News tagged with metabolic profile


Metabolic biomarkers can predict mortality in the ICU

A metabolic profile of intensive care unit (ICU) patients based on biomarkers of four metabolites can be used to accurately predict mortality, according to a new study.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Become a marathon runner with the protein PGC-1alpha

Even with a greater muscle mass, a sprinter cannot win a marathon. His specially-trained and strengthened muscles will fatigue faster than the endurance-trained muscles of a long distance runner. The research ...

Medical research created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Metabolic biomarkers for preventive molecular medicine

A team of scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, led by its director, MarĂ­a Blasco, together with Jose M. Mato, the director of the Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences, has shown that the ...

Medical research created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise more beneficial on an empty stomach, research shows

Exercising before breakfast is better for you than exercising afterwards according to new research by scientists at the University of Glasgow.

Health created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Psyllium reduces metabolic syndrome risk factors

(HealthDay) -- Consumption of the fiber supplement psyllium correlates with reductions in risk factors for metabolic syndrome, according to a study published online Aug. 5 in Obesity Reviews.

Overweight and Obesity created Aug 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Physical activity reduces compensatory weight gain after liposuction

Abdominal liposuction triggers a compensatory increase in visceral fat, which is correlated with cardiovascular disease, but this effect can be counteracted by physical activity, according to a recent study in the Journal of ...

Other created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Fibrosis and fatty liver disease increase risk of early atherosclerosis

Italian researchers report that severe fibrosis increases the early atherosclerosis risk in patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. A second study found that fatty liver disease also increases ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene profile correlates with glycemia in type 1 diabetes

(HealthDay) -- A gene expression profile in peripheral blood correlates with glycemic control in the first year for patients recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published online March ...

Diabetes created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New powerful tool measures metabolites in living cells

By engineering cells to express a modified RNA called "Spinach," researchers have imaged small-molecule metabolites in living cells and observed how their levels change over time. Metabolites are the products of individual ...

Medical research created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

With mutation, you can have your cream and eat it, too

People who carry a malfunctioning copy of a particular gene are especially good at clearing fat from their systems. The report in the December Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, shows how the mutant gene influences metabo ...

Genetics created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Metabolomics as a basis for gender-specific drugs

Analyses of the metabolic profile of blood serum have revealed significant differences in metabolites between men and women. In a study to be published on August 11 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, scientists at the ...

Genetics created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Early nutrition has a long-term metabolic impact

Nutrition during the first days or weeks of life may have long-term consequences on health, potentially via a phenomenon known as the metabolic programming effect, according to a study to be presented Monday, May 2, at the ...

Health created May 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0