A study recently announced at the yearly meeting of the Radiological Society of North America concluded that women who carried excess abdominal fat are at an increased risk of developing osteoporosis. The study contradicted the common belief that some excess body fat aided bone health. “We know that obesity is a major public health problem,” [...]

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Forest Laboratories, Inc. recently announced that they had successfully completed the first of two scheduled Phase 3 Clinical Trials that aim to assess the efficacy and safety of Linaclotide, an investigational drug that was developed to treat patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C). The second scheduled Phase 3 Clinical [...]

Scientists conducting research into severe cases of asthma, which are growing in prevalence but currently have no really effective cure or method of treatment, recently announced they had successfully identified a protein that has been linked to severe asthma-like conditions. The protein, known as interleukin-17 or abbreviated to IL-17A, is a pro-inflammatory protein and has [...]