Sentences with phrase «using diabetes and obesity»

Using diabetes and obesity as framework, Phenobridge will increase the relevance of data that is generated in mouse studies to be further applied in clinical studies.

Harmonising ontological descriptions of phenotype in mouse and human and improving links between mouse model data and human data, using diabetes and obesity as examples, will increase the relevance of data that is generated in mouse studies for clinical studies.

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This technique has been used, as Arnold reports, to trace the progress of cancers, advance our understanding of obesity and diabetes, and prove that brain cells continue to form through a human being's lifetime.

In recent years, Levine and others have used clinical studies to prove that even in healthy people, a chair - based lifestyle sets up the physiological conditions for the onset of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity — and ultimately, shorter lifespans.

It's the same rationale the Meatless Monday campaign uses to validate the claim that forgoing meat one day a week can lower your risk for cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity.

It is believed that one of nopalitos (nopal cactus) properties is a natural diabetes and cholesterol medication, and its also used in the treatment of obesity, gastrointestinal disorders, skin ailments, and viral infections.

These findings — published in the June 2014 editions of Molecular Nutrition and Food Research — suggest this ingredient's use as a plausible tool in the comprehensive management of metabolic syndrome (MetS), which is defined as a cluster of heart attack and cardiovascular disease risk factors, including diabetes / prediabetes, abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia and hypertension.

The sap from the agave plant is collected and processed to make agave nectar, which — like stevia — should be used with a bit of caution due to the sweetener's high fructose content, which has been attributed to metabolic syndrome, obesity, and diabetes.

Exclusive use of formula, meanwhile, was associated in independent studies in the 1990s and 2000s with asthma, allergies, diabetes, obesity, skin rashes and ear and respiratory tract infections.

Since I started blogging, I've become better acquainted with two school nurses (one a new friend, one who serves with me on Houston's Student Health Advisory Council) and now realize that it's often school nurses who are on the front lines of the childhood obesity crisis, conducting diabetes screenings and BMI evaluations, and using those few precious minutes with students to try to educate them as much as they can about nutrition and health.

Long - term (≥ 18 years) maternal recall of breastfeeding duration has been used in studies of the association of infant feeding with adult obesity (32), adult vascular function (10), and both child -(33, 34) and adult -(8) onset diabetes.

Experiments with a compound called TNP [N2 -(m - Trifluorobenzyl), N6 -(p - nitrobenzyl) purine], which researchers often use to study obesity and diabetes, show that in mice the therapy can promote the formation of new bone.

The study finds a correlation between the use of the medication fluoxetine during pregnancy and an increased risk of obesity and diabetes in children.

«Obesity and Type 2 diabetes in children is on the rise and there is the argument that it is related to lifestyle and availability of high calorie foods and reduced physical activity, but our study has found that maternal antidepressant use may also be a contributing factor to the obesity and diabetes epidemic,» said the study's senior investigator Alison Holloway, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at McMaster UnivObesity and Type 2 diabetes in children is on the rise and there is the argument that it is related to lifestyle and availability of high calorie foods and reduced physical activity, but our study has found that maternal antidepressant use may also be a contributing factor to the obesity and diabetes epidemic,» said the study's senior investigator Alison Holloway, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at McMaster Univobesity and diabetes epidemic,» said the study's senior investigator Alison Holloway, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at McMaster University.

Understanding the brown fat tissue and how it can be used to such ends is of growing interest in the search to help people suffering from obesity or at a high risk of developing diabetes.

«In post-industrial environments where foods are abundant and readily available, our cravings for fat and sugar sculpted by distant evolutionary pressures can easily go into insatiable overdrive and lead to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease -LRB-...) the pro-social needs and rewards [of smartphone use as a means to connect] can similarly be hijacked to produce a manic theatre of hyper - social monitoring,» the authors write in their paper.

Greater exposure to Medicaid during early childhood was associated with a significant and meaningful improvement in midlife health using a composite index that combines information on high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease / heart attack, and obesity.

What the researchers found using this technique could have significant impact on both the understanding and treatment of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

«When we use labels like «black» or «African», they are gross approximations,» agrees Charles Rotimi of the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, who studies the influence of culture, lifestyle and genetics on patterns of obesity, hypertension and diabetes in African Americans.

The researchers say the technique, which uses cellular reprogramming, could be a new way to combat obesity and type II diabetes.

Gila lizards produce exendin - 4, a small venom protein used in the treatment of diabetes and obesity, which is a competitor to Victoza ® — produced by Novo Nordisk.

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have tested a genetically - modified (GM) soybean oil used in restaurants and found that while it induces less obesity and insulin resistance than conventional soybean oil, its effects on diabetes and fatty liver are similar to those of conventional soybean oil.

We believe that this new information on the structure of the adiponectin receptors will help us understand new relationships between the structure and functions of these important receptors, which we know to be evolutionarily conserved, and hopefully will contribute to the development of new adiponectin receptor agonists that can be used for the treatment of obesity - related diseases such as type 2 diabetes.

And the imprudent use of antibiotics has contributed worldwide to epidemics of chronic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and cancAnd the imprudent use of antibiotics has contributed worldwide to epidemics of chronic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and cancand cancer.

Epigenomics is presently being used to identify inherited pre-disposition to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, addiction and psychiatric disorders, as well as markers for aging and cancer progression.

The discovery opens the door to research that might lead to new ways of using brown fat to treat metabolic conditions such as obesity and type 2 diabetes in the future.

The Use of Antimicrobials as Adjuvant Therapy for the Treatment of Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Effects and Associated Mechanisms — Sandra Aparecida dos Reis — Diabetes / Metabolism Research and Reviews

Using deCODE's proprietary analysis tool for complex traits, the deCODE Clinical Genome Miner ™, the researchers were able to correlate a wide range of clinical, behavioral, and genotypic data, and gained important new insights into the heritability of different aspects of obesity, as well as into the complex interplay between obesity and diabetes, stroke, heart disease, and hyperlipidemia.

Currently, she is using imaging techniques to explore the effects of glucose on brain responses to food cues in children who are at - risk for developing obesity and / or diabetes later in life.

The report also explains the assessment that the organization uses to address the biggest health challenges facing its service area, including cancer, adult diabetes, trauma care and violence prevention, sexually transmitted infections, and pediatric obesity and asthma.

The third webinar, and the final one will focus on animal models of obesity and diabetes, both talking about genetic models, as well as dietary models and how they are used in basic research, but also in pharmaceutical and biotech research.

Using genomics approaches, Dr. Nobrega has identified the gene IRX3 as the strongest association to polygenic obesity in humans, and characterized the mechanisms by which mutations altering the expression of a gene called TCF7L2 also represent the strongest genetic link to type 2 diabetes in humans.

The center also participates in the national «MICROMouse» program, which awards competitive one - year grants up to $ 75,000 for research projects that have the potential to enhance and advance the mission of the MMPC as a resource for scientists using mice to study diabetes and obesity.

The patch, tested so far only in mice, could be used to burn off pockets of unwanted fat and treat metabolic disorders like obesity and diabetes, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC State University, and Columbia University Medical Center.

Ingredients like high sucrose corn syrup, used widely in soft drinks, and palm oil, found in a variety of processed foods, have been promoted as and are arguably «natural» — but they have been linked to obesity, diabetes and a range of other diseases.

IN FACT, the Japanese Ministry of Health doesn't just approveLakanto for use in Japan, they actually recommend it for weight loss, obesity and blood sugar problems like diabetes.

The most effective diets ever used to cure people of common day illnesses, like coronary heart disease, type - 2 diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, arthritis, and obesity minimize animal foods and require people eat the bulk of their calories from starches, including grains, legumes, and potatoes (foods forbidden to Paleo eaters).

Since more than 20 years, hospitals in Japan use alkaline water to help prevent and cure degenerative chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis, obesity and premature aging.

Long term use of HFCS can not only cause obesity, but also diabetes, premature aging, and a host of other health issues.

In addition, many of our children have what used to be diseases only seen in adults, such as obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and fatty liver.

Additionally, the elevated insulin will increase D2 activity and suppress TSH levels, further decreasing thyroid levels and making it inappropriate to use the TSH as a reliable marker for tissue thyroid levels in the presence of elevated insulin levels as occurs with obesity, insulin resistance, or type II diabetes (91 - 99,233).

Sitting for any length of time may not be good for us, as more and more evidence shows that sedentary behaviours including sitting, watching television, using a computer, and driving a car are risk factors, independent of physical activity, for adverse chronic disease in adults such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease and much more.

This type of diet is used successfully in the treatment of not only unwanted body fat, belly fat, and obesity, but also many diseases and conditions such as acne, mood swings, depression, lack of energy, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, hyperactivity, asthma, food cravings, joint pains, arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), menopause, irritability, restless legs, allergies, inflammation, food addictions, carbohydrate cravings, binge eating, etc..

Research supports the use of coconut oil for obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hypertension, and pathologically elevated LDL, all of which constitute risk factors for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer's, the last of which is being re-conceptualized as type 3 diabetes (Fernando et al., 2015).

Our findings provide a biochemical and nutritional basis for the use of PCC or anthocyanins as a functional food factor that may have benefits for the prevention of obesity and diabetes.

This strategy was made popular by Dr. Atkins but has been used by physicians for over a century to treat obesity, diabetes, and other health problems.

Incidentally, the same approach is also used to treat various conditions like seizures, cancer, diabetes and obesity.

Sugar in other forms are frequently added such as fruit juice concentrates, honey (which when heated and processed for use in manufacturing, essentially becomes sugar syrup), and the most infamous of all, «high fructose corn syrup» (HFCS), now widely known as one of the primary contributors to Diabetes and Obesity.

Of course, lifestyle factors have to be considered as well — we move around less on average than we used to and arguably experience more stress — but Mohr blames problems like diabetes and obesity on swollen portion sizes, not an epidemic of nutritionally - bankrupt food.

Cost estimates for legislative proposals to address chronic health conditions like obesity use a time period that is too short to capture the potential economic value of preventing related diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.