IOF awards the Linda Edwards Memorial Award to AFI
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has awarded its prestigious 'IOF Linda Edwards Memorial Award' to the Arthritis Foundation of India Trust (AFI), one of 193 IOF member societies around the world. The award was presented today at the IOF Worldwide Osteoporosis Patient Society Conference, being held from September 22-25, 2009 in Beijing, China.
posted in category: Miscellaneous News tags: Arthritis Bone Osteoporosis
Growth for the U.S. bone and joint health ingredients market
Consumers seek functional foods and supplements to enhance wellness quotient. An expanding aging population and increased consumer awareness boosts growth for the U.S. bone and joint health ingredients market. Consumers increasingly seek supplements and functional foods that enhance their wellness quotient and have strong scientific backup.
posted in category: Medications/Drugs news tags: Bone Calcium Collagen Osteoarthritis Osteoporosis Vitamin D Soy
Leptin hormone can regulate bone mass and suppress appetite
Contrary to the prevailing view, the hormone leptin, which is critical for normal food intake and metabolism, appears to regulate bone mass and suppress appetite by acting mainly through serotonin pathways in the brain, according to a recent study published in Cell by Yale School of Medicine researchers and colleagues at Columbia University. This new finding contradicts the view that leptin acts primarily in the hypothalamus.
posted in category: Weight Loss (Diet & fitness) tags: Bone Brain Cell Hypothalamus Leptin Metabolism Obstetrics Osteoporosis Serotonin Fat
Study results of PTH1-34 oral parathyroid hormone presented
Emisphere Technologies, Inc. today announced study results demonstrating that a single dose of the novel oral parathyroid hormone PTH1-34, which utilizes Emisphere’s proprietary Eligen® Drug Delivery Technology and absorption-enhancer carrier molecule 5-CNAC, achieved potentially therapeutically relevant exposure and safety profiles to those of the currently available injectable formulation in healthy postmenopausal women.
posted in category: Women's Health news tags: Calcium Drug Delivery Osteoporosis Rheumatology Vomiting Hypercalcemia Hypotension PTH Safety
Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Women's Disorders
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.
posted in category: Women's Health news tags: Arthritis Autoimmune Disease Cancer Chemotherapy Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Fibromyalgia Generic Drug Infertility Life Expectancy Myasthenia Gravis Osteoporosis Rheumatoid Arthritis Sexual Dysfunction Fatigue Contraceptive patch Radiation
