Med.Cornell.edu - Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest and most difficult to treat cancers. Now, in a major step forward, researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have shown that administering radiation therapy prior to surgery nearly doubles survival in pancreatic cancer patients with operable tumors.
“Patients who received pre-surgical (neoadjuvant) radiation had almost double [...]

Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) supplements helped maintain insulin sensitivity in elderly men in a study of 355 non-diabetic men and women ages 60 to 80 who completed a three-year clinical trial at the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA).
“Men who received vitamin K supplementation had less progression in their [...]

PSU.edu - Obesity gradually numbs the taste sensation of rats to sweet foods and drives them to consume larger and ever-sweeter meals, according to neuroscientists. Findings from the Penn State study could uncover a critical link between taste and body weight, and reveal how flab hooks the brain on sugary food.
“When you have a reduced [...]

JAMA / Archives - Face-to-face and telephone follow-up sessions appear to be more effective in the maintenance of weight loss for women from rural communities compared with weight loss education alone, according to a report in the November 24, 2008 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. In addition, telephone counseling appears to be just as [...]

JAMA - The increased risk of cardiovascular events for patients with coronary heart disease and symptoms of depression appears to be largely explained by a change in health behaviors, especially a lack of physical activity or exercise, according to a study in the November 26, 2008 issue of JAMA.
Depression has long been recognized as a [...]

HopkinsMedicine.org - Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a drop in blood potassium levels caused by diuretics commonly prescribed for high blood pressure could be the reason why people on those drugs are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The drugs helpfully accelerate loss of fluids, but also deplete important minerals, including potassium, so [...]