Sleep disorders

Basal metabolic rate down after CPAP initiation in OSA

(HealthDay)—For patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is associated with a decrease in basal metabolic rate (BMR), according to a study published recently ...

Oncology & Cancer

Screening drugs to kill cancer cells in their safe spaces

Existing chemotherapy approaches treat cancer by targeting cells that are actively multiplying and have a high metabolic rate. However, cancer stem cells can escape this targeting, leading to chemotherapy-resistant cancer ...

Medical research

Blood pressure hormone promotes obesity

New research by University of Iowa scientists helps explain how a hormone system often targeted to treat cardiovascular disease can also lower metabolism and promote obesity.

Medical research

Altered microbiome burns fewer calories

The link between the gut microbiome and obesity seems clear, but just how changes to gut bacteria can cause weight gain is not.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Hepatitis A hospitalizations down from 2002 to 2011

(HealthDay)—From 2002 to 2011 there was a decrease in the rate of hospitalizations for hepatitis A, according to a study published in the February issue of Hepatology.

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