http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New vaccines promote weight loss. A new study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, assesses the effectiveness of two somatostatin vaccinations, JH17 and JH18, in reducing weight gain and increasing weight loss in mice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-overweight-vaccine.html Overweight and Obesity Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:00:01 EST news260951547 Whether you call it "pink slime" or lean, finely textured beef, you can call it a much-maligned product at the heart of an emotional controversy fueled by misinformation, according to a meat expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-expert-pink-slime-unappetizing-safe.html Health Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:22:00 EST news251450501 New parents have one more reason to pay attention to the oral health of their toothless babies. A recent University of Illinois study confirms the presence of bacteria associated with early childhood caries (ECC) in infant saliva. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-oral-babies-future-cavities.html Health Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:37:54 EST news232634237