News tagged with hormone leptin

If you want to lose weight, find a mountain retreat

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has found the secret to effortless weight loss: spend some time at high altitude. Even a week on a mountain retreat can produce weight loss in sedentary people eating as much as ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Ice cream may target the brain before your hips, study suggests

Blame your brain for sabotaging your efforts to get back on track after splurging on an extra scoop of ice cream or that second burger during Friday night's football game.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

When eating and dieting, follow your gut

(PhysOrg.com) -- Eating a small lunch doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be so hungry for dinner that you’ll eat more than usual, a new study suggests.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Leptin-controlled gene can reverse diabetes

Researchers have found that even a very little bit of the fat hormone leptin goes a long way when it comes to correcting diabetes. The hormone controls the activity of a gene known as IGFBP2 in the liver, which has antidiabetic ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Natural Brain Substance Blocks Weight Gain in Mice

Mice with increased levels of a natural brain chemical don’t gain weight when fed a high-fat diet, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

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created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How to get obese mice moving -- and cure their diabetes

Mice lacking the fat hormone leptin or the ability to respond to it become morbidly obese and severely diabetic—not to mention downright sluggish. Now, a new study in the June Cell Metabolism shows that b ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dessert on your mind? Your muscles may be getting the message

Even the anticipation of sweets may cause our muscles to start taking up more blood sugar, say researchers reporting in the December issue of Cell Metabolism. That message is delivered via neurons in the brain's hypothalamus contai ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brain might be key to leptin's actions against type 1 diabetes

New findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggest a novel role for the brain in mediating beneficial actions of the hormone leptin in type 1 diabetes.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast