HNF4A and Diabetes: Injury Before Insult?

jerry submitted, created time 5 months 1 week (diabetes.diabetesjournals.org)

This research tried to confirm a relationship between embryonic environment, particularly intrauterine growth retardation, and later occurrence of type 2 diabetes.

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Gene Therapy Could Cure GSD-Ia

Sue Wu submitted, created time 8 months 2 days (www.dukemednews.org)

A gene therapy treatment that restores a missing liver enzyme in test animals could provide a cure for a rare metabolic disorder in humans, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers.

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High risk of eating disorders between thin model but no their ban for London fashion show

Dadsa submitted, created time 1 year 2 months (www.reutershealth.com)

In its report, the council recommended models under 16 should be outlawed from London's catwalks. It said the medical certificate must be provided from September next year by doctors specialising in eating disorders.

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What are the metabolic costs of digesting a meal?

mmccue submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (comp.uark.edu)

All animals incur unavoidable metabolic costs associated with digesting food which take away from their net energy gains, a phenomenon is known as specific dynamic action (SDA). Interestingly, despite a century of inquiry, modern scientists cannot agree on exactly why this is. This review summarizes the history of physiological and nutritional inquiries into SDA, and discuses the various hypotheses that have been advanced to SDA throughout the decades

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Food Preparation May Play A Big Role In Chronic Disease

channel submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.sciencedaily.com)

How your food is cooked may be as important to your health as the food itself. Researchers now know more about a new class of toxins that might soon become as important a risk factor for heart disease and metabolic disorders as trans fats.

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