News tagged with 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 ...
Feb 05, 2010 |
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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
Sep 14, 2009 |
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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.
Jul 29, 2009 |
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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 ...
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Housing upgrade shrinks tumors in mice with cancer
When mice with cancer get a boost in their social life and an upgrade in living conditions, their tumors shrink, and their cancers more often go into spontaneous remission Reported in the July 9th issue of the journal Cell, these ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 08, 2010 |
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Scientists reveal that fat synthesizing enzyme is key to healthy skin and hair
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) have found that an enzyme associated with the synthesis of fat in the body is also an element in healthy skin and hair.
Feb 13, 2009 |
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A gimmick-free weight-loss pill in the works
A Université de Montréal research team is developing a pill composed of leptin, the protein that tells our brain to stop eating.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 26, 2010 |
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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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Jan 28, 2009 |
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Obesity starts in the head? 6 newly discovered genes for obesity have a neural effect
The international GIANT (Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Parameters) consortium works on the discovery of obesity genes. So far, the scientists have analyzed two million DNA variations in 15 genome-wide association ...
Jan 08, 2009 |
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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 ...
Jun 02, 2009 |
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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
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Higher levels of protein hormone associated with lower risk of dementia, Alzheimer's disease
Persons with higher levels of leptin, a protein hormone produced by fat cells and involved in the regulation of appetite, may have an associated reduced incidence of Alzheimer disease and dementia, according to a study in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 15, 2009 |
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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
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Obesity: Reviving the promise of leptin
(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery more than a decade ago of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone secreted by fat tissue, generated headlines and great hopes for an effective treatment for obesity. But hopes ...
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Jan 06, 2009 |
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Leptin
Leptin (Greek leptos meaning thin) is a 16 kDa protein hormone that plays a key role in regulating energy intake and energy expenditure, including appetite and metabolism. It is one of the most important adipose derived hormones. The Ob(Lep) gene (Ob for obese, Lep for leptin) is located on chromosome 7 in humans.
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