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Continuous movement while sitting may increase metabolic rate, study says

A new study suggests that continuous movement while sitting may increase metabolic rate more than standing at a desk.

21 Dec 2017

Research explores benefits of gut health from several angles

Gut health is a key area of modern health research, with intensive examination of communication between our gut and our brain deemed pivotal to solving complex health and wellbeing issues.

21 Dec 2017

Findings provide better understanding of thyroid hormones' role in mammalian seasonal changes

Researchers now have a better understanding of the role that thyroid hormones, the tissues that produce them, and the biochemical pathways on which they act have in driving seasonal reproduction in some mammals, and how this new information may help explain seasonal changes in metabolism and mood that affect humans.

21 Dec 2017

Social isolation may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes developing

People who are socially isolated are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, compared with people who have a larger social circle, according to a new study from the Netherlands.

20 Dec 2017

Study reveals impact of underactive thyroid within normal range on woman's ability to conceive

A new study published yesterday in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), an online journal from the Endocrine Society, suggests that a slightly underactive thyroid may affect the ability of a woman to conceive, even if the gland is functioning at the lower end of the normal range.

20 Dec 2017

Slightly underactive thyroid may affect women's ability to become pregnant, study suggests

New research suggests that a slightly underactive thyroid may affect a women's ability to become pregnant- even when the gland is functioning at the low end of the normal range, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

20 Dec 2017

Ludwig study elucidates mechanism behind metabolic vulnerability of some breast tumors

Scientists have known since the 1980s that many cancer cells are relatively sensitive to the deprivation of an essential amino acid known as methionine. It has, however, long been unclear what causes such marked dependency on methionine.

20 Dec 2017

$Community screening for osteoporosis could decrease burden of hip fractures in older women$

Community screening for osteoporosis could decrease burden of hip fractures in older women

Community screening for osteoporosis could prevent more than a quarter of hip fractures in older women, according to new research.

19 Dec 2017

Diabetes patients least likely to follow medical advice regarding medication due to side effects

Diabetes patients who take the most commonly prescribed diabetes drug, metformin, are the least likely to follow medical advice regarding their medication due its side effects, a new article in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism reports.

18 Dec 2017

Active surveillance proposed as first-line approach to manage patients with low-risk PMC of the thyroid

A 10-year study of more than 1,200 patients with low-risk papillary microcarcinoma (PMC) of the thyroid led researchers to conclude that close and continuous monitoring is an acceptable first-line approach to patient management instead of immediate surgery to remove the tumor.

15 Dec 2017

Scientists engineer light-emitting plant

MIT researchers investigating plant nanobionics have succeeded in engineering a plant that can emit light.

14 Dec 2017

Younger persons newly-diagnosed with type 2 diabetes have poorer health than older patients

The common view of type 2 diabetes as an old person's disease is becoming seriously outdated in step with the increasing number of persons under the age of 45 who develop the disease.

13 Dec 2017

Anti-stress compounds provide new treatment approach for diabetes and obesity

For the first time, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich could prove that a stress protein found in muscle has a diabetes promoting effect. This finding could pave the way to a completely new treatment approach.

13 Dec 2017

New finding demonstrates what happens at cellular level during onset of type2 diabetes

Researchers at Dublin City University and their project partners in the EU FP7 funded DEXLIFE project have found fresh evidence to explain the processes that occur in the body's cells leading to the onset of type2 diabetes.

12 Dec 2017

New study explains why one identical twin more at risk for autoimmune diseases

It does not matter if you raise them the same, feed them the same, or dress them the same, any parent with identical twins knows their two children are remarkably different. Identical twins are identical in genes, but they are not identical in gene expressions, a difference due to epigenetics.

12 Dec 2017

Study reveals novel molecular targets to improve chemotherapy’s efficiency against leukemia

Researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes have found a mechanism through which certain types of leukemia resist chemotherapy, thus revealing novel molecular targets that may be used to improve the efficiency of this type of treatment.

12 Dec 2017

Breakthrough research could lead to development of yeast-based protein therapies

It took several years, but a research team headed by Professor Jens Nielsen at Chalmers University of Technology has finally succeeded in mapping out the complex metabolism of yeast cells.

11 Dec 2017

MIT researchers discover new way to make bacteria vulnerable to existing antibiotics

MIT researchers have discovered a way to make bacteria more vulnerable to a class of antibiotics known as quinolones, which include ciprofloxacin and are often used to treat infections such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.

8 Dec 2017

Study shows how interplay between two key enzymes promotes brain tumor growth

Study results revealed previously unknown interplay between two key enzymes and a novel understanding of how brain cancer tumors form and spread, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

6 Dec 2017

Breakfast may lower risk of diabetes and heart disease, study says

A new study published in the Journal of Physiology suggests that regularly consuming breakfast affects our body fat cells by lowering the activity of genes involved in fat metabolism and increasing the amount of sugar they use up. According to the study, this may reduce the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

5 Dec 2017

Metabolism News and Research

Latest Metabolism News and Research

Continuous movement while sitting may increase metabolic rate, study says

Research explores benefits of gut health from several angles

Findings provide better understanding of thyroid hormones' role in mammalian seasonal changes

Social isolation may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes developing

Study reveals impact of underactive thyroid within normal range on woman's ability to conceive

Slightly underactive thyroid may affect women's ability to become pregnant, study suggests

Ludwig study elucidates mechanism behind metabolic vulnerability of some breast tumors

Community screening for osteoporosis could decrease burden of hip fractures in older women

Diabetes patients least likely to follow medical advice regarding medication due to side effects

Active surveillance proposed as first-line approach to manage patients with low-risk PMC of the thyroid

Scientists engineer light-emitting plant

Younger persons newly-diagnosed with type 2 diabetes have poorer health than older patients

Anti-stress compounds provide new treatment approach for diabetes and obesity

New finding demonstrates what happens at cellular level during onset of type2 diabetes

New study explains why one identical twin more at risk for autoimmune diseases

Study reveals novel molecular targets to improve chemotherapy’s efficiency against leukemia

Breakthrough research could lead to development of yeast-based protein therapies

MIT researchers discover new way to make bacteria vulnerable to existing antibiotics

Study shows how interplay between two key enzymes promotes brain tumor growth

Breakfast may lower risk of diabetes and heart disease, study says

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