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July 2006 : Some of the most important weight-loss drugs work by enhancing the effect of the brain chemical serotonin. These include sibutramine (trade name Meridia) and fenfluramine, which was recalled after the combination with dexfenfluramine, called fen-phen, was linked to potentially fatal heart valve abnormalities.

July 2006 – A major study has added weight to the theory that environmental factors such as common infections may be a trigger for diabetes in children and young adults.

July 2006 : Women who are non-smokers, exercise regularly, have a healthy diet, including moderate alcohol consumption, and otherwise live a healthy lifestyle may have a reduced risk of stroke, according to a report in the July 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

July 2006 : UCLA researchers report that thousands of genes behave differently in the same organs of males and females ? something never detected to this degree. Published in the August issue of Genome Research, the study sheds light on why the same disease often strikes males and females differently, …

July 2006 – Twelve years ago, scientists discovered leptin?the now-famous hormone that controls appetite, burns calories and performs other crucial physiological activities as well. But the precise mechanism(s) by which leptin carries out these metabolic tasks is still controversial. Now, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva …

July 2006 – While obesity has generally been viewed as a single significant health concern, a University of Pittsburgh study suggests that not all obese women share the same health risks. This multi-center study of more than 90,000 women published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows …

July 2006 – A few years ago public health researchers linked big-city attributes ? like safety concerns and too few recreational facilities ? to obesity. But residents of rural communities say their small towns also present barriers to staying active and maintaining a normal weight, according to a new study.

The objective of this cross-sectional study of 111 consecutive patients admitted to the maternity care unit of a small community hospital in the US was to determine whether maternal pre-pregnancy shoe size can be used to reliably predict infant birth weight. Data collected included pre-pregnancy height, maternal weight, maternal shoe …

July 2006 – Researchers from the UCLA AIDS Institute and the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine have demonstrated for the first time that human embryonic stem cells can be genetically manipulated and coaxed to develop into mature T-cells, raising hopes for a gene therapy to combat AIDS.

July 2006 – University of Utah researchers have taken a potentially powerful new therapy for treating diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, and other illnesses out of the test tube and into animals by demonstrating it restores nerve and blood vessel growth in mice.