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Addiction treatment proves successful in animal weight loss study
Aug 20, 2008 |
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Vigabatrin, a medication proposed as a potential treatment for drug addiction by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, also leads to rapid weight loss and reduced food intake according ...
Drugs that act on 'fasting signal' may curb insulin resistance in obese
Mar 03, 2009 |
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A report in the March issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, has found that a signal known to play a role during fasting also switches on early in the fat tissue of obese mice as they progress toward type 2 diab ...
How to get obese mice moving -- and cure their diabetes
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Mice lacking the fat hormone leptin or the ability to respond to it become morbidly obese and severely diabetic—not to mention downright sluggish. Now, a new study in the June Cell Metabolism shows that b ...
Study shows benefits of hormone found in fat tissue
Feb 26, 2009 |
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It's called the obesity paradox. Although obese people are more apt to suffer from inflammatory diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, they are also more likely to survive a major attack caused by one of those ...
Obese children at significantly greater risk for post-adenotonsillectomy complications
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Obesity in children significantly increases the risk of major and minor respiratory complications following surgery to correct sleep disordered breathing (SDB), according to new research presented at the 2009 American Academy ...
Killing 'angry' immune cells in fat could fight diabetes
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Oct 07, 2008 |
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By killing off "angry" immune cells that take up residence in obese fat and muscle tissue, researchers have shown that they can rapidly reverse insulin resistance in obese mice. The findings reported in the October Cell Me ...
Exercise reduces hunger in lean women but not obese women
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Exercise does not suppress appetite in obese women, as it does in lean women, according to a new study. The results were presented Tuesday, June 17, at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Secreted protein sends signal that fat is on the way
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Dec 02, 2008 |
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After you eat a burger and fries or other fat-filled meal, a protein produced by the liver may send a signal that fat is on the way, suggests a report in the December issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press public ...
New study indicates that exercise prevents fatty liver disease
Oct 29, 2008 |
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It's easy to go to the gym on a regular basis right after a person buys the gym membership. It's also easy to skip the gym one day, then the next day and the day after that. A new University of Missouri study indicates that ...
Food restriction increases dopamine receptor levels in obese rats
Oct 25, 2007 |
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A brain-imaging study of genetically obese rats conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory provides more evidence that dopamine - a brain chemical associated with reward, pleasure, movement, ...
Eating less may not extend life
Jan 23, 2009 |
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If you are a mouse on the chubby side, then eating less may help you live longer.
Mangosteen juice could protect health in the obese
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Mangosteen juice has anti-inflammatory properties which could prove to be valuable in preventing the development of heart disease and diabetes in obese patients. A study, published in BioMed Central's open access Nutrition Jo ...
Apelin hormone injections powerfully lower blood sugar
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Nov 04, 2008 |
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By injecting a hormone produced by fat and other tissues into mice, researchers report in the November Cell Metabolism that they significantly lowered blood sugar levels in normal and obese mice. The findings suggest that t ...
Combining exercise with hormone could prevent weight gain
May 27, 2008 |
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Once heralded as a promising obesity treatment, the hormone leptin lost its fat-fighting luster when scientists discovered overweight patients were resistant to its effects. But pairing leptin with just a minor amount of ...
In obesity, brain becomes 'unaware' of fat
Mar 06, 2007 |
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Critical portions of the brain in those who are obese don’t really know they are overweight, researchers have reported in the March issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press. These findings in obese mice s ...
