More Can Be Done to Slow Obesity's Toll on Health: Experts
... said in her prepared statement. "If there was an epidemic of little kids getting cancer, it would be a ... of Monday's meeting is that stemming the obesity epidemic is going to take a societal effort. "Reversing ... our food preferences. We got to this stage of the epidemic because of a change in our environment and only a ...1 in 7 Low-Income Preschoolers Is Obese
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... insulin secretion from the pancreas. Diabetes: A Global epidemic Researchers say new diabetes treatments are needed because the disease is growing globally at epidemic proportions. Currently, about 24 million Americans have diabetes(1), with ...Sequella Lead Drug Compound SQ109 Selected for Phase 1B Clinical Trial Program
... Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on diseases of epidemic potential, announced today that SQ109, its lead drug candidate for the ... company focused on commercializing improved treatments for diseases of epidemic potential. The company leverages its global influence, R&D platforms ...Study Suggests High-Dose Fish Oil May Significantly Improve Behavior in Children with ADHD
... behavioral changes can occur. This study also indicates that the growing epidemic of ADHD may have a strong nutritional component-the lack of sufficient ... physician and parent new dietary approaches toward correcting this growing epidemic in our children." About ADHD ADHD is a neurological condition ...GAA Calls on Secretary Clinton to Speak Out Against Gender-Based Violence During Her Africa Trip
... or sexually abused while at school. Violence against women and violence against children is a public health and human rights crisis of epidemic proportions. VAW/VAC also fuels the HIV/AIDS pandemic, both by hindering prevention efforts, including access to education, and by creating barriers ...Cognition Therapeutics Closes Series A Financing to Advance Drug Candidates for Alzheimer's Disease
... leadership, and large clinical and commercial potential," said Robert Gailus, senior advisor to Ogden CAP. "Alzheimer's disease is a major health epidemic that places increasing strains on the world's healthcare systems as the population ages. The drug candidates being developed by Cognition have the ...Results From Drug Trials and New Risk Factors Announced at International Alzheimer's Conference
... leading scientists convened to report and discuss the latest advances in research on treatments, risk factors, diagnosis and causes for the health epidemic of the 21st century -- Alzheimer's disease -- at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD 2009) in ...Is Obesity an Oral Bacterial Disease?
... world-wide explosion of overweight people has been called an epidemic. The inflammatory nature of obesity is widely recognized. Could it really be an epidemic involving an infectious agent? In this climate of concern over the increasing prevalence of overweight conditions in our society, investigators have ...Global warming linked to European viral epidemic
... An epidemic of the viral disease nephropathia epidemica (NE) ... in just the last three years, 2005-2007. The epidemic has been shown to extend to neighboring countries ... in Belgium with a cyclic pattern, reaching epidemic proportions since 2005. The fact that the growing ...Researchers recreate SARS virus, open door for potential defenses against future strains
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... maintain that it is "plausible and provocative" to associate the obesity epidemic to chemical triggers present in the modern environment. Several other ... that tributyltin and similar persistent pollutants may play in the obesity epidemic is now under scrutiny. ...Hidden infections crucial to understanding, controlling disease outbreaks
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... Their projections illustrate the potential burden of the U.S. obesity epidemic if current trends continue. "Our analysis also shows that over time ... may have a shorter life expectancy than their parents if the obesity epidemic is left unaddressed. The authors warned that obesity has become a ...Sequella Receives SBIR Funding Grant from the NIH for Further Development of Tuberculosis Drug SQ609
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... Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on diseases of epidemic potential, announced today the start of its Phase 1B trial for SQ109 with ... company focused on commercializing improved treatments for diseases of epidemic potential. The company leverages its global influence, R&D platforms ...Swine Flu Fears Generate Interest in UV Disinfection Technologies...Again
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... company focused on commercializing products for infectious diseases of epidemic potential has announced that Alan Klein, Sequella Executive Vice President ... focused on commercializing improved treatments for infectious diseases of epidemic potential. The company leverages its global influence, R&D platforms ...FluForecast(R) Replikin Count(TM) Predicts That the H5N1 Cycle Which Began in 1996 Is Now Over
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... was their top concern. The survey of over 1,000 U.S. mothers is part of a Siemens health initiative to raise awareness about this growing epidemic in America . (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of ...Sinovac Receives China's First Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccine Order
... efficient production of the H1N1 vaccine. We are working closely with authorities in order to contribute to the prevention and control of the H1N1 epidemic situation." About Sinovac Sinovac Biotech Ltd. is a China-based biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the research, development, ...Novo Nordisk Convenes Policy and Clinical Experts at Diabetes Media Summit
... but also dramatically under-communicated at a time when the message needs to come through loud and clear that we are in the midst of a major epidemic that is impacting the long-term state of our nation's health, both human and financial." About the Diabetes Media Summit The Diabetes Media ...