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This Is Your Brain On Sugar: Study in Rats Shows High-Fructose Diet Sabotages Learning, Memory
18.5.2012 | Press monitoring
A new UCLA rat study is the first to show how a diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain, hampering memory and learning -- and how omega-3 fatty acids can counteract the disruption. The peer-reviewed Journal of Physiology publishes the findings in its May 15 edition. "Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think," said...
Turning Bad Fat Into Good: A New Candidate Pathway for Treating Visceral Obesity
16.5.2012 | Press monitoring
Brown fat expends energy, while its counterpart, white fat stores it. The danger in white fat cells, along with the increased risk for diabetes and heart disease it poses, seems especially linked to visceral fat. Visceral fat is the build-up of fat around the organs in the belly. So in the battle against obesity, brown fat appears to be our...
Scientists Discover New Inflammatory Target
15.5.2012 | Press monitoring
Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have found a new therapeutic target to combat inflammation. The research, published in the journal Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, revealed tiny organelles called primary cilia are important for regulating inflammation. The findings could lead to potential therapies for millions of people who...
Increased bodyweight after stopping smoking may be due to changes in insulin secretion
14.5.2012 | Press monitoring
Fear of putting on weight is one of the major reasons why smokers do not give up their habit. The reasons for this weight gain are believed to be in part due to metabolic changes in the body, but until now precise details of these changes were not known. Today (8 May 2012), however, a researcher from Austria told delegates at the International...
Eating Fast Increases Diabetes Risk
11.5.2012 | Press monitoring
People who wolf down their food are two and a half times more likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes than those who take their time according to new research presented at the joint International Congress of Endocrinology and European Congress of Endocrinology in Florence, Italy. While numerous studies have linked eating quickly to overeating and...
Prepregnancy Obesity Linked to Child Test Scores
10.5.2012 | Press monitoring
Women who are obese before they become pregnant are at higher risk of having children with lower cognitive function -- as measured by math and reading tests taken between ages 5 to 7 years -- than are mothers with a healthy prepregnancy weight, new research suggests. In this large observational study, prepregnancy obesity was associated, on...
Bacteria discovery could lead to antibiotics alternatives
9.5.2012 | Press monitoring
Scientists have discovered an Achilles heel within our cells that bacteria are able to exploit to cause and spread infection. The researchers say their findings could lead to the development of new anti-infective drugs as alternatives to antibiotics whose overuse has led to resistance. University of Manchester researchers studied Listeria and...
New Muscular Dystrophy Treatment Approach Developed Using Human Stem Cells
7.5.2012 | Press monitoring
Researchers from the University of Minnesota's Lillehei Heart Institute have effectively treated muscular dystrophy in mice using human stem cells derived from a new process that -- for the first time -- makes the production of human muscle cells from stem cells efficient and effective. The research, published May 4 in Cell Stem Cell, outlines...
Garlic Compound Fights Source of Food-Borne Illness Better Than Antibiotics
4.5.2012 | Press monitoring
Researchers at Washington State University have found that a compound in garlic is 100 times more effective than two popular antibiotics at fighting the Campylobacter bacterium, one of the most common causes of intestinal illness. The discovery opens the door to new treatments for raw and processed meats and food preparation surfaces. "This...
Potent Protein Heals Wounds, Boosts Immunity and Protects from Cancer
3.5.2012 | Press monitoring
Lactoferrin is an important iron-binding protein with many health benefits. The major form of this powerful protein, is secreted into human biofluids (e.g. milk, blood, tears, saliva), and is responsible for most of the host-defense properties. Because of the many beneficial activities associated with it, researchers are starting to use...
