Preventing Obesity Through Positive Parenting During Early Childhood
Programs that support parents during their child's early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study in the online issue of Pediatrics. Today, one out of five American children is obese. Young children who are overweight are five times more likely than their peers of normal weight to be obese by adolescence. Obese children and adolescents, especially low-income and minority youth, are at increased risk for a range of medical, social and academic problems...

Key To Immune Cell's 'internal Guidance' System Discovered
University of British Columbia researchers have discovered the molecular pathway that enables receptors inside immune cells to find, and flag, fragments of pathogens trying to invade a host. The discovery of the role played by the molecule CD74 could help immunologists investigate treatments that offer better immune responses against cancers, viruses and bacteria, and lead to more efficient vaccines. The findings are published in this week's edition of Nature Immunology...

News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: Feb. 7 2012
1. American College of Physicians Issues New Clinical Practice Guideline for Drug Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes ACP Recommends Metformin to Treat Type 2 Diabetes Based on Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Oral Medications The American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends that clinicians add metformin as the initial drug treatment for most patients with type 2 diabetes when lifestyle modifications such as diet, exercise, and weight loss have failed to adequately improve high blood sugar...