Intestinal bacteria drive obesity and metabolic disease in immune-altered mice
March 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Holly Korschun
hkorsch@emory.edu
404-727-3990
Emory University
Increased appetite and insulin resistance can be transferred from one mouse to another via intestinal bacteria, according to research being published online this week by Science magazine.
Researchers identify method to help reduce fat in the blood
March 1, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Quinn Phillips
quinn.phillips@ualberta.ca
780-248-2048
University of Alberta
Over 60 per cent of Canadians are classified as overweight or obese. This epidemic is a concern for experts around the world. One of the major problems is high levels of lipids in the blood, which can lead to cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease and Type 2 diabetes. But a University of Alberta researcher has taken a major step in protecting people against these diseases.
Research highlights role of protein pair in obesity regulation
February 11, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Dama Kimmon
dama.kimmon@uc.edu
513-558-4519
University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center
CINCINNATINew research by University of Cincinnati (UC) scientists implicates a new protein in obesity development and highlights a protein pair’s “team effort” in regulating obesity and insulin resistance.
Gladstone scientists identify target that may reduce complications of obesity
February 2, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Valerie Tucker
vtucker@gladstone.ucsf.edu
415-734-2019
Gladstone Institutes
SAN FRANCISCO, CA February 2, 2010 — Although obesity is a risk factor for diabetes and coronary heart disease worldwide, only some obese individuals go on to develop these metabolic complications, while others are relatively protected. Defining these protective factors could help scientists prevent disease in the wider population.
Obesity ups cancer risk, and here’s how
January 20, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Cathleen Genova
cgenova@cell.com
617-397-2802
Cell Press
Obesity comes with plenty of health risks, but there’s one that’s perhaps not so well known: an increased risk of developing cancer, and especially certain types of cancer like liver cancer. Now, a group of researchers reporting in the January 22nd issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, have confirmed in mice that obesity does indeed act as a “bona fide tumor promoter.” They also have good evidence to explain how that happens.
Study provides insight into pathway linked to obesity
January 4, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Becky Soglin
becky-soglin@uiowa.edu
319-356-7127
University of Iowa
A new study involving the University of Iowa, Mayo Clinic and two other institutions provides insight on weight control, suggesting that a ATP-sensitive potassium channel critical to survival and stress adaptation can contribute to fat deposition and obesity.
Mayo researchers find obesity key
January 4, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Robert Nellis
newsbureau@mayo.edu
507-284-5005
Mayo Clinic Read more
Obesity now poses as great a threat to quality of life as smoking
January 4, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: AJPM Editorial Office
eAJPM@ucsd.edu
858-534-9340
Elsevier Health Sciences
San Diego, CA, January 5, 2010 As the US population becomes increasingly obese while smoking rates continue to decline, obesity has become an equal, if not greater, contributor to the burden of disease and shortening of healthy life in comparison to smoking. In an article published in the February 2010 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers from Columbia University and The City College of New York calculate that the Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) lost due to obesity is now equal to, if not greater than, those lost due to smoking, both modifiable risk factors.
Researchers find clues to why some continue to eat when full
December 27, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Aline McKenzie
aline.mckenzie@utsouthwestern.edu
214-648-3404
UT Southwestern Medical Center
DALLAS Dec. 28, 2009 The premise that hunger makes food look more appealing is a widely held belief just ask those who cruise grocery store aisles on an empty stomach, only to go home with a full basket and an empty wallet.
Switching off hunger hormone affects desire to drink
December 22, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Steve Pogonowski
press@f1000.com
Faculty of 1000: Biology and Medicine
A Faculty of 1000 evaluation examines how a stomach-produced hormone that influences the desire to eat and consume alcohol could be switched off to control drinking problems.
