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  Link Between Obesity and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome May Be Exaggerated

  April 8, 2013 — The relationship between obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome may be exaggerated, likely because the women who actively seek care for the condition tend to be heavier than those identified through ... > full story
• Obesity
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Triglycerides
  Nutrition
  Dieting and Weight Control
  Nervous System
   

  Fatheads: How Neurons Protect Themselves Against Excess Fat

  April 8, 2013 — In a recent study in mice, researchers have pinpointed an enzyme that keeps neurons' fat levels under control, and may be implicated in human neurological ... > full story
• Diabetes
  Cholesterol
  Nutrition
  Obesity
  Dietary Supplement
  Health Policy
   

  Higher Mercury Levels in Humans Associated With Increased Risk for Diabetes

  April 7, 2013 — A new study found that higher levels of mercury exposure in young adults increased their risks for type 2 diabetes later in life by 65 ... > full story
• Food
  Brain Tumor
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  Staying Healthy
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  Biology
   
  

  Do Cells in the Blood, Heart and Lungs Smell the Food We Eat?

  April 7, 2013 — In a discovery suggesting that odors may have a far more important role in life than previously believed, scientists have found that heart, blood, lung and other cells in the body have the same ... > full story
• Resource Shortage
  Agriculture and Food
  Food
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  World Development
   

  Reducing Waste of Food: A Key Element in Feeding Billions More People

  April 7, 2013 — Families can be key players in a revolution needed to feed the world, and could save money by helping to cut food losses now occurring from field to fork to trash bin, an expert said. He described ... > full story
• Heart Disease
  Cholesterol
  Nutrition
  Stroke Prevention
  Food
  Diet and Weight Loss
   
  

  New Link Between Heart Disease and Red Meat: New Understanding of Cardiovascular Health Benefits of Vegan, Vegetarian Diets

  April 7, 2013 — A compound abundant in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks has been found to promote atherosclerosis -- or the hardening or clogging of the ... > full story
• Alternative Medicine
  Pharmacology
  Women's Health
  Dietary Supplement
  Healthy Aging
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  First Tests of Old Patent Medicine Remedies from a Museum Collection

  April 7, 2013 — What was in Dr. F. G. Johnson’s French Female Pills and other scientifically untested elixirs, nostrums and other quack cures that were the only medicines available to sick people during the ... > full story
• Food
  Nutrition
  Triglycerides
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Vegetarian
  Obesity
   
  

  Ready for Debut: Fruit-Juice-Infused Chocolate With 50 Percent Less Fat

  April 7, 2013 — Already renowned as a healthy treat when enjoyed in moderation, chocolate could become even more salubrious if manufacturers embraced new technology for making “fruit-juice-infused ... > full story
• Fitness
  Diabetes
  Fibromyalgia
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Obesity
  Immune System
   
  

  Lift Weights to Lower Blood Sugar? White Muscle Helps Keep Blood Glucose Levels Under Control

  April 7, 2013 — Researchers have challenged a long-held belief that whitening of skeletal muscle in diabetes is ... > full story
• Obesity
  Stem Cells
  Nutrition Research
  Dieting and Weight Control
  Nervous System
  Brain Tumor
   
  

  Discovery in Neuroscience Could Help Re-Wire Appetite Control

  April 5, 2013 — Researchers have made a discovery in neuroscience that could offer a long-lasting solution to eating disorders such as obesity. It was previously thought that the nerve cells in the brain associated ... > full story

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