Lack of sleep is linked to obesity, new evidence shows
Can lack of sleep make you fat? A new paper which reviews the evidence from sleep restriction studies reveals that inadequate sleep is linked to obesity. The research, published in a special issue of the The American Journal of ...
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Apr 17, 2012 |
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Kruppel-like Factor 15: Genetic regulator of fat metabolism and muscle fitness discovered
While exercise is accepted universally as the most beneficial prescription physicians can write for patients, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that generate its widespread health benefits. Researchers from Case ...
Medical research
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Misperception of weight is an important barrier to weight loss
When University of Illinois researchers surveyed over 3,500 college applicants, more than a third couldn't report their weight accurately, and overweight and obese men were more likely to underestimate their weight than women.
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Apr 05, 2012 |
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Photoacoustics technique detects small number of cancer cells
Researchers have developed multiple techniques and procedures to detect cancer cells during the earliest stages of the disease or after treatment. But one of the major limitations of these technologies is their inability ...
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Mar 27, 2012 |
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New computer algorithm discovers drug side effects, interactions
A week ago, you started a new prescription medication for acne. Today, you feel dizzy and short of breath and have difficulty concentrating. Your symptoms are not listed in the package insert as possible side effects of the ...
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Mar 14, 2012 |
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Fatty diets may be associated with reduced semen quality
Men's diets, in particular the amount and type of different fats they eat, could be associated with their semen quality according to the results of a study published online in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal ...
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Mar 13, 2012 |
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New study has implications for treating and preventing cancers caused by viruses
New research from the Trudeau Institute addresses how the human body controls gamma-herpesviruses, a class of viruses thought to cause a variety of cancers. The study, carried out in the laboratory of Dr. Marcia Blackman, ...
Immunology
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Study of infants challenges developmental sequence of human language learning
(Medical Xpress) -- Suppose a baby's first word is "mommy" or "daddy"--words an infant usually says around his or her first birthday. Of course, the little cherub puts a gleam in her parents' eyes; she's finally ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2012 |
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R-loops break walls of gene silencing
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have figured out how the human body keeps essential genes switched “on” and silences the vast stretches of genetic repeats and “junk” ...
Genetics
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Study of patients infected with both HIV and hepatitis shows how the drug interferon works to suppress virus
A drug once taken by people with HIV/AIDS but long ago shelved after newer, modern antiretroviral therapies became available has now shed light on how the human body uses its natural immunity to fight the virus—work ...
Medications
Feb 29, 2012 |
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No workout? No worries: Scientists prevent muscle loss in mice, despite disease and inactivity
If you want big muscles without working out, there's hope. In the March 2012 print issue of the FASEB Journal, scientists from the University of Florida report that a family of protein transcription factors, called "Forkhead (F ...
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Feb 29, 2012 |
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Disarming the botulinum neurotoxin
Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) and the Medical School of Hannover in Germany recently discovered how the botulinum neurotoxin, a potential bioterrorism agent, survives ...
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Feb 23, 2012 |
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Mapping proteins key to human health and immune system
Proteins, the building block for all living organisms, are the ultimate transformers – able to splice and switch roles and functions within the human body. But when these changes go wrong, diseases such as cancers and ...
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Feb 17, 2012 |
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Industrial salt sold as food salt in Iceland for 13 years
Industrial salt not intended for human consumption has been sold in Iceland as food salt for 13 years by mistake, Icelandic officials said Tuesday.
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Jan 17, 2012 |
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German firm denies wrongdoing in breast implant scandal
German chemicals distributor Brenntag denied Friday any wrongdoing in the health scandal surrounding French-made breast implants.
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