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'Healthier Hormones' Through Diet and Exercise
March 7, 2013 — Weight loss -- by dietary changes alone or combined with physical exercise -- has a positive impact on the production of adipose tissue hormones: Adipose tissue produces less leptin but, instead, ... > full story -
Porpoises Have to Be Careful in the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands
March 7, 2013 — The unexpected conclusion of the doctoral research project on the feeding ecology of porpoises is that the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands may be an ecological trap. She also discovered that more ... > full story -
Visceral Fat Causally Linked to Intestinal Cancer
March 6, 2013 — Visceral fat, or fat stored deep in the abdominal cavity, is directly linked to an increased risk for colon cancer, according to new data from a mouse ... > full story -
Obesity Makes Fat Cells Act Like They're Infected
March 5, 2013 — Scientists report that a high calorie diet causes fat cells to act as if under pathogenic attack. The researchers have identified a root cause of the diet-caused fat tissue inflammation that has ... > full story -
Gene Identified That Causes Obesity in Mice: Deleting Gene Eliminates Obesity, Could Work for Humans
March 5, 2013 — Researchers have discovered that deleting a gene in mice prevents them from becoming obese even on a high fat diet, a finding they believe could be replicated in ... > full story -
Maternal Diet Important Predictor of Severity for Infant Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
March 4, 2013 — An important predictor of the severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants may be what their mothers ate during pregnancy, according to a new ... > full story -
Losing Weight Sooner Rather Than Later Gives Best Chance of Reversing Heart Damage from Obesity, According to Mouse Study
March 4, 2013 — In a study of the impact of weight loss on reversing heart damage from obesity, researchers found that poor heart function in young obese mice can be reversed when the animals lose weight from a ... > full story -
Grape Seed and Skin Extract: A Weapon in the Fight Against Kidney Disease Caused by High-Fat Diets
February 28, 2013 — New insight into grape seed extract as a therapeutic and preventative measure to fight obesity-induced kidney damage is presented in a new study. Grape seed and skin extract (GSSE) is known to ... > full story -
Eating Junk Food While Pregnant May Make Your Child a Junk Food Addict
February 28, 2013 — A healthy diet during pregnancy is critical to the future health of your children. New research suggests that pregnant mothers who consume junk food cause developmental changes of the opioid ... > full story -
After the Human Genome Project: The Human Microbiome Project
February 28, 2013 — A complex ecosystem exists within our bodies -- communities of microbes affecting the behavior of human host cells. This crucial "microbiome," is considered to be a complex "second genome." The ... > full story
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