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Breathing problems during sleep associated with calories burned at rest

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Individuals with sleep-related breathing disorders appear to burn more calories when resting as their conditions become more severe, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Su ...





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Chewing gum can reduce calorie intake, increase energy expenditure

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A nutrition professor at the University of Rhode Island studying the effects of chewing sugar-free gum on weight management has found that it can help to reduce calorie intake and increase energy expenditure.


Evolutionary link to modern-day obesity, other problems

Biology /

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- That irresistible craving for a cheeseburger has its roots in the dramatic growth of the human brain and body that resulted from environmental changes some 2 million years ago.


What is the energy consuming style in chronic severe hepatitis B patient normality?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The liver plays a pivotal role in fuel and energy metabolism. Many studies have shown that patients with liver cirrhosis have nutrient and energy metabolism imbalances, which lead to malnutrition and can seriously affect ...


Baby beetles inspire researchers to build 'mini boat' powered by surface tension (Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Inspired by the aquatic wriggling of beetle larvae, a University of Pittsburgh research team has designed a propulsion system that strips away paddles, sails, and motors and harnesses the energy within the water's surface. ...


Did walking on 2 feet begin with a shuffle?

Biology /

created May 29, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Somewhere in the murky past, between four and seven million years ago, a hungry common ancestor of today’s primates, including humans, did something novel. While temporarily standing on its rear feet to reach a piece of fruit, ...


Modeling the restless brain

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 04, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Indiana University neuroscientists Olaf Sporns and Christopher Honey find the 98 percent of brain activity that other researchers consider just background noise to be fascinating and important.


Astronauts rest up after 3 spacewalks

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex are resting after their three successful spacewalks.


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‘Obesity’ gene linked to eating more

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 19, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

People with a variant of the first common gene linked to obesity on average eat more, according to new research.


How big is the energy gap in obesity? Top expert warns of public misunderstanding

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created Sep 07, 2006 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The oversimplification of the “energy-in/energy out” equation is generating a fundamental public misunderstanding of the challenges of obesity, an eminent expert has warned at the International Congress on Obesity in Sydney ...


Not just bleach: Hydrogen peroxide may tell time for living cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2

If a circadian rhythm is like an orchestra - the united expression of the rhythms of millions of cells - a common chemical may serve as the conductor, or at least as the baton.



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