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Winter diets? The secret is to chill the extremities

It is well known that large mammals living in temperate climates lower their metabolism in winter. But does this represent a mechanism for coping with less food or is it merely a consequence of having less to eat? For the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Consumers don't pay as much attention to nutrition fact labels as they think

Nutrition Facts labels have been used for decades on many food products. Are these labels read in detail by consumers when making purchases? Do people read only certain portions of the labels? According to a new study published ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breastmilk a natural stem cell therapy

Human breastmilk has the potential to help people suffering from diseases including Parkinson's disease and diabetes, according to a researcher at The University of Western Australia.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Orexin: A hormone that fights fat with fat

The fat we typically think of as body fat is called white fat. But there's another type—known as brown fat—that does more than just store fat. It burns fat. Scientists used to think that brown fat ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Interventional radiologists: Learn about peripheral arterial disease and get moving

Peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, is a common condition affecting 12-20 percent of Americans age 65 and older that may be a signal of future heart attack and stroke -- and many with the disease may be unaware they have ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Louisville surgeons perform first prosthetic bypass graft with patient's stem cells at point-of-care

The first three patients to undergo an investigational surgical procedure for peripheral vascular disease that involves the patient's own stem cells continue to do well, reports the University of Louisville surgeon who is ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find gene vital to nerve cell development

(Medical Xpress) -- The body’s ability to perform simple tasks like flex muscles or feel heat, cold and pain depends, in large part, on myelin, an insulating layer of fats and proteins that speeds the ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Drug prevents Type 2 diabetes in majority of high-risk individuals

A pill taken once a day in the morning prevented type 2 diabetes in more than 70 percent of individuals whose obesity, ethnicity and other markers put them at highest risk for the disease, U.S. scientists reported today.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

'Round-the-clock' lifestyle can disrupt metabolism, brain and behavior

(PhysOrg.com) -- In Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud argued that modern society was hard on human psychology, forcing people to get along in unnaturally close quarters. Now newly published resear ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Updated guidelines include new research, advances in stroke prevention

Healthy lifestyle choices and emergency room interventions can help prevent first-time strokes, according to revised American Heart Association/American Stroke Association guidelines.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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