News tagged with physiological effects


New mouse model confirms how type 2 diabetes develops

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new mouse model that answers the question of what actually happens in the body when type 2 diabetes develops and how the body responds to drug treatment. Long-term ...

Diabetes created May 03, 2013 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Gene variant appears to predict weight loss after gastric bypass

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified a gene variant that helps predict how much weight an individual will lose after gastric bypass surgery, a finding with the potential both to ...

Genetics created May 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hydrogen sulfide: The next anti-aging agent?

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) may play a wide-ranging role in staving off aging, according to a paper published online ahead of print in the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology. In this review article, a team from China explor ...

Medical research created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sugar fights still simmer as new brain study finds fructose might stimulate appetite

Fructose, a sugar much maligned in recent years, recently took another hit when a preliminary study by Yale University found that it might stimulate appetite more than other sugar types. The results came ...

Health created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

How the common fruit fly is helping scientists to study alcohol-related disorders

Scientists have shown how the common fruit fly Drosophila, which possess similar electrophysiological and pharmacological properties as humans, could now be used to screen and develop new therapies for alcohol-related ...

Medical research created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Detox diets don't work, expert says

Detox diets are just another weight loss wonder, says Flinders University's Head of Human Physiology, Professor Simon Brookes.

Health created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Being bullied can cause trauma symptoms

Problems caused by bullying do not necessarily cease when the abuse stops. Recent research shows that victims may need long-term support.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vitamin D slows the progression of cells from premalignant to malignant states, keeping their proliferation in check

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers at McGill University have discovered a molecular basis for the potential cancer preventive effects of vitamin D. The team, led by McGill professors John White and David Goltzman, of ...

Cancer created Nov 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Alcohol provides protective effect, reduces mortality substantial

Injured patients were less likely to die in the hospital if they had alcohol in their blood, according to a study from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health—and the more alcohol, the more likely ...

Health created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Exercise benefits found for pregnancies with high blood pressure

Contrary to popular thought, regular exercise before and during pregnancy could have beneficial effects for women that develop high blood pressure during gestation, human physiology professor Jeff Gilbert said, summarizing ...

Health created Nov 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Being bullied can cause PTSD in children, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Problems caused by bullying do not necessarily cease when the abuse stops. Recent research at the Universitiy of Stavanger (UiS) and Bergen's Center for Crisis Psychology in Norway shows ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Advanced maternal age not harmful for children in adulthood

(Medical Xpress)—Previously existing ideas on how advanced maternal age affects adult health of children have to be reconsidered. It had been thought that mothers delivering later in life have children ...

Health created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Negative stereotypes about the poor hurt their health

(Medical Xpress) -- Adolescents who grow up in poverty are more likely to report being treated unfairly, and this perception of discrimination is related to harmful changes in physical health, reports a new Cornell study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cutting calories before cutting in surgery

Dietary restriction has already been shown to extend the lives of laboratory animals, but recent research suggests the beneficial effects of eating less may extend to improved recovery from surgery and better ...

Health created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Testosterone concentrations in men affected by genetic makeup

Genetics play an important role in the variation in, and risk of, low testosterone concentrations in men. A study by the CHARGE Sex Hormone Consortium, published in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics on Thursday, 6th Oc ...

Genetics created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0