Weight-loss surgery improves teens’ health, study finds

January 31st, 2012

Safe, daily nutritional management following weight-loss surgery (WLS) is a critical component for healthy, sustained recovery.

From dispatch.com:

Extremely obese teens who undergo weight-loss surgery gain measurable health benefits in addition to losing a significant percentage of their body fat, according to new research from Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

An analysis of 15 teenage surgery patients showed that, on average, they dropped from 396 to 231 pounds two years after surgery. They also saw improvements in markers of cardiovascular health, including the amount of fats in their bloodstream, and their risk of Type 2 diabetes was reduced significantly…

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Magnesium-Rich Foods May Lower Stroke Risk

Study: Risk for One Type of Stroke
Lower in People With More Magnesium in Diet

January 24th, 2012

While it’s still unclear how magnesium reduces stroke risk exactly, researchers suggest that the mineral’s benefits may be related to its ability to lower blood pressure.

From webmd.com:

People who eat more foods rich in the mineral magnesium appear to reduce their odds of having a stroke, a new study shows.

The link between magnesium in the diet and stroke risk was strongest for ischemic stroke, which is when a clot blocks a blood vessel in the brain.

Researchers found that the risk for ischemic stroke, the most common type of stroke in older people, was reduced by 9% for each additional 100 milligrams of magnesium a person consumed each day…

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Nephrology Society Faces Many Challenges
— All Surmountable

January 18th, 2012

A lack of public awareness of kidney disease, and the “rapidly expanding healthcare regulatory environment,” are cited as some of the challenges.

From medscape.com:

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) faces myriad challenges, many of them from politicians and policymakers, because of the cost of caring for patients with kidney disease, but all of these and other challenges are “surmountable.” ASN president Joseph Bonventre, MD, PhD, chief of the renal division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, described these challenges during his presidential address here at Kidney Week 2011: American Society of Nephrology 44th Annual Meeting…

One issue affecting almost all medical specialties is the shift in the management of healthcare away from the individual physician to large centralized organizational entities such as accountable care organizations, patient-centered homes or neighborhoods, and healthcare innovation zones. Dr. Bonventre said that the ASN intends to help educate its members about accountable care organizations and other entities in this new landscape…ASN Kidney Disease Awareness

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FLEMING PHARMACEUTICALS
SELLS OCEAN, NEPHROCAPS,
OTHER BRANDED PRODUCTS TO VALEANT

Fleming Now Seeking Buyers for its ThyroShield Brand,
Contract Services Business and Midwestern Pharma Manufacturing Facility

January 11th, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEDIA CONTACTS: Paul Maccabee or Gwen Chynoweth, 612-337-0087

St. Louis, MO – January 11, 2012 – Fleming Pharmaceuticals announced today that, effective December 22, 2011, it has sold its rights to its branded Ocean®, Nephrocaps®, Magonate® and ProBarimin QT® products to Valeant International (Barbados) SRL (“Valeant”). Valeant has appointed its affiliate, Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC, to act as distributor of these products in the U.S.

Fleming also manufactures contract products for a broad customer base, including the federal government. Fleming has retained rights to manufacture and market its widely-known product ThyroShield, one of two FDA-approved potassium iodide medicines used in nuclear emergencies to block the thyroid gland from absorbing radioactive iodine to avoid thyroid cancer.  In addition, Fleming has retained its contract services business relating to the development, manufacture and testing for specialty pharmaceutical companies and its physical headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.

Due to the excess capacity anticipated as a result of the sale of the announced four products, Fleming is now considering proposals from a number of pharma manufacturers for its Midwestern manufacturing capability. A private investment banking firm, Douglas Group, St. Louis, has been retained to facilitate consideration of potential merger or sale for the remaining Fleming operations.

For more information, visit www.valeant.com www.flemingpharma.com.

 

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Exercise, magnesium supplements
boost male sex hormone testosterone

January 10th, 2012

Essential to good health, magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the body. Among other factors, inadequate magnesium levels may occur due to stress, dieting or eating disorders, drug interactions, excessive vomiting, alcohol, perspiration during exercise, chronic diarrhea, or chemotherapy.

From foodconsumer.org:

Testosterone levels decline as men age, which explains why elderly men are not as sexually active as younger ones.   A study published in late 2011 in Biological Trace Element Research suggests that both exercise and magnesium supplements may increase the free and total plasma testosterone in men.

Testosterone, which is also found in women but at lower levels, is very important for men.  Low testosterone, or testosterone deficiency, medically known as hypogonadism, can lead to a decrease in muscle mass, changes in cholesterol levels, a decrease in hemoglobin and possibly mild anemia, fragile bones and a decrease in body hair.

A study led by V. Cinar of Slcuk University in Karaman, Turkey assessed how 4 weeks of magnesium supplementation and exercise may affect the free and total plasma testosterone levels in sportsmen practicing tae kwon do.  The control group was sedentary individuals tested at rest and after exhaustion.

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Gastric bypass surgery now used on less obese people

January 3rd, 2012

Beyond eradicating diabetes, other medical conditions likely to improve include sleep apnea, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and acid reflux.

From pennlive.com:

Gone are the days when weight-loss surgery was used only for the morbidly obese — people who are at least 100 pounds over their ideal weight.

That’s because even for less severely overweight people who can’t keep the pounds off through conventional means, surgery can be the most effective way to banish certain serious health conditions.

“If you are diabetic and overweight and your blood sugar is not under good control with standard treatment and medication, surgery is your best option,” said Dr. Michel Murr, director of surgery at Tampa General Hospital in Florida.

Murr said that for years, bariatric surgeons have seen Type 2 diabetes disappear practically overnight in patients who have gastric bypass surgery. “We see it in a day or two after surgery. It’s so dramatic that sometimes we don’t believe it…”Weight loss surgery, gastric bypass, now done on non-obese people.

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Allergies may mean no cats in cabins, airlines told

December 28th, 2011

Confined spaces, including an aircraft cabin, can expose travelers to adverse environmental conditions…  Which can be a real problem for those bothered by pet dander.

From edmontonjournal.com:

Allergies mean no cats on airplanes.

The Canadian Transportation Agency’s order follows a ruling last year that some customers suffering from cat allergies are disabled and must be accommodated…

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