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Healthy Blood Vessels May Prevent Fat Growth

August 19, 2010 News & Research

The cells lining blood vessels are known to be important for maintaining health, but researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine believe these cells may perform an unsuspected task – controlling the development of fat cells.

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Modest Gain In Visceral Fat Causes Dysfunction Of Blood Vessel Lining In Lean, Healthy Humans

August 19, 2010 Cardiovascular Research

When lean healthy young adults gained about 9 pounds, the functioning of their blood vessel lining became impaired — but shedding the weight restored proper functioning, according to a Mayo Clinic research report. The finding is important because this vessel disorder, known as endothelial dysfunction, is a predictor of heart attacks and stroke, and the effects of modest weight gain on the disorder were not previously known.

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Even Modest Weight Gain Can Harm Blood Vessels, Researchers Find

August 19, 2010 News & Research

Mayo Clinic researchers found that healthy young people who put on as little as 9 pounds of fat, specifically in the abdomen, are at risk for developing endothelial cell dysfunction. Endothelial cells line the blood vessels and control the ability of the vessels to expand and contract.

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Larger Waist Associated With Greater Risk Of Death

August 17, 2010 Cardiovascular Research

Individuals with a large waist circumference appear to have a greater risk of dying from any cause over a nine-year period, according to a report in the August 9/23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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One High-Fat Diet, Two Different Outcomes: The Path To Obesity Becomes Clearer

August 10, 2010 Diabetes Research

Why is it that two people can consume the same high fat, high-calorie Western diet and one becomes obese and prone to diabetes while the other maintains a slim frame? This question has long baffled scientists, but a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers provides a simple explanation: weight is set before birth in the developing brain.

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Quality-Adjusted Life Years Lost to US Adults Due To Obesity More Than Doubles From 1993-2008

August 9, 2010 News & Research

Although the prevalence of obesity and obesity-attributable deaths has steadily increased, the resultant burden of disease associated with obesity has not been well understood. A new study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine indicates that Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) lost to U.S. adults due to morbidity and mortality from obesity have more than doubled from 1993-2008 and the prevalence of obesity has increased 89.9% during the same period.

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Disrupted Circadian Rhythm May Cause Triglycerides To Rise

August 4, 2010 Cardiovascular Research

When the circadian rhythm gets thrown off, it could come with an unexpected side effect: high triglycerides. The discovery, based on studies in mice with a “broken clock,” helps to explain the normal rise and fall in triglycerides, which happens at about the same time each day, according to researchers who report their findings in the August issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication.

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Gum Inflammation Linked To Alzheimer’s Disease

August 4, 2010 Cognitive Function

NYU dental researchers have found the first long-term evidence that periodontal (gum) disease may increase the risk of cognitive dysfunction associated with Alzheimer’s disease in healthy individuals as well as in those who already are cognitively impaired.

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Mystery Of Healthy Fat People: Why Some Obese People Go On To Become Diabetic While Others Do Not

July 30, 2010 Cardiovascular Research

It is common to find obese people — even morbidly obese people — who are healthier than their condition would normally allow. Working with subjects with a body mass index of about 56, a team of researchers in Spain and Cambridge investigated the inflammatory and insulin signalling pathways in the patients’ visceral adipose tissue and have published their findings in the Disease Knowledge Environment of the Biochemical Journal.

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Why Fad Diets Work Well For Some, But Not Others

July 30, 2010 News & Research

Ever notice some people seem to eat anything they want and never gain a pound, while others seem to gain weight just by looking at fattening foods? You may be seeing things correctly after all.

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Relationships Improve Your Odds of Survival By 50 Percent, Research Finds

July 28, 2010 News & Research

A new Brigham Young University study adds our social relationships to the “short list” of factors that predict a person’s odds of living or dying. In the journal PLoS Medicine, BYU professors Julianne Holt-Lunstad and Timothy Smith report that social connections — friends, family, neighbors or colleagues — improve our odds of survival by 50 percent.

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Happiness Is ‘Infectious’ In Network Of Friends: Collective — Not Just Individual — Phenomenon

July 28, 2010 Cardiovascular Research

If you’re happy and you know it, thank your friends—and their friends. And while you’re at it, their friends’ friends. But if you’re sad, hold the blame. Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego have found that “happiness” is not the result solely of a cloistered journey filled with individually tailored self-help techniques.

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