Blog Alert for Health News from Medical News Today, Sep 16, 2013

New Posts to Health News from Medical News Today on Sep 16, 2013:

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1) Better treatment for macular degeneration shows promise
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Featured Article
Academic Journal
Main Category: Eye Health / Blindness

Article Date: 16 Sep 2013 - 8:00 PDT



New research on mice raises hope of a better, more lasting treatment for macular degeneration, which uses
a class of drugs known as MDM2 inhibitors to regress the abnormal blood vessels responsible for the vision loss
associated with the disease.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine and colleagues write about their findings
in a recent online issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Senior author Sai Chavala, assistant professor of Ophthalmology and Cell Biology & Physiology at the UNC School of
Medicine says:
"We believe we may have found an optimized treatment for macular degeneration. Our hope is that MDM2 inhibitors
would reduce the treatment burden on both patients and physicians."
Macular degeneration is an eye disease [...]

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2) US teens eating better, 'obesity epidemic' declining
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/VsIqR3RE-Ac/266166.php

Featured Article
Academic Journal
Main Category: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness

Also Included In: Public Health

Article Date: 16 Sep 2013 - 8:00 PDT

Researchers say that efforts to tackle youth obesity rates in the US may be "having some success," as a new study reveals that teenagers in the US are eating healthier, carrying out more physical activity and watching less TV.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2010 more than a third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese. The "obesity epidemic," particularly in children and adolescents, has become an increasing concern, although there have been positive signs of decline.

Medical News Today recently reported that the CDC revealed rates of childhood obesity declined in 19 of 43 states and territories studied between 2008 and 2011.

Now, researchers from the University of Massachusetts [...]

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3) 'Beauty rest' effect of CPAP sleep apnea treatment
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/Q5IlE096OKo/266167.php

Featured Article
Academic Journal
Main Category: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia

Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Article Date: 16 Sep 2013 - 8:00 PDT


This not news...
posted by HarryO on 16 Sep 2013 at 9:52 am
At least to CPAP wearers, that is, which begs the question, did the CPAP companies write this article??
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