http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Two academics from The University of Manchester have come up with a new diet which they believe can help lower the risk of breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-academics-clinically-diet-breast-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:00:01 EST news280146463 In a research review article published in the American Journal of Nephrology, Saint Louis University investigators examined data from multiple studies to better understand how obesity, an epidemic in the U.S., impacts kidney transplant patients. The authors report that, even as some connections between weight and health outcomes are unknown or contradictory, there is evidence that obese kidney transplant patients don't do as well after surgery, experiencing more adverse outcomes, including wound infections, delayed graft function, graft failure, cardiac disease and increased costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-patients-heavy-kidney.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:44:20 EST news277389754 Take off those Thanksgiving pounds with a week at a spa retreat. A new study shows that not only are they relaxing and nourishing, but they are safe and a week-long spa stay can correspond with changes in our physical and emotional well-being. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-week-health-spa.html Health Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:37:48 EST news272554584 Improving health can be as easy as opening the freezer door. "Save time, save money, boost nutrition and control portions by eating low-calorie, frozen foods," advises Jessica Bartfield, MD, internal medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-weight-low-calorie-frozen-meals-fruits.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:40:32 EST news270985222 (Medical Xpress)—Anyone who wants to lose weight has a wide variety of diets to choose from, but knowledge of what works is often poor. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University have now evaluated a Swedish commercial weight loss programme called Itrim, and found it to be effective. After one year, participants had lost 11 kg on average. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-commercial-weight-loss-programme.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:29:35 EST news267344969 (HealthDay) -- Neuronal responsiveness of the hypothalamus to glucose, critical in the regulation of feeding, can be restored in patients with type 2 diabetes by short-term caloric restriction, according to a study published online July 30 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-caloric-restriction-glucose-response-diabetes.html Diabetes Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:41:10 EST news263745650 A low-calorie diet eliminates insulin dependence and leads to improved heart function in obese patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-restricted-calorie-diet-heart-function.html Cardiology Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:04:21 EST news241664402 (Medical Xpress) -- A Newcastle University team has discovered that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed by an extreme low calorie diet alone. Affecting two and half million people in the UK – and on the increase – Type 2 diabetes is a long-term condition caused by too much glucose, a type of sugar, in the blood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-diet-reverses-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:31:45 EST news228122968