Metabolism/Metabolic Diseases

Poor food quality and inadequate micronutrients raise risk of heart disease and deathCredit: National Jewish Health DENVER, CO - A new editorial accompanying a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology is…

Brazilian research group shows that valproic acid (VPA), used to treat epilepsy since the 1960s, modulates gene expression in tumor gene models and acts on DNA conformation and the histones in chromatin Results of recent studies involving…

Credit: Courtesy Civelek lab New research is revealing how genetic differences in the fat in men's and women's bodies affect the diseases each sex is likely to get. University of Virginia researchers Mete Civelek, PhD, Warren…

Dr. James Hill from the University of Alabama to present Keynote Address focused on importance of wellness, especially during the COVID-19 epidemic CLEVELAND, Ohio (September 28, 2020)--Americans are failing in their efforts to effectively…

Brazilian researchers' finding that exercising in the evening reduces blood pressure more than in the morning can help health professionals choose the time of day for aerobic training depending on the type of anti-hypertensive drug they…

Adults conceived through sperm donation reported higher frequencies of allergies, type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune conditions in a world-first study that examined the long term health outcomes of donor-conceived peopleCredit: Flinders…

Positive effects of metabolic surgery may be independent of weight loss CLEVELAND: A Cleveland Clinic study shows that 5 to 10 percent of surgically induced weight loss is associated with improved life expectancy and cardiovascular…

Transplanted bacteria from sleep-apnea mice caused sleep changes in recipient miceCredit: None Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic sleep condition affecting more than one billion people worldwide. Evidence suggests OSA can…

CU Anschutz researcher presents evidence in a new peer-reviewed paper New research released from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus proposes that Alzheimer's disease may be driven by the overactivation of fructose made in…

Credit: UVA Communications A group of drugs used to treat HIV and hepatitis B could be repurposed to prevent type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. Researchers found that patients taking the drugs had a 33% lower risk of…

Metformin is the first-line treatment for most cases of type 2 diabetes and one of the most commonly prescribed medications worldwide, with millions of individuals using it to optimise their blood glucose levels. A new research study,…

Cognitive problems stem from episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a serious but common complication of type 1 diabetes, is linked to lower IQ scores and worse memory in children with type 1 diabetes, according to…

Brazilian researchers observed that in uninfected adipocytes, the hormone irisin altered the expression of genes that regulate ACE-2, which encodes a protein to which the virus binds in order to invade human cells.Credit: Miriane de…

Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (September 22, 2020) - The kidneys often become bulky and dysfunctional in diabetes, and now scientists have found that one path to this damage dramatically reduces…

COVID-19 escalated numbers for minorities, people with obesity, women BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – More than 18 percent of U.S. adults do not know whether they will have enough to eat from day to day, and the numbers are worse for Hispanics,…

URBANA, Ill. - Nearly a decade ago, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) developed a new index to assess protein quality in foods. The goal, writ large, was to address food security for the world's most vulnerable populations,…

Credit: Evolutionary Applications The traditional rice-based diet of some east-Asian population has brought to a number of genomic adaptations that may contribute to mitigating the spread of diabetes and obesity. An international…

Conducted by the University of Leicester and the University of South Australia, the study assessed the bedtime preferences (sleep chronotypes) of people with type 2 diabetes, identifying a connection between bedtimes and healthy, active…

Why does the mouse sleep five times longer than the elephant? Why do babies sleep longer than adults? If these sound like riddles, that's because they have been. Sleep, in spite of its ubiquity, holds mysteries that have perplexed…

New study links combination of the two sugars in high fructose corn syrup to heart health risks Consuming high fructose corn syrup appears to be as bad for your health as consuming sugar in the form of fructose alone, according to a new…