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Pramlintide-A Boon to Restrain Fast Food Consumption

...cebo. This finding fits with earlier research with rodents and some human studies. The pramlintide group lost an average of 4.5 pounds, about 2% of total body weight, while the placebo group remained about the same weight. The weight loss was in line with a 3.7% weight loss during an earlier 16-week study, t...

Compound Present in Plant may Help to Curb Craving for Cannabis

...that upon administration of the plant extract, the rodents lose their hankering for a synthetic version of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), an active compound in marijuana. The treatment also blocked a reward response in the animals' brains when they did receive synthetic THC. During the course of study, the ra...

Viagra may Be Useful for Treating Jet Lag

...the study found the drug only appeared to help the rodents when it was given before the equivalent of an eastbound flight, not the reverse. The researchers said the findings suggested that Viagra could be useful to help people deal with jet lag or shift work. Viagra was originally developed for high bloo...

Lyme Disease Cases Rising In The U.S

...squirrels. Young ticks that feed on those infected rodents can pick up the bacterium and transmit it to humans, informs the Centers for Disease Control. Typical symptoms of Lyme disease include a rash, fever, and flu-like symptoms. If not treated in its early stages, Lyme disease can affect the heart, jo...

List of Compounds That Causes Breast Cancer Identified

...ew of 900 scientific studies concerning humans and rodents created a long list of chemicals in our food, air and water that appear to be a reason behind breast cancer. The researchers assert that 29 of the prospective carcinogens on the list are generated in the US in huge amounts with each going beyond 5...

Gene Responsible for Ageing Process Discovered and Calorie Restriction Could Help

...tamins and minerals, lived almost twice as long as rodents with unrestricted access to food. Experiments with other creatures found that the phenomenon appeared to be ubiquitous in the animal kingdom. Some scientists suggested it was an evolutionary adaptation to surviving hard times until enough food bec...

Bamboo Seed: Viagra and Food for Mizos

... assigned by the state government to keep track of rodents during bamboo flowering - which is on now - believ...artment at Pachhunga University College here, said rodents multiply during mautam because of the unending supply of food throughout the year. 'Rats feed on ...

Eating Fish Oil can Save Eyesight: Study

...ased by 50 percent. The genetically-modified lab rodents showed no ill side effects, and researchers will soon begin a clinical trial on premature infants at the Children's Hospital Boston, said lead author Kip Connor, a doctor at the hospital. Babies born before their eyes have finished growing run the ...

Rats Back on the Menu in Southern China

...er traders there capitalised on an outbreak of the rodents in neighbouring Hunan province, according to various state press reports According to a report Saturday in the Information Times from Guangzhou, trucks full of mice were seen arriving late at night and sold to a wild animal market in the city distr...

Lab Tests Throw Up New Path for Parkinson's

...ven help damaged cells to recover. Tested on lab rodents engineered to have Parkinson's, CDNF "was at least as efficient" as GDNF (glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor), which until now has generated the most excitement in this field, they say. The findings are published on Thursday in a letter to Natu...

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