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The Location of Baby Fat Cells
From press release:Immature, or "baby," fat cells lurk in the walls of the blood vessels that nourish fatty tissue, just...
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Lack of Sleep, Cortisol, and Leptin
Sleep is an important modulator of neuroendocrine function and glucose metabolism in children as well as in adults. In recent...
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Curcumin May Help Prevent Strokes
From press release:You might want to make curcumin part of your daily diet.This active ingredient of the Indian curry spice,...
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Statins and Delerium
Background: Postoperative delirium after elective surgery is frequent and potentially serious. We sought to determine whether the use of statin...
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Immunity, Friendly Flora, and Type I Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a debilitating autoimmune disease that results from T-cell-mediated destruction of insulin-producing -cells. Its incidence has...
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Carnosine and Parkinson's
Abstract The addition of the neuropeptide carnosine (beta-alanyl-L-histidine) as a food additive to the basic protocol of Parkinson's disease treatment...
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Acetyl-L-Carnitine and Nerve Pain
Several pathologies related to nervous tissue alterations are characterized by a chronic pain syndrome defined by persistent or paroxysmal pain...
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Zinc and BDNF
Zinc exhibits antidepressant-like activity in preclinical tests (the forced swim test and tail suspension test) and in olfactory bulbectomy and...
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Aldehyde Damage and Heart Attacks
STANFORD, Calif. - Marauding molecules cause the tissue damage that underlies heart attacks, sunburn, Alzheimer's and hangovers. But scientists at...
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