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Reuters - As women begin to enter
menopause, their risk of developing a collection of heart
disease risk factors appears to climb, a study has found.

Metabasis Therapeutics (Nasdaq: MBRX) announced that an oral presentation summarizing the results from the Company’s Phase 2a clinical trial for MB07803 will be given at the World Congress on Controversies to Consensus in Diabetes, Obesity and Hypertension (CODHy), to be held in Barcelona, Spain, October 30 to November 2, 2008. MB07803 is the Company’s second-generation fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Metabasis Therapeutics (Nasdaq: MBRX) announced that an oral presentation summarizing the results from the Company’s Phase 2a clinical trial for MB07803 will be given at the World Congress on Controversies to Consensus in Diabetes, Obesity and Hypertension (CODHy), to be held in Barcelona, Spain, October 30 to November 2, 2008. MB07803 is the Company’s second-generation fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

The tendency toward obesity is directly related to the brain system that is involved in food reward and addictive behaviors, according to a new study. Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) and colleagues have demonstrated a link between a predisposition to obesity and defective dopamine signaling in the mesolimbic system in rats. Their report appears in the August 2008 issue of The FASEB Journal.

The tendency toward obesity is directly related to the brain system that is involved in food reward and addictive behaviors, according to a new study. Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) and colleagues have demonstrated a link between a predisposition to obesity and defective dopamine signaling in the mesolimbic system in rats. Their report appears in the August 2008 issue of The FASEB Journal.

Although Second Hand Smoke (SHS) is widely accepted as a risk factor for coronary heart disease, there have been few studies investigating the association of SHS and stroke risk. In a new study, published in the September 2008 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers report on evidence of increased risk of stroke for spouses of smokers.

Although Second Hand Smoke (SHS) is widely accepted as a risk factor for coronary heart disease, there have been few studies investigating the association of SHS and stroke risk. In a new study, published in the September 2008 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers report on evidence of increased risk of stroke for spouses of smokers.

Joe Korner, Director of Communications at The Stroke Association commented: “This is interesting research which highlights what we have known for some time that passive smokers are nearly twice as likely to have a stroke than those who don’t live (or work) in a smoky atmosphere. “Smoking is a significant risk factor for stroke with a quarter of all strokes being linked to smoking and it can also contribute to high blood pressure which is the single biggest risk factor for stroke.

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found the brain’s appetite center uses fat for fuel by involving oxygen free radicals-molecules associated with aging and neurodegeneration. The findings, reported in the journal Nature, suggest that antioxidants could play a role in weight control.

On Tuesday, Los Angeles City Council unanimously agreed to ban the opening of new fast food outlets in South LA for one year, in the hope this will give time for healthier restaurants to gain more of a foothold in a part of the city that one recent survey said had 30 per cent childhood obesity.