Fundamental Breakthrough Could Lead to Treatments for Obesity

"If you tend toward obesity, blame your genes. Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have discovered how the genes and proteins that cause your body to store fat - or use it - work. Organisms from yeast to humans all share the ability to store fat within...

FDA Advisory Committee Votes in Favor of Earlier Use of Phosphate Binders in ...

"At the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee meeting today, the majority of members voted to recommend the use of phosphate binders, including Shire Pharmaceuticals' non-calcium FOSRENOL(R) (lanthanum carbonate), to...

Hillside search continues after body parts found

"Civilian search-and-rescue specialists will join a suspicious death investigation started Wednesday morning when a passerby discovered dismembered human remains near the pathway system east of  Deerfoot Trail. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The search-and-rescue volunteers...