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  • It's Not Just Willpower: Genes Play a Role in Bypass Surgery...
    patient gives us even more evidence that obesity results from dysfunction of the ... step for developing new ways to combat obesity. "Identifying the involved genes opens up ...
    5-3-2013
  • Comparative Genomics: Insights into Disease Susceptibility
    ... Rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta ) are proven models for the study of diseases such as HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes, asthma, addiction, and age-related ...
    5-1-2013
  • Why Can't You Keep the Weight Off?
    This identifies potential targets where an intervention could influence obesity." Dr. ... An emerging idea, he says, is that this network is reset during obesity so that food ...
    4-30-2013
  • miRNA: The Key to Losing Those Love Handles?
    pounds may be able to simply be melted away and obesity combated," says Prof. Pfeifer. ... researchers see in their results a potential starting point for drugs to combat obesity. ...
    4-24-2013
  • Genes May Give Rise to Couch Potatoes
    Booth. "This could be an important step in identifying additional causes for obesity in humans, especially considering dramatic increases in childhood obesity in the United States. ...
    4-9-2013
  • Seven New Obesity Genes Identified
    Researchers have identified seven new gene loci linked to obesity, and they showed that the genetic mechanisms that cause extreme obesity are similar to those that cause milder ...
    4-8-2013
  • On the Menu: Supersized Soda Wars
    is unlikely to stop future court fights over anti-obesity laws. The battle over soda consumption, like the broader war on obesity, will likely rage on and even intensify, despite a ...
    3-22-2013
  • "Conclusive Evidence" for Red Wine's Health and Longevity Benefits
    Mice on resveratrol have twice the endurance and are relatively immune from effects of obesity and aging. In experiments with yeast, nematodes, bees, flies, and mice, lifespan has ...
    3-8-2013
  • Small Firms Look Optimistically to Future
    ... interactions and are conducting preclinical research on obesity and type 2 diabetes. ... Therapeutics is using its gut sensory modulators (GSMs) to target diabetes and obesity. ...
    3-1-2013
  • Old Drug Plays New Tricks on Diabetes and Obesity
    of asthma and other uses, also reverses obesity, diabetes, and fatty liver in mice, ... U-M to test whether amlexanox will be useful for treating obesity and diabetes in humans. ...
    2-11-2013
  • Father's Obesity Connected with Disease in Children
    Obesity is well known to be a risk factor for a number of health problems, like diabetes ... New research in humans, conducted by Duke Medicine, shows that paternal obesity may alter ...
    2-6-2013
  • Type 2 Diabetes Drugs Drive Sector Growth
    Market by Region, Through 2017 ($ Millions) The global type 2 diabetes market is heating up, as obesity increases and incidents of diabetes approach epidemic proportions globally. ...
    2-1-2013
  • En Bloc Analysis of Epigenetic Publications
    ... Figure 3B hints that research focus on other diseases such as hypertension, neurological diseases, obesity, and prognostic or predictive biomarkers may be accelerating. ...
    2-1-2013
  • Recordati Completes $100M Deal for Rare-Disease Drugs
    with hyperactivity and exogenous obesity; and Indocin® (indomethacin injection), designed to close a clinically significant patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in premature infants. ...
    1-21-2013
  • The Schadt Equation
    ... diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, COPD, ... for diabetes, but it also created additional risks for obesity and cardiovascular disease. ...
    1-15-2013
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  • Hypertensive Treatment in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome
    David Siegel, Arthur L.M. Swislocki
    Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders
    Hypertensive Treatment in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders The prevalence of obesity, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus-in other ...
  • Prevalence and Determinants of Hyperuricemia in Middle-Aged,...
    Raquel Villegas, Yong-Bing Xiang, Qiuyin Cai, Sergio Fazio, MacRae Linton, Honglan Li, Tom Elasy, Wei Zheng, Xiao Ou Shu
    Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders
    Conclusions: In this representative sample of middle-aged, urban Chinese men, hyperuricemia is highly prevalent. Obesity, weight gain in adulthood, and alcohol intake were ...
  • The Metabolic Syndrome in South Asians: Epidemiology, Determinants...
    Anoop Misra, Lokesh Khurana
    Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders
    Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders Background: The prevalence of obesity and the ... syndrome, cardiovascular risk, diabetes, obesity, Asian Indians, and South Asians" in the ...
  • Plasma Leptin in Insulin-Resistant and Insulin-Nonresistant Coronary...
    Gurmukh S. Sainani, Rubina A. Karatela
    Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders
    significantly with overall and abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, and insulin levels. ... with insulin resistance independent of obesity.Conclusions: Our data showed a signifcant ...

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