Insulin sensitivity unimproved in obese women who lose weight but consume excess protein
Dieters sometimes consume extra protein to stave off hunger and prevent loss of muscle tissue that often comes with weight loss.
But in a study of 34 postmenopausal...
High-resolution render of unique environments in the bone marrow (blue, purple and green) as they are invaded and populated by leukaemia cells (yellow).Credit: Edwin Hawkins and Delfim Duarte/Imperial College London
New research is shedding light on how leukemia cells can...
Pregnant women dissatisfied in their relationship have an increased risk of infectious diseases. This also affects their children.
This is the conclusion in Roger Ekeberg Henriksen's PhD thesis, recently defended at the University of Bergen.
"My study does not prove that...
It has been widely reported that the United States has a relatively high infant mortality rate compared with other developed countries: More than 23,000 American infants died in 2014, or about 6 for every 1,000 live births, putting us...
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Previous academic research has found that having greater control over your job can help you manage work-related stress. But it's never suggested that it was a matter of life and death -- until now.
New research from...
A Purdue University study of an indigenous group of Maya people reinforces the link between Cesarean births and obesity.
Amanda Veile, an assistant professor of biological anthropology, found that the size of the mother and the method of delivery predict...
Babies born to women aged 40 and over from assisted reproduction have fewer birth defects compared with those from women who conceive naturally at the same age, according to new research from the University of Adelaide.
This is contrary to...
University of Adelaide researchers have developed a world-first optical sensor that can detect vitamin B12 in diluted human blood – a first step towards a low-cost, portable, broadscale vitamin B12 deficiency test. Vitamin B12 deficiency is associated with an...
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That popular daily target of 10,000 steps is a worthwhile goal, but a new study at Oregon State University suggests that if you find that unattainable, don't despair -- a smaller number, especially at moderate or greater...
Sections of brains from normal (left) and tauopathy (right) mice. The dark purple lines in the left image represent the hippocampus, the area most responsible for learning and memory. This structure is almost completely absent in the right image.Credit:...
Crohn's disease, a common inflammatory disorder of the intestinal tract, can have devastating consequences for a patient's quality of life and is notoriously hard to treat successfully, in part because its course and severity vary so much from one...
