FDA Approved BELVIQ, The Obesity Drug In 13 Years

Jun. 29 | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved BELVIQ (pronounced BEL-VEEK) as an adjunct to a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in adult patients with an initial body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2or...

Depression And Anxiety Lead To Sleepwalking

Jun. 28 | According to a new research from the Stanford University, School of Medicine, about 1.1 million adults in the U.S., that is approximately 3.6 percent of the nation’s adult population, are prone to sleepwalking. The research also revealed an association...

High-Fat Diet Good For Type-2 Diabetics

Jun. 25 | A new research found that food with a lot of fat and few carbohydrates may actually benefit type-2 diabetics who are advised to stick to a low-fat diet. The results of a two-year dietary study led by Hans Guldbrand, general practitioner, and Fredrik Nystrom,...

Obesity Before Pregnancy May Yield Lower Child Test Scores

Jun. 25 | A new research found that women who are obese before they become pregnant are at higher risk of having children with lower cognitive function than mothers with a healthy pre-pregnancy weight, new research suggests. In their study, researchers from Ohio...

Breast Cancer Among Men Often More Deadly

Jun. 25 | A new research suggests that breast cancer in men is much less common than it is in women, but it may be more deadly. “Men with breast cancer don’t do as well as women with breast cancer, and there are opportunities to improve that,”...

Watching TV May Harm Kids’ Diet

Jun. 25 | A new study on U.S. middle school students, finds out that kids who spend lots of time in front of the TV have poorer diets overall. The research doesn’t prove that TV watching has anything to do with what kids eat, and other factors — such...

When You Eat Matters, That May Prevent Obesity And Diabetes

Jun. 21 | In an experiment the images of liver tissue show the difference in fat accumulation between two groups of mice fed a high-fat diet. A mouse allowed to eat 24 hours a day had much higher levels of liver fat than one restricted to an 8-hour daily feeding...

Indian Drug Regulator Faults In Drug Approval

Jun. 13 | India’s top drug regulatory agency is charged by parliament panel report for violating laws and colluding with pharmaceutical companies to approve medicines without clinical trials. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization which oversees clinical...

Ministry Of Health Declares TB A Notifiable Disease

Jun. 13 | Tuberculosis is declared a notifiable disease by the Ministry of Health, Government of India. This ensures the proper detection and management of TB patients who escape the government’s TB control programme. This implies that if a new TB patient is...

Kids Sleeping With Their Parents Found Less Obese

Jun. 13 | According to a new study, children who have disturbed sleep, get up at night and sleep with their parents are less likely to become overweight. It was earlier thought that disturbed sleep is associated with obesity as it interferes with hunger hormones....