Systematic, progressive resistance training – also called strength training – is a safe and efficient way for middle-aged and older adults to improve their health. A Virginia Tech led research team that includes experts in behavior, exercise, physiology, and medicine is designing a program to help pre-diabetic adults begin and, most important, maintain resistance training [...] Read more »

Game day injections work like a magic pain relief bullet for some athletes but they may also pose complications if not administered correctly or if the individual does not comply with doctor guidelines, reveals a new clinical review published in the September/October issue of Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Read The Full Article…Game Day Injections [...] Read more »

To make your back to work routine more exciting, add some new snack ideas to your daily diabetes meal plan. Wait – should you snack if you have diabetes? Sure! Snacking helps keep you full between meals, which prevents you from overeating at regular meal times, plus it helps keep your metabolism going throughout the [...] Read more »

A report released by the Asian Development Bank Wednesday examines how the global economic crisis is exacerbating poverty and hunger in regions of Asia, the Associated Press/Forbes writes. Read The Full Article…Asian Development Bank Examines Poverty, Hunger In Asia Read more »

Anti-microbial antibody formation has been reported in celiac disease. Relatively high positivity rates were observed for the conventional antibodies, for example, ASCA, anti-OmpW, and anti-I2, and they were known to decrease after a successful gluten free-diet. The importance of newly discovered inflammatory bowel disease-associated antibodies (including anti-glycan antibodies and anti-OMP) in celiac disease is not [...] Read more »

“The U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Tuesday for more than $230 million to provide emergency food aid over the next six months for 3.8 million Kenyans affected by deepening drought and high food prices,” Reuters reports (Wallis, 8/25). Read The Full Article…WFP Asks For $230M In Emergency Food Aid For Kenyans Read more »

Kudzu, the nuisance vine that has overgrown almost 10 million acres in the southeastern United States, may sprout into a dietary supplement. Scientists in Alabama and Iowa are reporting the first evidence that root extracts from kudzu show promise as a dietary supplement for a high-risk condition – metabolic syndrome – that affects almost 50 [...] Read more »

Researchers have established the conditions that foster formation of potentially dangerous levels of a toxic substance in the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) often fed to honey bees. Their study, which appears in the current issue of ACS’ bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, could also help keep the substance out of soft drinks and [...] Read more »

Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that patient enrollment has begun in a Phase 2a, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the safety and efficacy of ALV003 for use in the treatment of celiac disease. “The commencement of this Phase 2a study is an exciting milestone in the clinical development of ALV003 as a potential [...] Read more »

“If climate change and population growth progress at their current pace, in roughly 50 years farming as we know it will no longer exist,” which means that the “majority of people could soon be without enough food or water,” Dickson Despommier, a professor of public health at Columbia University, warns in a Read The Full [...] Read more »