From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Calorie Intake Linked to Cell Lifespan, Cancer Development

December 21, 2009 Cancer

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered that restricting consumption of glucose, the most common dietary sugar, can extend the life of healthy human-lung cells and speed the death of precancerous human-lung cells, reducing cancer’s spread and…

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Not So Sweet: Over-Consumption Of Sugar Linked To Aging

December 21, 2009 News & Research

We know that lifespan can be extended in animals by restricting calories such as sugar intake. Now, according to a study published in the journal PLoS Genetics, Université de Montréal scientists have discovered that it’s not sugar itself that is important in this process but the ability of…

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Glucose-To-Glycerol Conversion In Long-Lived Yeast Provides Anti-Aging Effects

December 21, 2009 Life Extension

Cell biologists have found a more filling substitute for caloric restriction in extending the life span of simple organisms. In a study published May 8 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, researchers from the University of Southern California Andrus Gerontology Center show that yeast cells maintained on…

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New Weapon in Battle of the Bulge: Food Releases Anti-Hunger Aromas During Chewing

December 17, 2009 News & Research

A real possibility does exist for developing a new generation of foods that make people feel full by releasing anti-hunger aromas during chewing, scientists in the Netherlands are reporting after a review of research on that topic. Such foods would fight the global epidemic of obesity with aromas that quench hunger and…

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Chewing Gum Can Reduce Calorie Intake, Increase Energy Expenditure, Nutritionist Finds

December 17, 2009 News & Research

A nutrition professor at the University of Rhode Island studying the effects of chewing sugar-free gum on weight management has found that it can help to reduce calorie intake and increase energy expenditure.

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New Technique Detects Proteins That Make Us Age

December 17, 2009 Inflammation

Chemists and biologists from the University of Bath have developed a new technique that could be used to diagnose and develop treatments for age-related conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and cancer. In these diseases, proteins in the body react with sugars in a process…

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New Thrombosis Treatments? Blood Clots Form Through Newly Discovered Mechanism

December 17, 2009 Cardiovascular Research

Polyphosphate from blood platelets plays a key role in inflammation and the formation of blood clots, scientists from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown. The study, which is presented in the scientific journal Cell, describes how this mechanism can be used in treatment.

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Positive Influence Of Viruses On Modern Life

December 16, 2009 Articles

Viruses have a bad reputation: in humans, they cause illnesses as varied as colds, flu, cervical cancer, polio and ebola. But to focus exclusively on the harm they cause is to do them an injustice, for viruses are also fascinating, mysterious and powerful forces of nature.

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FloControl Greatly Helps School Bus Driver

December 16, 2009 Bladder

I’m writing to share my experience with your product, FloControl. First, a little about myself: I drive a school bus for a living, and can only hold my urine for about 45 mins, or else I will pee my pants. I went to two doctors for treatment and they both wanted me to go to a specialist for a painful procedure. I decided not to go that…

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More Than 90 Percent of People With Gum Disease Are at Risk for Diabetes, Study Finds

December 15, 2009 Diabetes Research

An overwhelming majority of people who have periodontal (gum) disease are also at high risk for diabetes and should be screened for diabetes, a New York University nursing-dental research team has found. The researchers also determined that half of those at risk had seen a dentist in the previous year, concluded that dentists should consider…

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Appetite, Consumption Controlled by Clockwork Genes at Cross-Purposes in Flies

December 11, 2009 News & Research

One of the pioneers in research on sleep-wake circadian genes, Amita Sehgal, Ph.D., has discovered that fruit flies’ appetite and consumption are controlled by two rival sets of clocks, one in neurons and the other in the fly fat body, which is analogous to the liver. These research results, which…

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Nearly One Third of Human Genome Is Involved in Gingivitis, Study Shows

December 9, 2009 Cardiovascular Research

Gingivitis, which may affect more than one-half of the U.S. adult population, is a condition commonly attributed to lapses in simple oral hygiene habits. However, a new study shows that development and reversal of gingivitis at the molecular level is apparently much more complicated than its causes might indicate.

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