News tagged with heart metabolism
Potentially important new mechanisms found anti-aging effects of resveratrol
A well-conducted experimental study in mice has provided potentially important new insights into the association of the intake of resveratrol and like compounds with health benefits. Resveratrol is a constituent of red wine ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Improving fitness, preventing fat gain key in protecting heart
(Medical Xpress) -- Good news for active adults fighting the battle of the bulge. Exercising and getting fit may protect your heart, even if you have a few extra pounds, according to a study published in the Feb. 14 issue ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Heart hormone helps shape fat metabolism
It's well known that exercising reduces body weight because it draws on fat stores that muscle can burn as fuel. But a new study at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) suggests that ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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New study uncovers probable mechanism underlying resveratrol activity
National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. The authors present ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Well-controlled HIV doesn't affect heart metabolism, function
(Medical Xpress) -- People with HIV often develop blood sugar and lipid problems and other metabolic complications that increase the risk of heart disease. But new research at Washington University School ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Explaining heart failure as a cause of diabetes
Either heart failure or diabetes alone is bad enough, but oftentimes the two conditions seem to go together. Now, researchers reporting in the January Cell Metabolism appear to have found the culprit that leads from heart ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Biochemists develop promising new treatment direction for rare metabolic diseases
A research team led by biochemist Scott Garman at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered a key interaction at the heart of a promising new treatment for a rare childhood metabolic disorder ...
Dec 22, 2011 |
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With mutation, you can have your cream and eat it, too
People who carry a malfunctioning copy of a particular gene are especially good at clearing fat from their systems. The report in the December Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, shows how the mutant gene influences metabo ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Bile acids may hold clue to treat heart disease
Heart disease is a major cause of death in industrialised countries, and is strongly associated with obesity and diabetes. Many scientists believe that what links these conditions is a chronic, low-grade inflammation. The ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Physical fitness trumps body weight in reducing death risks
even if your body weight has not changed or increased -- you can reduce your risk of death, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Restricted calorie diet improves heart function in obese patients with diabetes
A low-calorie diet eliminates insulin dependence and leads to improved heart function in obese patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Risk of disease partially set in womb, scientists say
Pregnant women sacrifice many of life's simple pleasures - caffeine, sushi, a glass of wine - in the hope that their baby will be born healthy. But according to a provocative new field of research, what happens during pregnancy ...
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Metabolic syndrome biomarkers predict lung function impairment after exposure to WTC dust
Metabolic syndrome biomarkers predict subsequent decline in lung function after particulate exposure, according to new research involving rescue personnel exposed to World Trade Center (WTC) dust.
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Niacin does not reduce heart attack, stroke risk in stable CV patients
In patients whose bad cholesterol is very well-controlled by statins for a long time period, the addition of high-dose, extended release niacin did not reduce the risk of cardiovascular events, including heart attack and ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Research indicates obesity and diabetes risk is determined in the womb
New research from Warwick Medical School indicates some of your risk of developing obesity, diabetes and heart conditions is pre-determined whilst in the womb and by improving the pregnant mother’s diet and vitamins ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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