Genaera to Participate in Obesity Panel at RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genaera Corporation today announced that Jack Armstrong, President and CEO of Genaera, is scheduled to present at the 2008 RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference. The presentation is part of an RBC Capital Markets' panel discussion of obesity, entitled, "Shrinking The Obesity Epidemic,"...

Moms Find Fun, Healthy Snacks That Help Fight Childhood Obesity.
Amid Studies Affirming Increasingly Dire Situation for Kids' Nutritional Health, Alternatives Do Exist that are All-Natural, Delicious, Fun to Eat - And Good for You FISHERS, Ind., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- A number of recent public research studies substantiate the rise in childhood obesity, the health risks...

UnitedHealth Group Grants to Help Students and Educators Combat Childhood Obesity.
'UnitedHealth HEROES' to award grants to support local programs that help children get and stay healthy Community-based, service-learning initiative in partnership with Youth Service America PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UnitedHealth Group is giving Pennsylvania children the opportunity to become "health care heroes" by learning...

NON-BRAIN PENETRANT CB1 ANTAGONISTS CAN TREAT DIABETES/OBESITY.
Research shows that proprietary non-brain penetrant cannabinoid subtype 1 (CB1) receptor antagonists developed by Jenrin Discovery are able to produce metabolically favorable effects in peripheral tissues, including fat and liver. The research also showed for the first time that these results are achievable when CB1 antagonists are modified so...

UniCare Health Plan Offers Training to Medical Community To Help Combat Obesity in Kansas.
Innovative seminar and Body Mass Index workshop will provide physicians, nurses and medical assistants valuable educational tools and resources KANSAS CITY, Kan., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the 2007 Kansas Youth Risk Behavior survey, 11 percent of high school students were obese and, more than half...

The battle to lose.
Since the late 1970s, overweight and obesity rates in adults, teens, and children have soared, raising concerns about the impact on diabetes, heart disease, and cancer rates. This month's cover story is our effort to treat with humor a most serious problem. The epidemic is most poignant...

Aetna Grants $50,000 to MicheLee Puppets.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-29 November 2008-Aetna Grants $50,000 to MicheLee Puppets(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Aetna Inc. and the Aetna Foundation have presented a $50,000 grant to MicheLee Puppets Inc., providing support for a program that will bring information about the importance of nutrition and physical activity...

GameCoach(TM) Combines High Tech With Old School PE School Equipment.
The First Active Gaming Lessons for PE Classrooms Released CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Surrounded by hundreds of physical educators at the annual Texas Association for Health, PE, Recreation & Dance (TAHPERD) conference, Source Brands, Inc., maker of the GameBike(TM) and GamePad(TM), officially released the...