http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New drugs derived from components of a specific diet used by children with severe, drug-resistant epilepsy could offer a new treatment, according to research published today in the journal Neuropharmacology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-discovery-treatment-epilepsy.html Neuroscience Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:20:05 EST news272649854 In an examination of the effect on energy expenditure and components of the metabolic syndrome of 3 types of commonly consumed diets following weight loss, decreases in resting energy expenditure and total energy expenditure were greatest with a low-fat diet, intermediate with a low-glycemic index diet, and least with a very low-carbohydrate diet, suggesting that a low-fat diet may increase the risk for weight regain compared to the other diets, according to preliminary research published in the June 27 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-effect-common-diets-energy-expenditure.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:00:01 EST news259940995 A 25 year study in Northern Sweden, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition Journal, is the first to show that a regional and national dietary intervention to reduce fat intake, decreased cholesterol levels, but a switch to the popular low carbohydrate diet was paralleled by in an increase in cholesterol levels. Over the entire 25 year period the population BMI continued to increase, regardless of either diet, and both the increase in body mass and increased cholesterol levels are indicators of increased cardiovascular risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-bad-dieting-cardiovascular-disease.html Cardiology Mon, 11 Jun 2012 03:45:57 EST news258605013 Eating a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet may reduce the risk of cancer and slow the growth of tumors already present, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-low-carbohydrate-high-protein-diets-tumor-growth.html Cancer Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:21:45 EST news227265690