Monthly Archives April 9, 2009

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Exposure to Insecticide Linked to Female Obesity Researchers at Michigan State University have found that prenatal exposure to DDT, an insecticide commonly used up until the 1970s, may play a role in...

Researchers Find Gene that Turns Carbs into Fat A team of U. S. researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, who are performing a study of the formation, development and storage of fat at...

Recent Studies Suggest Connection Between Obesity and Dementia At one time or another, we’ve all experienced “losing our marbles.”  However, dementia is no laughing matter. None of us can...

Study Shows Obesity Puts Toddlers at Risk Almost 17% percent of U.S. kids ages 2 to 19 are obese, according to the CDC. And now a nationwide study of children 3 to 6 years old by the University of...

New Genetic Weight Loss Treatment May be Magic Bullet Scientists at the Ohio State University Medical Center have discovered a promising new genetic treatment using a gene called BDNF which...

Gene Therapy May Yield 'Magic' Weight Loss Pill In the War on Obesity, the only weapons are a healthy diet and active lifestyle – plus bariatric surgery as a weapon of last resort. What’s...

Obesity May Cause Infertility There may be more to your fertility problems than just stress and reproductive issues. According to a new study scheduled to appear in the May issue of Journal of...