Heart failure and stroke rising in men under 40
Credit: Photo: Cecilia Hedstrom Heart failure and stroke are unusual diagnoses among younger people. But they are now clearly on ...
Tag: Metabolism/Metabolic Diseases
Study revises understanding of cancer metabolism
Credit: Susan Urmy/VUMC Tumors consume glucose at high rates, but a team of Vanderbilt researchers has discovered that cancer cells ...
New perspective to understand and treat a rare calcification disease
Researchers developed a new animal model to study a rare genetic disease that can lead to blindness at the age ...
Leptin puts the brakes on eating via novel neurocircuit
Energy balance includes modulation of dopamine reward signalingCredit: Elsevier, 2021 Philadelphia, April 6, 2021 - Since the discovery of leptin ...
US deaths normally change less than 2% each year; in 2020, they rose nearly 23%
Black Americans experienced highest per capita excess death rates, while regional surges contributed to higher excess death rates from COVID-19 ...
The first non-invasive biomarker to track and verify efficacy of senolytic drugs
The discovery and development of a lipid-metabolite biomarker is expected to facilitate research and clinical trials of drugs that target ...
Time to shift from ‘food security’ to ‘nutrition security’ to increase health and well-being
Tufts and Georgetown scientists, and humanitarian José Andrés, call for a new approach to address food and nutrition inequitiesCredit: Samantha ...
HKBU-led research reveals hyocholic acids are promising agents for diabetes prediction and treatment
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University A series of studies led by researchers from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have revealed ...
New approach for the development of a drug treatment for obesity and the resulting diseases
Credit: Ruth Karlina The protein Asc-1 regulates whether fat-burning beige or fat-storing white adipocytes are formed, which can have an ...
Bespoke neuroblastoma therapy weaponizes cell metabolism
New mouse study shows that combining a new drug with an old one could exploit the insatiable "hunger" of a ...
New clinical study aims to prevent type 1 diabetes in children
Credit: ©Andreas Pfohl, NOZY Films GmbH SINT1A is led by Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, and part of the international GPPAD initiative ...
Physical activity helps curb low-grade inflammation in children
Low physical activity, unhealthy diet quality, and being overweight is the most unfavourable combinationCredit: Photo: University of Jyväskylä. According to ...
Scientists reveal regenerative treatment path for diabetic foot ulcers
The approach also holds potential for repairing internal organs such as the heart, intestine and liver, which can become damaged ...
New genetic links found to rare eye disease
Gene mutations explain why patients with MacTel are unable to produce enough of an amino acid needed for eye healthCredit: ...
UMass Amherst researchers develop ultra-sensitive flow microsensors
Research could lead to more breakthroughs in neuroscience, metabolismCredit: UMass Amherst A team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts ...
Aging-US: Aging and rejuvenation – a modular epigenome model
This www.Aging-US.com study reports that epigenetic rejuvenation seems to hold the key to arresting or even reversing organismal agingCredit: Correspondence ...
Study examines fermented milks’ potential benefits for decreasing high blood pressure through modulation of gut microbiota
Potential for the development of tailor-made fermented milks to help reduce hypertension, according to the Journal of Dairy ScienceCredit: Journal ...
Scientist gets $2 million grant to study how inflammation, gut microbiota promote metabolic syndrome
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Andrew Gewirtz, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has ...
Mitochondria found to be protected by ketogenesis
Credit: Dr. Yuichiro Arima Ketone bodies are generally an alternative energy source during starvation, but in newborns, ketogenesis is active ...
Exercise during pregnancy may save kids from health problems as adults
Parental obesity predisposes children to develop diabetes, metabolic issuesCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Exercise during pregnancy may let mothers ...