News tagged with hormone leptin
Enzyme Crucial to Insulin Resistance Found in Brain
Sep 14, 2009 |
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An enzyme known to cause insulin resistance in muscle is also located in the brain and has a similar function there, a research team that includes a University of Cincinnati scientist has found.
When eating and dieting, follow your gut
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Eating a small lunch doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be so hungry for dinner that you’ll eat more than usual, a new study suggests.
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 ...
Natural Brain Substance Blocks Weight Gain in Mice
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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Mice with increased levels of a natural brain chemical don’t gain weight when fed a high-fat diet, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
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Leptin's long-distance call to the pancreas
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Dec 22, 2008 |
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Rube Goldberg—the cartoonist who devised complex machines for simple tasks—would have smiled at one of leptin's mechanisms for curbing insulin release. As Hinoi et al. show, the fat-derived hormone enlists ...
Obesity-related hormone is higher in children with Down syndrome
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Children with Down syndrome are more likely than their unaffected siblings to have higher levels of a hormone associated with obesity, according to pediatric researchers. The hormone, leptin, may contribute to the known higher ...
Battle of the bulge: Low leptin levels undermine successful weight loss
Jun 21, 2008 |
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Individuals who are obese are at increased risk of many diseases, including type 2 diabetes and heart disease. As 75%-95% of previously obese individuals regain their lost weight, many researchers are interested in developing ...
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 ...
Study shows direct link between leptin and obesity-related cardiovascular disease
Nov 10, 2008 |
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Obese people who don't have high cholesterol or diabetes might think they're healthy – despite the extra pounds. But new Ohio University research suggests that obesity raises levels of the hormone leptin, which can be as ...
Lean for life
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Infant formula and other baby foods that provide permanent protection from obesity and diabetes into adulthood could be on shop shelves soon, reports Lisa Melton in Chemistry & Industry.
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.
Obesity: Reviving the promise of leptin
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Jan 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery more than a decade ago of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone secreted by fat tissue, generated headlines and great hopes for an effective treatment for obesity. But hopes ...
How an Atkins-like diet can treat epilepsy: Leptin attenuates rodent seizure severity
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Not all individuals who have epilepsy respond to traditional treatments and these individuals are said to have medically refractory epilepsy. Strict use of a ketogenic diet high in fats and extremely low in carbohydrates ...
Fat hormone influences baseline dopamine levels and our motivation to eat
Aug 05, 2009 |
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As we all know from experience, people eat not only because they are hungry, but also because the food just simply tastes too good to pass up. Now, a new study in the August 6th Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, helps ...
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