Sahlgrenska.gu.se – Polycystic ovary syndrome, a common condition among women, can be relieved by the use of acupuncture and exercise. This has been shown by a recent study at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Nearly 10 percent of women of reproductive age have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The syndrome expresses itself as a [...]

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 66 percent of all U.S. adults are overweight or obese. Faced with conditions of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, many Americans are shopping for bariatric surgery to help manage these conditions and, in some cases, cure them. What should a consumer look for in [...]

Missouri.edu – Researchers from the University of Missouri have found that gene therapy with a proven longevity gene energized mice during exercise, and might be applicable to humans in the future. The research, published in this week’s edition of Public Library of Science – ONE, may shed light on how to increase the level and [...]

OUHSC.edu – A newly discovered anti-aging gene – klotho – has been able to reduce high blood pressure in laboratory animals when administered using a viral vector that is already FDA approved for human use, according to researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. The results, which appear this month in the journal [...]

UTHouston.edu – Ancient Chinese herbal formulas used primarily for cardiovascular indications including heart disease may produce large amounts of artery-widening nitric oxide, according to new research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Findings of the preclinical study by scientists in the university’s Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention [...]

UPHS.UPenn.edu – The nation’s home foreclosure epidemic may be taking its toll on Americans’ health as well as their wallets. Nearly half of people studied while undergoing foreclosure reported depressive symptoms, and 37 percent met screening criteria for major depression, according to new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research published online this week in [...]