A metabolic imbalance caused by radiation from your wireless devices could be the link to a number of health risks, such as various neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, a recent study suggests.
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(HealthDay)—Exercise training is associated with an increase in skeletal muscle capillary density (CD), which contributes to improvements in glucose metabolism, according to a study published online June 11 in Diabetes.
Jun 20, 2015
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Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are part of the system of checks and balances that prevents the immune response from going overboard and causing autoimmune disease. Although critically important for shaping the immune response ...
Jun 17, 2015
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Sleep apnea, a disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops during sleep, is a potentially serious condition because it deprives the body of oxygen. It becomes an even more serious condition in pregnant women—who can be ...
Mar 31, 2015
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Alteration of lipid metabolism in brain cells promotes the formation of lipid droplets that presage the loss of neurons, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute ...
Jan 15, 2015
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The ancient physician/alchemist, Paracelsus, said: "The dose makes the poison." According to a new study published in PeerJ, even oxygen may fall prey to the above adage. While essential to human life, aspects of oxygen metabolism ...
Jan 13, 2015
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In the latest edition of Cell Metabolism, CNIC scientists describe the process by which cells optimize and regulate their capacity to use sugars or fats as fuel sources. As lead author José Antonio Enríquez explains, 'the ...
May 22, 2014
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The ability to measure brain functions non-invasively is important both for clinical diagnoses and research in Neurology and Psychology. Two main imaging techniques are used: positron emission tomography (PET), which reveals ...
Aug 26, 2013
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Recent research has shown that cancer cells have a much different – and more complex – metabolism than normal cells. Now, scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas have found that exploiting these differences might ...
Jun 18, 2013
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In current health lore, antioxidants are all the rage, as "everybody knows" that reducing the amount of "reactive oxygen species"—cell-damaging molecules that are byproducts of cellular metabolism—is critical to staying ...
Jun 14, 2013
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