Washington, Apr 3 : Have an anorexic teen? Try feeding him or her high-calorie meals like milkshakes and macaroni and cheese until they regain a healthy weight.

Known also as the Maudsley Approach, this treatment under the behavioural family therapy (BFT) approach is being compared with a more established treatment known as family systems therapy (FST) as part of an ongoing study for kids aged between 12 and 18, at the New York Presbyterian Hospital Westchester Division and five other centres in the US.

Washington, Apr 3 : Patients awaiting heart transplant surgery can be supported with an artificial pump to keep their heart beating, according to a new study.

The device, called a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), is the latest generation of heart assist devices.

London, Apr 3: Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) can help smokers kick the habit even when they don’t think they are ready, says a new study.

The British Medical Journal study is the first of its kind to focus on sustained smoking abstinence using NRT for smokers who have no immediate plans to stop smoking.

To reach the conclusion, University of Birmingham researchers carried out a systematic review of seven randomised controlled trials that compared the outcomes of using NRT gum or inhalators to placebos.

Washington, Apr 3 : Treating diabetes with a class of drugs, called glitazone, leads to a "modest" increase in the risk of diabetic macular oedema (DME), which is a common vision-threatening complication, according to a study.

Diabetic macular oedema is a common diabetes complication, with swelling and fluid build-up in the retina leading to progressive visual loss.

Washington, Apr 3 : Women with a family history of breast cancer can reduce their risk of developing the disease through regular exercise, say researchers.

With the evidence that reducing estrogen in the body reduces cancer risk, and that elite female athletes experience a drop in estrogen levels that often cause them to stop ovulating and menstruating, University of Pennsylvania researchers are conducting further studies to understand whether reduce their risk.

Washington, Apr 3 : Supervised exercise through pulmonary rehabilitation can help improve the condition of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study.

Richard Casaburi, at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed), has found that supervised exercise can reduce the feelings of breathlessness, increase the tolerance for exercise, and improve quality of life in COPD patients.