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Widely used body fat measurements overestimate fatness in blacks

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The body mass index (BMI) and waistline measurement overestimate obesity in blacks, according to a new study. The results suggest that conventional methods for estimating body fat may need to become race-specific.


Symptoms of depression associated with increase in abdominal fat

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Older adults with symptoms of depression appear more likely to gain abdominal fat, but not overall fat, over a five-year period, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.





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Overweight men at higher risk of heart attack, stroke, premature death

Medicine & Health / Health

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Overweight or obese middle-aged men are at a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and premature death — even if they don’t have the metabolic syndrome, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of ...


New RNA interference technique can silence up to 5 genes

New RNA interference technique can silence up to five genes

Medicine & Health / Research

created 12 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at MIT and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals report this week that they have successfully used RNA interference to turn off multiple genes in the livers of mice, an advance that could lead to new treatments ...


Researchers find clues to why some continue to eat when full

Researchers find clues to why some continue to eat when full

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 23 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The premise that hunger makes food look more appealing is a widely held belief - just ask those who cruise grocery store aisles on an empty stomach, only to go home with a full basket and an empty wallet.


NORAD is tracking Santa Claus's progress

Follow Santa Claus, courtesy Google and NORAD

Technology / Internet

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Santa Claus is coming to your town -- and NORAD is tracking him as he drops off presents around the world. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which monitors the North American airspace, on Thursday ...


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Hatchery-raised salmon too crowded

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Every year, large amounts of hatchery-raised young salmonids are released into Swedish rivers and streams to compensate for losses in natural production. Butthese fish generally survive poorly in the wild. ...


We now know that the brain controls the formation of bone

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created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The brain acts as a profound regulatory centre, controlling myriad processes throughout the body in ways we are only just beginning to understand. In new findings, Australian scientists have shown surprising connections between ...


Why don't robins get fat?

Why don't robins get fat?

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by the School of Biosciences is shedding light on the reasons why the European robin doesn’t get fat -even though they are feeding for much longer.


Older adults may have a higher risk of complications and death after abdominal surgery

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The risk of complications and early death after commonly performed abdominal surgical procedures appears to be higher among older adults, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Surgery.


Heme channel found

Heme channel found

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In some ways a cell in your body or an organelle in that cell is like an ancient walled town. Life inside either depends critically on the intelligence of the gatekeepers.


In a first, key pancreatic cells inserted in wounded airman's liver

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In what medical officials say is a first, the bullet-scarred pancreas from a service member who was shot in Afghanistan was flown from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington to the University of Miami, where insulin-producing ...



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