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Effects of 'starvation Hormone'-Newly Identified in Low-carb Diets

... by targeting PPAR. FGF21 in turn stimulates lipid breakdown in white adipose tissue and ketone body production in the liver. They unexpectedly also found that FGF21 led the animals to reduce their physical activity and made them more sensitive to entering torpor, a short-term, hibernation-like state. 'Durin...

Aerobic Exercise Helps Maintain Muscle in Elderly: Research

...oteins) and determine muscle-protein synthesis and breakdown rates from the blood and muscle samples, while measuring blood flow at the same time. These revealed that the volunteers who exercised had both higher blood flow and net muscle protein growth. In addition, the researchers screened the muscle biopsy s...

Mutant Parasites, Unable to Infect Hosts, Highlight Virulence Genes

...srupt the flow of molecules, causing a trafficking breakdown that likely underlies the mutant parasite's inability to effectively sicken its host. This study is the first evidence that this type of cellular function, called nuclear trafficking, may be important for infectivity, Knoll says. "We hope to appl...

Statins may Help Treat Hepatitis C Patients

...searchers reported the total bilirubin (TB, yellow breakdown product) and ALT results and compared the findings to an existing hepatitis C registry data. Researchers found that three patients with abnormal ALTs at baseline experienced significant improvement and nine patients who started with normal ALTs sta...

Intake of Polyphenol Speeds Up Fatty Acid Catabolism

...he energy metabolism by increasing the fatty acid breakdown and influence the glucose use in fat cells as they can stimulate energy-sensing regulatory protein SIRT1. Polyphenols are substances of plant origin that occur in numerous fruits and vegetables. Due to their possible health effect, polyphenols are ...

Legalization of Therapeutic Abortion in UAE on the Cards

...halassemia, a genetic disease characterized by the breakdown of oxygen-rich red blood cells, and other haemoglobinopathies. Other than thalassemia and sickle cell anemia, genetic disorders that may be also eligible for abortion include Trisomy 21 or Down's syndrome, caused by triplication of the 21st chromos...

Surgery- Very Effective for Common Back Pain

...nerative spondylolisthesis is a condition in which breakdown of the cartilage between the vertebrae of the spine causes one vertebra to slip over the one below. This can result in narrowing of the spinal column (spinal stenosis), which can put pressure on the nerves, resulting in pain in the buttocks or legs w...

K-Fed Thinks Britney is 'mentally Unstable'!

... is 'mentally unstable', and the reason behind her breakdown earlier this year was because of the pressure juggling fame and family. "He thinks she's mentally unstable and too young to be a mom," Us Weekly quoted the source, as saying. The source also reveals that Federline expects to get "full custody" of...

Iraq's Orphans Left to the Kindness of Strangers

...d animals. But the grisly episode underscored the breakdown of social services -- and family structure -- in a country gripped by war. "Iraq has never been a more difficult and dangerous place to be a child," according to the UN children's agency (UNICEF), whose website gives a litany of problems including: ...

Wine Woos World as Trade Fair Opens

...dented national heat wave plus an air conditioning breakdown in the temporary hall housing most of the "new world" producers left temperatures in which tasting wine, or doing business, became practically impossible. This year, all those who suffered in 2003 were offered 20 percent discounts to return. Although...

Interactions Between Food and Drugs Could Lower Drug Costs

...ng how certain foods can alter absorption or delay breakdown of precisely targeted anti-cancer drugs. Instea...it juice, which contains substances that delay the breakdown of many drugs. Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of drugs ought to be studied in this way, the authors sa...

Help is Hard to Find for Child Sex Abuse Victims in India

...er and often visit their house. She believes the breakdown she suffered that led to her finally seeking help was triggered by her sister turning eight -- the same age her own abuse started -- and a feeling that she would be unable to protect her. "I can't be with her 24/7," she said. "But if I have a good ...

Value Meal Would Lower Drug Costs

...ng how certain foods can alter absorption or delay breakdown of precisely targeted anti-cancer drugs. Instead...it juice, which contains substances that delay the breakdown of many drugs. Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of drugs ought to be studied in this way, the authors sai...

Too Much White Rice, Pasta and Bread may Increase Chances of AMD

...reversible blindness, AMD results from the gradual breakdown of light-sensitive cells in the central region of the eye's retina, called the macula. Although there is no effective therapy for AMD, dietary intervention may delay its progress. Identifying modifiable risk factors for AMD is becoming increasingly i...

Src Inhibitors in Breast Cancer Therapy

...hich cooperates with estrogen to activate ER-alpha breakdown via proteolysis. In line with this finding, Src inhibition was shown to impair estrogen-stimulated ER-alpha proteolysis. The data raise the possibility that for at least a subset of ER-alphanegative breast cancers, Src may stimulate estrogen-depend...

New Data Reinforces Correlation Between Carbohydrate Quality and Loss of Vision

...reversible blindness, AMD results from the gradual breakdown of light-sensitive cells in the central region of the eye's retina, called the macula. Although there is no effective therapy for AMD, dietary intervention may delay its progress. Identifying modifiable risk factors for AMD is becoming increasingly i...

Advancement in Gene Associated With Colon Cancer

...ts with that of 1,900 healthy people with the same breakdown of age, gender and ethnicity - either Ashkenazi Jew, Sephardic Jew or Arab/non-Jew. Samples of tumor tissue from many cancer patients were also tested. The genetic link between the marker and colon cancer was especially strong among patients diagno...

Genetic Marker That Increases Colon Cancer Risk Discovered

...ts with that of 1,900 healthy people with the same breakdown of age, gender and ethnicity - either Ashkenazi Jew, Sephardic Jew or Arab/non-Jew. The study found a significant link between genetic variation in a single region of human chromosome 8 and the risk of colorectal cancer. People who carry the sp...

Gays and Lesbians can Obtain asylum in US on Grounds of Harassment and Abuse

...asylum seekers. The government does not disclose a breakdown of reasons for granting asylum petitions, but legal advocacy groups in several major U.S. cities said they have won dozens of cases. Homosexuality, once a de facto condition for barring foreigners from entering the country, is now officially recogn...

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