San Diego biotech company, Arena Pharmaceuticals, says an experimental anti-obesity drug called ADP356 has done well in small clinical Phase II trials.

The drub, when taken at it's highest dose enabled obese people to lose an average of 2.9 pounds after 28 days, compared with just 0.7 pounds for those getting a placebo

Scientists reveal that garlic can improve men's performance in the bedroom, adding to its ability to prevent heart disease and uses to fight cancer and the MRSA superbug, a drug resistant infection.

According to scientific discovery, garlic widens arteries subsequently improving blood flow to the groin. It is also known to boost creation of nitric oxide, a chemical involved in triggering erections

A recent study has revealed fish that's broiled or baked helps people protect themselves against heart ailments. The study was conducted by scientists at the American Heart Association.

Fried fishe contain only lesser amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, reported AP, quoting the study. Omega-3 fatty acids are a kind of "healthy" fat responsible for enhancing cholesterol and other cardiac risk factors

Bethesda, MD (AHN)- A study being presented to the American Heart Association shows that men who do not have close friends and family have higher levels of a blood molecule leading to a higher risk of heart disease.

Researchers studied 3,267 men and women with an average age of 62, from across America who were taking part in the Framingham Heart Study

Congressman Smith (R-NJ) commended the Institute of Medicine (IOM) for their groundbreaking report "Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoeitic Stem Cell Bank Program," released today. "Creating a national network of cord blood stem cell banks will turn medical waste into medical miracles for thousands of patients who otherwise have no hope to recover from lethal diseases," said Congressman Smith. Cord blood stem cells have revolutionized medicine treating about 2,000 people for cancers, genetic diseases, and other conditions. Recent research suggests that human stem cells, based on cord blood stem cells, may lead to treatments of many crippling conditions, including Parkinson's, diabetes, and heart disease. Congressman Smith is the author of the "Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2005," HR 956. The 37 bipartisan sponsored bill would generate a nationally joined network of umbilical cord banks and enable $15 million of federal funds during Fiscal Year 2006 and allot $30 million in 2007 to subsidize the collection, processing, testing, freezing and storing of cord blood stem cell units that would in turn be used in transplantation treatments. "This IOM study will provide additional momentum to the passage of the "Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2005" so that the cord blood stem cell network can be authorized by Congress and additional funding can be authorized to scale up this network as soon as possible," said Smith. "But this is so urgent that administrative action needs to be taken while Congress moves the bill through the legislative process." The IOM report backs the provisions in "Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2005," but there are more items in the report that need immediate action. "The FDA needs to reflect these medical breakthroughs and immediately license cord blood stem cells so that transplant physicians have the confidence that every cord blood stem cell unit in the national network is of the highest quality," said Smith. "The Department of Health and Human Services also needs to start the process of setting up the cord blood stem cell network structure suggested in this IOM study. Congress has already appropriated the money, and this work can be started today