Blocked brain enzyme decreases appetite and promotes weight loss May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Imagine being able to tone down appetite and promote weight loss, while improving the body’s ability to handle blood sugar levels. That’s just what Tony Means, PhD, and his team at the Duke University Medical Center were ... | |
UCI scientists study people who can't forget May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Imagine being able to recall every moment of your life, beginning around age 10. Given a date, you remember what day of the week it was, what happened in the world, even what you ate for lunch or what you did at school. | |
New cancer gene found May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Researchers at the OU Cancer Institute have identified a new gene that causes cancer. The ground-breaking research appears in Nature’s cancer journal Oncogene. | |
Vitamin D linked to reduced mortality rate in CKD May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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For patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD), treatment with activated vitamin D may reduce the risk of death by approximately one-fourth, suggests a study in the August Journal of the American Society ... | |
Common herbicide disrupts human hormone activity in cell studies May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A common weedkiller in the U.S., already suspected of causing sexual abnormalities in frogs and fish, has now been found to alter hormonal signaling in human cells, scientists from the University of California San Francisco ... | |
Not all fat created equal May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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It has long been known that type 2 diabetes is linked to obesity, particularly fat inside the belly. Now, researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have found that fat from other areas of the body can actually reduce insulin ... | |
Researchers find way to make tumor cells easier to destroy May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Tumors have a unique vulnerability that can be exploited to make them more sensitive to heat and radiation, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report. | |
Cell's 'power plant' genes raise vision disorder risk May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Genetic variation in the DNA of mitochondria – the “power plants” of cells – contributes to a person’s risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), Vanderbilt investigators report May 7 in the journal PLoS ... | |
Low blood levels of vitamin D may be associated with depression in older adults May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Older adults with low blood levels of vitamin D and high blood levels of a hormone secreted by the parathyroid glands may have a higher risk of depression, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General ... | |
Fruit fly avoidance mechanism could lead to new ways to control pain in humans 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until nature sends them an offer they can’t refuse. To survive, they must leave the ... | |
Study in mice suggests molecules in plants have beneficial effect on Alzheimer's disease May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A set of molecules found in certain plants appears to have a beneficial effect in brain tissue associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study conducted in mice. The study was led by researchers at the University ... | |
Ibuprofen linked to reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Long-term use of ibuprofen and other drugs commonly used for aches and pains was associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the May 6, 2008, issue of Neurology, the medical ... | |
Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die. | |
Too much, too little sleep tied to ill health in CDC study May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- People who sleep fewer than six hours a night - or more than nine - are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big bellies. ... | |
The secret to long life may not be in the genes May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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A research on the bone health of one of the oldest persons in the world, who recently died at the age of 114, reveals that there were no genetic modifications which could have contributed to this longevity. The research team, ... | |
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