This past year I’ve had a bunch of minor injuries. Ankle tendonitis, wrist tendonitis and recently a stupid fractured toe.
Someone was handing…
Scientists from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney Australia have shown for the first time that even modest weight loss reverses many of the damaging changes often seen in the immune cells of obese people, particularly in those with Type 2 diabetes...
A new study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that people who consume high amounts of added sugar in processed or prepared foods had lower levels of HDL (good cholesterol), higher levels of triglycerides – fat molecules found in the blood which are associated with heart disease and higher levels of LDL...
We ate Kraft singles on white bread, chewy granola bars, potato chips, graham crackers, and popsicles...
According to an American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) press release, new research presented at the AACR 101st Annual Meeting 2010 suggests the type 2 diabetes drug may soon be used in the prevention of lung cancer....
A research team led by Dr. Alon Chen of the Weizmann Institute’s Neurobiology Department has discovered that changes in the activity of a single gene in the brain not only cause mice to exhibit anxious behavior, but also lead to metabolic changes that cause the mice to develop...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering stopping a safety study involving thousands of patients taking GlaxoSmithKline PLC's Avandia according to the Wall Street Journal. Avandia has been linked to an increased risk of heart attack. If the trial is stopped, the FDA will also consider asking Glaxo to stop selling the drug, a decision that could also...
Part 2 of a 3 part series on the recent JDRF/University of Geneva study of α-to-β-cell conversion in mice. Read Part 1 and Part 2.
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“You know, it’s the funniest thing,” I’d say at lunch, wolfing down a turkey club with extra mayonnaise. “I’m feeling a little thirsty. Is anyone else feeling, you know, a little thirstier than normal?”
Unlike blood sugar levels, moods cannot be measured in precise numbers...