Leptin

Leptin connected to obesity blood clots

According to researchers, increased levels of the hormone leptin may explain why obese people seem to be more at risk of blood clotting// that causes heart attack and strokes.It is well known that being overweight or obese increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.Now researchers at the University of Michigan are one step closer to understanding why. They have turned the spotlight on the role...

Leptin linked to Blood Clots

According to a new research, high levels of a hormone called Leptin, produced by fat cells, could increase the risk for potentially lethal blood clots. Researchers at the University of Hopkins said obese people have a tendency to develop dangerous blood clots, but the relationship between obesity and clotting risk is not well understood.// To find the reason, scientists led by Dr. Dani...

Fish rich diet lowers leptin

According to a recent study, studied on African tribe, most of the things being equal including one's genes eating a diet rich in fish appears to be healthier for the heart than eating a vegetarian diet. The findings suggest a diet high in fish helps the body control blood levels of leptin,// a substance secreted by fat tissue. High leptin levels have been associated with increased risk for heart...

Weight gain following smoking cessation not linked to Leptin

Smoking cessation has often been connected to gaining excess weight. It has been debated for long that this weight gain could be related to the hormone leptin, which regulates appetite and controls// weight. These arguments were based on assumptions that leptin levels were high during smoking periods, thus keeping weight down and after one stops smoking, the leptin levels plummet leading to weigh...

Leptin is "new breast cancer indicator"

A study, published in the Proceedings for the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, suggests that assessing leptin levels may be a more effective means of cancer prognosis than measuring body mass index and the amount of fat in a woman’s diet. None of the measures for detecting breast cancer are perfect, says lead author Dr Richard Hajek from the University of Texas...

Hormone Leptin Found To Be Effective In Treating Women With Infertility Problems

A new study reveals women suffering from extremely low body fat whether due to strenuous exercise, eating disorders, or other factors may benefit from treatment with the appetite-and-weight-regulation hormone leptin.// The study also indicates leptin may be useful in treating some instances of infertility. Leptin is produced in fat tissue and secreted into the blood stream, where it the...

Scientists crack mechanism of Leptin-Obesity Hormone

A study in the May 24th issue of Nature reveals that the Obesity Hormone – Leptin, targets multiple nerve sites and affects the brain in more complex way than previously believed. This break through has opened up an avenue to develop drugs to treat Obesity and many nutrition related disorders like anorexia nervosa. Dr. Malcolm J. Low of Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland led t...

Obesity Hormone -' Leptin' may treat Metabolic Disorder

According to new findings, Leptin- the so-called obesity hormone may help patients in treating a rare disorder marked by a loss of fat tissue and other metabolic abnormalities.The study's author found that the results of this study lays the foundation for research into the role of leptin in common metabolic conditions such as type 2 diabetes. // Dr. Elif Oral and her colleagues found t...

Leptin and inflammatory cytokines in women with pre-eclampsia

Recent research shows that in women with pre-eclampsia, the level of maternal serum leptin is increased and correlates positively with the level of inflammatory cytokines, TNF-á//. The research was conducted at University Hospital of Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain to compare maternal serum leptin concentration in women with pre-eclampsia and women with normal pregnancy, and to evaluate the r...

Leptin Hormone Plays Key Role In Losing Weight

A research team of scientists at the Columbia University have found out as to why it is easier to gain weight when compared to keeping it off. // The key to this is the leptin hormone which controls the appetite. The hormone helped people to avoid putting on weight after having lost it. Over 85% of the obese people who had lost weight, ended up regaining weight, according to estimates...

Leptin Injections Maintain Loss In Body Weight

In Washington it was reported that hormone injections (Leptin) taken twice daily by dieters help to maintain the weight loss rather than losing weight. The research was headed by Dr Michael Rosenbaum of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in // New York which shed light on the complex pathway that regulates metabolism and deposit fat. It is very difficult to lose...

Leptin, The Next Generation Antidepressant?

A study conducted by Xin-Yun Lu, PhD and colleagues of the University of Texas Health Science Center found that Leptin when administered to the rat acts as an anti-depressant. Leptin is a hormone mainly given to people involved in weight regulation. // The research was done on chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) rats. It was found that CUS rats had decreased levels of Leptin than the cont...

Leptin Plays A Vital Role among Female Patients Suffering From Asthma

Leptin is a hormone and is already been shown to be associated with asthma in children. It is also seen from reports that asthma and obesity are related. // Hence it was found that women who are obese and who have high levels of a hormone produced by fat cells are at an increased risk for having asthma. But the scientist who conducted this study Dr. Akshay Sood, an associate professor o...

How Does Leptin Work?

Leptin is a wonder hormone which is discovered around 1994 which has the ability to perform multi tasks such as to controls appetite, burns calories// and performs other crucial physiological activities. But the actual mechanism or mode of action through which Leptin carries out these metabolic activities were not known till date. Now, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Med...

Estrogen Curbs Appetite In Same Way as the Hormone Leptin

Estrogen regulates the brain’s energy metabolism in the same way as the hormone leptin, leading the way to a viable approach to tackling obesity in people resistant to leptin//, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the online issue of Nature Medicine. “We found that estrogen suppresses appetite using the same pathways in the brain as the adipose hormone leptin,” said lead...