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Pistachios Offer Protective Benefits Against Heart Disease, Type II Diabetes and Obesity

...a statistically significant amount of weight, enough to reduce BMI from 30.88 at the onset of the study to 28.84. This is equivalent to about a 10-12 pound weight loss for most adults of average height. At the mid-point (six weeks) of the study, pistachio eaters had significantly lower triglycerides (a f...

Fifth U.S. Hand Transplant Patient Heads Home to NY

... bottle, throwing and bouncing a ball, and picking up objects three inches wide. He can lift a bucket weighing 12 pounds with his right hand and a 20 pound crate with two hands." Hondusky will continue therapy three times week after returning home. Kadiyala Ravindra, M.D., University of Louisville ...

Behavioral Modification Programs Help Obese Children Manage Their Weight

...uced the report. In a study of one high-intensity, 12-month program reviewed by the researchers, obese children 8 to 16 years old gained less than 1 pound on average, compared with obese kids the same age who gained nearly 17 pounds during the same time period. AHRQ's report found that intensive, health ...

Viral Enzyme Recruited in Fight Against Ear Infection

...coccus pneumoniae or after infection with the flu virus," said Fischetti. "This might truly be a case in which an ounce of prevention would be worth a pound of cure." Other St. Jude authors of this paper include Asa Karlstrom and Amy R. Iverson (St. Jude). This work was supported in part by the United ...