Baylor College Of Medicine Researchers Find Community-based Weight Loss Intervention Yields Greater Weight Loss Than Self-help Approach

Those in the Weight Watchers group were provided with three access routes group meetings, mobile applications, and online tools and further analysis found those who used all three access routes together lost the most weight. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131015/NY96479-INFO ) Of the 292 overweight and obese adults who participated in the six-month trial, those assigned to the…

Blood Pressure Drug Might Boost Chemo Success, Mouse Study Suggests

Yarrow for Better Blood Pressure? Based on their findings, the Massachusetts General Hospital team has launched a clinical trial to determine if losartan can improve chemotherapy treatment results in human patients with pancreatic cancer. Losartan belongs to a family of well-established blood pressure drugs called angiotensin inhibitors. “Angiotensin inhibitors are safe blood pressure medications that…