My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 31-Aug-2010 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="252"] Obesity Campaign Poster (Photo credit: Pressbound)[/caption] Although the whole population can benefit from a physically active lifestyle, in part through reduced…
Public release date: 24-Aug-2010 - demonstrated that exercising obese rodents showed signals of restored satiety in hypothalamic neurons and decreased food intake There is now another good reason to exercise.…
Scientists found that the loneliest were nearly twice as likely to die during their six-year study than the least lonely Ian Sample in Chicago theguardian.com, Sunday 16 February 2014 10.32…
Public release date: 2-Jun-2010 - capsaicin may help fight obesity by decreasing calorie intake, shrinking fat tissue, and lowering fat levels in the blood. - capsaicin-treated rats lost 8 percent…
Public release date: 19-Apr-2010 - Individuals with the "bad" version of the FTO gene had an average of 8 percent less tissue in the frontal lobes, the "command center" of…
Contact: Cody Mooneyhan cmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that an abnormal amount of an inflammatory protein called PAR2 is…
Posted By Neil Munro On 4:40 PM 11/01/2013 The national obesity rate has expanded since 2012, even as federal regulators and first lady Michelle Obama exhort the nation to…
Contact: Ahmad Agil aagil@ugr.es 34-958-243-538 University of Granada Melatonin is a natural hormone segregated by the body and melatonin levels generally increase in the dark at night. It is also…
Contact: Amanda Pageamanda.page@adelaide.edu.au 61-882-225-644University of Adelaide The way the stomach detects and tells our brains how full we are becomes damaged in obese people but does not return to normal…
Public release date: 16-Sep-2013 [ Contact: Amanda Page amanda.page@adelaide.edu.au 61-882-225-644 University of Adelaide The way the stomach detects and tells our brains how full we are becomes damaged in obese…
Contact: Oluf Pedersen oluf@sund.ku.dk 45-52-39-56-50 University of Copenhagen All people have trillions of bacteria living in their intestines. If you place them on a scale, they weigh around 1.5 kg.…
Contact: Oluf Pedersen oluf@sund.ku.dk 45-52-39-56-50 University of Copenhagen All people have trillions of bacteria living in their intestines. If you place them on a scale, they weigh around 1.5 kg.…
Contact: Dr. Tod Fullston tod.fullston@adelaide.edu.au 61-883-138-188 University of Adelaide The sperm of obese fathers could increase the risk of both their children and their grandchildren inheriting obesity, according to new…
Contact: Dr. Tod Fullston tod.fullston@adelaide.edu.au 61-883-138-188 University of Adelaide The sperm of obese fathers could increase the risk of both their children and their grandchildren inheriting obesity, according to new…
WHO figures reveal extent of the obesity crisis in the small Pacific island One airline charging passengers tickets based on their weight to save costs Island-wide health push to encourage …
Contact: Matthew Swayne aem1@psu.edu 814-865-9481 Penn State A few cups of hot cocoa may not only fight off the chill of a winter's day, but they could also help obese…
Contact: Jacqueline Partarrieu press@escardio.org 33-492-947-756 European Society of Cardiology Results from a large cohort study suggest that exposure to metabolic risks of cardiovascular disease is increasing Sophia Antipolis, 10 April…
Poor diet and lack of exercise blamed for increase in obesity, blood pressure and diabetes Jeremy Laurance Thursday, 11 April 2013 We are living longer yet growing less healthy. That…
*Repost at request In 2007, 116 troops were dismissed for being out of shape. In the first 10 months of this year, that figure was a rather massive 1,625 By Samantha…
While a great deal of research on childhood obesity has spotlighted the long-term health problems that emerge in adulthood, a new UCLA study focuses on the condition's immediate consequences and…
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