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The tablet of youth

At TEDxSydney 2013 the Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School shares a new concept about why we age and how it should be possible to develop medicines to reverse it.

Health created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Calorie reduction, not bypass surgery, ups diabetes control

(HealthDay)—Calorie reduction rather than the actual Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery seems to account for the improvement in glucose homeostasis in obese patients with type 2 diabetes who undergo ...

Diabetes created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anti-ageing drug breakthrough

Drugs that combat ageing may be available within five years, following landmark work led by an Australian researcher. The work, published in the March 8 issue of Science, finally proves that a single anti-ageing enzyme in the ...

Medical research created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 2

3 Questions: MIT biologist on new resveratrol study

In the early 1990s, MIT professor Leonard Guarente discovered that sirtuins, a class of proteins found in nearly all animals, protect against the effects of aging in yeast; similar effects have since been ...

Medical research created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Visceral fat causally linked to intestinal cancer

Visceral fat, or fat stored deep in the abdominal cavity, is directly linked to an increased risk for colon cancer, according to data from a mouse study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Associ ...

Cancer created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Losing weight sooner has best chance to reverse heart damage, mouse study shows

Johns Hopkins research on obese mice finds that the impact of dieting and losing weight benefits the heart health of the young, but not the older ones

Cardiology created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Caloric restriction has a protective effect on chromosomes

One of the indicators of a cell's health is the state of its DNA and containers—the chromosomes—so when these fuse together or suffer anomalies, they can become the source of illnesses like cancer and/or ageing processes.

Medical research created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Calorie-restricted weight loss restores ghrelin sensitivity

(HealthDay)—In a mouse model, calorie-restricted weight loss reverses the high-fat diet-induced ghrelin resistance that may contribute to rebound weight gain, according to research published online Jan. ...

Health created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Direct link ID'd for sleep deprivation, insulin sensitivity

(HealthDay)—Even short-term sleep restriction results in an insulin-resistant state in adipocytes, according to research published in the Oct. 16 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Medical research created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Starvation hormone markedly extends mouse life span, researchers show

A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers finds that a starvation hormone markedly extends life span in mice without the need for calorie restriction.

Medical research created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Adequate sleep helps weight loss

Adequate sleep is an important part of a weight loss plan and should be added to the recommended mix of diet and exercise, states a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Low ghrelin—reducing appetite at the cost of increased stress?

Ghrelin is a hormone released by the lining of the stomach that promotes feeding behavior. Decreasing ghrelin levels could potentially help combat obesity—in fact, a vaccine that lowers ghrelin levels in order to reduce ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low-calorie diet may not prolong life: study (Update)

Scientists have found that calorie restriction—a diet comprised of approximately 30 percent fewer calories but with the same nutrients of a standard diet—does not extend years of life or reduce age-related deaths in a ...

Medical research created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Study pinpoints genes involved in diet-mediated life-extension

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have developed a new method to identify genes involved in diet-mediated life-extension which allowed them to find three novel genes that extend lifespan in yeast.

Genetics created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Caloric restriction restores glucose response in diabetes

(HealthDay) -- Neuronal responsiveness of the hypothalamus to glucose, critical in the regulation of feeding, can be restored in patients with type 2 diabetes by short-term caloric restriction, according ...

Diabetes created Aug 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0