Vitamin C administration shortened the length of stay in the intensive care unit on average by 8 percent in 12 trials with 1766 patients according to a meta-analysis published in Nutrients.
Mar 28, 2019
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In a University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers found evidence that fasting affects circadian clocks in the liver and skeletal muscle, causing them to rewire their metabolism, which can ultimately lead to improved ...
Jan 15, 2019
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Researchers at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute have identified a hormone produced by the liver that tells the body to downshift its metabolism when it's expending a lot of energy.
Jan 14, 2019
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New research by a team from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering has discovered that a type of adult stem cell found in a variety of tissues can be manipulated to enhance tissue regeneration and potentially treat inflammatory ...
Nov 27, 2018
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Researchers at the Institute for Innovation and Sustainable Development in the Food Chain (IS-FOOD) of the Public University of Navarre (NUP/UPNA) have published a piece of research in which they show that the nutritional ...
Oct 16, 2018
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Obesity and its related ailments like type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease pose a major global health burden, but researchers report in Nature Communications that blocking an RNA-silencing protein in the livers of mice ...
Sep 10, 2018
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A newly published study by researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine has identified a potential therapeutic target for treating obesity and diabetes.
Aug 9, 2018
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A diet developed in the 1920s to treat children with epilepsy is suddenly all the rage. The ketogenic diet, or "keto diet", has reportedly been endorsed by celebrities and even athletes are giving it a go.
Aug 2, 2018
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Scientists have just made an important discovery as to how cancer-targeting 'Natural Killer' (NK) cells are fuelled in the body, which has significant implications for related therapies. They found that glutamine—vital ...
Jun 14, 2018
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The enzyme Dicer cleaves long precursors into short RNA molecules called microRNAs. A new study reveals how Dicer enhances energy metabolism and reduces levels of fat storage in macrophages, thus slowing the progression of ...
May 24, 2018
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