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Fatty food can weaken the immune system

Medicine & Health / Health

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Fresh evidence that fatty food is bad for our health has come to light: mice fed a lard-based diet over a long period got worse at fighting bacteria in the blood, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University ...


High urea levels in chronic kidney failure might be toxic after all

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It is thought that the elevated levels of urea (the byproduct of protein breakdown that is excreted in the urine) in patients with end-stage kidney failure are not particularly toxic.


Why a short run is better than a long walk

Why a short run is better than a long walk

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the latest technology, researchers are uncovering evidence of exactly how major a role activity plays in the battle to keep obesity at bay. In new report published in the British Me ...


Appetite, consumption controlled by clockwork genes at cross-purposes in flies

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One of the pioneers in research on sleep:wake circadian genes, Amita Sehgal, Ph.D., has discovered that fruit flies' appetite and consumption are controlled by two rival sets of clocks, one in neurons and the other in the ...


College football linemen take one for the team in terms of health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The high-intensity exercise performed by college football linemen does not protect them from obesity, related health problems and the potential for cardiovascular disease later in life, new research suggests.


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Latest epidemic? High cholesterol, obesity in fruit flies

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How do fruit flies get high cholesterol and become obese? The same way as people do - by eating a diet that's too rich in fats.


Researchers identify new stem cell

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The skin is known for its ability to regenerate because the cells in the skin are constantly turning over. This "healing property" has attracted much attention from scientists wanting to know what makes the ...


Study explains how exercise helps patients with peripheral artery disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects 5 million individuals in the U.S. and is the leading cause of limb amputations. Doctors have long considered exercise to be the single best therapy for PAD, and now a new study helps ...


Multiple myeloma patients experience high response rate with new 3-drug combination

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new three-drug combination has shown in a phase 1/2 clinical trial that it is a "highly effective regimen" in the treatment of patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of white blood cells in bone marrow, ...


Model predicts dialysis patients' likelihood of survival

Model predicts dialysis patients' likelihood of survival

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new model can help physicians determine if a kidney disease patient on dialysis is likely to die within the next few months, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of ...



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