News tagged with gut hormones

New scientific study indicates that eating quickly is associated with overeating

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), eating a meal quickly, as compared to slowly, curtails the release of hormones in the gu ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Conflict between plant and animal hormones in the insect gut?

Cis-OPDA (12-oxophytodienoic acid) is a highly reactive plant hormone which simultaneously serves as a precursor molecule of the metabolic "master switch" jasmonic acid. Both signal herbivory in leaves and ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Apple 'genius' Steve Jobs dies from cancer

Suddenly, the next version of the iPhone doesn't seem so important. It's time to mourn Steve Jobs, the Silicon Valley maestro who always seemed to hit the right note as he transformed Apple Inc. into technology's ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 47

Antibiotics disrupt gut ecology, metabolism

(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans carry several pounds of microbes in our gastro-intestinal tracts. Recent research suggests that this microbial ecosystem plays a variety of critical roles in our health. Now, working in a mouse model, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Got a craving for fast food? Skip the coffee, study says

Eating a fatty fast food meal is never good for you, but washing that meal down with a coffee is even worse, according to a new University of Guelph study.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Bariatric surgery reduces long-term cardiovascular risk in diabetes patients

In the longest study of its kind, bariatric surgery has been shown to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with diabetes. These results and other groundbreaking research were presented at the 2nd World Congress ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How sweet it is: Why your taste cells love sugar so much

A new research study dramatically increases knowledge of how taste cells detect sugars, a key step in developing strategies to limit overconsumption. Scientists from the Monell Center and collaborators have ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Potential mechanisms for future anti-obesity drugs identified

An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has, for the first time, identified the neurological and cellular signaling mechanisms that contribute to satiety — the sensation of feeling ...

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created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New findings help explain our most mysterious sense

From your first sip of morning coffee to the minty zing of toothpaste before bed, your tongue is bombarded daily with a flood of flavors. How we disentangle and identify all those tastes is still pretty mysterious. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Policy experts say changes in expectations and funding key to genomic medicine's future

Unrealistic expectations about genomic medicine have created a "bubble" that needs deflating before it puts the field's long term benefits at risk, four policy experts write in the current issue of the journal Science.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Regrowing hair: Researchers may have accidentally discovered a solution

It has been long known that stress plays a part not just in the graying of hair but in hair loss as well. Over the years, numerous hair-restoration remedies have emerged, ranging from hucksters' "miracle solvents" ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (44) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Trial will test whether surgery is the best option for type 2 diabetes

A new clinical trial at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is among the first to test surgery specifically for Type 2 diabetes. The aim of the study is to understand whether surgery can control diabetes, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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