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Interventions are needed to make people exercise after cardiac event

Researchers from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University found that one year after 248 individuals completed a 12-week cardiac rehabilitation program following a heart attack, bypass surgery or angioplasty, only 37% exercised three times a week to keep their hearts healthy.

16 Jun 2010

When doctors don't comment, parents tend to underestimate preschool children's weight: Study

Parents are more likely to underestimate their preschool children's weight when pediatricians do not tell them their children are overweight or gaining weight too fast, a study by the University of South Florida and Johns Hopkins University reports.

16 Jun 2010

Exercise helps patients recover shoulder movement after breast cancer surgery

An active 72-year-old woman, Claire Mitchell had always enjoyed cooking. However, after breast cancer surgery she found that she had less freedom of movement and reaching jars on high shelves became quite painful. Her plight is common.

16 Jun 2010

Elekta exercises share repurchase authorization

The Board of Directors of Elekta AB has decided to utilize the authorization received from the Annual General Meeting to repurchase shares in the company.

From Elekta 16 Jun 2010

Researchers examine rates of cancer in British white and British Indian population

British Indians have fewer cases of many different cancers including breast, prostate, colon and lung than the British white population, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer1 today (Wednesday).

16 Jun 2010

Aeterna Zentaris announces $12.1 million registered direct offering

Aeterna Zentaris Inc., a late-stage drug development company specialized in oncology and endocrinology, announced today that it has received commitments from institutional investors to purchase US$12.1 million of securities in a registered direct offering.

16 Jun 2010

Anacor's AN3365 novel systemic antibiotic achieves proof of concept

Anacor Pharmaceuticals today announced that a Joint Research Committee, composed of both GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Anacor employees, has determined that AN3365, a novel systemic antibiotic derived from Anacor's boron chemistry platform, has achieved proof of concept as defined under the collaboration agreement between GSK and Anacor.

15 Jun 2010

CBIS shares owned by Cannex Therapeutics to be cancelled and re-issued to K&D

Cannabis Science, Inc., a pioneering U.S. biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis products announces Federal Court order for CBIS shares owned by Cannex Therapeutics controlled by Steve Kubby to be cancelled and re-issued to K&D. Both K&D and Cannabis Science denounce the "slanderous, malicious attacks" on the Company by its fired CEO Steve Kubby.

15 Jun 2010

Anytime Fitness expands to Japan

Anytime Fitness, the fastest-growing fitness club chain in the world, continues to accelerate its international expansion, this time – into Japan. The attainment of a master franchisee agreement for Japan, one year in the making, comes just weeks after the fitness chain announced its plans to open clubs in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

15 Jun 2010

New studies: Politicians could do more to tackle the spread of obesity

Politicians could do more to tackle the spread of obesity, a new series of studies suggests. Governments are being urged to encourage better eating habits by supporting financial incentives to enable production of healthier foods, such as subsidised fruit and vegetable production and levies on calorie-rich foods.

15 Jun 2010

Study: Mentally active lifestyle may protect against memory and learning problems in MS

A new study shows that a mentally active lifestyle may protect against the memory and learning problems that often occur in multiple sclerosis. The study is published in the June 15, 2010, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

15 Jun 2010

Clinical Data closes public offering of newly issued shares of common stock

Clinical Data, Inc. today announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of 2,237,412 newly issued shares of common stock, including 291,836 shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of an over-allotment option granted to the underwriters, at a price to the public of $14.30 per share.

15 Jun 2010

Female endurance sports athletes are at risk for serious health issues, say physicians

Female endurance sports athletes may be at risk for serious health issues, according to physicians at Loyola University Health System. Excessive exercise and inadequate nutrition can lead to problems such as low energy, menstrual irregularity, fertility issues, stress fractures and osteoporosis.

15 Jun 2010

UH, AOA partner to get the word out about summer eye care, protection against UVR

As summer approaches, most people step up skin protection from harmful ultraviolet rays, yet aren't as vigilant about their eyes. Optometrists at the University of Houston are involved in a campaign to change this way of thinking.

15 Jun 2010

Lantheus Medical Imaging reports new Phase 4 data from DEFINITY study

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic medical imaging, today announced new data from a Phase 4, open-label safety study evaluating the effect of DEFINITY® Vial For (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) Injectable Suspension, an echocardiography contrast agent, on pulmonary and systemic artery hemodynamics in patients with either normal or increased baseline pulmonary artery pressure.

14 Jun 2010

Discovery Labs secures new Committed Equity Financing Facility with Kingsbridge

Discovery Laboratories, Inc., announced today that it has secured a new Committed Equity Financing Facility (2010 CEFF) with Kingsbridge Capital Limited, a private investment group, in which Kingsbridge has committed to provide up to $35 million of capital over a three-year period through the purchase of up to approximately 31.6 million newly-issued shares of Discovery Labs' common stock.

14 Jun 2010

ASH wins six awards and two honorable mentions in international Hermes Awards competition

American Specialty Health Incorporated, a national health and wellness organization, won six awards and two honorable mentions in the international Hermes Awards competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing, and design of traditional and emerging media. Hermes Creative Awards recognize outstanding work in the industry while promoting the philanthropic nature of marketing and communication professionals.

14 Jun 2010

New analysis contradicts study that brain consumes extra glucose when people exert self-control

Contradicting a popular model of self-control, a University of Pennsylvania psychologist says the data from a 2007 study argues against the idea that glucose is the resource used to manage self control and that humans rely on this energy source for will power.

14 Jun 2010

Consortium formed to improve community disaster readiness and recovery through research programs

Leading Gulf Coast medical centers, universities and public health institutions from Miami to Houston have united to form a consortium to improve community disaster readiness and recovery through research programs targeting health disparities, disaster preparedness and environmental health.

14 Jun 2010

2010 GAPS sheds light on the painful reality of what life is like for gout patients

The 2010 Gout Attitudes Patient Survey, a new study of Americans with gout, released by Men's Health Network, sheds light on the painful reality of what life is like for the approximately five million Americans who live with this condition. Of those surveyed, 69 percent described the pain of a gout attack as "miserable," yet a quarter of gout patients feel that those without gout perceive them as overreacting to attacks, and 67 percent feel as though others do not take the condition seriously.

11 Jun 2010

Exercise News and Research

Latest Exercise News and Research

Interventions are needed to make people exercise after cardiac event

When doctors don't comment, parents tend to underestimate preschool children's weight: Study

Exercise helps patients recover shoulder movement after breast cancer surgery

Elekta exercises share repurchase authorization

Researchers examine rates of cancer in British white and British Indian population

Aeterna Zentaris announces $12.1 million registered direct offering

Anacor's AN3365 novel systemic antibiotic achieves proof of concept

CBIS shares owned by Cannex Therapeutics to be cancelled and re-issued to K&D

Anytime Fitness expands to Japan

New studies: Politicians could do more to tackle the spread of obesity

Study: Mentally active lifestyle may protect against memory and learning problems in MS

Clinical Data closes public offering of newly issued shares of common stock

Female endurance sports athletes are at risk for serious health issues, say physicians

UH, AOA partner to get the word out about summer eye care, protection against UVR

Lantheus Medical Imaging reports new Phase 4 data from DEFINITY study

Discovery Labs secures new Committed Equity Financing Facility with Kingsbridge

ASH wins six awards and two honorable mentions in international Hermes Awards competition

New analysis contradicts study that brain consumes extra glucose when people exert self-control

Consortium formed to improve community disaster readiness and recovery through research programs

2010 GAPS sheds light on the painful reality of what life is like for gout patients

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