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Cardiovascular Costs, Deaths Projected To Rise In 1998
January 2, 1998 — Heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases could cost the nation about $15 billion more in economic costs in 1998 than they did in 1997, according to figures released Dec. 31 by the ... > full story -
Middle-Age Spread Can Shorten Life, Study Finds
January 2, 1998 — Most New Year's resolutions to lose weight fail, as millions of guilty dieters nationwide can attest, but if you think there's no harm in having love handles once you reach 50 or 60, guess ... > full story -
Regulator Of Fat Thermostat Found
December 25, 1997 — Investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified the first factor to significantly boost human leptin concentrations. And surprisingly, this substance also ... > full story -
Human Breast Milk Contains Obesity Hormone, Researchers Find
December 22, 1997 — Leptin, a hormone that appears to play an important role in body metabolism and obesity, has been found for the first time in human breast ... > full story -
OHSU Scientists Shed Light On The Role Of Leptin In Body Weight Regulation
December 2, 1997 — Leptin, a hormone produced by fat cells, has been the subject of extensive research since its discovery in 1994 when it was implicated in the regulation of body weight and appetite. Now scientists at ... > full story -
UGA Researchers First To Determine That Leptin Causes Death Of Fat Cells
October 21, 1997 — A team of researchers at the University of Georgia are the first to determine that the hormone leptin causes the programmed death of fat cells rather than simply reducing them in ... > full story -
Two New Studies Suggest That Caloric Restriction In Monkeys May Extend Their Life And Health
October 5, 1997 — Two recent animal studies offer a possible explanation for how caloric restriciton might possibly enhance human health and help extend life as well. In a new study from the National Institue on ... > full story -
Will Your Child Become An Overweight Adult? Step On The Scale
September 30, 1997 — Doctors frequently encounter overweight children in their medical practices. But without hard data to help predict whether a particular child will remain overweight, it's difficult for doctors to ... > full story -
Resistance To Leptin Contributes To Obesity
August 6, 1997 — Insensitivity to the protein leptin, which helps the body regulate its fat stores, contributes to obesity in mice according to the first formal study of leptin intolerance, report scientists in the ... > full story -
New Study Of The Genetic Causes Of Obesity Defies Traditional Thinking About The Role Of Adrenaline
May 1, 1997 — Scientists have long thought that the sympathetic (or autonomic) nervous system determines how the body uses energy from food. However, new studies reported in the May 1 edition of Nature appear to ... > full story -
Obesity Research Advance Reported At The Jackson Laboratory
April 30, 1997 — Unexpected results from an experiment at The Jackson Laboratory designed to probe the role of a protein implicated in human obesity will help researchers identify the complex thermogenic mechanisms ... > full story -
Listen To Your Mother: An Apple A Day--Not A Cheeseburger--Keeps The Doctor Away
April 17, 1997 — American mothers' often-ignored advice to eat fruits and vegetables, not cheeseburgers and doughnuts, now appears to substatially and quickly lower blood pressure. ... > full story
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