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Researchers discover new fat-fighting pathway

Researchers discover new fat-fighting pathway

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a process that controls the amount of fat that cells store for use as a back-up energy source. Disruption of this process ...


Food additive may one day help control blood lipids and reduce disease risk

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created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a substance in the liver that helps process fat and glucose. That substance is a component of the common food additive lecithin, and researchers ...


Metabolic syndrome risk factors drive significantly higher health care costs

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Risk factors for metabolic syndrome, such as obesity, high blood pressure, and elevated blood lipid levels, can increase a person's healthcare costs nearly 1.6-fold, or about $2,000 per year. For each additional risk factor ...


People with heart disease still have trouble controlling blood lipid levels

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created Aug 07, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Despite some improvements to lower "bad" cholesterol levels, people with cardiovascular diseases still need to do a better job controlling overall blood lipid levels, according to a UC Irvine Heart Disease Prevention Program ...


People with heart disease still have trouble controlling blood lipid levels

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite some improvements to lower “bad” cholesterol levels, people with cardiovascular diseases still need to do a better job controlling overall blood lipid levels, according to a UC Irvine Heart Disease ...