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Mother's prenatal stress predisposes their babies to asthma and allergy

Press release via Eurekalert:ATS 2008, TORONTO—Women who are stressed during pregnancy may pass some of that frazzlement to their fetuses...

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Psychological Subordination and Food Intake

Obesity results from a number of factors including socio-environmental influences and rodent models show that several different stressors increase the...

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Eating for Emotional Comfort

We examine the comfort food preferences and consumption patterns of women with highly versus less developed schemas for cognitive restraint,...

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Ghrelin Protects Cardiovascular Cells from Damage

We had reported that increased levels of endogenous ghrelin during the progression of doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy and heart failure might provide...

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Ghrelin Balances Nitric Oxide Function

Background and purpose:Ghrelin, a gut-brain peptide, is considered a gastroprotective factor in gastric mucosa. We investigated the role of prostaglandins...

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The Importance of Ghrelin to Cardiovascular Health

Metabolic syndrome accelerates the atherosclerotic process, and the earliest event of which is endothelial dysfunction. Ghrelin, a newly discovered gastric...

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Ghrelin is Intimately Involved in Digestive Tract Repair

BACKGROUND: Gut ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a serious condition in intensive care patients. Activation of immune cells adjacent to the...

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Endotoxin Stimulates Ghrelin Release

OBJECTIVE: Evaluations of plasma leptin and ghrelin levels and their relations with circulating levels of proinflammatory mediators, stress hormones, and...

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Degree of Celiac Damage Reflected in Ghrelin Levels

Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic immune-mediated gluten-dependent enteropathy induced by ingestion of gluten-containing products, characterized by intestinal malabsorption and...

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