animals are stressed, deprived and exposed to tempting food, they overeat, with different degrees of interaction.

How Protein-Rich Diets Curb Hunger

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:01:29 -0500

Researchers have uncovered new evidence to explain the observation that diets rich in protein stunt the appetite, according to a report in the November Cell Metabolism.

Phenolic Compounds May Explain Mediterranean Diet Benefits

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:00:01 -0500

Phenolic compounds in olive oil, which have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-clotting properties, may explain cardiovascular health benefits associated with the so-called Mediterranean Diet, according to a new study in the Nov. 15, 2005, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Pregnant Women Don't Exercise Enough: Study Finds Doctors Need To Better Educate Patients

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:58:40 -0500

Saint Louis University School of Public Health researchers found that pregnant women were not as physically active as women who were not pregnant. They analyzed data from more than 150,000 pregnant and non-pregnant women who were interviewed by phone in 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000.

Stanford Scientists' Discovery Of Hormone Offers Hope For Obesity Drug

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:56:48 -0500

The new finding could clear up some confusion over how appetite-regulation hormones work. Since the ghrelin protein increases appetite, scientists had expected that animal experiments deleting the protein's gene would turn appetite off.

Study: Big Portions Influence Overeating As Much As Taste, Even When The Food Tastes Lousy

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:54:59 -0500

According to a new Cornell University study, when moviegoers were served stale popcorn in big buckets, they ate 34 percent more than those given the same stale popcorn in medium-sized containers.

New TNS Study Shows Most Australian Women Are Overweight

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:53:01 -0500

A new study by global market research firm, TNS, reinforces growing alarm among health and nutrition professionals that Australia is in the grips of rising levels of excess weight, risking future diabetes, heart disease and cancer epidemics and increasing mental illness in the community.

Diabetic Blacks Have Less Coronary Artery Disease Than Diabetic Whites

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:46:00 -0500

In a surprising outcome, investigators at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center found that diabetic black men have dramatically lower amounts of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, than diabetic white men.

Study Shows That Dialysis Patients Often Have Close Family Members Also On Dialysis

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:44:29 -0500

Nearly one-fourth of all dialysis patients have a close relative on dialysis, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and others, report in the current online edition of the American Journal of Nephrology. The researchers suggest screening other relatives for undetected kidney disease.

Researchers Looking At How Neighborhoods Contribute To Healthy Lifestyles

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:42:55 -0500

Project by nutrition researchers from Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is part of efforts to learn how a neighborhood influences physical activity and diet.

Interference With Blood Glucose Measurement Following Use of Parenteral Maltose/Galactose/Oral Xylose-Containing Products

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:06:06 -0500

This notice is intended to alert physicians, nurses, medical technologists, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals of the potential for life-threatening falsely elevated glucose readings in patients who have received parenteral products containing maltose or galactose, or oral xylose, and are subsequently tested using glucose dehydrogenase pyrroloquinolinequinone (GDH-PQQ) based glucose monitoring systems.