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Dietary Supplements With Steroids Pose Health Danger: Case Studies
Three cases of patients suffering from the adverse affects of steroid-enriched dietary supplements have been reported by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

Despite Decreases In Appetite And Consumption, Sleep Restriction Results In Weight Gain
According to a research abstract presented on June 8 at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, in the presence of free access to food, sleep restricted subjects reported decrease in appetite, food cravings and food consumption; however, they gained weight over the course of the study. Thus, the finding suggests that energy intake exceeded energy expenditure during the sleep restriction
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Tragic Death Highlights Perils Of Binge Drinking, UK
Commenting on the tragic death of 22-year-old Gary Reinbach, who died as a result of binge drinking since the age of 13, Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said:
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High Blood Pressure May Be Programmed In The Womb

A scientific study has found further evidence that high blood pressure in adulthood is pre-programmed in the womb. Researchers from the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Southampton who carried out tests of 278 elderly people found those with high levels of aldosterone in their blood - a hormone which increases blood pressure - also had a low birth weight. High blood pressure and low birth weight have previously been linked to high levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the bloodstream, but this is the first study to look specifically at levels of aldosterone. The findings suggest that levels of cortisol and aldosterone are closely linked, with production of both likely to be controlled by the same hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system. The researchers believe the results suggest that early conditions in the womb which retard fetal growth also program the level of aldosterone production by the HPA system. Aldosterone and its role in heart disease is the focus of a number of studies at the MRC Cardiovascular Research Group at Glasgow. Professor John Connell, a senior researcher and Professor of Endocrinology at the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre at the University of Glasgow, who leads the Medical Research Council (MRC) Cardiovascular Research Group, said: "This study tells us that aldosterone is regulated by long-term factors that operate throughout the lifespan; it is an important mechanism for regulation of high blood pressure and may explain why some are more pre-disposed to it than others. This data also highlights aldosterone as a therapeutic target in treating high blood pressure." The study was funded by the Wellcome Trust, British Heart Foundation and the Medical Research Council and is published in the June edition of the journal "Hypertension". Nexxus, Scotland


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