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Hypertension, Diabetes and Obesity, a Deadly Trio

..., diabetes and obesity generate a condition called metabolic syndrome (MS). It is also known as insulin resis...s pointed out. While no single treatment for the metabolic syndrome available, lifestyle modification could be a key strategy to combat it, experts say. GPL...

Transcendental Meditation Can Help

...heart failure, such a high blood pressure, stress, metabolic syndrome, left ventricular hypertrophy (enlargement of the heart) and severity of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Further validation of the outcomes of this study is planned via a large, multi-center trial with long-term follow-up. Acc...

A New Form of Spectroscopy to Assess Reproductive Potential of Embryo

...l and unsuccessful embryos, the team established a metabolic profile of embryos that resulted in pregnancies as...resonance form of spectroscopy, will determine the metabolic profile of the embryo and accurately predict its reproductive potential,' said Seli, who plans to co...

Sleep Deprivation Could Affect Psychologically too

..., it has been found//. Sleep deprivation lowers metabolic activity in the brain region, William D S Killgore and colleagues at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, report in the journal Sleep. When they subjected a group of volunteers to two sleepless nights, they found that participants were unable t...

Medical Personnel Can Save More Lives by Screening for Oral Signs of Disease

... study funded to examine the relationships between metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, diabetes and gum disease in the Hispanic population," she says. "This student research opportunity would put City Tech on the map in a way that hasn’t been done before.” Sourc-Newswise SRM...

Study Sheds Light on Value of Newer Antipsychotic Drugs for Schizophrenia

... quetiapine discontinued use due to weight gain or metabolic side effects, 13 percent of those assigned to olanzapine discontinued it due to weight gain or metabolic problems and 5 percent of those on risperidone did so. “The results favor quetiapine and, to an ex...

PET Imaging Identifies Aggressive Kidney Cancers That Require Surgery

...g provides information about the body's chemistry, metabolic activity, and body function not available through other procedures. According to the study, 15 out of 16 clear cell renal carcinomas were correctly identified using G250 PET, resulting in a sensitivity of 94 percent. All 9 patients with non-clear ...

Dialysis Patients With Metabolic Syndrome Show Increased Risk for Heart Disease

...dialysis patients found that nearly 70 percent had metabolic syndrome, a set of symptoms that is a predictor of... dialysis patients showed the highest incidence of metabolic syndrome. Dr. Young sees potential to use metabolic syndrome as a medical diagnostic tool. “Checki...

Scientists Genetically Engineer Tomatoes With Enhanced Folate Content

...e building blocks of DNA--and many other essential metabolic processes. Deficiencies of the nutrient have been linked to birth defects, slow growth rates and other developmental problems in children, as well as numerous health issues in adults, such as anemia. "Folate deficiency is a major nutritional defi...

Transcendental Meditation To The Rescue of Cardiac Patients

...tive effects of TM on high blood pressure, stress, metabolic syndrome, left ventricular hypertrophy and severity of atherosclerosis. JYT...

Not Having a Good Night’s Sleep? -You Might Need a Check U

...chronic sleep deprivation has been shown to change metabolic function in a way that promotes weight gain and diabetes, two risk factors for heart disease”, he says. <B...

Study Finds Fat Type That can Protect Against Weight Gain and Diabetes

...orie-dense diet from gaining weight and developing metabolic syndrome. “Although this study was done with mi...iffer in their tendency to gain weight and develop metabolic syndrome, a group of conditions including hypertension, abdominal obesity, high triglycerides and gl...

Rare Mutation Causes Early Heart Disease and Metabolic Syndrome

...in a single gene that poses a substantial risk for metabolic syndrome and early heart disease, the leading// ca...naling pathway, Wnt, has large effects on multiple metabolic pathways that contribute to cardiovascular disease,” said Mani. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is c...

Sleep Well, Have a Healthy Heart !

...chronic sleep deprivation has been shown to change metabolic function in a way that promotes weight gain and diabetes, two risk factors for heart disease." OSA, a sleep related breathing disorder that causes your body to stop breathing during sleep, occurs when the tissue in the back of the throat collapses ...

Single Slice MRI- Handy Tool to Identify Children at Risk

...redisposing children to adult diseases. "Because metabolic abnormalities appear to be more closely associated with intra-abdominal fat tissue, it is critical to be able to reliably and accurately assess this fat tissue in order to identify children at risk," said the study's lead researcher Marilyn J. Siegel...

Uric Acid Levels Tied to Impaired Thinking in the Elderly

...be added to the growing list of cardiovascular and metabolic biomarkers of mild cognitive impairment among elde...besity, renal disease, insulin resistance, and the metabolic syndrome. The investigators found that the relationship of uric acid to cognition survived correctio...

Building a Better Breakfast to Manage Weight

...r story reviews recent food science, nutrition and metabolic research and translates it into food and ingredient combinations that could possibly lead to a reduction in consumers’ caloric intake and calorie absorption while meeting their needs to feel full after eating. 'Managing satiety holds promise as a m...

Children’s Television Viewing Linked to Early Pubert

...hildren may have harmful physiological effects and metabolic disorders later in their life. Excessive viewing of television is said to decrease melatonin, the sleep hormone which could lead to an early onset of puberty. Besides this, obesity, short sightedness, attention deficit disorders are also linked to ...

Be Careful What You Touch, It can Make You Fat

... functioning of a fetus’s genes, altering a baby’s metabolic system and predisposing him or her to obesity. "... exercise the same amount as someone with a normal metabolic system, but he or she would become obese, while the other person remained thin", he adds. Obesity...

Liver an Excellent Target For Cancer Gene Therapy

...or ornithine transcarbanoylase (OTC) deficiency, a metabolic liver disorder. That case virtually stopped gene therapy research and spawned widespread safety concerns about gene therapy involving the liver. “At that time, I was treating patients with colon cancer that had spread to the liver using a very sim...

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